John Rumsfeld, MD, PhD

Professional Titles

• Chief Innovation Officer, American College of Cardiology

Publications

• Diercks DB, Kontos MC, Chen AY, Pollack CV Jr, Wiviott SD, Rumsfeld JS, Magid DJ,Gibler WB, Cannon CP, Peterson ED, Roe MT.Utilization and Impact of Pre-hospital Electrocardiograms for Patients with Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Data from the NCDR ACTION Registry. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2009;53:161-166
• Singh M, Peterson ED, Roe MT, Ou FS, Spertus JA, Rumsfeld JS, Anderson HV, Klein LW, Ho KLK, Holmes DR. Trends in the Association between Age and In-Hospital Mortality Following PCI: National Cardiovascular Data Registry Experience. Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, published online Feb. 10, 2009 (CIRCINTERVENTIONS 108.826172)
• Frutkin A, Lindsey , Mehta S, House JA, JA Spertus, Cohen D, Rumsfeld JS, Marso S. Drug Eluting Stents and the Use of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Among Patients with Class I Indications for Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Undergoing Index Revascularization: Insights From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. In press, J Am Coll Cardiol: CV Interventions
• Maddox TM, Ross C, Ho PM, Magid D, Rumsfeld JS. Impaired Heart Rate Recovery is Associated with New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation: A Prospective Cohort Study. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2009;9:11
• Bekelman D, Rumsfeld JS, Havranek EP, Yamashita TE, Kutner JS. Symptoms, Depression, and Spiritual Well-Being: A Comparison of Heart Failure and Advanced Cancer Patients. Journal of General Internal Medicine; epub ahead of print; published online 14 March, 2009; DOI: 10.1007/s11606-009-0931-y
• Parashar S, Rumsfeld JS, Reid KJ, Buchanan D, Dawood N, Khizer S, Lichtman J, Vaccarino V. Impact of Depression on Sex Differences in Outcome After Myocardial Infarction. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes 2009;2:33-40)
• Spertus JA, Jones PG, Masoudi FA, Rumsfeld JS, Krumholz HM. Racial Disparities in Acute Myocardial Infarction Outcomes. Annals of Internal Medicine 2009;150:314-324
• Ho PM, Maddox TM, Wang L, Fihn SD, Jesse RA, Peterson ED, Rumsfeld JS. Risk of adverse outcomes associated with concomitant use of proton pump inhibitors and clopidogrel following acute coronary syndrome. JAMA 2009;301:937-944
• Aggarwal A, Dai D, Rumsfeld JS, Klein LW, Roe MT. Incidence and Predictors of Stroke Associated with Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. In press, Am J Cardiol.
• Bekelman DB, Hutt E, Masoudi FA, Kutner JS, Rumsfeld JS. Defining the Role of Palliative Care in Older Adults with Heart Failure. International Journal of Cardiology 2008;125:183-190
• Rumsfeld JS, Nallamothu BK. The Hope and Fear of Rimonabant. JAMA 2008;299:1601-1602
• Magid DJ, Gurwitz JH, Rumsfeld JS, Go AG. Creating a Research Data Network for Cardiovascular Disease: The CVRN. Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapeutics 2008;6:1043-1045
• Peterson ED, Rumsfeld JS. Finding the COURAGE to Reconsider Medical Therapy For Patients With Stable Angina. New England Journal of Medicine 2008;359:751-753.
