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Marilyn M. Schapira, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Medicine
(General Internal Medicine)
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Dr. Schapira is a clinician-investigator in the area of risk communication and medical decision-making. She has conducted original research in the development and evaluation of decision-aids for prostate cancer treatment and postmenopausal hormone therapy. Dr. Schapira has focused her area of investigation how patients understand and use quantitative information in the context of clinical decision-making and doctor-patient communication. Her current work involves the development of a construct of health numeracy and the evaluation of numeracy as a potential link between formal education and improved health. Dr. Schapira is currently funded for her work by a grant from the National Cancer Institute.
Dr. Schapira directs the General Internal Medicine fellowship program at the Medical College of Wisconsin and serves as the director of research in the Division of General Internal Medicine. Her clinical and teaching practice is based at the Women's Health Clinic at the Zablocki VA Medical Center. Dr. Schapira serves on the Council of the Society of Medical Decision Making and is an active member of the Society of General Internal Medicine.
Representative Publications
Schapira MM, Kalet A, Schwartz M, Gerrity M. Mentorship in general internal medicine: investment in our future. J Gen Intern Med 1992;7:248-51.
Schapira MM, Matchar D, Young M. The effectiveness of ovarian cancer screening. A decision analysis model. Ann Intern Med 1993;118:838-43.
Schapira RM, Schapira MM, Funahashi A, McAuliffe TL, Varkey B. The value of the forced expiratory time in the physical diagnosis of obstructive airways disease. JAMA 1993;270:731-36.
Schapira MM, Nattinger AB, McAuliffe TL. Treatment of localized prostate cancer in African-American compared with Caucasian men; less use of aggressive therapy for comparable disease. Med Care 1995;33:1079-1088.
Schapira MM, Meade C, Nattinger AB. Enhanced decision-making: the use of a videotape decision-aid for patients with prostate cancer. Pt Ed Counsel 1997;30:119-127.
Nattinger AB, McAuliffe TL, Schapira MM. Generalizability of surveillance, epidemiology, and end results registry population: factors relevant to epidemiologic and health care research. J Clin Epid 1997;50:939-945.
Goodsett JR, Pahl AC, Glaspy JN, Schapira MM. Kirschner wire embolization to the heart: an unusual cause of pericardial tamponade. Chest 1999;115:291-293.
Schapira MM, Meade CD, McAuliffe TL, Lawrence W, Nattinger AB. Information sources and professional consultations used by men newly diagnosed with prostate cancer. J Cancer Ed 1999;4:243-247.
Schapira MM, Nattinger AB, McAuliffe TL. Underutilization of surveillance mammography in older breast cancer survivors. Med Care 2000;38:281-289.
Milott J, Green S, Schapira MM. Osteoporosis: evaluation and management. Comp Ther 2000;26(3):183-189.
Schapira MM, VanRuiswyk J. The effect of an illustrated pamphlet decision-aid on the use of prostate cancer screening tests. J Fam Pract 2000;49:418-424.
Nattinger AB, Hoffmann RG, Kneusel RT, Schapira MM. Decrease in appropriateness of breast cancer care associated with increased use of breast-conserving surgery. The Lancet 2000;356:1148-53.
Schapira MM, Lawrence WF, Katz DA, McAuliffe TL, Nattinger AB. Quality of life after treatment for localized prostate cancer. Med Care 2001:39:243-253.
Schapira MM, Nattinger AB, McHorney CA. Frequency or probabilility? A qualitative study of risk presentation formats used in health care. Med Decis Making 2001;21:459-467.
Schapira MM, Gilligan MA, McAuliffe TL, Nattinger AB. Personal values and hormone replacement therapy use: insights from a multi-attribute decision model. Patient Educ Couns 2004:52:89-95.
Schapira MM, Neuner JM. The continuing evolution of women's health. J Gen Intern Med 2004;19:810-811.
Davids SL, Schapira MM, McAuliffe TL, Nattinger AB. Predictors of Pessimistic Breast Cancer Risk Perceptions in a Primary Care Population. J Gen Intern Med 2004:19:310-315.
Schapira MM, Davids SL, McAuliffe TL, Nattinger AB. Agreement Between Scales in the Measurement of Breast Cancer Risk Perceptions. Risk Analysis 2004:24:665-673.