Professor, Medicine, University of Alabama School of Medicine
Internal Medicine
Dr. Monika M. Safford, MD
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Monika M. Safford, MD practices Internal Medicine. She studied medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University. Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University is ranked 18/49 in Research/PrimaryCare. Monika Safford is also published. She has 104 publications published. The lastest publication: "Response to Letter Regarding Article, "Southern Dietary Pattern is Associated With Hazard of Acute Coronary Heart Disease in the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Diff...'
Publications
- Discharge diagnoses versus medical record review in the identification of community-acquired sepsis.
- Hospital-Onset Clostridium difficile Infection Among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients.
- Consequences of Comorbidity of Elevated Stress and/or Depressive Symptoms and Incident Cardiovascular Outcomes in Diabetes: Results From the REasons for the Geographic...
- Inflammation and hemostasis in atrial fibrillation and coronary heart disease: The REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke study.
- Newly Developed Chronic Conditions and Changes in Health-Related Quality of Life in Postmenopausal Women.
- Southern Dietary Pattern is Associated with Hazard of Acute Coronary Heart Disease in the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study.
- Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors and Outcomes in the Twenty-First Century: Findings from the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study.
- Pilot Study Evaluating the Feasibility and Initial Outcomes of a Primary Care Weight Loss Intervention With Peer Coaches.
- Perfect storm: concurrent stress and depressive symptoms increase risk of myocardial infarction or death.
- Characteristics and prognosis of acute myocardial infarction by discharge diagnosis: the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke study.
- Statin use following hospitalization among Medicare beneficiaries with a secondary discharge diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction.
- Educational attainment and longevity: results from the REGARDS U.S. national cohort study of blacks and whites.
- A Review of the Relationships between Endogenous Sex Steroids and Incident Ischemic Stroke and Coronary Heart Disease Events.
- Association of hyperlipidaemia, inflammation and serological status and coronary heart disease among patients with rheumatoid arthritis: data from the National Veteran...
- Underutilization of high-intensity statin therapy after hospitalization for coronary heart disease.
- Republished: The association between inflammatory markers, serum lipids and the risk of cardiovascular events in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
- Psychosocial Stress as a Risk Factor for Sepsis: A Population-Based Cohort Study.
- Insulin vs sulfonylureas for second-line diabetes treatment--reply.
- Bisphosphonates and hip and nontraumatic subtrochanteric femoral fractures in the veterans health administration.
- Patient-centered priorities for improving medication management and adherence.
- Chronic Statin Use and Long-Term Rates of Sepsis: A Population-Based Cohort Study.
- Ability of low antihypertensive medication adherence to predict statin discontinuation and low statin adherence in patients initiating treatment after a coronary event.
- Association of systolic blood pressure levels with cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality among older adults taking antihypertensive medication.
- Effect of Self-referral on Bone Mineral Density Testing and Osteoporosis Treatment.
- Validity of Claims-Based Stroke Algorithms in Contemporary Medicare Data: Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study Linked With Medicare ...
- Associations of stressful life events and social strain with incident cardiovascular disease in the women's health initiative.
- Apparent treatment-resistant hypertension and risk for stroke, coronary heart disease, and all-cause mortality.
- Healthy Lifestyle Factors and Risk of Cardiovascular Events and Mortality in Treatment-Resistant Hypertension: The Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Str...
- Comparative effectiveness research and outcomes of diabetes treatment.
- Statin Underuse and Low Prevalence of LDL-C Control Among U.S. Adults at High Risk of Coronary Heart Disease.
- Declines in coronary heart disease incidence and mortality among middle-aged adults with and without diabetes.
- The association between inflammatory markers, serum lipids and the risk of cardiovascular events in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
- Metabolic Syndrome, C-reactive Protein, and Mortality in U.S. Blacks and Whites: The Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study.
- Secular changes in rates of coronary heart disease, fatal coronary heart disease, and out-of-hospital fatal coronary heart disease.
- Physical inactivity and long-term rates of community-acquired sepsis.
- Validation of the atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease Pooled Cohort risk equations.
- Effect of Sustaining Lifestyle Modifications (Nonsmoking, Weight Reduction, Physical Activity, and Mediterranean Diet) After Healing of Myocardial Infarction, Percutan...
- Refractory hypertension: determination of prevalence, risk factors, and comorbidities in a large, population-based cohort.
- Comparison of Medicare Claims Versus Physician Adjudication for Identifying Stroke Outcomes in the Women's Health Initiative.
- Race, regionality and pre-diabetes in the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study.
- Racial and Regional Differences in Venous Thromboembolism in the United States in Three Cohorts.
- Achievement of Optimal Medical Therapy Goals for US Adults with Coronary Artery Disease: Results from the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGA...
- Assessing Peer Advisor Intervention Fidelity Using Video Skits in a Peer Support Implementation Trial.
- Risk of hospitalized bacterial infections associated with biologic treatment among U.S. Veterans with Rheumatoid Arthritis.
- Comment on the Reports of Over-estimation of ASCVD Risk Using the 2013 AHA/ACC Risk Equation.
- Association of pain with HbA1c in a predominantly black population of community-dwelling adults with diabetes: a cross-sectional analysis.
- Prehypertension and Incident Acute Coronary Heart Disease in the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study.
- Dental risk factors for osteonecrosis of the jaws: a CONDOR case-control study.
- Atrial Fibrillation and the Risk of Myocardial Infarction.
