Assistant Professor / Assistant Residency Program Director
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Department of Family and Community Medicine
833 Chestnut St.
Suite 301
Philadelphia
PAUSA
19107
Email:
marc.altshuler@jefferson.edu
Biographical Sketch: Marc Altshuler, M.D. is an Assistant Professor of Family Medicine and the Assistant Residency Director for the Jefferson Family Medicine Residency program. Dr. Altshuler is also the program director for the departmental grand rounds and the conference coordinator for the weekly resident conference. In July, 2007, the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University began a relationship with the Nationalities Service Center (NSC), one of four refugee resettlement programs in Philadelphia, to initiate health screens for all of the NSC's refugee clients and then incorporate these new patients into the resident's continuity hours. Dr. Altshuler supervises this new resident experience including weekly meetings with the residents, precepting all resident office hours with the refugees, and work with the community to improve the refugees access to healthcare. Moving forward, Dr. Altshuler is interested in improving immigrant access to healthcare as well as educating the healthcare community on cultural competency.