• Krumholz HM, Keenan PS, Brush JE Jr, Bufalino VJ, Chernew ME, Epstein AJ, Heidenreich PA, Ho V, Masoudi FA, Matchar DB, Normand SL, Rumsfeld JS, Schuur JD,Smith SC Jr, Spertus JA, Walsh MN. Standards for Measures Used for Public Reporting of Efficiency in Health Care. A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Interdisciplinary Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research and the American College of Cardiology Foundation. Circulation 2008; Oct 6. [Epub ahead of print], and J Am Coll Cardiol 2008;52:1518-1526
• Masoudi FA, Bonow RO, Brindis RG, Cannon CP, Debuhr J, Fitzgerald S, Heidenreich PA, Ho KK, Krumholz HM, Leber C, Magid DJ, Nilasena DS, Rumsfeld JS, Smith SC Jr,Wharton TP Jr. ACC/AHA 2008 Statement on Performance Measurement and Reperfusion Therapy. A Report of the ACC/AHA Task Force on Performance Measures (Work Group to Address the Challenges of Performance Measurement and Reperfusion Therapy). Circulation 2008 Nov 10. [Epub ahead of print], and Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2008;52 2100-2112
• Bonow RO, Masoudi FA, Rumsfeld JS, Delong E, Estes NAM 3rd, Goff DC Jr, Grady K, Green LA, Loth AR, Peterson ED, Piña IL, Radford MJ, Shahian DM. ACC/AHA classification of care metrics: performance measures and quality metrics: a report of the American College of Cardiology / American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures. J Am Coll Cardiol 2008;52 2113-2117
• Berger JS, Bairey-Merz CN, Redberg RF, Douglas PS; DCRI Think Tank. Collaborators: Anzalone D, Bairey-Merz N, Bennett S, Berger JS, Burke S, Califf R, Carlson M, Charette AL, Cho SH, Clancy C, Cobuzzi AK, Cook H, Correa-de-Araujo R, Cryer D, DeLoatche P, DesNoyer J, Desvigne-Nickens P, Douglas PS, Duvernoy C, Ferriter A, Gallauresi B, Greenberger P, Harmon M, Hicks K, Hochman J, Howell J, Jacobs A, Johnson P, Kasica K, Lemtouni S, Mark D, Meanwell C, Mensah G, Mieres JH, Mohl S, Moreschi G, Morris K, Newby LK, O'Callaghan K, Parashar S, Patel SM, Pearte C, Pepine C, Peterson E, Phurrough S, Pena I, Polk D, Redberg R, Ring JC, Robertson RM, Rodrigeus M, Rumsfeld J, Schoonover L, Skerjanec S, Sopko G, Sweeney M, Thomas A, Throckmorton D, Uhl K, Vincent LG, Wenger N, Westbrook L, Wilensky G, Willette RA, Wood S, Wynne WK. Improving the quality of care for women with cardiovascular disease: report of a DCRI Think Tank, March 8 to 9, 2007. Am Heart J 2008;156:816-825
• Ho PM, Peterson ED, Wang L, Magid DJ, Fihn SD, Larsen GC, Jesse RA, Rumsfeld JS. Incidence of Death and MI Associated with Stopping Clopidogrel after ACS (with case study). Cardiology Review 2008;25:13-18
• Bekelman DB, Hutt E, Masoudi FA, Kutner JS, Rumsfeld JS. Defining the Role of Palliative Care in Older Adults with Heart Failure. International Journal of Cardiology 2008;125:183-190
• Rumsfeld JS, Nallamothu BK. The Hope and Fear of Rimonabant. JAMA 2008;299:1601-1602
• Ho PM, Magid DJ, Shetterly SM, Olson KL, Peterson PN, Masoudi FA, Rumsfeld JS. The importance of therapy intensification and medication non-adherence for blood pressure control in patients with coronary artery disease. Archives of Internal Medicine 2008;168:271-276
• Peterson PN, Ho PM, Strunk A, Ross C, Lyons E, Smith S, Lauer M, Rumsfeld JS, Magid DJ, Masoudi FA. Exercise Capacity on Treadmill Predicts Future Cardiac Events. Archives Internal Medicine 2008;168:174-179
