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Dan M. Blumenthal, M.D.

  1. Cardiologist

Publications

  1. Dangas K, Kadakia KT, Ferro EG, Song Y, Secemsky EA, Blumenthal DM, Carr J, Wadhera RK, Yeh RW. Outpatient Migration of Cardiovascular Procedures in the United States. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2025 Jul 15; 86(2):133-143.
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  2. Blumenthal DM, Jellinek M. Well-Being and Choosing the Best Job for You-Reply. JAMA Intern Med. 2025 Mar 01; 185(3):349-350.
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  3. Blumenthal DM, Jellinek M. How to Choose the Best Job for You. JAMA Intern Med. 2024 Nov 01; 184(11):1285-1286.
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  4. Shen M, Osman K, Blumenthal DM, DeMuth K, Liu Y. Home Heart Hospital Associated With Reduced Hospitalizations and Costs Among High-Cost Patients With Cardiovascular Disease. Clin Cardiol. 2024 Jun; 47(6):e24302.
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  5. Yanagisawa M, Blumenthal DM, Kato H, Inoue K, Tsugawa Y. Associations Between Industry Payments to Physicians for Antiplatelet Drugs and Utilization of Cardiac Procedures and Stents. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 May; 37(7):1626-1633. Epub 2021 Aug 10.
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  6. Zahner GJ, Croughan PW, Blumenthal DM. Medicare Advantage for All: A Potential Path to Universal Coverage. JAMA. 2022 Jan 04; 327(1):29-30.
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  7. Tsugawa Y, Dimick JB, Jena AB, Maggard-Gibbons M, Blumenthal DM, Gross N, Jha AK. Comparison of Patient Outcomes of Surgeons Who Are US Versus International Medical Graduates. Ann Surg. 2021 Dec 01; 274(6):e1047-e1055.
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  8. Blumenthal DM, Maddox TM, Aragam K, Sacks CA, Virani SS, Wasfy JH. Predictors of PCSK9 (Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin Type 9) Inhibitor Prescriptions for Secondary Prevention of Clinical Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2021 Sep; 14(9):e007237. Epub 2021 Aug 18.
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  9. Blumenthal DM, Howard SE, Searl Como J, O'Keefe SM, Atlas SJ, Horn DM, Wagle NW, Wasfy JH, Yeh RW, Metlay JP. Prevalence of Angina Among Primary Care Patients With Coronary Artery Disease. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Jun 01; 4(6):e2112800.
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  10. Jorge A, Bolster M, Fu X, Blumenthal DM, Gross N, Blumenthal KG, Wallace Z. The Association Between Physician Gender and Career Advancement Among Academic Rheumatologists in the United States. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2021 Jan; 73(1):168-172. Epub 2020 Nov 08.
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  11. Manne-Goehler J, Kapoor N, Blumenthal DM, Stead W. Sex Differences in Achievement and Faculty Rank in Academic Infectious Diseases. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Jan 02; 70(2):290-296.
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  12. Blumenthal KG, Huebner EM, Banerji A, Long AA, Gross N, Kapoor N, Blumenthal DM. Sex differences in academic rank in allergy/immunology. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2019 Dec; 144(6):1697-1702.e1. Epub 2019 Jul 03.
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  13. Krishnan S, Venn R, Blumenthal DM, Bhambhani V, Gewirtz H, Weiner RB, Nagurney JT, Wasfy JH. Utilization of stress testing for low-risk patients with chest discomfort in the emergency department. J Nucl Cardiol. 2019 Oct; 26(5):1642-1646. Epub 2018 Jan 26.
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  14. Inoue K, Blumenthal DM, Elashoff D, Tsugawa Y. Association between physician characteristics and payments from industry in 2015-2017: observational study. BMJ Open. 2019 Sep 20; 9(9):e031010.
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  15. Jena AB, Farid M, Blumenthal D, Bhattacharya J. Association of residency work hour reform with long term quality and costs of care of US physicians: observational study. BMJ. 2019 Jul 10; 366:l4134.
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  16. Glover M 4th, Mercaldo ND, Blumenthal DM, Ferris TG, Wasfy JH. Differences in Medicare Beneficiary Risk Scores by Physician's International Medical Graduate Status. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 Jul; 34(7):1110-1112.
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  17. Figueroa JF, Blumenthal DM, Feyman Y, Frakt AB, Turchin A, Doros G, Gao Q, Song Y, Joynt Maddox KE. Differences in Management of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients With Medicare Advantage vs Traditional Fee-for-Service Medicare Among Cardiology Practices. JAMA Cardiol. 2019 Mar 01; 4(3):265-271.
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  18. Bennett CL, Raja AS, Kapoor N, Kass D, Blumenthal DM, Gross N, Mills AM. Gender Differences in Faculty Rank Among Academic Emergency Physicians in the United States. Acad Emerg Med. 2019 Mar; 26(3):281-285. Epub 2019 Feb 05.
