Joseph Yeboah, MD, MS

Associate Professor, Cardiology

Joseph Yeboah, MD, MS

Associate Professor, Cardiology

Research Interests

Atherosclerosis
Cardiovascular Diseases

About Me

Education: BS, University of Ghana Medical School - Ghana, 1996; MD, University of Ghana Medical School - Ghana, 2000; MS, Wake Forest School of Medicine, 2007
Internship: Pediatric Surgery, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, 2001; Internal Medicine, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, 2002; Internal Medicine, Hospital of St Raphael, 2003
Residency: Internal Medicine, Hospital of St Raphael, 2005
Fellowship: Cardiology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 2007; Critical Care Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 2008; Internal Medicine, University of Virginia School, 2011
Board Certifications: American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease; American Board of Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine; American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Memberships: American Heart Association; American College of Cardiology
Positions: Associate Professor, Cardiology; Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Prevention
Departments and Affiliations: Cardiology; Epidemiology and Prevention; Cardiovascular Sciences Center

Research

Publications

The prognostic value of high sensitivity C-reactive protein in a multi-ethnic population after >10?years of follow-up: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Cainzos-Achirica M, Miedema MD, McEvoy JW, Cushman M, Dardari Z, Greenland P, Nasir K, Budoff MJ, Al-Mallah MH, Yeboah J, Blumenthal RS, Comin-Colet J, Blaha MJ. Int. J. Cardiol. 2018 08; 264:158-164.
Statin Eligibility, Coronary Artery Calcium, and Subsequent Cardiovascular Events According to the 2016 United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) Statin Guidelines: MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis). Miedema MD, Dardari ZA, Kianoush S, Virani SS, Yeboah J, Knickelbine T, Sandfort V, Rodriguez CJ, Nasir K, Blaha MJ. J Am Heart Assoc. 2018 Jun; 7(12)
The prevalence and correlates of subclinical atherosclerosis among adults with low-density lipoprotein cholesterol <70?mg/dL: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) and Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil). Al Rifai M, Martin SS, McEvoy JW, Nasir K, Blankstein R, Yeboah J, Miedema M, Shea SJ, Polak JF, Ouyang P, Blumenthal RS, Bittencourt M, Bensenor I, Santos RD, Duncan BB, Santos IS, Lotufo PA, Blaha MJ. Atherosclerosis. 2018 07; 274:61-66.
Coronary Artery Calcium Scores and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk Stratification in Smokers. Leigh A, McEvoy JW, Garg P, Carr JJ, Sandfort V, Oelsner EC, Budoff M, Herrington D, Yeboah J. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2019 May; 12(5):852-861.
Heart rate is an independent predictor of all-cause mortality in individuals with type 2 diabetes: The diabetes heart study. Prasada S, Oswalt C, Yeboah P, Saylor G, Bowden D, Yeboah J. World J Diabetes. 2018 Jan; 9(1):33-39.

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Joseph Yeboah, MD, MS

Joseph Yeboah, MD, MS

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