Curriculum Vitae John Spertus, md mph facc faha

Spertus JA, Dawson J, Masoudi FA, Krumholz HM, Reid KJ, Peterson ED, Rumsfeld JS. Prevalence and predictors of angina pectoris one month after myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol. 2006;98(3):282-8.

Spertus JA, Kettelkamp 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(24):2803-9.

Weintraub WS, Barnett P, Chen S, Hartigan P, Casperson P, O'Rourke R, Boden WE, Lewis C, Veledar E, Becker E, Culler S, Kolm P, Mahoney EM, Dunbar SB, Deaton C, O'Brien B, Goeree R, Blackhouse G, Nease R, Spertus J, Kaufman S, Teo K. Economics methods in the Clinical Outcomes Utilizing percutaneous coronary Revascularization and Aggressive Guideline-driven drug Evaluation (COURAGE) trial. Am Heart J. 2006;151(6):1180-5.

Bradley EH, Herrin J, Elbel B, McNamara RL, Magid DJ, Nallamothu BK, Wang Y, Normand SL, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM. Hospital quality for acute myocardial infarction: correlation among process measures and relationship with short-term mortality. JAMA. 2006;296(1):72-8.

Boden WE, O'Rourke R A, Teo KK, Hartigan PM, Maron DJ, Kostuk W, Knudtson M, Dada M, Casperson P, Harris CL, Spertus JA, Shaw L, Chaitman BR, Mancini GB, Berman DS, Weintraub WS. Design and rationale of the Clinical Outcomes Utilizing Revascularization and Aggressive DruG Evaluation (COURAGE) trial Veterans Affairs Cooperative Studies Program #424. Am Heart J. 2006;151(6):1173-9.

Conard MW, Heidenreich P, Rumsfeld JS, Weintraub WS, Spertus J. Patient-reported Economic Burden and the Health Status of Heart Failure Patients. J Card Fail. 2006;12(5):369-74.

Mallik S, Spertus JA, Reid KJ, Krumholz HM, Rumsfeld JS, Weintraub WS, Agarwal P, Santra M, Bidyasar S, Lichtman JH, Wenger NK, Vaccarino V. Depressive Symptoms After Acute Myocardial Infarction: Evidence for Highest Rates in Younger Women. Arch Intern Med. 2006;166(8):876-883.

Abuissa H, Lavie C, Spertus J, O'Keefe J, Jr. Personal health habits of American cardiologists. Am J Cardiol. 2006;97(7):1093-6.

Seow H, Phillips CO, Rich MW, Spertus JA, Krumholz HM, Lynn J. Isolation of health services research from practice and policy: the example of chronic heart failure management. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2006;54(3):535-40.

Spertus JA, Peterson ED, Rumsfeld JS, Jones PG, Decker C, Krumholz H. The PREMIER (Prospective Registry Evaluating Myocardial Infarction: Event and Recovery) Registry – Evaluating the Impact of Myocardial Infarction on Patient Outcomes. Am Heart J. 2006;151(3):589-597.

Morgan A, Masoudi FA, Havranek E, Jones P, Peterson PN, Krumholz HM, Spertus JA, Rumsfeld JS. Difficulty Taking Medications, Depressive Symptoms, and Health Status in Heart Failure Outpatients. J Card Failure. 2006;12(1):54-60.

Heidenreich PA, Spertus JA, Jones PG, Weintraub WS, Rumsfeld JS, Rathore SS, Peterson ED, Masoudi FA, Krumholz HM, Havranek EP, Conard MW, Williams RE. Health status identifies heart failure outpatients at risk for hospitalization or death. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2006;47(4):752-6.

Krumholz HM, Anderson JL, Brooks NH, Fesmire FM, Lambrew CT, Landrum MB, Weaver WD, Whyte J, Bonow RO, Bennett SJ, Burke G, Eagle KA, 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 (Writing Committee to Develop Performance Measures on ST-Elevation and Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction). Circulation. 2006;113(5):732-61.