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  19. Koplewitz G, Blumenthal DM, Gross N, Hicks T, Jena AB. Golf habits among physicians and surgeons: observational cohort study. BMJ. 2018 Dec 10; 363:k4859.
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  20. Chen A, Blumenthal DM, Jena AB. Characteristics of Physicians Excluded From US Medicare and State Public Insurance Programs for Fraud, Health Crimes, or Unlawful Prescribing of Controlled Substances. JAMA Netw Open. 2018 Dec 07; 1(8):e185805.
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  21. Blumenthal DM, Strom JB, Valsdottir LR, Howard SE, Wagle NW, Ho KKL, Horn DM, O'Keefe SM, Wasfy JH, Metlay JP, Yeh RW. Patient-Reported Outcomes in Cardiology. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2018 Nov; 11(11):e004794.
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  22. Tsugawa Y, Blumenthal DM, Jha AK, Orav EJ, Jena AB. Association between physician US News & World Report medical school ranking and patient outcomes and costs of care: observational study. BMJ. 2018 Sep 26; 362:k3640.
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  23. Blumenthal DM, Bergmark RW, Raol N, Bohnen JD, Eloy JA, Gray ST. Sex Differences in Faculty Rank Among Academic Surgeons in the United States in 2014. Ann Surg. 2018 Aug; 268(2):193-200.
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  24. Oseran AS, Howard SE, Blumenthal DM. Factors Associated With Participation in Cardiac Episode Payments Included in Medicare's Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative. JAMA Cardiol. 2018 Aug 01; 3(8):761-766.
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  25. Blumenthal DM, Valsdottir LR, Zhao Y, Shen C, Kirtane AJ, Pinto DS, Resnic FS, Maddox KEJ, Wasfy JH, Mehran R, Rosenfield K, Yeh RW. A Survey of Interventional Cardiologists' Attitudes and Beliefs About Public Reporting of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. JAMA Cardiol. 2018 Jul 01; 3(7):629-634.
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  26. Tsugawa Y, Jena AB, Orav EJ, Blumenthal DM, Tsai TC, Mehtsun WT, Jha AK. Age and sex of surgeons and mortality of older surgical patients: observational study. BMJ. 2018 Apr 25; 361:k1343.
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  27. Figueroa J, Feyman Y, Blumenthal D, Jha A. Do the stars align? Distribution of high-quality ratings of healthcare sectors across US markets. BMJ Qual Saf. 2018 Apr; 27(4):287-292. Epub 2017 Sep 12.
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  28. Jena AB, Olenski A, Blumenthal DM, Yeh RW, Goldman DP, Romley J. Acute Myocardial Infarction Mortality During Dates of National Interventional Cardiology Meetings. J Am Heart Assoc. 2018 Mar 09; 7(6).
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  29. Blumenthal DM, Olenski AR, Tsugawa Y, Jena AB. Association Between Treatment by Locum Tenens Internal Medicine Physicians and 30-Day Mortality Among Hospitalized Medicare Beneficiaries. JAMA. 2017 Dec 05; 318(21):2119-2129.
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  30. Blumenthal DM, Mikhael B, Lawler PR, Yeh RW, Metlay JP, Dudzinski DM. Personal and Professional Characteristics of U.S. Dual-Boarded Critical Care Cardiologists in 2015. Crit Care Med. 2017 Dec; 45(12):e1292-e1296.
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  31. Kapoor N, Blumenthal DM, Smith SE, Ip IK, Khorasani R. Sex Differences in Radiologist Salary in U.S. Public Medical Schools. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2017 Nov; 209(5):953-958. Epub 2017 Sep 05.
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  32. Khullar D, Blumenthal DM, Olenski AR, Jena AB. U.S. Immigration Policy and American Medical Research: The Scientific Contributions of Foreign Medical Graduates. Ann Intern Med. 2017 Oct 17; 167(8):584-586. Epub 2017 Sep 26.
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  33. Blumenthal DM, Goldman D, Jena AB. Tying Reimbursement to Outcomes Is an Ideal Strategy for PCSK9 Inhibitors. JAMA Cardiol. 2017 Oct 01; 2(10):1063-1064.
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  34. Tsugawa Y, Newhouse JP, Zaslavsky AM, Blumenthal DM, Jena AB. Physician age and outcomes in elderly patients in hospital in the US: observational study. BMJ. 2017 May 16; 357:j1797.
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  35. Kapoor N, Blumenthal DM, Smith SE, Ip IK, Khorasani R. Gender Differences in Academic Rank of Radiologists in U.S. Medical Schools. Radiology. 2017 Apr; 283(1):140-147. Epub 2016 Oct 21.
