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Martha J. Radford, M.D.

Dr. Radford is Chief of Clinical Quality and Chief Quality Officer for NYU Medical Center.

She has responsibility for understanding and improving the quality of care for all clinical departments within Tisch Hospital and its affiliated programs. In addition, she is a member of the NYU Echocardiography Group.

Her current research interests include patterns of cardiovascular care and outcomes; organizational characteristics associated with improvements in care; and using large clinical and community-based databases to illuminate questions left unanswered by other research methods.

Selected Publications:

  1. Chen J, Rathore SS, Wang Y, Radford MJ, Krumholz HM.  Physician board certification and the care and outcomes of elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction.  J Gen Intern Med 2006; 21:238-44.
  2. Gage BF, Yan Y, Milligan PE, Waterman AD, Culverhouse R, Rich MW, Radford MJ. Clinical classification schemes for predicting hemorrhage: results from the National Registry of Atrial Fibrillation. Am Heart J 2006; 151:713-9.
  3. Birman-Deych E, Radford MJ, Nilasena DS, Gage BF. Use and effectiveness of warfarin in Medicare beneficiaries with atrial fibrillation. Stroke 2006; 37:1070-74.
  4. Foody JM, Rathore SS, Galusha D, Masoudi FA, Havranek E, Radford MJ, Krumholz HM.  Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase inhibitors in older persons with acute myocardial infarction: evidence for an age-statin interaction.  J Am Geriatr Soc 2006; 54:421-30.
  5. Bradley EH, Curry LA, Webster TR, Mattera JA, Roumanis SA, Radford MJ, McNamara RL, Barton BA, Berg DN, Krumholz HM.  Achieving rapid door-to-balloon times: how top hospitals improve complex clinical systems.  Circulation 2006; 113:1079-85.
  6. Bradley EH, Herrin J, Wang Y, McNamara RL, Radford MJ, Magid DJ, Canto JG, Blaney M, Krumholz HM.  Door-to-drug and door-to-balloon times: where can we improve? Time to reperfusion therapy in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Am Heart J 2006; 151:1281-7.
  7. Graff LG, Wang Y, Borkowski B, Tuozzo K, Foody JM, Krumholz HM, Radford MJ.  Delay in the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction:  effect on quality of care and its assessment.  Acad Emerg Med 2006; 13:931-8.
  8. Radford MJ.  Percutaneous coronary intervention “dominates” coronary artery bypass graft surgery for high-risk patients:  good news for patients, a challenge for healthcare planners.  Circulation 2006; 114:1229-31.
  9. Lichtman JH, Fathi A, Radford MJ, Lin Z, Loeser CS, Krumholz HM.  Acute, severe noncardiac conditions in patients with acute myocardial infarction.  Am J Med 2006; 119:843-50.
  10. Goldberg PA, Bozzo JE, Thomas PG, Mesmer MM, Sakharova OV, Radford MJ, Inzucchi SE.  “Glucometrics”—assessing the quality of inpatient glucose management.  Diabetes Technol Ther 2006; 8:560-9.
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