

Infectious Disease
Katharine Bar, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases
Katharine J. Bar, M.D., is an Associate Professor of Medicine in Infectious Diseases at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, where she serves as Attending Physician in Infectious Diseases at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Physician in the International Travel Medicine Clinic at the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine. She also directs the Penn CFAR Viral and Molecular Core. Her subspecialty focus centers on HIV care and general infectious disea
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Credentials
Board Certifications
- Internal Medicine (ABIM)
- Infectious Disease (ABIM)
Education & Training
- Medical School: University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine (MD, 2002)
- Residency: Virginia Commonwealth University Health System (Internal Medicine, 2005)
- Chief Medical Resident: Virginia Commonwealth University Health System (Internal Medicine, 2006)
- Fellowship: University of Alabama Medical Center (Infectious Disease, 2009)
Years in Practice
24+ years
Clinical Focus
Subspecialties
Conditions & Treatments
Insurance(s) Accepted
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Practice Details
Hospital Affiliations
- Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
- University of Pennsylvania Hospital
Languages
English
Conditions Dr. Bar treats
Insurance accepted
- 90 Degree Benefits
- Aetna
- Allegiance Health Plans
- Ambetter
- Aspirus Health Plan
- ASR Health Benefits
- Avera Health Plans
- Banner Health Aetna
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (Horizon)
- Centivo
- Cigna
- Dean Health Plan
- Denver Health Medical Plan, Inc.
- EMI Health
- Employee Benefit Management Services, Inc. (MT)
- First Health
- Geisinger
- Hawaii Medical Assurance Association
- Health Alliance Plan (HAP)
- Healthgram
- HealthPartners
- Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Homestead Health Plans
- Kaiser Permanente
- MagnaCare
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- MedCost
- Medica
- Medical Mutual of Ohio
- Meritain
- Moda Health
- Nippon Life Insurance Company of America
- Personify Health (FKA HealthComp)
- Prairie States
- Priority Health
- Providence Health Plan
- Quartz
- UnitedHealthcare
- WebTPA
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Sources
- https://www.doximity.com/pub/katharine-bar-md
- https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p8485925
- https://www.healthgrades.com/physician/dr-katharine-bar-3ypnp
- https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g349/p8485925
- https://alumni.medicine.uiowa.edu/news/2020/03/2019-award-early-career-achievement-katharine-j-bar-md
- https://dhvi.duke.edu/personnel/katharine-bar-phd
- https://www.barlab-upenn.org











