Marissa Lapedis, MD, FAAFP

Marissa Lapedis, MD, FAAFP 

Associate Professor

Family Medicine

Location: AUCC Student Health and Wellness Center, 3rd floor
E-mail: mlapedis@msm.edu

Education

POSTGRADUATE:
Albert Einstein/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York
Residency: Family Medicine

UCSF-San Francisco 
Training: Integrative Medicine (TRIM) 
Fellowship: predoctoral research


MEDICAL SCHOOL:
University of Michigan Medical School

UNDERGRADUATE:
McGill University Montreal, Quebec
Degree: Bachelor of Science

Research Interests

Medical education, humanism in medicine, reproductive care access, PREP

Clinical Interests

Contraception, reproductive health, menopause, mental health & trauma, PREP, sexual health, integrative medicine & nutrition

Board Certification

American Board of Family Medicine, 2018

Publications

1) Pringle-Weston, B; Anderson, T; Tadlapally, A; Carter-Wicker, K; Cohen, C; Talbott, B; Lodi, J; Lapedis, M. “Community Partnerships to Optimize STI Screening at an HBCU Consortium.” Journal of Community Health Equity Research and Policy. Submitted.

2) Zieman, M, Lapedis, M, Cohen M, Haddad, L. Dec 2024 Managing Contraception For Your Pocket. Managing Contraception LLC.

3) Lapedis M, Ray L, Narayana S. Weighing risk and centering patients within clinical guidelines. Contraception. 2021 Dec;104(6):667. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2021.06.013. Epub 2021 Jun 23. PMID: 34174295.

4) Vargas EA, Li Y, Mahalingham R, Hui P, Liu G, Lapedis M, Liu JR. The double edge sword of John Henryism: Impact on patients' health in the People's Republic of China. J Health Psychol. 2020 Nov-Dec;25(13-14):2374-2387. doi: 10.1177/1359105318800141. Epub 2018 Sep 19. PMID: 30229675.

5) Rabow, M. W., Lapedis M, Feingold A, Thomas M, Remen R. Insisting on the Healer's Art: The Implications of Required Participation in a Medical School Course on Values and Humanism. Teach Learn Med. 2016;28(1):61-71. doi: 10.1080/10401334.2015.1107485. PMID: 26787086.

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Honors and Awards

August 2025 Fellow
American Academy of Family Physicians  June 2022
Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Faculty Award
Morehouse School of Medicine  June 2020 Chairman’s Award
Department of Family Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine  June 2018 Family Medicine Resident Teaching Award
Albert Einstein College of Medicine  June 2018
Teaching Star Medical Education Award
Albert Einstein College of Medicine  June 2018 Family Medicine Psychosocial Award
Albert Einstein College of Medicine