Department of Medicine Faculty Profile

Monica Peek
Section of General Internal Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medicine

e-mail: mpeek@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu
Referring Physician Access Line: 1-877-DOM-2730

Training:

Degree	Year	Institution	Area
BS	1991	Vanderbilt University	Arts and Sciences
MPH	1996	Johns Hopkins University	Health Policy
MD	1996	Johns Hopkins University	Internal Medicine
Residency	1999	Stanford University Hospital	Internal Medicine

Academic Interests:

Dr. Peek’s broad research interests include health disparities, particularly as related to chronic disease management and preventive health care. She has focused her research on diabetes and breast cancer screening. She is currently exploring how race and culture impact the patient/provider relationship, shared decision-making and diabetes health outcomes.

Clinical Interests:

Preventive health care, chronic disease management, patient education, women’s health

Representative Publications:

Peek M, Han J. Disparities in screening mammography: Current status, interventions and implications. J Gen Intern Med. 2004; 19(2):184-94.
Peek M, Ganschow P, Elmore J. Screening Mammography. In Ganschow P, Norlock F, Jacobs E, Marcus E, eds. A Physician’s Guide to Breast Health and Benign Breast Disease. Philadelphia: American College of Physicians; 2004
Peek M, Chin M. Care of community living older adults of different ethnicity. In Munshi M, Lipsitz L, eds. Geriatrics Diabetes. New York: Taylor and Francis Group; 2007.
Peek M, Huang E. Diabetes health disparities: A systematic review of health care interventions. Med Care Res Rev. Special Supplement on Health Disparities
Masi C, Blackman D, Peek M. Racial and ethnic disparities in breast cancer mortality: Causes and clinical strategies to close the gap. Med Care Res Rev. Special Supplement on Health Disparities.