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William S. Weintraub

William S. Weintraub

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
135
Citations
83045
World Ranking
2033
National Ranking
1154

William S. Weintraub 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 William S. Weintraub sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 987 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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William S. Weintraub 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 William S. Weintraub sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 135 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Distinguished Service Award, American College of Cardiology (ACC)

Overview

William S. Weintraub is affiliated with Georgetown University in the United States and focuses primarily on Medicine, with extensive work in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Their research spans several subfields including Surgery, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Economics and Econometrics, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
  • Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

William S. Weintraub has published extensively in the following venues:

  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine
  • The American Journal of Cardiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Circulation

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by William S. Weintraub include:

  • Health-Status Outcomes with Invasive or Conservative Care in Coronary Disease, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Common genetic variants and modifiable risk factors underpin hypertrophic cardiomyopathy susceptibility and expressivity, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Drug-Coated Balloon for De Novo Coronary Artery Disease, 2020, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Evaluation and Management of Patients With Stable Angina: Beyond the Ischemia Paradigm, 2020, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • 2021 ACC/AHA Key Data Elements and Definitions for Heart Failure: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Data Standards (Writing Committee to Develop Clinical Data Standards for Heart Failure), 2021, Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Frequent collaborators of William S. Weintraub include:

  • Paul Kolm
  • Ron Waksman
  • Sarahfaye Dolman
  • Brian C. Case
  • William E. Boden

Throughout their career, William S. Weintraub has been recognized with the Distinguished Service Award from the American College of Cardiology (ACC) in 2011.

Best Publications

  • Optimal Medical Therapy with or without PCI for Stable Coronary Disease

    William E. Boden;Koon K. Teo;Pamela M. Hartigan;David J. Maron

  • Niacin in Patients with Low HDL Cholesterol Levels Receiving Intensive Statin Therapy

    Patrice Desvignes-Nickens;Kent Koprowicz;Ruth McBride;Koon Teo

  • 2010 ACCF/AHA Guideline for Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk in Asymptomatic Adults A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

    Philip Greenland;Joseph S. Alpert;George A. Beller;Emelia J. Benjamin

  • Comparison of early invasive and conservative strategies in patients with unstable coronary syndromes treated with the glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor tirofiban.

    Christopher P. Cannon;William S. Weintraub;Laura A. Demopoulos;Ralph Vicari

  • Optimal Medical Therapy With or Without Percutaneous Coronary Intervention to Reduce Ischemic Burden Results From the Clinical Outcomes Utilizing Revascularization and Aggressive Drug Evaluation (COURAGE) Trial Nuclear Substudy

    Leslee J. Shaw;Daniel S. Berman;David J. Maron;G. B. John Mancini

  • Beneficial effects of cholesterol-lowering therapy on the coronary endothelium in patients with coronary artery disease.

    C. B. Treasure;J. L. Klein;W. S. Weintraub;J. D. Talley

  • 2010 ACCF/AHA Guideline for Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk in Asymptomatic Adults

    Philip Greenland;Joseph S. Alpert;George A. Beller;Emelia J. Benjamin

  • Status of Hypertension in China: Results From the China Hypertension Survey, 2012-2015.

    Zengwu Wang;Zuo Chen;Linfeng Zhang;Xin Wang

  • 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

  • American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association expert consensus document on electron-beam computed tomography for the diagnosis and prognosis of coronary artery disease

    Robert A O’Rourke;Bruce H Brundage;Victor F Froelicher;Philip Greenland

  • American College of Cardiology key data elements and definitions for measuring the clinical management and outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndromes. A report of the American College of Cardiology Task Force on Clinical Data Standards (Acute Coronary Syndromes Writing Committee).

    Christopher P Cannon;Alexander Battler;Ralph G Brindis;Jafna L Cox

  • A Randomized Trial Comparing Coronary Angioplasty with Coronary Bypass Surgery

    Spencer B. King;Nicholas J. Lembo;William S. Weintraub;Andrzej S. Kosinski

  • Ability of minor elevations of troponins I and T to predict benefit from an early invasive strategy in patients with unstable angina and non-ST elevation myocardial infarction: results from a randomized trial.

    David A. Morrow;Christopher P. Cannon;Nader Rifai;Martin J. Frey

  • Elevation of C-reactive protein in "active" coronary artery disease.

    Bradford C. Berk;Bradford C. Berk;William S. Weintraub;William S. Weintraub;R.Wayne Alexander;R.Wayne Alexander

  • Effect of PCI on Quality of Life in Patients with Stable Coronary Disease

    William S. Weintraub;John A. Spertus;Paul Kolm;David J. Maron

  • Angiographic and clinical predictors of acute closure after native vessel coronary angioplasty

    Stephen Ellis;G. S. Roubin;S. B. King;J. S. Douglas

  • Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting provides complete revascularization with reduced myocardial injury, transfusion requirements, and length of stay: A prospective randomized comparison of two hundred unselected patients undergoing off-pump versus conventional coronary artery bypass grafting

    J.D. Puskas;W.H. Williams;P.G. Duke;J.R. Staples

  • Influence of Diabetes Mellitus on Early and Late Outcome After Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty

    Bernardo Stein;William S. Weintraub;Suzanne S.P. Gebhart;Caryn L. Cohen-Bernstein

  • Off-pump vs conventional coronary artery bypass grafting: early and 1-year graft patency, cost, and quality-of-life outcomes: a randomized trial.

    John D. Puskas;Willis H. Williams;Elizabeth M. Mahoney;Philip R. Huber

Frequent Co-Authors

John A. Spertus
John A. Spertus University of Missouri–Kansas City
Koon K. Teo
Koon K. Teo McMaster University
Robert A. Guyton
Robert A. Guyton Emory University
Leslee J. Shaw
Leslee J. Shaw Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Ralph G. Brindis
Ralph G. Brindis University of California, San Francisco
Sunil V. Rao
Sunil V. Rao Duke University School of Medicine
G.B. John Mancini
G.B. John Mancini University of British Columbia
Bernard R. Chaitman
Bernard R. Chaitman Saint Louis University
Robert A. O'Rourke
Robert A. O'Rourke American Heart Association
John S. Rumsfeld
John S. Rumsfeld University of Colorado Denver

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