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  36. Blumenthal DM, Olenski AR, Yeh RW, DeFaria Yeh D, Sarma A, Stefanescu Schmidt AC, Wood MJ, Jena AB. Sex Differences in Faculty Rank Among Academic Cardiologists in the United States. Circulation. 2017 Feb 07; 135(6):506-517.
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  37. Blumenthal DM, Goldman DP, Jena AB. Outcomes-Based Pricing as a Tool to Ensure Access to Novel but Expensive Biopharmaceuticals. Ann Intern Med. 2017 Feb 07; 166(3):219-220. Epub 2016 Dec 13.
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  38. Tsugawa Y, Jena AB, Figueroa JF, Orav EJ, Blumenthal DM, Jha AK. Comparison of Hospital Mortality and Readmission Rates for Medicare Patients Treated by Male vs Female Physicians. JAMA Intern Med. 2017 Feb 01; 177(2):206-213.
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  39. Song Z, Blumenthal DM. Expanding Payment Reform in Medicare: The Cardiology Episode-Based Payment Model. JAMA. 2016 Nov 15; 316(19):1973-1974.
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  40. Jena AB, Olenski AR, Blumenthal DM. Sex Differences in Physician Salary in US Public Medical Schools. JAMA Intern Med. 2016 Sep 01; 176(9):1294-304.
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  41. Matlow A, Chan MK, Bohnen JD, Blumenthal DM, Sánchez-Mendiola M, de Camps Meschino D, Samson LM, Busari J. Collaborating internationally on physician leadership education: first steps. Leadersh Health Serv (Bradf Engl). 2016 Jul 04; 29(3):220-30.
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  42. Jena AB, Blumenthal DM, Stevens W, Chou JW, Ton TG, Goldman DP. Value of improved lipid control in patients at high risk for adverse cardiac events. Am J Manag Care. 2016 Jun 01; 22(6):e199-207.
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  43. Jena AB, Khullar D, Ho O, Olenski AR, Blumenthal DM. Sex Differences in Academic Rank in US Medical Schools in 2014. JAMA. 2015 Sep 15; 314(11):1149-58.
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  44. Blumenthal DM, Orav EJ, Jena AB, Dudzinski DM, Le ST, Jha AK. Access, quality, and costs of care at physician owned hospitals in the United States: observational study. BMJ. 2015 Sep 02; 351:h4466.
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  45. Wasfy JH, Singal G, O'Brien C, Blumenthal DM, Kennedy KF, Strom JB, Spertus JA, Mauri L, Normand SL, Yeh RW. Enhancing the Prediction of 30-Day Readmission After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Using Data Extracted by Querying of the Electronic Health Record. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2015 Sep; 8(5):477-85. Epub 2015 Aug 18.
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  46. Fraser TN, Blumenthal DM, Bernard K, Iyasere C. Assessment of leadership training needs of internal medicine residents at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2015 Jul; 28(3):317-20.
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  47. Blumenthal DM, Singal G, Mangla SS, Macklin EA, Chung DC. Predicting Non-Adherence with Outpatient Colonoscopy Using a Novel Electronic Tool that Measures Prior Non-Adherence. J Gen Intern Med. 2015 Jun; 30(6):724-31. Epub 2015 Jan 14.
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  48. Blumenthal DM, Bernard K, Fraser TN, Bohnen J, Zeidman J, Stone VE. Implementing a pilot leadership course for internal medicine residents: design considerations, participant impressions, and lessons learned. BMC Med Educ. 2014 Nov 30; 14:257.
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  49. Blumenthal D, Jena AB. Hospital value-based purchasing. J Hosp Med. 2013 May; 8(5):271-7. Epub 2013 Apr 16.
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  50. Blumenthal DM, Song Z, Jena AB, Ferris TG. Guidance for structuring team-based incentives in healthcare. Am J Manag Care. 2013 Feb 01; 19(2):e64-70.
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  51. Joynt KE, Blumenthal DM, Orav EJ, Resnic FS, Jha AK. Association of public reporting for percutaneous coronary intervention with utilization and outcomes among Medicare beneficiaries with acute myocardial infarction. JAMA. 2012 Oct 10; 308(14):1460-8.
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  52. Blumenthal DM, Bernard K, Bohnen J, Bohmer R. Addressing the leadership gap in medicine: residents' need for systematic leadership development training. Acad Med. 2012 Apr; 87(4):513-22.
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  53. Blumenthal D. Labeling an adverse drug event "preventable". Virtual Mentor. 2011 Sep 01; 13(9):601-8.
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  54. Blumenthal DM, Gold MS. Neurobiology of food addiction. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2010 Jul; 13(4):359-65.
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  55. Andreyeva T, Blumenthal DM, Schwartz MB, Long MW, Brownell KD. Availability and prices of foods across stores and neighborhoods: the case of New Haven, Connecticut. Health Aff (Millwood). 2008 Sep-Oct; 27(5):1381-8.
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