Rebecca Arden Harris, MD, MSc

Rebecca Arden Harris, MD, MSc

Rebecca Arden Harris (“Arden”), MD, MSc, is an Assistant Professor and primary care physician in the Penn Department of Family Medicine and Community Health. A graduate of Haverford College (BSc in Biology), she attended medical school at Thomas Jefferson University and completed her residency at Montefiore Medical Center in New York. Before medical school, Dr. Harris was a research assistant in labs at the Fox Chase Cancer Center and at the University of Pennsylvania, where she investigated the immune response to hepatitis B and C viruses. At Jefferson and Montefiore, Dr. Harris studied antiretroviral medication adherence among HIV-positive persons who were experiencing homelessness. She also constructed and validated an instrument for predicting treatment interruptions of HIV medication. Dr. Harris' recent research has focused on opioid prescribing in primary care, and has compared the extent to which different agents (hydrocodone and oxycodone) induce long-term use and dependency. She has expanded this focus to include the impact of insurance and out-of-pocket costs on prescription patterns, health outcomes, and governmental policy. On the treatment side, Dr. Harris is interested in the design and evaluation of treatment interventions for opioid use disorder.

Specialties

Family Medicine

Services

alcohol detox
alzheimer's testing
birth control
blood pressure screening
breast examination
camp physicals
chronic disease management
colorectal screening
commercial drivers license physical (cdl physicals)
diet and nutrition
family planning
fertility testing
fitness and exercise
flu shot vaccination
gynecological exam
health screening
hepatitis a vaccination
hepatitis b vaccination
human papilloma virus (hpv) vaccination
injury prevention
meningitis vaccination
mmr vaccine
pap smear
physical exams
pneumonia vaccination
polio vaccination
pregnancy blood test
preventive medicine
prostate examination
school physical
shingles vaccination
sports physical exam
tetanus and diphtheria vaccine
tetanus diphtheria and pertussis vaccine
tobacco smoking counseling
tuberculosis (tb) test
typhoid fever vaccination
vaccinations
women's health