• Daugherty SA, Ho PM, Spertus JA, Jones PG, Bach RG, Krumholz HM, Peterson ED, Rumsfeld JS, Masoudi FA. Early Follow-up after Acute Myocardial Infarction is Associated with Higher Rates of Medication Use. Archives Intern Med 2008;168:485-491
• Ting HH, Roe MT, Gersh BJ, Spertus JA, Rumsfeld JS, Ou FS, Kao J, Long KH, Holmes DR, Peterson ED. Factors Associated with Off-label Use of Drug Eluting Stents in Patients with ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction. American Journal of Cardiology 2008;101:286-292
• Singh, M, Gersh GJ, Li S, Rumsfeld JS, Spertus JA, O’Brien S, Suri R, Peterson ED. The Mayo Clinic Risk Score for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Predicts In-Hospital Mortality in Patients Undergoing CABG Surgery. Circulation 2008;117:356-362
• Tricomi AJ, Magid DJ, Rumsfeld JS, Vinson DR, Lyons EE, Crounse L, Ho PM, Peterson PN, Masoudi FA. Missed Opportunities for Reperfusion Therapy for ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Results of the Emergency Department Quality in Myocardial Infarction (EDQMI) Study. American Heart Journal 2008;155:471-477
• Ho PM, Magid DJ, Shetterly SM, Olson KL, Peterson PN, Maddox T, Masoudi FA, Rumsfeld JS. Medication non-adherence is associated with a broad range of adverse outcomes in patients with coronary artery disease. Am Heart J 2008;155:772-779
• Aggarwal A, Dai D, Rumsfeld JS, Klein LW, Roe MT. Impact of Home Warfarin Use on the Treatment and Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. In press, Am J Cardiology 2008
• Ho PM, Peterson ED, Wang L, Magid DJ, Fihn SD, Larsen GC, Jesse RA, Rumsfeld JS. Incidence of Death and Myocardial Infarction Associated with Stopping Clopidogrel after Acute Coronary Syndrome. JAMA 2008;299:532-539
• Nichol G, Rumsfeld JS, Eigel B, Abella B, Hong Y, O’Connor RE, Mosesso V, Berg B, Leeper B, Weisfeldt M. Essential Features of Designating Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest as a Reportable Event. A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation 2008;117:2299-2308.
• Estes NA 3rd, Halperin JL, Calkins H, Ezekowitz MD, Gitman P, Go AS, McNamara RL, Messer JV, Ritchie JL, Romeo SJ, Waldo AL, Wyse DG, Bonow RO, DeLong E, Goff DC, Jr, Grady K, Green LA, Hiniker A, Linderbaum JA, Masoudi FA, Piña IL, Pressler S, Radford MJ, Rumsfeld JS. ACC/AHA/Physician Consortium 2008 Clinical Performance Measures for Adults with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation or Atrial Flutter. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2008;51:865-884
• Maddox TM, Ho PM, Reed K, Mittleman M, Krumholz HK, Spertus JA, Rumsfeld JS. Factors Associated with Angina 1-Year After Myocardial Infaction: The PREMIER Study. Archives of Internal Medicine 2008;168:1310-1316
• Chakrabarti A, Krumholz HM, Wang Y, Rumsfeld JS, Nallamothu BK. A Contemporary Analysis of Time-to-Reperfusion in Patients Undergoing Interhospital Transfer for Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in the United States: Results from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2008;51:2442-2443
• Daugherty SL, Peterson PA, Magid DJ, Ho PM, Ross C, Bondy J, Hokanson JE, Rumsfeld JS, Masoudi FA. The Relationship Between Sex and Clinical Management After Exercise Stress Testing. American Heart Journal 2008;156:301-307
• Singh M, Milford-Beland S, Spertus JA, Rumsfeld JS, Peterson ED. Validation of the Mayo Clinic Risk Score for In-Hospital Mortality Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention using the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions 2008;1:36-44.