Krumholz HM, Brindis RG, Brush JE, Cohen DJ, Epstein AJ, Furie K, Howard G, Peterson ED, Rathore SS, Smith SC, Jr., Spertus JA, Wang Y, Normand SL. Standards for statistical models used for public reporting of health outcomes: an American Heart Association Scientific Statement from the Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Interdisciplinary Writing Group: cosponsored by the Council on Epidemiology and Prevention and the Stroke Council. Endorsed by the American College of Cardiology Foundation. Circulation. 2006;113(3):456-62.

Krumholz HM, Anderson JL, Brooks NH, Fesmire FM, Lambrew CT, Landrum MB, Weaver WD, Whyte J, Bonow RO, Bennett SJ, Burke G, Eagle KA, 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 (Writing Committee to Develop Performance Measures on ST-Elevation and Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction). J Am Coll Cardiol. 2006;47(1):236-65.

Grundy SM, Cleeman JI, Daniels SR, Donato KA, Eckel RH, Franklin BA, Gordon DJ, Krauss RM, Savage PJ, Smith SC, Jr., Spertus JA, Costa F: Diagnosis and management of the metabolic syndrome: An American Heart Association/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute scientific statement. Curr Opin Cardiol. 2006;21(1):1-6.

Abuissa H, Khanna A, Spertus J. Low rates of exercise in patients with metabolic syndrome after an acute coronary syndrome. Clin Cardiol. 2005;28(11):530-3.

Spertus J, Safley D, Garg M, Jones P, Peterson ED. The Influence of Race on Health Status Outcomes One Year After an Acute Coronary Syndrome. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2005;46(10):1838-1844.

Rumsfeld JS, Jones P, Whooley MA, Sullivan MD, Pitt B, Weintraub WS, Spertus JA. Depression Predicts Mortality And Hospitalization In Patients With Myocardial Infarction Complicated By Heart Failure: Data from the EPHESUS Trial. Am Heart J. 2005;150(5);961-967.

Patel MR, Spertus JA, Brindis RG, Hendel RC, Douglas PS, Peterson ED, Wolk MJ, Allen JM, Raskin IE. ACCF proposed method for evaluating the appropriateness of cardiovascular imaging. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2005;46(8):1606-13.

Brindis RG, Douglas PS, Hendel RC, Peterson ED, Wolk MJ, Allen JM, Patel MR, Raskin IE, Hendel RC, Bateman TM, Cerqueira MD, Gibbons RJ, Gillam LD, Gillespie JA, Hendel RC, Iskandrian AE, Jerome SD, Krumholz HM, Messer JV, Spertus JA, Stowers SA. ACCF/ASNC appropriateness criteria for single-photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging (SPECT MPI): a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Quality Strategic Directions Committee Appropriateness Criteria Working Group and the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology endorsed by the American Heart Association. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2005;46(8):1587-605.

Lanfear DE, Jones PG, Marsh S, Cresci S, McLeod HL, Spertus JA. Beta2-adrenergic receptor genotype and survival among patients receiving beta-blocker therapy after an acute coronary syndrome. JAMA. 2005;294(12):1526-33.

Abelson JF, Kwan KY, O'Roak BJ, Baek DY, Stillman AA, Morgan TM, Mathews CA, Pauls DL, Rasin MR, Gunel M, Davis NR, Ercan-Sencicek AG, Guez DH, Spertus JA, Leckman JF, Dure LSt., Kurlan R, Singer HS, Gilbert DL, Farhi A, Louvi A, Lifton RP, Sestan N, State MW. Sequence Variants in SLITRK1 Are Associated with Tourette's Syndrome. Science. 2005;310:317-20.

Spertus J, Peterson E, Conard MW, Heidenreich PA, Krumholz HM, Jones P, McCullough PA, Pina I, Tooley J, Weintraub WS, Rumsfeld JS. Monitoring clinical changes in patients with heart failure: a comparison of methods. Am Heart J. 2005;150:707-15.

