Mark J. Pletcher, M.D.

Internist

Clinics

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Additional Languages

Spanish

Education

UCSF Medical School 1998

Residencies

UCSF, Internal Medicine 2001

Selected Research and Publications

1. Zeki Al Hazzouri A, Haan MN, Neuhaus JM, Pletcher M, Peralta CA, López L, Pérez Stable EJ. Cardiovascular risk score, cognitive decline, and dementia in older mexican americans: the role of sex and education. J Am Heart Assoc. 2013; 2(2):e004978.
2. Newman TB, Pletcher MJ, Hulley SB. Re: childhood lipid screening: evidence and conflicts. Pediatrics. 2013 Apr; 131(4):e1385-6.
3. Khanna RR, Victor RG, Bibbins-Domingo K, Shapiro MF, Pletcher MJ. Missed opportunities for treatment of uncontrolled hypertension at physician office visits in the United States, 2005 through 2009. Arch Intern Med. 2012 Sep 24; 172(17):1344-5.
4. Newman TB, Pletcher MJ, Hulley SB. Overly aggressive new guidelines for lipid screening in children: evidence of a broken process. Pediatrics. 2012 Aug; 130(2):349-52.
5. He H, Zhao Z, Chen J, Ni Y, Zhong J, Yan Z, Li Y, Liu D, Pletcher MJ, Zhu Z. Metformin-based treatment for obesity-related hypertension: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. J Hypertens. 2012 Jul; 30(7):1430-9.
6. Viera AJ, Lin FC, Hinderliter AL, Shimbo D, Person SD, Pletcher MJ, Jacobs DR. Nighttime blood pressure dipping in young adults and coronary artery calcium 10-15 years later: the coronary artery risk development in young adults study. Hypertension. 2012 Jun; 59(6):1157-63.
7. Rodondi N, Locatelli I, Aujesky D, Butler J, Vittinghoff E, Simonsick E, Satterfield S, Newman AB, Wilson PW, Pletcher MJ, Bauer DC. Framingham risk score and alternatives for prediction of coronary heart disease in older adults. PLoS One. 2012; 7(3):e34287.
8. Kertesz SG, Khodneva Y, Richman J, Tucker JA, Safford MM, Jones B, Schumacher J, Pletcher MJ. Trajectories of drug use and mortality outcomes among adults followed over 18 years. J Gen Intern Med. 2012 Jul; 27(7):808-16.
9. Pletcher MJ, Vittinghoff E, Kalhan R, Richman J, Safford M, Sidney S, Lin F, Kertesz S. Association between marijuana exposure and pulmonary function over 20 years. JAMA. 2012 Jan 11; 307(2):173-81.
10. Galper BZ, Moran A, Coxson PG, Pletcher MJ, Heidenreich P, Lazar LD, Rodondi N, Wang YC, Goldman L. Using stress testing to guide primary prevention of coronary heart disease among intermediate-risk patients: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Circulation. 2012 Jan 17; 125(2):260-70.
11. Bibbins-Domingo K, Pletcher MJ. Blood pressure matters, even during young adulthood. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011 Nov 29; 58(23):2404-5.
12. Hamidovic A, Goodloe RJ, Bergen AW, Benowitz NL, Styn MA, Kasberger JL, Choquet H, Young TR, Meng Y, Palmer C, Pletcher M, Kertesz S, Hitsman B, Spring B, Jorgenson E. Gene-centric analysis of serum cotinine levels in African and European American populations. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2012 Mar; 37(4):968-74.
13. Kroenke CH, Pletcher MJ, Lin J, Blackburn E, Adler N, Matthews K, Epel E. Telomerase, telomere length, and coronary artery calcium in black and white men in the CARDIA study. Atherosclerosis. 2012 Feb; 220(2):506-12.
14. Eisenberg ML, Park Y, Hollenbeck AR, Lipshultz LI, Schatzkin A, Pletcher MJ. Fatherhood and the risk of cardiovascular mortality in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study. Hum Reprod. 2011 Dec; 26(12):3479-85.
15. Pletcher MJ. Cardiovascular risk stratification, hemoglobin a1c, and the tempo of translation: comment on "Cardiovascular risk prediction in diabetic men and women using hemoglobin A1c vs diabetes as a high-risk equivalent". Arch Intern Med. 2011 Oct 24; 171(19):1718-20.
16. Lazar LD, Pletcher MJ, Coxson PG, Bibbins-Domingo K, Goldman L. Cost-effectiveness of statin therapy for primary prevention in a low-cost statin era. Circulation. 2011 Jul 12; 124(2):146-53.
17. Pletcher MJ, Pignone M. Evaluating the clinical utility of a biomarker: a review of methods for estimating health impact. Circulation. 2011 Mar 15; 123(10):1116-24.
18. Gillum LA, Gouveia C, Dorsey ER, Pletcher M, Mathers CD, McCulloch CE, Johnston SC. NIH disease funding levels and burden of disease. PLoS One. 2011; 6(2):e16837.
19. Simon LJ, Bizamcer AN, Lidz CW, Stefan S, Pletcher MJ. Disparities in opioid prescribing for patients with psychiatric diagnoses presenting with pain to the emergency department. Emerg Med J. 2012 Mar; 29(3):201-4.
20. Reiner AP, Kahn A, Eisner BH, Pletcher MJ, Sadetsky N, Williams OD, Polak JF, Jacobs DR, Stoller ML. Kidney stones and subclinical atherosclerosis in young adults: the CARDIA study. J Urol. 2011 Mar; 185(3):920-5.

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