Joseph Ladapo

Joseph Ladapo, MD, PhD

Professor

Department: Department of Internal Medicine
Business Phone: (352) 265-0651
Business Email: joseph.ladapo@ufl.edu

About Joseph Ladapo

Joseph A. Ladapo, MD, PhD is Professor of Medicine at the University of Florida and serves as State Surgeon General of Florida. His research examines behavioral economic strategies to reduce cardiovascular risk in low-income and disadvantaged populations. Clinically, he has cared primarily for hospitalized patients. His research program has been supported by the National Institutes of Health and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and includes clinical trials of interventions for weight loss, smoking cessation, and cardiovascular disease prevention among people with HIV. Dr. Ladapo’s studies have been published in leading medical journals, including The Journal of the American Medical Association, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, and Annals of Internal Medicine. His writings about health policy and public health have appeared in the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today. Prior to joining the faculty of University of Florida, he was a tenured Associate Professor at David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Dr. Ladapo graduated from Wake Forest University and received his medical degree from Harvard and PhD in Health Policy from Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. He completed his clinical training in internal medicine at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where he received the Harvard Medical School Class of 2012 Resident Teaching Award and the Daniel E. Ford Award in Health Services and Outcomes Research from John Hopkins University.

Board Certifications

  • Internal Medicine
    American Board Of Internal Medicine

Research Profile

Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)

