IMPORTANT: Beginning at 8:00 AM on July 22, Temple University Hospital – Main Campus (Broad and Ontario Streets) will no longer provide Labor and Delivery services. All childbirth services will be relocated to our new hospital location.

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Maria Escorcia De Leon, MD

Maria Escorcia De Leon

  • Associate Professor, Clinical Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine

Specialties

Hospital Medicine

About Me
Publications
About Me
Clinical Interests
  • Management of type 2 diabetes in hospitalized patients
  • Transition of care
  • Patient education
Research Interests
  • Inpatient management of diabetes mellitus
  • Transition of care
  • Patient safety
  • Quality improvement
Education
  • MD, School of Medicine, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia
Training
  • Residency, Internal Medicine, Hofstra/North Shore, Hempstead, NY
Board Certifications
  • American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine
Memberships
  • American Medical Association
  • American College of Physicians
Awards and Honors
  • Best Research Project, 2nd National Contest of Research Projects in Rheumatology
  • Silver Medical Award for Academic Excellence
  • Dr. Dalip Singh Memorial Award
Offices

Office Locations

Temple University Hospital - Main Campus

3401 N. Broad Street

Philadelphia, PA 19140

Phone: 800-836-7536

Publications
Publications

Escorcia ME, Osorio H, Perez CA, Thulcan M, Caballero CV, Borda M. Effectiveness of an Educational Program in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Revista Colombiana de Reumatologia. 2006 Mar; 13(1): 11-19

Schwartz J, Jornsay D, Abramowitz J, Escorcia M, Sooman S, Schulman R, Katinas L, Fulman M, Jaffrey F, Jongco A. use of Clinical Microsystem Methodology to Improve Glycemic Control in Hospitalized Patients with Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes July 2011 vol. 60 no. Supplement 1 A625.