• Rao SV, Ou FS, Wang TY, Roe MT, Brindis R, Rumsfeld JS, Peterson ED. Trends in the Prevalence and Outcomes of Radial and Femoral Approaches to Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Report from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. JACC Cardiovascular Interventions 2008;1:379-386
• Ho PM, Maddox TM, Ross C, Rumsfeld JS, Magid DJ. Impaired Chronotropic Response to Exercise Stress Testing in Patients with Diabetes Predicts Future Cardiovascular Events. Diabetes Care 2008 Diabetes Care. 2008;31:1531-1533
• Kao J, Vicuna R, House JA, Rumsfeld JS, Ting HH, Spertus JA. Disparity in drug-eluting stent utilization by insurance type. American Heart Journal 2008;156:1133-1140
• Kim MS, Wang TY, Dai D, Klein AJ, Peterson ED, Rumsfeld JS, Messenger JC. Association of Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery with Door-to-Balloon Time and In-Hospital Outcomes: A Report from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR). Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2008;52:1665-1670
• Klein LW, Kolm P, Dey S, Krone R, Rumsfeld JS, Brindis R, Weintraub WS. Assessing Coronary Interventional Program Quality: The ACC-NCDR CathPCI Registry Risk Score. In press, JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions
• Maddox TM, Ho PM, Ross C, Magid DJ, Rumsfeld JS. The Prognostic Importance of Abnormal Heart Rate Recovery and Chronontropic Response Among Exercise Treadmill Test Patients. American Heart Journal 2008;156:736-744
• Mehta RH, Liang L, Karve AM, Hernandez AF, Rumsfeld JS, Fonarow GC, Peterson ED. Association of Patient Case-Mix Adjustment, Hospital Process Performance Rankings, and Eligibility for Financial Incentives. JAMA 2008;300:1897-1903.
• Wang TY, Xiao L, Alexander KP, Rao SV, Kosiborod MN, Rumsfeld JS, Spertus JA, Peterson ED. Antiplatelet Therapy Use Following Discharge among Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients with In-Hospital Bleeding. Circulation 2008;118(21):2139-2145
• Ho PM, Fihn SD, Wang L, Bryson CL, Lowy E, Maynard C, Magid DJ, Peterson ED, Jesse RL, Rumsfeld JS. Clopidogrel and long-term outcomes following stent implantation for acute coronary syndrome. American Heart Journal 2007;154:846-851
• Nallamothu BK, Wang Y, Bradley EH, Ho KL, Curtis J, Rumsfeld JS, Masoudi FA, Krumholz HM. Comparing Hospital Performance in Door-To-Balloon Time Between the Hospital Quality Alliance and the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. J Am Coll Cardiol 2007;50:1517-1519
• Plomondon M, Magid DJ, Masoudi FA, Jones PG, Barry LC, Havranek E, Peterson ED, Krumholz H, Spertus JA, Rumsfeld JS. The Impact of Angina on Patient Satisfaction after Acute Myocardial Infarction. J Gen Intern Med 2007 Oct 23 (epub ahead of print)
• Roe MT, Chen AY, Mehta RH, Li Y, Brindis RG, Smith, SC Jr., Rumsfeld JS, Gibler WB, Ohman EM, Peterson ED. Influence of inpatient service specialty on care processes and outcomes for patients with non ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes. Circulation 2007;116:1153-1161
• Lichtman J, Reid K, Spertus J, Rumsfeld JS, Weintraub WS, Radford M, Krumholz HM. Prevalence and Outcomes of Concomitant Acute Non-Cardiac Conditions With Acute MI: Insights from the PREMIER Registry. Circulation 2007;116:1925-1930
• Maddox TM, Reid KJ, Rumsfeld JS, Spertus JA. One-year health status outcomes of unstable angina versus myocardial infarction: a prospective, observational cohort study of ACS survivors. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2007, 7:28
