Rita Redberg
@RFRedberg
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UCSF cardiologist. NYC born and bred. Avid cyclist. Working to make needed health care accessible and affordable for all.
San Francisco
Joined July 2011
Great to work with my @UCSFDOM colleagues on this work, illustrating the importance of safety and effectiveness data before clinical use and ideally, before @FDADeviceInfo approval.
In a new Perspective, Benjamin Hyams, BA, Karla Kerlikowske, MD, and Rita F. Redberg, MD (@RFRedberg), write that AI mammography aids are being sold as additions to mammography screening, with direct-to-consumer marketing touting improved cancer-detection rates, despite a lack of
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Congratulations to @jholtzman3 and @ChrisBarnettMD for great work and a Blue Ribbon! @UCSFCardiology #ucsfqualityimprovement
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Honored to be part of the 100th Class of Guggenheim Fellows for this award in the category of Medicine and Health. I plan to write a book on healthcare, excited to share.
Congratulations to Dr. @RFRedberg on being named a 2025 Guggenheim Fellow! This prestigious honor extends beyond the field of medicine, recognizing the most exceptional thinkers and scholars in our society. #UCSFCardiology @UCSF
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well said. i am so sad. Holly was an inspirational person, colleague and friend. May her memory be a blessing.
With great sadness, I note the death of my friend & colleague Holly Humphrey, CEO of @macyfoundation. Holly's career was a model of integrity, grace, and joy, and her influence on medical training – and thousands of trainees – was profound. Rest in peace. https://t.co/k3iVBgaKD7
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✨Premarket approval: highest evidence requirement but lacking- no randomization, use of surrogate endpoints ✨very few sham comparison of devices ✨510k premarket notification- just had to show equivalence and is not intended to evaluate safety or effectiveness @RFRedberg
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The curse of the 80% Pers AF-free curse of non-randomized trials lives on in the PFA era. #EHRA2025
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Patients lives don’t stop for a blanking period. https://t.co/4KYr4jtuXe
@AndrewFoy82 @MRuzieh It’s time to jettison the blanking period altogether #ACC25 #ehra25
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Lukas Urbanek at the Young Investigator Award about Blanking times in PFA: ➡️ In PFA, too, ERAT predicts long-term recurrence ➡️ 2 months blanking period may be still too long for PFA ➡️ Appropriate blanking time for PFA may be 4 weeks or less @EHRAPresident
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Our paper in @LancetRH_Americ Barriers and solutions in women’s health research and clinical care: a call to action @WomensHeartCS @SmidtHeart @CedarsSinaiMed @JRegensteiner @LudemanCenter @drstaceyrosen @HadineJoffe @RFRedberg @StephFaubionMD 📎 https://t.co/3rpAt0DuEc
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Happy International Women’s Day!! Never forget your #worth, #value, #strength,#intelligence,#impact, #influence #power We got this! Let’s celebrate today You deserve it all!! Keep Climbing and Stay #Strong and #United @WomenAs1 #WIC @ACCinTouch @American_Heart @escardio
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: "People still think Elvis is alive.” -- @SenBillCassidy to NIH nominee Jay Bhattacharya, on why funding more research into whether vaccines cause autism is a waste of $$ and will not change any minds. w/@benjmueller
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Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a professor of medicine at Stanford University, gained prominence during the Covid pandemic when he argued against lockdowns.
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Waiting for the @NIH Director confirmation hearing to begin with my @UCWashington Health Policy students. Thank you @SenBillCassidy
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Agree, Ade! But no doubt profitable. Just not good for patients. We should not be screening for CAD, nothing good comes from it.
Lung cancer screening shows marginal benefit at best and no overall survival benefit....now researchers are suggesting we use it for screening to detect coronary artery disease...this is madness. https://t.co/HDyYT7aZ0e
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What a powerhouse of inspirational women leaders!
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So well deserved! Generous and incredibly energetic and kind mentor to so many.
Congratulations to my friend and colleague , Annabelle Volgman,MD! A n extraordinary scientist , clinician educator and mentor!!! @AHAScience @DrLaxmiMehta @DrJMieres @gina_lundberg
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So #UCSFproud of my colleagues and their important work to protect women’s health. @KathrynP_phd
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Severe underinvestment in companies started by women! Was 2%, now is 1%!! https://t.co/Vr25OOWHZ3
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For women starting new businesses, early funding from venture capital firms led by other women is vital. But few are large enough to lead subsequent rounds of financing.
Women are not a niche market. Women drive economics. Inclusion is not the same as understanding. Powerful discussion about the financial and societal impact of research funding for women’s health, by @WHAMnow founder Carolee Lee and president Dr. Lori Frank @RANDCorporation .
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Can you believe that only 2% of old venture capital funding goes to companies started by women? Data shared in this amazing discussion about the importance of women’s health for all..
Women are not a niche market. Women drive economics. Inclusion is not the same as understanding. Powerful discussion about the financial and societal impact of research funding for women’s health, by @WHAMnow founder Carolee Lee and president Dr. Lori Frank @RANDCorporation .
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