Grundy SM, Cleeman JI, Daniels SR, Donato KA, Eckel RH, Franklin BA, Gordon DJ, Krauss RM, Savage PJ, Smith SC, Jr., Spertus JA, Costa F: Diagnosis and Management of the Metabolic Syndrome. An American Heart Association/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Scientific Statement. Executive Summary. Circulation. 2005;112(17):2735-2752.

Grundy SM, Cleeman JI, Daniels SR, Donato KA, Eckel RH, Franklin BA, Gordon DJ, Krauss RM, Savage PJ, Smith Jr SC, Spertus JA, Costa F. Diagnosis and management of the metabolic syndrome. An American Heart Association/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Scientific Statement. Executive summary. Cardiol Rev. 2005;13(6):322-327.

Grundy SM, Cleeman JI, Daniels SR, Donato KA, Eckel RH, Franklin BA, Gordon DJ, Krauss RM, Savage PJ, Smith SC, Jr., Spertus JA, Fernando C. Diagnosis and management of the metabolic syndrome: an American Heart Association/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute scientific statement: Executive Summary. Crit Pathw Cardiol. 2005;4(4):198-203.

Radford MJ, Arnold JM, Bennett SJ, Cinquegrani MP, Cleland JG, Havranek EP, Heidenreich PA, Rutherford JD, Spertus JA, Stevenson LW, Heidenreich PA, Goff DC, Grover FL, Malenka DJ, Peterson ED, Radford MJ, Redberg RF: ACC/AHA Key Data Elements and Definitions for Measuring the Clinical Management and Outcomes of Patients With Chronic Heart Failure. A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Data Standards (Writing Committee to Develop Heart Failure Clinical Data Standards). Developed in Collaboration With the American College of Chest Physicians and the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. Endorsed by the Heart Failure Society of America. Circulation. 2005;112(12):1888-1916.

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 (Writing Committee to Develop Heart Failure Clinical Performance Measures). Endorsed by the Heart Failure Society of America. Circulation. 2005;112(12):1853-1887.

Luther SA, McCullough PA, Havranek EP, Rumsfeld JS, Jones PG, Heidenreich PA, Peterson ED, Rathore SS, Drumholz HM, Weintraub WS, Spertus JA, Masoudi FA. The relationship between B-type natriuretic peptide and health status in patients with heart failure. J Card Fail. 2005;11(6):414-421.

Vaglio J, Safley DM, Rahman M, Kosiborod M, Jones P, Thompson R, Krumholz HM, Spertus JA. Relation of anemia at discharge to survival after acute coronary syndromes. Am J Cardiol. 2005;96(4):496-499.

Kaul P, Lytle BL, Spertus JA, DeLong ER, Peterson ED: Influence of racial disparities in procedure use on functional status outcomes among patients with coronary artery disease. Circulation. 2005;111(10): 1284-90.

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 (Writing Committee to Develop Heart Failure Clinical Performance Measures) Endorsed by the Heart Failure Society of America. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2005;46(6):1144-78.

Zhang Z, Spertus JA, Mahoney EM, Booth J, Nugara F, Stables RH, Weintraub WS. The impact of acute coronary syndrome on clinical, economic, and cardiac-specific health status after coronary artery bypass surgery versus stent-assisted percutaneous coronary intervention: 1-year results from the stent or surgery (SoS) trial. Am Heart J. 2005;150(1):175-81.

Conaway DG, O'Keefe J H, Reid KJ, Spertus J. Frequency of Undiagnosed Diabetes Mellitus in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome. Am J Cardiol. 2005;96(3):363-5.

Krumholz HM, Peterson ED, Ayanian JZ, Chin MH, DeBusk RF, Goldman L, Kiefe CI, Powe NR, Rumsfeld JS, Spertus JA, Weintraub WS. Report of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute working group on outcomes research in cardiovascular disease. Circulation. 2005;111(23):3158-66.