0000-0002-8518-4800

Publications

2024
Cost-effectiveness of goal-directed and outcome-based financial incentives for weight loss in low-income populations: the FIReWoRk randomized clinical trial
International Journal of Obesity. 48(2):231-239 [DOI] 10.1038/s41366-023-01404-3.
2024
Low-Income Participants’ Preference Between Financial Incentives for Behavioral Goals vs Weight Loss Targets and Associations With Behavioral Goal Adherence.
American journal of health promotion : AJHP. [DOI] 10.1177/08901171241254366. [PMID] 38748662.
2024
Statin use for cardiovascular disease prevention: perceptions among people living with HIV in the United States.
BMC primary care. 25(1) [DOI] 10.1186/s12875-024-02370-z. [PMID] 38632550.
2023
Effectiveness of Goal-Directed and Outcome-Based Financial Incentives for Weight Loss in Primary Care Patients With Obesity Living in Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Neighborhoods: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
JAMA internal medicine. 183(1):61-69 [DOI] 10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.5618. [PMID] 36469353.
2022
Misperceptions of COVID-19 illness risk and preferences for business and school closures in the United States.
Preventive medicine reports. 27 [DOI] 10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.101780. [PMID] 35342689.
2022
The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Disparities Elimination through Coordinated Interventions to Prevent and Control Heart and Lung Disease Alliance.
Health services research. 57 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):20-31 [DOI] 10.1111/1475-6773.13983. [PMID] 35383917.
2022
US emergency care patterns among nurse practitioners and physician assistants compared with physicians: a cross-sectional analysis
BMJ Open. 12(4) [DOI] 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055138. [PMID] 35443951.
2021
Association of COVID-19 Risk Misperceptions With Household Isolation in the United States: Survey Study
JMIR Formative Research. 5(8) [DOI] 10.2196/30164. [PMID] 34253507.
2021
Economic outcomes of depression screening after acute coronary syndromes: The CODIACS-QoL randomized clinical trial.
General hospital psychiatry. 71:47-54 [DOI] 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2021.04.001. [PMID] 33933921.
2021
Factors affecting statin uptake among people living with HIV: primary care provider perspectives.
BMC family practice. 22(1) [DOI] 10.1186/s12875-021-01563-0. [PMID] 34717560.
2021
Protocol for pragmatic randomised trial: integrating electronic health record-based behavioural economic ‘nudges’ into the electronic health record to reduce preoperative testing for patients undergoing cataract surgery
BMJ Open. 11(11) [DOI] 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049568. [PMID] 34732478.
2021
Response to letter to the editor re: Economic outcomes of depression screening after acute coronary syndromes: The CODIACS-QoL randomized clinical trial.
General hospital psychiatry. 73 [DOI] 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2021.08.001. [PMID] 34376322.
2021
Revisiting COVID-19 policies: 10 evidence-based recommendations for where to go from here
BMC Public Health. 21(1) [DOI] 10.1186/s12889-021-12082-z. [PMID] 34774012.
2021
The Utilization and Costs of Grade D USPSTF Services in Medicare, 2007-2016.
Journal of general internal medicine. 36(12):3711-3718 [DOI] 10.1007/s11606-021-06784-8. [PMID] 33852141.
2020
Differences in Cardiovascular Care Between Adults With and Without Opioid Prescriptions in the United States
Journal of the American Heart Association. 9(11) [DOI] 10.1161/jaha.120.015961.
2020
Financial Incentives for Smoking Cessation in Hospitalized Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial
The American Journal of Medicine. 133(6):741-749 [DOI] 10.1016/j.amjmed.2019.12.025. [PMID] 31982494.
2020
Guideline-Based Statin Eligibility, Coronary Artery Stenosis and Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Stable Chest Pain: A Secondary Analysis of the PROMISE Randomized Clinical Trial.
Journal of clinical medicine. 9(10) [DOI] 10.3390/jcm9103076. [PMID] 32987771.
2020
ImPlementation REsearCh to DEvelop Interventions for People Living with HIV (the PRECluDE consortium): Combatting chronic disease comorbidities in HIV populations through implementation research.
Progress in cardiovascular diseases. 63(2):79-91 [DOI] 10.1016/j.pcad.2020.03.006. [PMID] 32199901.
2020
Multifaceted highly targeted sequential multidrug treatment of early ambulatory high-risk SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19).
Reviews in cardiovascular medicine. 21(4):517-530 [DOI] 10.31083/j.rcm.2020.04.264. [PMID] 33387997.
2020
New research directions on disparities in obesity and type 2 diabetes.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1461(1):5-24 [DOI] 10.1111/nyas.14270. [PMID] 31793006.
2020
Patient-Reported Reasons for Not Using Primary Prevention Statin Therapy.
Journal of clinical medicine. 9(10) [DOI] 10.3390/jcm9103337. [PMID] 33080939.
2020
