Mark Hlatky, MD

Clinical Focus

• Cardiology (Heart)
• Cardiovascular Disease

Administrative Appointments

• Director, Stanford-Kaiser Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Center (2008 - present)
• Director, Health Services Research Masters Degree Program (1989 - present)
• Chair, Department of Health Research and Policy (1996 - 2003)

Professional Education

Postdoctoral Advisees

James Freeman, Keane Lee, Rashmee Shah

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Epidemiology
• Health Services Research

Industry Relationships

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Research Interests

Cardiovascular Health Services Research
Cost-Effective Analysis, especially of new technology
Clinical Outome Research
Randomized Clinical Trials with cost, quality of life endpoints (coronary angioplasty, stents, and bypass surgery; diabetes management)
Clinical Guidelines Development
Patient Outcomes Research in Cardiac Arrhythmias

Publications

• Criteria for evaluation of novel markers of cardiovascular risk: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Hlatky MA, Greenland P, Arnett DK, Ballantyne CM, Criqui MH, Elkind MS, Go AS, Harrell FE, Hong Y, Howard BV, Howard VJ, Hsue PY, Kramer CM, McConnell JP, Normand SL, O'Donnell CJ, Smith SC, Wilson PW. Circulation. 2009; 119 (17): 2408-16
• Coronary artery bypass surgery compared with percutaneous coronary interventions for multivessel disease: a collaborative analysis of individual patient data from ten randomised trials. Hlatky MA, Boothroyd DB, Bravata DM, Boersma E, Booth J, Brooks MM, Carrié D, Clayton TC, Danchin N, Flather M, Hamm CW, Hueb WA, Kähler J, Kelsey SF, King SB, Kosinski AS, Lopes N, McDonald KM, Rodriguez A, Serruys P, Sigwart U, Stables RH, Owens DK, Pocock SJ. Lancet. 2009; 373 (9670): 1190-7
• Expanding the orbit of primary prevention--moving beyond JUPITER. Hlatky MA, N Engl J Med. 2008; 359 (21): 2280-2
• Systematic review: the comparative effectiveness of percutaneous coronary interventions and coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Bravata DM, Gienger AL, McDonald KM, Sundaram V, Perez MV, Varghese R, Kapoor JR, Ardehali R, Owens DK, Hlatky MA. Ann Intern Med. 2007; 147 (10): 703-16
• Polymorphisms in hypoxia inducible factor 1 and the initial clinical presentation of coronary disease. Hlatky MA, Quertermous T, Boothroyd DB, Priest JR, Glassford AJ, Myers RM, Fortmann SP, Iribarren C, Tabor HK, Assimes TL, Tibshirani RJ, Go AS. Am Heart J. 2007; 154 (6): 1035-42