• Glickman SW, Boulding WF, Staelin R, Mulgund J, Roe MT, Lytle BL, Rumsfeld JS, Gibler WB, Ohman EM, Schulman KA, Peterson ED. A Framework for Quality Improvement: An Analysis of Factors Responsible for Improvement at Hospitals Participating in the CRUSADE Quality Improvement Initiative. American Heart Journal 2007;154:1206-1220
• Plomondon M, Ho PM, Maddox T, Wang L, Greiner G, Shore JH, Sakai JT, Fihn SD, Rumsfeld JS. Severe mental illness and mortality of hospitalized acute coronary syndrome patients in the Veterans Health Administration. BMC Health Services Research 2007;7:146
• Anderson HV, Shaw RE, Brindis RG, McKay CR, Klein LW, Krone RJ, Ho KK, Rumsfeld JS, Smith SC Jr, Weintraub WS. Risk-adjusted mortality analysis of percutaneous coronary interventions by American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines recommendations. Am J Cardiol 2007;99:189-196
• Barry LC, Lichtman JH, Spertus JA, Rumsfeld JS, Vaccarino V, Jones PG, Plomondon ME, Parashar S, Krumholz HM. Patient Satisfaction With Treatment After Acute Myocardial Infarction: Role of Psychosocial Factors. Psychosom Med 2007;69:115-123
• Ho PM, Gupta I, Sun H, Sales AE, Hutt E, Rumsfeld JS. Care and Outcomes of Patients Discharged to Long-Term Care After Acute Coronary Syndrome Hospitalization in the VHA. Long Term Care Interface 2007;October;19-23
• Skolnick AH, Alexander KP, Chen AY, Roe MT, Pollack CV Jr, Ohman EM, Rumsfeld JS, Gibler WB, Peterson ED, Cohen DJ. Characteristics, Management, and Outcomes of 5,557 Patients Age > 90 with Acute Coronary Syndromes: Results from the CRUSADE Initiative. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2007;49:1790-1797
• Bennett KM, Hernandez AF, Chen AY, Mulgund J, Newby LK, Rumsfeld JS, Hochman JS,Hoekstra JW, Ohman EM, Gibler WB, Roe MT, Peterson ED. Heart Failure With Preserved Left Ventricular Systolic Function Among Patients With Non–ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes. American Journal of Cardiology 2007;99:1351-1356
• Singh M, Rihal CS, Lennon RJ, Spertus JA, Rumsfeld JS, Holmes DR. Bedside Estimation of Risk From Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: The New Mayo Clinic Risk Scores. Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2007;82:701-708
• Vinson DR, Magid DJ, van der Vlugt TM, Padgett TG, Tricomi AJ, Lyons EE, Crounse L, Brand DW, Go AS, Masoudi FA, Ho PM, Rumsfeld JS. Patient Gender and Quality of Emergency Department Care for Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction. American Journal of Emergency Medicine 2007;25:996-1003.
• Ho PM, Rumsfeld JS, Peterson PN, Masoudi FA, Lauer M, Magid DJ. Chest Pain During ETT Predicts Subsequent Cardiac Events. Clinical Cardiology 2007;30:505-510
• Schelbert E, Rumsfeld JS, Krumholz HM, Canto J, Magid DJ, Reid K, Masoudi FA, Spertus JA. Symptom Variation in Acute Myocardial Infarction, Quality of Care, and In-Hospital Mortality: a Report from the PREMIER Registry. Heart 2008;94:e2. Epub 2007 Jul 16
• Wagner BD, Grunwald GK, Rumsfeld JS, Hill JO, Ho PM, Wyatt HR Shroyer ALW. The Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Outcomes After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2007;84:10-16
• Glickman S, Mulgund, Roe M, Lytle B, Rumsfeld JS, Gibler B, Ohman M, Shulman K, Peterson ED. Impact of Pay for Performance (P4P) on Quality of Care in NSTE ACS: Initial External Evaluation of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services P4P Pilot. JAMA 2007;297:2373-2380
• Ho PM, Luther S, Masoudi FA, Gupta I, Lowry E, Maynard C, Sales AE, Peterson ED, Fihn SD, Rumsfeld JS. Inpatient and follow-up cardiology care and mortality for acute coronary syndrome patients in the VHA. American Heart Journal 2007;154:489-494