Reducing cardiovascular risk among people living with HIV: Rationale and design of the INcreasing Statin Prescribing in HIV Behavioral Economics REsearch (INSPIRE) randomized controlled trial.
Progress in cardiovascular diseases. 63(2):109-117 [DOI] 10.1016/j.pcad.2020.02.012. [PMID] 32084445.
2019
Evaluation of an Intervention to Reduce Low-Value Preoperative Care for Patients Undergoing Cataract Surgery at a Safety-Net Health System.
JAMA internal medicine. 179(5):648-657 [DOI] 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.8358. [PMID] 30907922.
2019
Goal-directed versus outcome-based financial incentives for weight loss among low-income patients with obesity: rationale and design of the Financial Incentives foR Weight Reduction (FIReWoRk) randomised controlled trial.
BMJ open. 9(4) [DOI] 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025278. [PMID] 30962231.
2019
National Rate of Tobacco and Substance Use Disorders Among Hospitalized Heart Failure Patients.
The American journal of medicine. 132(4):478-488.e4 [DOI] 10.1016/j.amjmed.2018.11.038. [PMID] 30562497.
2019
Quantifying Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Care Among Patients Evaluated for Suspected Ischemic Heart Disease.
Journal of women's health (2002). 28(5):698-704 [DOI] 10.1089/jwh.2018.7018. [PMID] 30543478.
2019
Rationale, design, and baseline data for a multicenter randomized clinical trial comparing depression screening strategies after acute coronary syndrome: The comparison of depression identification after acute Coronary Syndromes-Quality of Life and Cost Outcomes (CODIACS-QOL) trial.
Contemporary clinical trials. 84 [DOI] 10.1016/j.cct.2019.105826. [PMID] 31419605.
2019
The Clinical Utility of a Precision Medicine Blood Test Incorporating Age, Sex, and Gene Expression for Evaluating Women with Stable Symptoms Suggestive of Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease: Analysis from the PRESET Registry.
Journal of women's health (2002). 28(5):728-735 [DOI] 10.1089/jwh.2018.7203. [PMID] 30653377.
2019
Underuse of Medications and Lifestyle Counseling to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease in Patients With Diabetes.
Diabetes care. 42(5):e75-e76 [DOI] 10.2337/dc18-1554. [PMID] 30862654.
2018
Capsule Commentary on Silvestri et al., Impact of Cost Display on Ordering Patterns for Hospital Laboratory and Imaging Services.
Journal of general internal medicine. 33(8) [DOI] 10.1007/s11606-018-4516-5. [PMID] 29869144.
2018
Coordination Across Ambulatory Care: A Comparison of Referrals and Health Information Exchange Across Convenient and Traditional Settings.
The Journal of ambulatory care management. 41(2):128-137 [DOI] 10.1097/JAC.0000000000000227. [PMID] 29474252.
2018
Economic Outcomes of a Precision Medicine Blood Test To Assess Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease: Results from the PRESET Registry.
Managed care (Langhorne, Pa.). 27(6):34-40 [PMID] 29989911.
2018
Economics of MRI Operations After Implementation of Interpersonal Skills Training.
Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR. 15(12):1775-1783 [DOI] 10.1016/j.jacr.2018.01.017. [PMID] 29530323.
2018
Financial IncEntives for Smoking TreAtment: protocol of the FIESTA trial and FIESTA Oral Microbiome Substudy
Trials. 19(1) [DOI] 10.1186/s13063-018-3003-y. [PMID] 30463608.
2018
National patterns of physician management of sleep apnea and treatment among patients with hypertension.
PloS one. 13(5) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0196981. [PMID] 29791455.
2018
Physician Prescribing of Opioids to Patients at Increased Risk of Overdose From Benzodiazepine Use in the United States.
JAMA psychiatry. 75(6):623-630 [DOI] 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.0544. [PMID] 29710086.
2018
Quality of health economic evaluations for the ACC/AHA stable ischemic heart disease practice guideline: A systematic review.
American heart journal. 204:17-33 [DOI] 10.1016/j.ahj.2018.06.013. [PMID] 30077048.
2018
Utility of a Precision Medicine Test in Elderly Adults with Symptoms Suggestive of Coronary Artery Disease.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 66(2):309-315 [DOI] 10.1111/jgs.15215. [PMID] 29210056.
2017
Allergic Reactions in Hospitalized Patients With a Self-Reported Penicillin Allergy Who Receive a Cephalosporin or Meropenem.
Journal of pharmacy practice. 30(1):42-48 [DOI] 10.1177/0897190015587254. [PMID] 26038245.
2017
Association of Patient Beliefs and Preferences With Subsequent Testing After Initial Evaluation for Ischemic Heart Disease.
JACC. Cardiovascular imaging. 10(9):1076-1078 [DOI] 10.1016/j.jcmg.2016.09.015. [PMID] 28017386.
2017
Changes in cardiovascular care provision after the Affordable Care Act.
The American journal of managed care. 23(11):e366-e373 [PMID] 29182357.
2017
Clinical Utility of a Precision Medicine Test Evaluating Outpatients with Suspected Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease.
The American journal of medicine. 130(4):482.e11-482.e17 [DOI] 10.1016/j.amjmed.2016.11.021. [PMID] 27993573.
