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  • 2017 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Rita F. Redberg is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research focuses on medicine, producing a substantial body of work with 215 publications in the field. The subfields of study that characterize their output include economics and econometrics, general health professions, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, public health, environmental and occupational health, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

Their scholarly work covers various topics with a strong emphasis on health systems, economic evaluations, and quality of life; healthcare cost, quality, and practices; impacts of health and medical research; ethics in clinical research; cardiac imaging and diagnostics; acute myocardial infarction research; and the application of artificial intelligence in healthcare and education.

Rita F. Redberg has published numerous papers in prominent medical journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Generating comparative evidence on new drugs and devices before approval," 2020, The Lancet
  • "Long-term Outcomes in Use of Opioids, Nonpharmacologic Pain Interventions, and Total Costs of Spinal Cord Stimulators Compared With Conventional Medical Therapy for Chronic Pain," 2022, JAMA Neurology
  • "Consistency of trial reporting between ClinicalTrials.gov and corresponding publications: one decade after FDAAA," 2020, Trials
  • "Gender, Race, Ethnicity, and Sexual Orientation of Editors at Leading Medical and Scientific Journals," 2021, JAMA Internal Medicine
  • "Equity and the JAMA Network," 2021, JAMA

The frequent coauthors contributing alongside Rita F. Redberg include Sanket S. Dhruva, Robert O. Bonow, Dimitri Christakis, Melina R. Kibbe, and Döst Öngür, indicating collaborative work across multiple research projects.

Their publications often appear in high-impact journals such as JAMA Internal Medicine, JAMA, Circulation, JAMA Network Open, and the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. The distribution of their publications across these venues highlights a focus on internal medicine, cardiology, and broader clinical research.

In recognition of professional accomplishments, Rita F. Redberg was named a Member of the National Academy of Medicine in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases in People With Diabetes Mellitus A scientific statement from the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association

    John B. Buse;Henry N. Ginsberg;George L. Bakris;Nathaniel G. Clark

  • ACCF/ACR/SCCT/SCMR/ ASNC/NASCI/SCAI/SIR 2006 Appropriateness Criteria for Cardiac Computed Tomography and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging*

    Robert C. Hendel;Manesh R. Patel;Christopher M. Kramer;Michael Poon

  • Low Diagnostic Yield of Elective Coronary Angiography

    Manesh R. Patel;Eric D. Peterson;David Dai;J. Matthew Brennan

  • ACCF/AHA 2007 Clinical Expert Consensus Document on Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring By Computed Tomography in Global Cardiovascular Risk Assessment and in Evaluation of Patients With Chest Pain. A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Clinical Expert Consensus Task Force (ACCF/AHA Writing Committee to Update the 2000 Expert Consensus Document on Electron Beam Computed Tomography)

    Philip Greenland;Robert O. Bonow;Bruce H. Brundage;Matthew J. Budoff

  • ACCF/AHA 2007 Clinical Expert Consensus Document on Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring By Computed Tomography in Global Cardiovascular Risk Assessment and in Evaluation of Patients With Chest Pain

    Philip Greenland;Robert O. Bonow;Bruce H. Brundage;Matthew J. Budoff

  • Evidence-based guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention in women: 2007 Update

    Lori Mosca;Carole L. Banka;Emelia J. Benjamin;Kathy Berra

  • Ability of exercise testing to predict cardiovascular and all-cause death in asymptomatic women: a 20-year follow-up of the lipid research clinics prevalence study.

    Samia Mora;Rita F. Redberg;Yadong Cui;Yadong Cui;Maura K. Whiteman

  • Role of noninvasive testing in the clinical evaluation of women with suspected coronary artery disease: Consensus statement from the Cardiac Imaging Committee, Council on Clinical Cardiology, and the Cardiovascular Imaging and Intervention Committee, Council on Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention, American Heart Association.

    Jennifer H. Mieres;Leslee J. Shaw;Andrew Arai;Matthew J. Budoff

  • The prognostic value of normal exercise myocardial perfusion imaging and exercise echocardiography: a meta-analysis.

    Louise D. Metz;Mary Beattie;Robert Hom;Rita F. Redberg

  • Meta-analysis of exercise testing to detect coronary artery disease in women.

    Yeong Kwok;Catherine Kim;Deborah Grady;Mark Segal

  • Guide to Preventive Cardiology for Women

    Lori Mosca;Scott M. Grundy;Debra Judelson;Kathleen King

  • Awareness, Perception, and Knowledge of Heart Disease Risk and Prevention Among Women in the United States

    Lori Mosca;Wanda K. Jones;Kathleen B. King;Pamela Ouyang

  • Prevention Conference VI: Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease: executive summary: conference proceeding for healthcare professionals from a special writing group of the American Heart Association.

    Scott M. Grundy;Barbara Howard;Sidney Smith;Robert Eckel

  • Sex Differences in Major Bleeding With Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors Results From the CRUSADE (Can Rapid Risk Stratification of Unstable Angina Patients Suppress Adverse Outcomes With Early Implementation of the ACC/AHA Guidelines) Initiative

    Karen P. Alexander;Anita Y. Chen;L. Kristin Newby;Janice B. Schwartz

  • Transesophageal echocardiographically detected atherosclerotic aortic plaque is a marker for coronary artery disease

    Gary P. Fazio;Rita F. Redberg;Timothy Winslow;Nelson B. Schiller

  • Active Compression-Decompression: A New Method of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

    Todd J. Cohen;Todd J. Cohen;Kelly J. Tucker;Keith G. Lurie;Rita F. Redberg

  • ACC/AHA/HRS 2006 key data elements and definitions for electrophysiological studies and procedures: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Data Standards (ACC/AHA/HRS Writing Committee to Develop Data Standards on Electrophysiology).

    Alfred E. Buxton;Hugh Calkins;David J. Callans;John P. DiMarco

  • Frequency of stress testing to document ischemia prior to elective percutaneous coronary intervention.

    Grace A. Lin;R. Adams Dudley;F. L. Lucas;David J. Malenka

  • Pharmacologic stress testing for coronary disease diagnosis: a meta-analysis☆

    C. Kim;Y.S. Kwok;P. Heagerty;R. Redberg

  • Cardiovascular disease in women.

    Rita F Redberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Frederick P. Rivara
Frederick P. Rivara University of Washington
Nelson B. Schiller
Nelson B. Schiller University of California, San Francisco
Mary L. Disis
Mary L. Disis University of Washington
Deborah Grady
Deborah Grady University of California, San Francisco
Neil M. Bressler
Neil M. Bressler Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Robert O. Bonow
Robert O. Bonow Northwestern University
Leslee J. Shaw
Leslee J. Shaw Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Clyde W. Yancy
Clyde W. Yancy Northwestern University
Elyse Foster
Elyse Foster University of California, San Francisco
Dimitri A. Christakis
Dimitri A. Christakis Seattle Children's Hospital

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