- Seizure occurrence following nonoptimal anticonvulsant medication management during the transition into the hospital.
- A risk algorithm for assessing short-term mortality for obese black and white men and women.
- Is Pulse Pressure an Independent Risk Factor for Incident Acute Coronary Heart Disease Events? The REGARDS Study.
- Association between urinary albumin excretion and coronary heart disease in black vs white adults.
- Caregiving strain and all-cause mortality: evidence from the REGARDS study.
- Life's simple 7 and risk of incident stroke: the reasons for geographic and racial differences in stroke study.
- Awareness, Treatment, and Control of LDL Cholesterol Are Lower Among United States Adults With Undiagnosed Diabetes Versus Diagnosed Diabetes.
- Nondisease-Specific Problems and All-Cause Mortality in the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke Study.
- Anticonvulsant medication errors in children with epilepsy during the home-to-hospital transition.
- Obesity and risk of sepsis: A population-based cohort study.
- Cardioprotective medication use and risk factor control among US adults with unrecognized myocardial infarction: the REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in S...
- Inflammatory and endothelial activation biomarkers and risk of sepsis: A nested case-control study.
- Behavioral Mechanisms, Elevated Depressive Symptoms, and the Risk for Myocardial Infarction or Death in Individuals With Coronary Heart Disease: The REGARDS (Reason fo...
- The contributions of unhealthy lifestyle factors to apparent resistant hypertension: findings from the Reasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS...
- Exploring barriers and facilitators to clinical trial enrollment in the context of sickle cell anemia and hydroxyurea.
- Depressive symptoms and cardiovascular health by the American Heart Association's definition in the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) s...
- Racial differences in the impact of elevated systolic blood pressure on stroke risk.
- Healthy Behaviors, Risk Factor Control and Awareness of Chronic Kidney Disease.
- Geographic Variation in CKD Prevalence and ESRD Incidence in the United States: Results From the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study.
- Association of an intensive lifestyle intervention with remission of type 2 diabetes.
- Association of race and sex with risk of incident acute coronary heart disease events.
- Chronic medical conditions and risk of sepsis.
- Perceptions of and barriers to use of generic medications in a rural african american population, alabama, 2011.
- What Stroke Symptoms Tell Us: Association of Risk Factors and Individual Stroke Symptoms in the REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study.
- Blood pressure indexes and end-stage renal disease risk in adults with chronic kidney disease.
- Management of Osteoporosis among the Elderly with Other Chronic Medical Conditions.
- Association of Prediabetes and Diabetes With Stroke Symptoms: The REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study.
- Recruitment of a rural, southern, predominantly African-American population into a diabetes self-management trial.
- Identifying a High Stroke Risk Subgroup in Individuals With Heart Failure.
- Prenuptial Tooth Extractions in Acadian Women: First Report of a Cultural Tradition.
- Validation of Diagnostic Codes for Subtrochanteric, Diaphyseal, and Atypical Femoral Fractures Using Administrative Claims Data.
- Self-Reported Stroke Symptoms Without a Prior Diagnosis of Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack: A Powerful New Risk Factor for Stroke.
- A web-based diabetes intervention for physician: a cluster-randomized effectiveness trial.
- Racial and Geographic Differences in Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment and Control of Dyslipidemia: The Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS...
- Imputation of Incident Events in Longitudinal Cohort Studies.
- Low Medication Adherence and the Incidence of Stroke Symptoms Among Individuals With Hypertension: The REGARDS Study.
- Agreement on Cause of Death Between Proxies, Death Certificates, and Clinician Adjudicators in the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) St...
- Racial and regional differences in age at menopause in the United States: findings from the REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study.
- Predictors of Overnight Hospital Admission in Older African American and Caucasian Medicare Beneficiaries.
- Detection of chronic kidney disease with creatinine, cystatin C, and urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio and association with progression to end-stage renal disease and ...
- The relationship between bisphosphonate adherence and fracture: is it the behavior or the medication? Results from the placebo arm of the fracture intervention trial.
- Disparities in stroke incidence contributing to disparities in stroke mortality.
- Adiposity, Inflammation, and Risk for Death in Black and White Men and Women in the United States: The Reasons of Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS)...
- Patterns of postoperative pain medication prescribing after invasive dental procedures.
- Patient complexity and diabetes quality of care in rural settings.
- Geographic and demographic variability in 20-year hypertension incidence: the CARDIA study.
- The association between income, education, and experiences of discrimination in older African American and European American patients.
- Health Professional Shortage Areas, Insurance Status, and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) St...
- Is withholding osteoporosis medication after fracture sometimes rational? A comparison of the risk for second fracture versus death.
- Healthy lifestyle factors and incident heart disease and mortality in candidates for primary prevention with statin therapy.
- Response to Letter Regarding Article, "Southern Dietary Pattern is Associated With Hazard of Acute Coronary Heart Disease in the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Diff...
- Cardiovascular Health and Incident Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer: The Women's Health Initiative.
- Burden of Coronary Heart Disease Rehospitalizations Following Acute Myocardial Infarction in Older Adults.
- Introduction to the American Heart Association's Hypertension Strategically Focused Research Network.
Schools
Weill Cornell Medical College
Hospital Of The University Of Pennsylvania
Doctors Specialties
- Internal Medicine
Accepted Insurances
Education
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University of Pennsylvania Health System -
Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University
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