Normand SL, Rector TS, Neaton JD, Pina IL, Lazar RM, Proestel SE, Fleischer DJ, Cohn JN, Spertus JA. Clinical and analytical considerations in the study of health status in device trials for heart failure. J Card Fail. 2005;11(5):396-403.

Spertus J, Decker C, Woodman C, House J, Jones P, O'Keefe J, Borkon AM. Effect of Difficulty Affording Health Care on Health Status After Coronary Revascularization. Circulation. 2005;111(20):2572-8.

Stein RJ, Haddock CK, Poston WSC, Catanese DM, Spertus J. Precision in weighing: A comparison of scales found in physician offices, fitness centers, and weight loss centers. Public Health Reports. 2005; 120(3):266-270. PMCID: 1497726.

Faller H, Steinbuchel T, Schowalter M, Spertus JA, Stork S, Angermann CE. [The Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ) - A New Disease-Specific Quality of Life Measure for Patients with Chronic Heart Failure.]. Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol. 2005;55(3-4):200-8.

Ho PM, Masoudi FA, Spertus JA, Peterson PN, Shroyer AL, McCarthy M, Jr., Grover FL, Hammermeister KE, Rumsfeld JS. Depression predicts mortality following cardiac valve surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2005;79(4):1255-9.

Weintraub WS, Zhang Z, Mahoney EM, Kolm P, Spertus JA, Caro J, Ishak J, Goldberg R, Tooley J, Willke R, Pitt B. Cost-effectiveness of eplerenone compared with placebo in patients with myocardial infarction complicated by left ventricular dysfunction and heart failure. Circulation. 2005;111(9):1106-13.

Salisbury AC, House JA, Conard MW, Krumholz HM, Spertus JA. Low-to-Moderate Alcohol Intake and Health Status in Heart Failure Patients. J Card Fail. 2005;11(5):323-8.

Spertus JA, Eagle KA, Krumholz HM, Mitchell K, Normand SL. American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association Methodology for Selection and Creation of Performance Measures for Quantifying the Quality of Cardiovascular Care. Circulation. 2005;111(13):1703-12.

Spertus JA, Nerella R, Kettlekamp R, House J, Marso S, Borkon AM, Rumsfeld J. Risk of Restenosis and Health Status Outcomes for Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention versus Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery. Circulation. 2005;111(6):768-73.

Spertus JA, Eagle KA, Krumholz HM, Mitchell KR, Normand SL. American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association methodology for the selection and creation of performance measures for quantifying the quality of cardiovascular care. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2005;45(7):1147-56.

Spertus JA, Salisbury AC, Jones PG, Conaway DG, Thompson RC. Predictors of Quality of Life Benefit after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Circulation. 2004;110(25):3789-94.

Havranek EP, Spertus JA, Masoudi FA, Jones PG, Rumsfeld JS. Predictors of the onset of depressive symptoms in patients with heart failure. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2004;44(12):2333-8.

Sullivan MD, Levy WC, Crane BA, Russo JE, Spertus JA. Usefulness of depression to predict time to combined end point of transplant or death for outpatients with advanced heart failure. Am J Cardiol. 2004;94(12):1577-80.

Soto GE, Jones P, Spertus JA. PRISM™: A Web-Based Framework for Deploying Predictive Clinical Models. Computers in Cardiology 2004; 31: 193-196.

Masoudi FA, Rumsfeld JS, Havranek EP, House JA, Peterson ED, Krumholz HM, Spertus JA. Age, functional capacity, and health-related quality of life in patients with heart failure. J Card Fail. 2004;10(5):368-73.

Sullivan M, Levy WC, Russo JE, Spertus JA. Depression and health status in patients with advanced heart failure: A prospective study in tertiary care. J Card Fail. 2004;10(5):390-6.

