Karen Ellen Arscott DO M.Sc. (She/Her)
Addiction Medicine
Addiction Medicine Physician
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PO Box 731Waverly, PA 18471
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Summary
- Dr. Karen Arscott, DO, is an addiction medicine specialist . She is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, where she earned her DO in 1986 and a MSc in Neuromuscular Medicine between 1993 and 1995. Her career includes a fellowship at the Marworth Alcohol & Chemical Dependency Treatment Center. Dr. Arscott has contributed to several publications, including works on substance use disorder and cancer treatment tolerability. She has been recognized with multiple awards, such as the Service, Teamwork, Accountability, and Resourcefulness Faculty Award and the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award.
Education & Training
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineM.Sc., Neuromuscular Medicine, 1993 - 1995
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineClass of 1986- Marywood CollegeB.S., Biology and Chemistry, Magna Cum Laude, 1981
Certifications & Licensure
PA State License 1987 - 2026
AOA Board of Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine & OMM
American Board of Preventive Medicine Addiction Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Service, Teamwork, Accountability, and Resourcefulness faculty Award The Commonwealth Medical College, 2015-2016
- Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, Faculty Award Arnold P. Gold Foundation, 2015
- Certificate of Achievement - Best Faculty Research Award 2014
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1 citationsSubstance use disorder risk assessment: positive emotional experiences with first time use and substance use disorder risk.Karen E Arscott, Donna M Eget, Maria C Marcos, Brian J Piper
Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2024-01-01 - 100 citationsInforming the Tolerability of Cancer Treatments Using Patient-Reported Outcome Measures: Summary of an FDA and Critical Path Institute WorkshopPaul G. Kluetz, Bindu Kanapuru, Steven Lemery, Laura Lee Johnson, Mallorie H. Fiero
Value in Health. 2017-11-07 - 6 citationsPhysician assistant students' perceptions of an entry-level doctorate degree.Lori E Swanchak, Alan M Levine, Karen E Arscott, Mary Alice Golden
The Journal of Physician Assistant Education. 2011-01-01
Journal Articles
- Development and Evaluation of a Regional, Large-Scale Interprofessional Collaborative Care SummitFoote E, Clarke V, Szarek JL, Waters SK, Walline V, Shea D, Goss S, Farrell M, Easton D, Dunleavy E, Arscott K, Journal of Allied Health, Summer, 1/1/2015
- Trials and Tribulations in the Development of a Simulation-Based Interprofessional Education ActivityJohn L Szarek, Wendy Manetti, Debbie Zielinski, Colleen Heckman, Diane Shea, Karen Arscott, Antonio Pellegrino, Mary Triano, and Deirdre Spelman, Medical Science Educator IAMSE, 1/1/2013
- The Perceptions of Changing the Entry-level Degree for Physician Assistants to a Clinical Doctorate among Physician Assistant studentsSwanchak, Levine, Arscott & Golden, Journal of Physician Assistant Education, 1/1/2011
Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- An Interprofessional Education Summit: Differences in Perceptions Between Medicine and Pharmacy Students.Foote EF, Szarek J, Arscott K, Vaskalis Z, American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1/1/2013
Lectures
- Lung Cancer1/18/2015
- Lung Cancer and smoking risk.1/1/2015
- Healthy choices for a health summer.1/1/2015
Other
- Collaborative Care Summit to Promote Interprofessional Learning: Ischemic Stroke.Foote E, Szarek J, Arscott K, Brady J, Clarke V, Easton D, Farrell M, Goss S, Walline V, Waters S. A Large Scale, MedEdPORTAL
www.mededportal.org/publication/9306
1/1/2013
Professional Memberships
- Member
- Member
- Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical AssociationMember
- Lackawanna County Medical AssociationMember
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