Jill Kropa, MD

Dr. Jill Kropa is an Instructor at the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. She joined the faculty in 2016 as a Board-Certified Family Medicine physician.

Dr. Kropa completed her undergraduate studies at Villanova University, earning a BS in Biology. She then pursued her medical degree at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Following medical school, Dr. Kropa completed her residency in Family Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, where she also pursued a fellowship in Sports Medicine.

She is board-certified by the American Board of Family Medicine and holds a Certificate of Added Qualification (CAQ) in Sports Medicine.

Key Publications
 

• Kropa, Jill, et al. "High Prevalence of Obesity and High Blood Pressure in Urban Student-Athletes." The Journal of Pediatrics 178 (2016): 194-199.
   
• Shungu N, Miller MN, Mills G, Patel N, de la Paz A, Rose V, Kropa J, Edi R, Levy E, Crenshaw M, Hwang C.; Reminder cards improve physician documentation of obesity but not obesity counseling.; Fam Med; 47(10):789-93, 2015
   
• Shipon D, Close J, Kropa J, Marschilok C; The Evolution of Screening and ECG Criteria in Athletes Over the Past Decade: What Changes We Can Expect in the Upcoming Year; American College of Cardiology; Web. Oct 27, 2015.

Honors, Awards, Community Service
 

• Alpha Omega Alpha, 2012
• Chief Resident, Thomas Jefferson University Department of Family and Community Medicine, 2014-2015
• Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Resident Teacher Award, 2015