Hauptman PJ, Masoudi FA, Weintraub WS, Pina I, Jones PG, Spertus JA. Variability in the clinical status of patients with advanced heart failure. J Card Fail. 2004;10(5):397-402.

Kettelkamp R, House J, Garg M, Stuart RS, Grantham A, Spertus J. Using the risk of restenosis as a guide to triaging patients between surgical and percutaneous coronary revascularization. Circulation. 2004;110(11 Supp 1):II50-4.

Sales AE, Plomondon ME, Magid DJ, Spertus JA, Rumsfeld JS. Assessing response bias from missing quality of life data: The Heckman method. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2004;2(49). PMCID: 521693.

Sullivan MD, Newton K, Hecht J, Russo JE, Spertus JA. Depression and health status in elderly patients with heart failure: a 6-month prospective study in primary care. Am J Geriatr Cardiol. 2004;13(5):252-60.

Soto GE, Jones P, Weintraub WS, Krumholz HM, Spertus JA. Prognostic value of health status in patients with heart failure after acute myocardial infarction. Circulation. 2004;110(5):546-51.

Safley DM, House JA, Borkon AM, Spertus JA. Comparison of quality of life after repeat versus initial coronary artery bypass grafting. Am J Cardiol. 2004;94(4):494-7.

Lanfear DE, Marsh S, Cresci S, Shannon WD, Spertus JA, McLeod HL. Genotypes associated with myocardial infarction risk are more common in African Americans than in European Americans. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2004;44(1):165-7.

Poston WS, Haddock CK, Conard M, Spertus JA. Impact of obesity on disease-specific health status after percutaneous coronary intervention in coronary disease patients. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 2004; 28(8):1011-7.

Lanfear DE, Marsh S, Cresci S, Spertus JA, McLeod HL. Frequency of compound genotypes associated with ß-blocker efficacy in congestive heart failure. Pharmacogenomics. 2004;5(5):553-8.

Vaglio J, Jr., Conard M, Poston WS, O'Keefe J, Haddock CK, House J, Spertus JA. Testing the performance of the ENRICHD Social Support Instrument in cardiac patients. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2004;2:24. PMCID: 434528.

Goodlin, SJ, Hauptman PJ, Arnold R, Grady K, Hershberger RE, Kutner J, Masoudi F, Spertus J, Dracup K, Cleary JF, Medak R, Crispell K, Pina I, Stuart B, Whitney C, Rector T, Teno J, Renlund DG. Consensus statement: Palliative and supportive care in advanced heart failure. J Card Fail. 2004;10(3):200-209.

Wyrwich KW, Spertus JA, Kroenke K, Tierney WM, Babu AN, Wolinsky FD. Clinically important differences in health status for patients with heart disease: an expert consensus panel report. Am Heart J. 2004;147(4):615-22.

Fihn SD, McDonell MB, Diehr P, Anderson SM, Bradley KA, Au DH, Spertus JA, Burman M, Reiber GE, Kiefe CI, Cody M, Sanders KM, Whooley MA, Rosenfeld K, Baczek LA, Sauvigne A. Effects of sustained audit/feedback on self-reported health status of primary care patients. Am J Med. 2004;116(4):241-8.

Zhang Z, Weintraub WS, Mahoney EM, Spertus JA, Booth J, Nugara F, Stables RH, Vaccarino V. Relative benefit of coronary artery bypass grafting versus stent-assisted percutaneous coronary intervention for angina pectoris and multivessel coronary disease in women versus men (one-year results from the Stent or Surgery trial). Am J Cardiol. 2004;93(4):404-9.

Spertus, J, Jones P, Poler S, Rocha-Singh K. The Peripheral Artery Questionnaire: A new disease-specific health status measure for patients with peripheral arterial disease. Am Heart J. 2004;147(2):301-8.

Johnston G, Goss JR, Malmgren JA, Spertus JA. Health status and social risk correlates of extended length of stay following coronary artery bypass surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2004;77(2):557-562.