• Plomondon M, Magid DJ, MaWhinney S, Grunwald G, Gifford B, Steiner J, Rumsfeld JS. The Association Between Primary Care Provider Turnover and Quality of Care in Managed Care Organizations. American Journal of Managed Care 2007;13:465-472
• Ho PM, Rumsfeld JS, Masoudi FA, McClure DL, Plomondon ME, Steiner JF, Magid DJ. Effect Of Medication Non-Adherence In Diabetes Mellitus (with Case Report: A Case of Disease Progression or Non-Adherence?). Cardiology Review 2007;24:21-25
• Douglas PS, Khandheria B, Stainback RF, Weissman NJ; Brindis RG, Patel MR, Alpert JS, Fitzgerald D, Heidenreich P, Martin ET, Messer JV, Miller AB, Picard MH, Raggi P, Reed KD, Rumsfeld JS, Steimle AE, Tonkovic R, Vijayaraghavan K, Yeon SB; Hendel RC, Peterson E, Wolk MJ, Allen JM. ACCF/ASE/ACEP/ASNC/SCAI/SCCT/SCMR 2007 Appropriateness Criteria For Transthoracic And Transesophageal Echocardiography. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography 2007;20:787-805, and Journal of the American College of Cardiology 200710;50:187-204
• Maddox TM, Ho PM, Rumsfeld JS. Health-related Quality of Life Outcomes among Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Patients. Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research 2007;7:365-372
• Thomas RJ, King M, Lui K, Oldridge N, Pina IL, Spertus J, Bonow RO, Estes NA 3rd,Goff DC, Grady KL, Hiniker AR, Masoudi FA, Radford MJ, Rumsfeld JS, Whitman GR. ACVPR/ACC/AHA 2007 Performance Measures On Cardiac Rehabilitation For Referral To And Delivery Of Cardiac Rehabilitation/Secondary Prevention Services. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2007;50:1400-1433
• Parashar S, Rumsfeld JS. Citalopram, But Not Interpersonal Psychotherapy, Improves Major Depression In People With Coronary Artery Disease. Evidence-Based Mental Health 2007;10:80
• 2006 Publications: 1. Rumsfeld JS, Magid DJ, Peterson ED, Plomondon ME, Grunwald G, Petersen L, Every N, Sales AE. Outcomes Following Acute Coronary Syndrome Admission to Primary Versus Tertiary Care VA Medical Centers: The VA Access To Cardiology Study. American Heart Journal 2006;151:32-38. 2. Spertus JA, Peterson ED, Rumsfeld JS, Krumholz HM, for the Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Consortium. The Prospective Registry Evaluating Myocardial Infarction: Events and Recovery (PREMIER) Registry. American Heart Journal 2006;151:589-597. 3. Gao D, Grunwald GK, Rumsfeld JS, Schooley L, MacKenzie T, Shroyer ALW. Time-Varying Risk Factors For Long-Term Mortality Following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006;81:793-799 4. Morgan A, Masoudi FA, Havranek E, Jones P, Peterson PN, Krumholz HM, Spertus JA, Rumsfeld JS. The Association Between Difficulty Taking Medications, Depressive Symptoms, and Health Status in Heart Failure Outpatients. Journal of Cardiac Failure 2006;12:54-60 5. Rumsfeld JS, Epstein AJ. Racial Disparities In Cardiovascular Procedure Outcomes: Turn Down the Volume. (Invited Editorial) Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2006;47:425-6 6. Bonow RO, Bennett S, Casey DE Jr, Ganiats TG, Hlatky MA, Konstam MA, Lambrew CT, Normand SL, Pina IL, Radford MJ, Smith AL, Stevenson LW, Bonow RO, Bennett SJ, Burke G, Eagle KA, Krumholz HM, Lambrew CT, Linderbaum J, Masoudi FA, Normand SL, Ritchie JL, Rumsfeld JS, Spertus JA. ACC/AHA Clinical Performance Measures for Adults With Chronic Heart Failure: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures. Journal of the American College Cardiology 2005;46:1144-1178, and Circulation 2005;112:1853-87. 