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Jerome P. Kassirer

Jerome P. Kassirer

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Medicine

D-Index
72
Citations
22473
World Ranking
19793
National Ranking
9856

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1991 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Jerome P. Kassirer is affiliated with Tufts University in the United States. Their research outputs cover various interdisciplinary fields within medicine, focusing on clinical and health-related topics.

The primary fields of study pursued include Medicine with specific interest in subfields such as Health, Clinical Psychology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Health Informatics, and Family Practice.

The main topics of their research work encompass:

  • Gun Ownership and Violence Research
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes
  • Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
  • Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
  • Machine Learning in Healthcare

Notable recent papers authored include:

  • Fewer Guns, Ergo Fewer Deaths, 2020, JAMA Internal Medicine
  • Artificial Intelligence in Medical Practice: Is It Ready?, 2025, Annals of Internal Medicine

Kassirer also has coauthored works with Robert M. Centor, who has collaborated on multiple publications. Robert M. Centor is identified as a frequent coauthor with two joint publications.

The primary venues for Kassirer's publications are:

  • Annals of Internal Medicine (3 papers)
  • JAMA Internal Medicine (1 paper)

Throughout their career, Kassirer has been recognized with several memberships and fellowships including:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1999
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1992
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), 1991
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Best Publications

  • The threshold approach to clinical decision making.

    Stephen G. Pauker;Jerome P. Kassirer

  • Alternative Medicine--The Risks of Untested and Unregulated Remedies

    Marcia Angell;Jerome P. Kassirer

  • Health Industry Practices That Create Conflicts of Interest A Policy Proposal for Academic Medical Centers

    Troyen A. Brennan;David J. Rothman;Linda Blank;David Blumenthal

  • Therapeutic decision making: a cost-benefit analysis.

    Stephen G. Pauker;Jerome P. Kassirer

  • Towards the simulation of clinical cognition: Taking a present illness by computer

    Stephen G. Pauker;G.Anthony Gorry;Jerome P. Kassirer;William B. Schwartz

  • Incorporating Patients' Preferences into Medical Decisions

    Jerome P. Kassirer

  • Clinical problem solving: a behavioral analysis.

    Jerome P. Kassirer;G. Anthony Gorry

  • Our stubborn quest for diagnostic certainty. A cause of excessive testing.

    Jerome P. Kassirer

  • A convenient approximation of life expectancy (the “DEALE”): I. validation of the method

    J R Beck;J P Kassirer;S G Pauker

  • A convenient approximation of life expectancy (the “DEALE”): II. Use in medical decision-making

    J.Robert Beck;Stephen G. Pauker;Jonathan E. Gottlieb;Karen Klein

  • Teaching clinical reasoning: case-based and coached.

    Jerome P. Kassirer

  • Causal Reasoning in Medicine: Analysis of a Protocol

    Benjamin Kuipers;Jerome P. Kassirer

  • Decision analysis: a progress report.

    Jerome P. Kassirer;Alan J. Moskowitz;Joseph Lau;Stephen G. Pauker

  • Decision analysis and clinical judgment.

    William B. Schwartz;G.Anthony Gorry;Jerome P. Kassirer;Alvin Essig

  • The journal's policy on cost-effectiveness analyses.

    Jerome P. Kassirer;Marcia Angell

  • Losing Weight — An Ill-Fated New Year's Resolution

    Jerome P. Kassirer;Marcia Angell

  • Clinical evaluation of kidney function--glomerular function.

    Jerome P. Kassirer

  • Peer review. Crude and understudied, but indispensable.

    Jerome P. Kassirer;Edward W. Campion

  • The quality of care and the quality of measuring it.

    Jerome P. Kassirer

  • What Is a Differential Diagnosis

    Jerome P. Kassirer;Richard I. Kopelman

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen G. Pauker
Stephen G. Pauker Tufts Medical Center
Benjamin Kuipers
Benjamin Kuipers University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Joseph Lau
Joseph Lau Chinese University of Hong Kong
Andrew S. Levey
Andrew S. Levey Tufts Medical Center
Troyen A. Brennan
Troyen A. Brennan Harvard University
David J. Rothman
David J. Rothman Columbia University
David Blumenthal
David Blumenthal Harvard University
Barbara E. Bierer
Barbara E. Bierer Brigham and Women's Hospital
Thomas D. Albright
Thomas D. Albright Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Arturo Casadevall
Arturo Casadevall Johns Hopkins University

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