Dr. Mark Pletcher, MD

• Internal Medicine

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• University Of California-san Francisco

  Fellowship Hospital, 2004

• University Of California-san Francisco

  Residency Hospital, 2001

• Ucsf/mt Zion

  Internship Hospital, 1999

• University Of California, San Francisco School Of Medicine

  Medical School, 1998

• English

• Spanish

• A digital biomarker of diabetes from smartphone-based vascular signals, 2020-08-17

• Racial Differences in Incident Heart Failure among Young Adults, 2009-03-19

• Using the Coronary Artery Calcium Score to Guide Statin Therapy A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, 2014-03-11

• Young Adult Exposure to Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Risk of Events Later in Life: The Framingham Offspring Study, 2016-05-03

• Assessment of Accelerometer-Based Physical Activity During the 2017-2018 California Wildfire Seasons Assessment of Accelerometer-Based Physical Activity During the 2017-2018 California Wildfire Seasons, 2020-09-30

• Marijuana use and risk of prediabetes and diabetes by middle adulthood: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study, 2015-09-13

• Using mobile technology to engage sexual and gender minorities in clinical research, 2019-05-02

• Scaling Up Pharmacist-led Blood Pressure Control Programs in Black Barbershops: Projected Population Health Impact and Value, 2021-06-14

• Prehypertension During Young Adulthood and Coronary Calcium Later in Life: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study, 2008-07-15

• The Association of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption During Early Adulthood With the Prevalence of Coronary Artery Calcium After 20 Years of Follow-Up: The CARDIA Study, 2015-10-26

• Non-Optimal Lipids Commonly Present in Young Adults and Coronary Calcium Later in Life The Coronary Artery Risk Development In young Adults (CARDIA) Study, 2010-08-03

• Predictors of incident viral symptoms ascertained in the era of COVID-19, 2021-06-17

• Association between marijuana use and electrocardiographic abnormalities by middle age The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study, 2020-08-09

• "Economic Evidence on Identifying Clinically Actionable Findings with Whole Genome Sequencing: A Scoping Review”, 2015-05-21

• Cigarette and e-cigarette dual use and risk of cardiopulmonary symptoms in the Health eHeart Study, 2018-07-25

• Medicaid Policy and Liver Transplant for Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease, 2020-05-08

• Direct Measurements of Smartphone Screen-Time: Relationships with Demographics and Sleep, 2016-11-09

• Making Every Step Count: Minute-by-Minute Characterization of Step Counts Augments Remote Activity Monitoring in People With Multiple Sclerosis, 2022-05-23

• Interpretation of the Coronary Artery Calcium Score in Combination with Conventional Cardiovascular Risk Factors: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), 2013-07-24

• The U.S. COVID-19 County Policy Database: a novel resource to support pandemic-related research, 2022-10-10

• Risk of Emergent Bradycardia Associated with Initiation of Immediate- or Slow-Release Metoprolol, 2013-06-27

• Evaluating the Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Statin Use Guidelines for Primary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke, 2017-07-07

• Associations of retrospective and concurrent lipid levels with subclinical atherosclerosis prediction after 20 years of follow-up: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study, 2017-03-17

• NIGHTTIME BLOOD PRESSURE DIPPING IN YOUNG ADULTS AND CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM 10-15 YEARS LATER: THE CARDIA STUDY, 2012-04-30

• Secondhand Smoke and Atrial Fibrillation: Data from the Health eHeart Study, 2015-09-01

• Accuracy and Usability of a Self-Administered Six-Minute Walk Test Smartphone Application, 2015-08-17

• Cost-Effectiveness of Lipid-Lowering Treatments in Young Adults, 2021-11-16

• Body Weight Changes During Pandemic-Related Shelter-in-Place in a Longitudinal Cohort Study Body Weight Changes During Pandemic-Related Shelter-in-Place in a Longitudinal Cohort Study, 2021-03-22

• Visit-to-visit Blood Pressure Variability in Young Adulthood and Hippocampal Volume and Integrity at Middle Age: Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study Blood Pressure Variability and Hippocampus, 2017-10-09

• Real-world heart rate norms in the Health eHeart study, 2019-06-25

• Wearable Cardioverter-Defibrillator after Myocardial Infarction, 2018-09-27

• Corrected QT Interval Is Associated With Stroke but Not Coronary Heart Disease: Insights From a General Chinese Population, 2021-07-21

• Oversight on the borderline: quality improvement and pragmatic research, 2015-09-15

• Is the "$1000 Genome” Really $1000? Understanding the Full Benefits and Costs of Genomic Sequencing, 2015-06-10