7. Mallik S, Spertus JA, Reid K, Krumholz HM, Rumsfeld JS, Weintraub WS, Agarwal P, Santra M, Bidyasar S, Lichtman J, Wenger NK, Vaccarino V. Depression After Acute Myocardial Infarction: Evidence For Highest Rates In Younger Women. Archives of Internal Medicine 2006;166 8. Heidenreich PA, Spertus JA, Jones P, Weintraub WS, Rumsfeld JS, Rathore S, Peterson ED, Krumholz HM, Masoudi FA, Havranek E, Conard M, Williams RE. Health Status Identifies Heart Failure Outpatients at Risk for Hospitalization or Death. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2006;47:752-756 9. Ho PM, Prochazka AV, Magid DJ, Sales AE, Grunwald GK, Hammermeister KE, Rumsfeld JS. The Association Between P rocesses, Structures and Outcomes of Secondary Prevention Care Among VA Ischemic Heart Disease Patients. BMC - Cardiovascular Disorders 2006, 6:6 10. Thom T, Haase N, Rosamond W, Howard VJ, Rumsfeld J, Manolio T, Zheng ZJ, Flegal K, O'donnell C, Kittner S, Lloyd-Jones D, Goff DC Jr, Hong Y, Adams R, Friday G, Furie K, Gorelick P, Kissela B, Marler J, Meigs J, Roger V, Sidney S, Sorlie P,Steinberger J, Wasserthiel-Smoller S, Wilson M, Wolf P. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics--2006 Update. A Report From the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee. Circulation 2006;113: 85-151. 11. Krumholz HM, Anderson JL, Brooks NH, Fesmire FM, Lambrew CT, Landrum MB, Weaver WD, Whyte J, Bonow RO, Bennett SJ, Burke G, Eagle KA, Krumholz HM, Lambrew CT, Linderbaum J, Masoudi FA, Normand SL, Pina IL, Radford MJ, Rumsfeld JS, Ritchie JL, Spertus JA. ACC/AHA Clinical Performance Measures for Adults With ST-Elevation and Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2006;47:236-265 and Circulation 2006;113:732-761 12. Spertus JA, Krumholz HM, Reid K, Masoudi FA, Rumsfeld JS. Predictors of Angina after Acute Myocardial Infarction: Insights from the PREMIER Study. American Journal of Cardiology 2006;98:282-288. 13. Amin A, Jones A, Nugent K, Rumsfeld JS, Spertus JA. The Prevalence and Predictors of Unrecognized Depression in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome. American Heart Journal 2006;152:928-934. 14. Menon V, Rumsfeld JS, Roe MT, Cohen MG, Peterson ED, Brindis RG, Chen AY, Pollack CV Jr, Smith SC Jr, Gibler WB, Ohman EM. Regional outcomes after admission for high-risk non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes. American Journal of Medicine 2006;119:584-590. 15. Conard MW, Heidenreich P, Rumsfeld JS, Weintraub WS, Spertus J. Patient-reported economic burden and the health status of heart failure patients. Journal of Cardiac Failure 2006;12:369-374. 16. Maynard C, Lowy E, Rumsfeld JS, Sales AE, Sun H, Kopjar B, Fleming B, Jesse RL, Fihn SD. The Prevalence and Outcomes of In-hospital Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Department of Veterans Affairs Health System. Archives of Internal Medicine 2006;166:1410-1416. 17. Ho PM, Rumsfeld JS. Cardiac risk management in severe mental illness. (Invited Editorial Comment) Lancet. 2006;367:1469-1471. 18. Spertus JA, Kettlekamp R, Vance C, Decker C, Jones PG, Rumsfeld JS, Messenger JC, Khanal S, Peterson ED, Bach RG, Krumholz HM, Cohen DJ. Prevalence, Predictors and Outcomes of Premature Discontinuation of Thienopyridine Therapy After Drug-Eluting Stent Placement: Results from the PREMIER Registry. Circulation 2006;113:2803-2809. 19. Ho PM, Rumsfeld JS, Masoudi FA, McClure DL, Plomondon ME, Steiner JF, Magid DJ. Effect Of Medication Non-Adherence On Hospitalization And Mortality Among Patients With Diabetes. Archives Intern Med 2006;166:1836-1841. 20. Ho PM, Spertus JA, Reid KJ, Peterson ED, Magid DJ, Krumholz HM, Rumsfeld JS. Impact of Medication Discontinuation on Mortality Following Myocardial Infarction. Archives Intern Med 2006;166:1842-1847. 