Rumsfeld JS, Havranek E, Masoudi FA, Peterson ED, Jones P, Tooley JF, Krumholz HM, Spertus JA. Depressive symptoms are the strongest predictors of short-term declines in health status in patients with heart failure. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2003;42(10):1811-7.

Mozaffarian D, Bryson CL, Spertus JA, McDonell MB, Fihn SD. Anginal symptoms consistently predict total mortality among outpatients with coronary artery disease. Am Heart J. 2003;146(6):1015-22.

Beinart SC, Sales AE, Spertus JA, Plomondon ME, Every NR, Rumsfeld JS. Impact of angina burden and other factors on treatment satisfaction after acute coronary syndromes. Am Heart J. 2003;146(4):646-52.

Conaway DG, House J, Bandt K, Hayden L, Borkon AM, Spertus JA. The elderly: health status benefits and recovery of function one year after coronary artery bypass surgery. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2003;42(8):1421-6.

Zhang Z, Mahoney EM, Stables RH, Booth J, Nugara F, Spertus JA, Weintraub WS. Disease-specific health status after stent-assisted percutaneous coronary intervention and coronary artery bypass surgery: one-year results from the Stent or Surgery trial. Circulation. 2003;108(14):1694-700.

McCullough PA, Philbin EF, Spertus JA, Sandberg KR, Kaatz S. Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors and beta-blockers in African Americans with heart failure. Ethn Dis. 2003;13(3):331-6.

McCullough PA, Philbin EF, Spertus JA, Sandberg KR, Sullivan RA, Kaatz S. Opportunities for improvement in the diagnosis and treatment of heart failure. Clin Cardiol. 2003;26(5):231-7.

Spertus JA, Radford MJ, Every NR, Ellerbeck EF, Peterson ED, Krumholz HM. Challenges and Opportunities in Quantifying the Quality of Care for Acute Myocardial Infarction: Summary from the Acute Myocardial Infarction Working Group of the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology First Scientific Forum on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke. Circulation. 2003;107(12):1681-1691.

Rumsfeld JS, Magid DJ, Plomondon ME, Sales AE, Grunwald GK, Every NR, Spertus JA. History of depression, angina, and quality of life after acute coronary syndromes. Am Heart J. 2003;145(3):493-9.

Sullivan MD, LaCroix AZ, Spertus JA, Hecht J, Russo J. Depression predicts revascularization procedures for 5 years after coronary angiography. Psychosom Med. 2003;65(2):229-36

Spertus JA, Radford MJ, Every NR, Ellerbeck EF, Peterson ED, Krumholz HM. Challenges and opportunities in quantifying the quality of care for acute myocardial infarction: Summary from the acute myocardial infarction working group of the American heart association/American college of cardiology first scientific forum on quality of care and outcomes research in cardiovascular disease and stroke. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2003;41(9):1653-63.

Haddock CK, Poston WS, Taylor JE, Conard M, Spertus J. Smoking and Health Outcomes After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Am Heart J. 2003;145(4):652-7.

Poston WS, Haddock CK, Conard MW, Jones P, Spertus JA. Assessing depression in the cardiac patient: When is the appropriate time to assess depression in the patient undergoing coronary revascularization? Behavior Modification. 2003;27(1): 26-36.

Chong Q, Lee Y, Medhi D, Kerns K, Spertus J, Coffman M. Metadata Management for Clinical Research Databases. Proc AMIA Symp. 2002: 999. PMCID: 2244296.

Sullivan M, Simon G, Spertus J, Russo J. Depression-related costs in heart failure care. Arch Intern Med. 2002;162(16):1860-6.

Neil N, Ramsey SD, Cohen DJ, Every NR, Spertus JA, Weaver WD. Resource utilization, cost, and health status impacts of coronary stent versus "optimal" percutaneous coronary angioplasty: results from the OPUS-I trial. J Interv Cardiol. 2002;15(4):249-55.