2017
Disparities in the Quality of Cardiovascular Care Between HIV-Infected Versus HIV-Uninfected Adults in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Journal of the American Heart Association. 6(11) [DOI] 10.1161/JAHA.117.007107. [PMID] 29138182.
2017
Effects of Interpersonal Skills Training on MRI Operations in a Saturated Market: A Randomized Trial.
Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR. 14(7):963-970 [DOI] 10.1016/j.jacr.2017.03.015. [PMID] 28461168.
2017
Physical Activity and Incident Hypertension in African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979). 69(3):421-427 [DOI] 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.116.08398. [PMID] 28137988.
2017
Quantifying sociodemographic and income disparities in medical therapy and lifestyle among symptomatic patients with suspected coronary artery disease: a cross-sectional study in North America.
BMJ open. 7(9) [DOI] 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016364. [PMID] 28965093.
2017
Reply.
The American journal of cardiology. 120(3) [DOI] 10.1016/j.amjcard.2016.07.002. [PMID] 27553106.
2017
Strengths and Limitations of Using Cost Evaluations to Inform Cardiovascular Care.
JACC. Cardiovascular interventions. 10(4):352-354 [DOI] 10.1016/j.jcin.2016.12.011. [PMID] 28231902.
2017
Underuse of Prevention and Lifestyle Counseling in Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 69(18):2293-2300 [DOI] 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.02.064. [PMID] 28473134.
2016
Appropriate Use of Cardiac Stress Testing with Imaging: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
PloS one. 11(8) [DOI] 10.1371/journal.pone.0161153. [PMID] 27536775.
2016
Appropriateness of cardiac stress test use among primary care physicians and cardiologists in the United States.
International journal of cardiology. 203:584-6 [DOI] 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.10.238. [PMID] 26569369.
2016
Changes in Medical Therapy and Lifestyle After Anatomical or Functional Testing for Coronary Artery Disease.
Journal of the American Heart Association. 5(10) [PMID] 27733347.
2016
Cost and Cost-Effectiveness of Students for Nutrition and eXercise (SNaX).
Academic pediatrics. 16(3):247-53 [DOI] 10.1016/j.acap.2015.07.009. [PMID] 26427719.
2016
Firearm Ownership and Acquisition Among Parents With Risk Factors for Self-Harm or Other Violence.
Academic pediatrics. 16(8):742-749 [DOI] 10.1016/j.acap.2016.05.145. [PMID] 27426038.
2016
Health Care Utilization and Expenditures Associated With Remote Monitoring in Patients With Implantable Cardiac Devices.
The American journal of cardiology. 117(9):1455-62 [DOI] 10.1016/j.amjcard.2016.02.015. [PMID] 26996767.
2016
In reply.
Annals of emergency medicine. 67(6):792-793 [DOI] 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2016.01.044. [PMID] 27217134.
2016
Observation Units as Substitutes for Hospitalization or Home Discharge.
Annals of emergency medicine. 67(6):706-713.e2 [DOI] 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2015.10.025. [PMID] 26619756.
2016
Paying Smokers to Quit: Does It Work? Should We Do It?
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 68(8):786-8 [DOI] 10.1016/j.jacc.2016.04.067. [PMID] 27539169.
2016
Smoking-Cessation Interventions for Urban Hospital Patients: A Randomized Comparative Effectiveness Trial.
American journal of preventive medicine. 51(4):566-77 [DOI] 10.1016/j.amepre.2016.06.023. [PMID] 27647057.
2016
The Impact of an Online Crowdsourcing Diagnostic Tool on Health Care Utilization: A Case Study Using a Novel Approach to Retrospective Claims Analysis
Journal of Medical Internet Research. 18(6) [DOI] 10.2196/jmir.5644. [PMID] 27251384.
2016
Treatment of Patients With Stable Ischemic Heart Disease.
JAMA. 315(17) [DOI] 10.1001/jama.2016.0683. [PMID] 27139071.
2015
Enhanced assessment of chest pain and related symptoms in the primary care setting through the use of a novel personalized medicine genomic test: results from a prospective registry study.
American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality. 30(4):345-52 [DOI] 10.1177/1062860614532517. [PMID] 24798176.
2015
External validation of models for estimating pretest probability of coronary artery disease among individuals undergoing myocardial perfusion imaging.
International journal of cardiology. 182:534-40 [DOI] 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.01.015. [PMID] 25665971.
2015
Open access to economic outcome data will help to bridge the gap between clinical trials and clinical guidelines.
BMJ (Clinical research ed.). 350 [DOI] 10.1136/bmj.h3091. [PMID] 26055277.
2015
Projected morbidity and mortality from missed diagnoses of coronary artery disease in the United States.
International journal of cardiology. 195:250-2 [DOI] 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.05.033. [PMID] 26048387.
2015
The Employee Absenteeism Costs of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Evidence From US National Survey Data.