21. Masoudi FA, Magid DJ, Vinson DR, Tricomi AJ, Lyons EE, Crounse L, Ho PM, Peterson PN, Rumsfeld JS. Failure to Identify High-Risk ECG Findings among Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction: Implications for Quality of Emergency Care. Results of the Emergency Department Quality in Myocardial Infarction (EDQMI) Study. Circulation 2006;114:1565-1571. 22. Parashar S, Rumsfeld JS, Spertus JA, Reid KJ, Wenger NK, Krumholz HM, Amin A, Weintraub WS, Lichtman J, Dawood N, Vaccarino V. Time Course of Depression and Outcome After Myocardial Infarction. Archives Intern Med 2006;166:2035-2043. 23. Rumsfeld JS. Introduction: Emerging Therapies for Management of Patients with Chronic Angina: Focus on Clinical Efficacy and Outcomes. Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy 2006;12:S2-S3 (suppl) 24. Ho PM, Rumsfeld JS. Beyond Inpatient and Outpatient Care: An Alternative Model for Hypertension Management. Invited Editorial. BMC Public Health 2006;6:257. 25. Peterson PN, Spertus JA, Magid DJ, Reid K, Hamman R, Rumsfeld JS. The Impact of Diabetes on One-Year Health Status Outcomes Following Acute Coronary Syndromes. BMC Cardiovascular Disease 2006;6:41. 26. Hendel RC, Patel MR, Kramer CM, Poon M, Hendel RC, Carr JC, Gerstad NA, Gillam LD, Hodgson JM, Kim RJ, Kramer CM, Lesser JR, Martin ET, Messer JV, Redberg RF, Rubin GD, Rumsfeld JS, Taylor AJ, Weigold WG, Woodard PK, Brindis RG, Hendel RC, Douglas PS, Peterson ED, Wolk MJ, Allen JM, Patel MR. ACCF/ACR/SCCT/SCMR/ASNC/NASCI/SCAI/SIR Appropriateness Criteria for Cardiac Computed Tomography and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2006;48:1475-1497. 27. Ho PM, Magid DJ, Masoudi FA, McClure DL, Plomondon ME, Steiner JF, Rumsfeld JS. Adherence To Cardioprotective Medications And Mortality Among Patients With Diabetes And Ischemic Heart Disease. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2006, 6:48.
• Ho PM, Eng M, Peterson PN, Spertus JA, Peterson ED, Krumholz HM, Havranek E, Alexander K, Rumsfeld JS, Masoudi FA. The Influence of Age on Health Status Outcomes Following Acute Myocardial Infarction. In press, American Heart Journal
• Maddox TM, Ho PM, Reed K, Mittleman M, Krumholz HK, Spertus JA, Rumsfeld JS. Factors Associated with Angina 1-Year After Myocardial Infaction: The PREMIER Study. In press, Archives Intern Med
• Mcdermott K, Helfrich C, Sales AE, Rumsfeld JS, Ho PM, Fihn SD. A review of interventions and system changes to improve time to reperfusion for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction. In press, J Gen Intern Med
• Chakrabarti A, Krumholz HM, Wang Y, Rumsfeld JS, Nallamothu BK. A Contemporary Analysis of Time-to-Reperfusion in Patients Undergoing Interhospital Transfer for Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in the United States: Results from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. In press, JACC
• Daugherty SL, Peterson PA, Magid DJ, Ho PM, Ross C, Bondy J, Hokanson JE, Rumsfeld JS, Masoudi FA. The Relationship Between Sex and Clinical Management After Exercise Stress Testing. In press, Am Heart J
• Sales AE, Helfrich C, Ho PM, Hedeen A, Plomondon ME, Li YF, Rumsfeld JS. Implementing Electronic Clinical Reminders for Lipid Management in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease in the Veterans Health Administration. In press, Implementation Science

Professional Memberships

• American College of Cardiology, Fellow (FACC)
• American Heart Association, Fellow (FAHA)
• American Society for Clinical Investigation, Member

Practice Locations

• Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Specialty Information

• Internal Medicine, Board Certification (1994)
• General Cardiology, Board Certification (2009)

• Heart and Circulation