• An approach towards individualized lower rate settings for pacemakers, 2020-10-06

• Association of daily physical activity with brain volumes and cervical spinal cord areas in multiple sclerosis, 2022-12-27

• A common allele of HLA mediates asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection, 2022-10-12

• What does my patient's coronary artery calcium score mean? Combining information from the coronary artery calcium score with information from conventional risk factors to estimate coronary heart disease risk, 2004-08-24

• A common allele ofHLAis associated with asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection, 2023-07-19

• Optimizing Uptake of Multimodal Pain Management After Surgery Using the Electronic Health Record Letters, 2023-08-23

• Evaluating the Clinical Utility of a Biomarker A Review of Methods for Estimating Health Impact, 2011-03-15

• Identifying Heart Failure using EMR-based algorithms, 2018-09-19

• Using Stress Testing to Guide Primary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease among Intermediate-Risk Patients: A Cost-effectiveness Analysis, 2011-12-05

• Framingham Risk Score and Alternatives for Prediction of Coronary Heart Disease in Older Adults, 2012-03-28

• Reductions in Cardiovascular Disease Projected from Modest Reductions in Dietary Salt, 2010-01-20

• Use of altered informed consent in pragmatic clinical research, 2015-09-15

• Analysis of COVID-19 Vaccine Type and Adverse Effects Following Vaccination Analysis of COVID-19 Vaccine Type and Adverse Effects Following Vaccination, 2021-12-22

• Identifying falls remotely in people with multiple sclerosis, 2021-08-17

• Coronary heart disease and ischemic stroke polygenic risk scores and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in a diverse, population-based cohort study, 2023-06-16

• Lactation Duration and Midlife Atherosclerosis, 2016-11-28

• Association Between Marijuana Exposure and Pulmonary Function over 20 Years The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study, 2012-01-11

• Unreported SARS-CoV-2 Home Testing and Test Positivity Unreported SARS-CoV-2 Home Testing and Test Positivity, 2023-01-25

• Opal: an implementation science tool for machine learning clinical decision support in anesthesia, 2021-11-27

• Breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 Infection Outcomes in Vaccinated Patients with Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis: A N3C Study, 2023-02-17

• Physical Activity and Atrial Fibrillation: Data from Wearable Fitness Trackers, 2020-03-28

• Web-Based Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Well-being: Randomized Comparative Effectiveness Trial, 2022-09-12

• Perceptions of Patients with Primary Nonadherence to Statin Medications, 2022-02-10

• Association of Midlife Cardiovascular Risk Factors with Risk of Heart Failure Subtypes Later in Life, 2020-11-22

• Association of Continuous Assessment of Step Count by Remote Monitoring With Disability Progression Among Adults With Multiple Sclerosis Continuous Assessment of Step Count and Disability Progression in Multiple Sclerosis, 2019-03-15

• Associations of Blood Pressure and Cholesterol Levels During Young Adulthood With Later Cardiovascular Events, 2019-07-23

• Volunteer Participation in the Health eHeart Study: A Comparison with the US Population, 2017-05-16

• Factors Associated With Access to and Timing of Coronavirus Testing Among US Adults After Onset of Febrile Illness Assessment of Access to and Timing of Coronavirus Testing Among US Adults After Onset of Febrile Illness, 2021-05-03

• Clinic-based strategies to reach United States Million Hearts 2022 blood pressure control goals: a simulation study, 2019-06-05

• Temporal patterns of self-weighing behavior and weight changes assessed by consumer purchased scales in the Health eHeart Study, 2019-01-16

• Associations between tobacco and cannabis use and anxiety and depression among adults in the United States: Findings from the COVID-19 citizen science study, 2023-09-13

• Interpreting Hemoglobin A1C in Combination With Conventional Risk Factors for Prediction of Cardiovascular Risk, 2015-08-04

• Impact of Wearable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Compliance on Outcomes in the VEST Trial: As-Treated and Per-Protocol Analyses, 2020-03-03

• Perceptions, Information Sources, and Behavior Regarding Alcohol and Heart Health, 2015-05-22

• The Population Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Statins for Primary Prevention in Adults 75 and Older in the United States, 2015-04-21

• Key emerging themes for assessing the cost-effectiveness of reporting incidental findings, 2015-04-08

• Predicting Persistent Left Ventricular Dysfunction Following Myocardial Infarction: PREDiction of ICd Treatment Study (PREDICTS), 2016-03-15

• Worldwide Impact of COVID-19 on Physical Activity: A Descriptive Study, 2020-06-29