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Lesley H. Curtis

Lesley H. Curtis

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
92
Citations
46335
World Ranking
11095
National Ranking
5709

Lesley H. Curtis publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lesley H. Curtis sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 445 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Lesley H. Curtis D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lesley H. Curtis sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 92 D-Index — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Lesley H. Curtis is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, with 64 publications. Their subfields of study include Economics and Econometrics, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Statistics and Probability.

Their research covers multiple main topics, such as Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life; Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials; Electronic Health Records Systems; Ethics in Clinical Research; Machine Learning in Healthcare; Healthcare Policy and Management; and Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases.

Frequent publication venues for this scientist include:

  • JAMA
  • American Heart Journal
  • Trials
  • Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes
  • Contemporary Clinical Trials

Among their frequent co-authors are Bradley G. Hammill, Keith Marsolo, Adrian F. Hernandez, Rachel Richesson, and Emily C. O'Brien.

Significant papers authored or co-authored by Lesley H. Curtis include:

  • Comparative Effectiveness of Aspirin Dosing in Cardiovascular Disease, 2021, New England Journal of Medicine
  • The role of machine learning in clinical research: transforming the future of evidence generation, 2021, Trials
  • Recommendations for Reporting Machine Learning Analyses in Clinical Research, 2020, Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes
  • Inclusion and diversity in clinical trials: Actionable steps to drive lasting change, 2022, Contemporary Clinical Trials
  • Broadening the reach of the FDA Sentinel system: A roadmap for integrating electronic health record data in a causal analysis framework, 2021, npj Digital Medicine

Best Publications

  • 2013 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Treatment of Blood Cholesterol to Reduce Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk in Adults A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

    Neil J Stone;Jennifer G Robinson;Alice H. Lichtenstein;C Noel Bairey Merz

  • 2019 AHA/ACC/HRS Focused Update of the 2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society in Collaboration With the Society of Thoracic Surgeons

    Craig T. January;L. Samuel Wann;Hugh Calkins;Lin Y. Chen

  • 2016 ACC/AHA Guideline Focused Update on Duration of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines

    Glenn N. Levine;Eric R. Bates;John A. Bittl;Ralph G. Brindis

  • Relationship between early physician follow-up and 30-day readmission among medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for heart failure

    Adrian F. Hernandez;Melissa A. Greiner;Gregg C. Fonarow;Bradley G. Hammill

  • 2014 AHA/ACC guideline for the management of patients with valvular heart disease: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

    Rick A. Nishimura;Catherine M. Otto;Robert O. Bonow;Blase A. Carabello

  • 2016 AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Patients with Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: Executive Summary:

    Marie D. Gerhard-Herman;Heather L. Gornik;Coletta Barrett;Neal R. Barshes

  • Management of patients with peripheral artery disease (compilation of 2005 and 2011 ACCF/AHA Guideline Recommendations): a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines.

    Jeffrey L. Anderson;Jonathan L. Halperin;Nancy M. Albert;Biykem Bozkurt

  • 2014 ACC/AHA Guideline on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Management of Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery: Executive Summary

    Lee A. Fleisher;Kirsten E. Fleischmann;Andrew D. Auerbach;Susan A. Barnason

  • Relationship Between Cardiac Rehabilitation and Long-Term Risks of Death and Myocardial Infarction Among Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries

    Bradley G. Hammill;Lesley H. Curtis;Kevin A. Schulman;David J. Whellan

  • Incidence and Prevalence of Atrial Fibrillation and Associated Mortality Among Medicare Beneficiaries: 1993–2007

    Jonathan P. Piccini;Bradley G. Hammill;Moritz F. Sinner;Paul N. Jensen

  • Electronic health records to facilitate clinical research.

    Martin R. Cowie;Juuso I. Blomster;Juuso I. Blomster;Lesley H. Curtis;Sylvie Duclaux

  • Launching PCORnet, a national patient-centered clinical research network

    Rachael L Fleurence;Lesley H Curtis;Robert M Califf;Richard Platt

  • Using Inverse Probability-Weighted Estimators in Comparative Effectiveness Analyses With Observational Databases

    Lesley H. Curtis;Bradley G. Hammill;Eric L. Eisenstein;Judith M. Kramer

  • Incident Stroke and Mortality Associated With New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation in Patients Hospitalized With Severe Sepsis

    Allan J. Walkey;Renda Soylemez Wiener;Joanna M. Ghobrial;Lesley H. Curtis

  • Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation (Compilation of 2006 ACCF/AHA/ESC and 2011 ACCF/AHA/HRS Recommendations) A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

    Jeffrey L. Anderson;Jonathan L. Halperin;Nancy M. Albert;Biykem Bozkurt

  • Sex and racial differences in the use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators among patients hospitalized with heart failure

    Adrian F. Hernandez;Gregg C. Fonarow;Li Liang;Sana M. Al-Khatib

  • Incidence and Prevalence of Heart Failure in Elderly Persons, 1994-2003

    Lesley H. Curtis;David J. Whellan;Bradley G. Hammill;Adrian F. Hernandez

  • Changing Gender Prevalence of Stone Disease

    Charles D. Scales;Lesley H. Curtis;Regina D. Norris;W. Patrick Springhart

  • The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Mini-Sentinel program: status and direction.

    Richard Platt;Ryan M. Carnahan;Jeffrey S. Brown;Elizabeth Chrischilles

  • 2016 ACC/AHA guideline focused update on duration of dual antiplatelet therapy in patients with coronary artery disease: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines.

    Glenn N. Levine;Eric R. Bates;John A. Bittl;Ralph G. Brindis

Frequent Co-Authors

Adrian F. Hernandez
Adrian F. Hernandez Duke University
Kevin A. Schulman
Kevin A. Schulman Stanford University
Gregg C. Fonarow
Gregg C. Fonarow University of California, Los Angeles
Eric D. Peterson
Eric D. Peterson The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Paul A. Heidenreich
Paul A. Heidenreich Stanford University
Sana M. Al-Khatib
Sana M. Al-Khatib Duke University
Jonathan P. Piccini
Jonathan P. Piccini Duke University
Manesh R. Patel
Manesh R. Patel Duke University
Emelia J. Benjamin
Emelia J. Benjamin Boston University
Frederick A. Masoudi
Frederick A. Masoudi University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

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