About Sanja Percac-Lima, MD, PhD, MPH
Sanja Percac-Lima, MD, is an Assistant Professor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a primary care physician at the Massachusetts General Hospital Chelsea Community HealthCare Center, serving predominantly low income, Latino and immigrant population. In 2006 she received the Clinical Innovation Award to design patient navigation program for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening at MGH Chelsea. The program eliminated disparities in CRC screening at the health center and the National Cancer Institute selected it as one of only ten evidence based program to improve CRC screening in United States. For this program in 2011, Dr. Percac-Lima received the Prevent Cancer Prevention Foundation Laurel for Innovative Programs.
Dr. Percac-Lima is actively involved in efforts to expand navigator programs across cancer centers affiliated with Harvard Medical School and the Mass General Brigham. In 2009, she designed a breast cancer screening patient navigation program for women refugees from Somalia, the Middle East and Bosnia. In 2012 she developed the TopCare patient navigator program as a part of population management system. In collaboration with the Mass General Cancer Center in 2014 she received a grant to expand patient navigation and further improve equity in cancer care. She also received the Cancer Control Career Development Award for Primary Care Physicians from American Cancer Society to develop patient navigation to improve prevention and early detection of lung cancer.
Dr. Percac-Lima received her medical degree and PhD from University of Zagreb School of Medicine in Croatia. Her education in the United States includes: fellowship in medical education at Harvard Medical School, residency in internal medicine at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton MA, and fellowship in geriatric medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York.
Clinical Interests:
- Cancer prevention
- Geriatric medicine
- Women's Health Care
Treats:
- Adult
Languages:
- Bosnian, Croatian, Serbo-Croatian
Locations
Chelsea HealthCare Center
151 Everett Ave.
Chelsea, MA 02150
Phone: 617-884-8300
Medical Education
- MD, University Of Zagreb School of Medicine
- Residency, Newton-Wellesley Hospital***
- Fellowship, Harvard Medical School (Massachusetts)
- Fellowship, Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center
American Board Certifications
- Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Cigna
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Coventry
- Fallon Health
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Humana
- Maine Community Health Options
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- MassHealth
- MassHealth ACO
- Medicaid ME
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid RI
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Railroad Medicare
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- Unicare
- United Health Care
- WellSense
- WellSense NH
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
Research
The primary focus of Dr. Percac-Lima's research and clinical innovations is cancer prevention in ethnic and racial minorities.
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