Mara A Schonberg, MD
Staff Physician
Gen Med & Primary Care
Contact Information
| Office: | CO-0202 |
| Phone: | 617-754-1414 |
| Fax: | 617-754-1440 |
| Email: | mschonbe@bidmc.harvard.edu |
| Address: | 330 Brookline Ave; CO-0202
Boston, MA 02215 |
Advanced Degree And Training
| Year | Institution | Area or Rank |
| 1999 | University of Chicago | Medicine |
| 1999 | University of Chicago Hospitals | Medical Resident |
| 2002 | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | Fellow |
Areas of Interest
| 1 Cancer |
Major Research Theme
| Mara Schonberg, MD, MPH is a researcher and staff physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Her research is aimed at improving the quality of preventive health care delivered for older women. Her research has focused in four areas: 1) Decision-making and outcomes of mammography screening among older women; 2) Physician counseling to older women about mammography screening and exercise; 3) Delivery of preventive health services to older women including screening tests, healthy lifestyle counseling, and immunizations; and 4) Examining how older women value preventive health services and trust medical recommendations about disease prevention after the Women’s Health Initiative Trial. Dr. Schonberg’s research has been supported by both federal and foundation grants including from The National Cancer Institute, The Harvard Older Americans’ Independence Center, and The Hartford Foundation. Currently, Dr. Schonberg is funded by a NIA K23 award. As part of this grant, Dr. Schonberg is examining breast cancer characteristics, treatment, and survival among women aged 80 and older compared to women aged 65-79 and she is exploring the psychological impact and decision-making of older women after an abnormal mammogram. She plans to use these data to create tools to help physicians and older women make decisions around breast cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment. |
Publications
External Recognition
| Nominee for the Best Associate Member Abstract, Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, 2003 2006, 2008 Recipient of National Institutes of Health Clinical Loan Repayment Award 2007 American Geriatrics Society 2007 New Investigator Award 2007 SGIM/ACGIM/ASP T. Franklin Williams Scholars Award in Geriatrics |
Major Collaborative Activities
| none. |
Investigator's Lab Web Site
| Research Lab URL | None listed |
| Harvard Catalyst Site: | Schonberg Harvard Catalyst Web Site |
