Daria I. Farma, PA-C

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​Physician Assistant

Department of Surgery

 

 

Treatment Focus

Breast Cancer

Clinical Locations

  • Fox Chase Cancer Center
    333 Cottman Avenue
    Philadelphia, PA 19111
    Phone: 888-369-2427

Educational Background

  • Masters of Physician Assistant Studies, Arcadia University Glenside, PA, 2003
  • Non-accredited course work, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA, 1999
  • Certificate in Massage Therapy, Massage Arts and Sciences Center Philadelphia, PA, 1998
  • BA- Religion, Boston University Boston , MA, 1996

Certifications

  • Board Certified: National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants Recertified, 2008

Memberships

  • Member, National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants American Academy of Physician Assistants

Selected Publications

Hack, AA, Lam, MY, Cordier, L, Shoturma, DI, Ly, CT, Hadhazy, MA, Sweeney, HL and McNally EM.  Differential requirement for individual sarcoglycans and dystrophin in the assemblyAnd function of the dystrophin-glycoprotien complex.  J Cell Sci. 2000 Jul; 113: 2535-44.

Barton-Davis ER, Shoturma DI, Sweeney HL. Contribution of satellite cells to IGF-I induced    hypertrophy of skeletal muscle. Acta Physiol Scand. 1999 Dec;167(4):301-5.

Hack, AA, Cordier, L, Shoturma, DI, Lam, MY, Sweeney, HL and McNally EM. Muscle degeneration without mechanical injury in sarcoglycan deficiency. Proc. Natl.Acad. Sci. USA, 96, 10723-8, 1999.

Barton-Davis, ER, Cordier, L, Shoturma, DI, Leland, SE and Sweeney HL. Aminoglycoside antibiotics restore dystrophin function to skeletal muscles of mdx mice. JCI, 104(4), 375-381, 1999.

Barton-Davis, ER, Shoturma, DI, Musaro, A, Rosenthal, N and Sweeney HL.  Viral mediated expression of insulin-like growth factor I blocks the aging–related loss of skeletal muscle function. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 95, 15603-15607, 1998.

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