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine. 57(6):635-42 [DOI] 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000461. [PMID] 26053366.
2015
Use of a blood test incorporating age, sex, and gene expression influences medical decision-making in the evaluation of women presenting with symptoms suggestive of obstructive coronary artery disease: summary results from two ambulatory care studies in primary care.
Menopause (New York, N.Y.). 22(11):1224-30 [DOI] 10.1097/GME.0000000000000443. [PMID] 25828395.
2015
Use of Preoperative Testing and Physicians’ Response to Professional Society Guidance.
JAMA internal medicine. 175(8):1352-9 [DOI] 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.2081. [PMID] 26053956.
2014
Community-based settings and sampling strategies: implications for reducing racial health disparities among black men, New York City, 2010-2013.
Preventing chronic disease. 11 [DOI] 10.5888/pcd11.140083. [PMID] 24945237.
2014
Cost effectiveness of a gene expression score and myocardial perfusion imaging for diagnosis of coronary artery disease.
American heart journal. 167(5):697-706.e2 [DOI] 10.1016/j.ahj.2014.02.005. [PMID] 24766980.
2014
Do black patients with chronic kidney disease benefit equally from all blood pressure lowering agents?
BMJ (Clinical research ed.). 348 [DOI] 10.1136/bmj.g142. [PMID] 24429920.
2014
Economic utility of a blood-based genomic test for the assessment of patients with symptoms suggestive of obstructive coronary artery disease.
Population health management. 17(5):287-96 [DOI] 10.1089/pop.2013.0096. [PMID] 24568603.
2014
Emergency department visits for heart failure and subsequent hospitalization or observation unit admission.
American heart journal. 168(6):901-8.e1 [DOI] 10.1016/j.ahj.2014.08.002. [PMID] 25458654.
2014
Long-term outcomes of enhanced depression treatment in patients with acute coronary syndromes.
The American journal of medicine. 127(10):1012-6 [DOI] 10.1016/j.amjmed.2014.05.004. [PMID] 24835038.
2014
Physician decision making and trends in the use of cardiac stress testing in the United States: an analysis of repeated cross-sectional data.
Annals of internal medicine. 161(7):482-90 [DOI] 10.7326/M14-0296. [PMID] 25285541.
2014
Statistical uncertainty in 10-year Framingham risk of coronary heart disease and cardiovascular disease.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 63(4):377-8 [DOI] 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.07.108. [PMID] 24161330.
2014
Summaries for patients. Trends in the use of stress testing to diagnose coronary heart disease.
Annals of internal medicine. 161(7):I-28 [DOI] 10.7326/P14-9036. [PMID] 25285558.
2014
Tobacco use and smoking intentions among U.S. fifth-grade students.
The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine. 55(3):445-51 [DOI] 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2014.03.008. [PMID] 24794053.
2013
A blood-based gene expression test for obstructive coronary artery disease tested in symptomatic nondiabetic patients referred for myocardial perfusion imaging the COMPASS study.
Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics. 6(2):154-62 [DOI] 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.112.964015. [PMID] 23418288.
2013
Centralized, stepped, patient preference-based treatment for patients with post-acute coronary syndrome depression: CODIACS vanguard randomized controlled trial.
JAMA internal medicine. 173(11):997-1004 [DOI] 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.915. [PMID] 23471421.
2013
Clinical implications of referral bias in the diagnostic performance of exercise testing for coronary artery disease.
Journal of the American Heart Association. 2(6) [DOI] 10.1161/JAHA.113.000505. [PMID] 24334965.
2013
Cost of talking parents, healthy teens: a worksite-based intervention to promote parent-adolescent sexual health communication.
The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine. 53(5):595-601 [DOI] 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2012.11.015. [PMID] 23406890.
2013
Economics of psychosocial factors in patients with cardiovascular disease.
Progress in cardiovascular diseases. 55(6):563-73 [DOI] 10.1016/j.pcad.2013.03.006. [PMID] 23621966.
2013
Genetic testing in patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: a cost-effectiveness analysis.
Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH. 11(1):81-91 [DOI] 10.1111/jth.12059. [PMID] 23137413.
2013
Scientific publications on firearms in youth before and after Congressional action prohibiting federal research funding.
JAMA. 310(5):532-4 [DOI] 10.1001/jama.2013.119355. [PMID] 23925624.
2013
The employee absenteeism costs of inflammatory bowel disease: evidence from US National Survey Data.
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine. 55(4):393-401 [DOI] 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31827cba48. [PMID] 23232289.
2012
Acute safety outcomes in younger and older patients with atrial fibrillation treated with catheter ablation.
Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing. 35(2):173-82 [DOI] 10.1007/s10840-012-9690-5. [PMID] 22714547.
2012
Cost-effectiveness of enhanced depression care after acute coronary syndrome: results from the Coronary Psychosocial Evaluation Studies randomized controlled trial.
Archives of internal medicine. 172(21):1682-4 [PMID] 23070196.
2012
Direct health care insurer and out-of-pocket expenditures of inflammatory bowel disease: evidence from a US national survey.
Digestive diseases and sciences. 57(12):3080-91 [DOI] 10.1007/s10620-012-2289-y. [PMID] 22790905.
2012
Evaluation for coronary artery disease and medicare spending.
JAMA. 307(9) [DOI] 10.1001/jama.307.9.911-a. [PMID] 22396506.
2012
Health outcomes with catheter ablation or antiarrhythmic drug therapy in atrial fibrillation: results of a propensity-matched analysis.
Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes. 5(2):171-81 [DOI] 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.111.963108. [PMID] 22373904.
2012
Healthcare utilization and expenditures in patients with atrial fibrillation treated with catheter ablation.
Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology. 23(1):1-8 [DOI] 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02130.x. [PMID] 21777324.
2012
Interrogating a clinical database to study treatment of hypotension in the critically ill.
BMJ open. 2(3) [DOI] 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-000916. [PMID] 22685222.
2012
Projected clinical outcomes of glaucoma screening in African American individuals.
Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960). 130(3):365-72 [DOI] 10.1001/archopthalmol.2011.1224. [PMID] 22411665.
2012
The direct healthcare insurer and out-of-pocket expenditures of psoriasis: evidence from a United States national survey.
The Journal of dermatological treatment. 23(4):240-54 [DOI] 10.3109/09546634.2010.550911. [PMID] 21801089.
2011
A simulation model of clinical and economic outcomes of cardiac CT triage of patients with acute chest pain in the emergency department.
AJR. American journal of roentgenology. 196(4):853-61 [PMID] 21427336.
2011
Adenosine-stress cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in suspected coronary artery disease: a net cost analysis and reimbursement implications.
The international journal of cardiovascular imaging. 27(1):113-21 [DOI] 10.1007/s10554-010-9645-9. [PMID] 20524070.
2011
Projected cost-effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions in patients hospitalized with myocardial infarction.
Archives of internal medicine. 171(1):39-45 [DOI] 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.479. [PMID] 21220659.
2010
Comparison of the clinical and economic outcomes between open and minimally invasive appendectomy and colectomy: evidence from a large commercial payer database.
Surgical endoscopy. 24(4):845-53 [DOI] 10.1007/s00464-009-0675-0. [PMID] 19730950.
2009
Adoption and spread of new imaging technology: a case study.
Health affairs (Project Hope). 28(6):w1122-32 [DOI] 10.1377/hlthaff.28.6.w1122. [PMID] 19828487.
2009
Clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness of coronary computed tomography angiography in the evaluation of patients with chest pain.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 54(25):2409-22 [DOI] 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.10.012. [PMID] 20082932.
2009
Open abdominal versus laparoscopic and vaginal hysterectomy: analysis of a large United States payer measuring quality and cost of care.
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology. 16(5):581-8 [DOI] 10.1016/j.jmig.2009.06.018. [PMID] 19835801.
2008
Cost-effectiveness of coronary MDCT in the triage of patients with acute chest pain.
AJR. American journal of roentgenology. 191(2):455-63 [DOI] 10.2214/AJR.07.3611. [PMID] 18647917.
2008
Parental tolerance of false-positive newborn screening results.
Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine. 162(9):870-6 [DOI] 10.1001/archpediatrics.2008.1. [PMID] 18762606.
2007
Valuing children’s health: a comparison of cost-utility analyses for adult and paediatric health interventions in the US.
PharmacoEconomics. 25(10):817-28 [PMID] 17887804.
2002
Mutations associated with base excision repair deficiency and methylation-induced genotoxic stress.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 99(10):6860-5 [PMID] 11983862.
1999
Antibiotic response and plasmid profile of bacteria isolated from a landfill.
Current microbiology. 39(5):249-53 [PMID] 10489432.

Grants

Jan 2023 – Dec 2023
Financial incentive strategies for smoking cessation in high-risk, hospitalized patients.
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: UNIV OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES via NATL INST OF HLTH NIDA
Sep 2021 ACTIVE
Ladapo Surgeon General-Fl Dept of Hlth CO104
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: FL DEPT OF HLTH

Education

M.D.
2008 · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL
Ph.D.
2008 · HARVARD UNIVERSITY
B.A.
2000 · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY

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