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Helen Diller Family Compr Cancer Ctr
KARLA KERLIKOWSKE, MD

Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF

CONTACT

karla.kerlikowske@ucsf.edu
(415) 750-2093 (voice)
(415) 379-5573 (fax)

VAMC 111A1, San Francisco, CA 94143

EDUCATION

Michigan State University, East Lansing, BS, 1978, Medical Technology
University of California, Berkeley, MS, 1984, Nutrition
University of California San Francisco, MD, 1988, Medicine

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1988-89

Medicine Internship, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

1989-91

Primary Care Medicine Residency, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

1991-93

Fellow in General Internal Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA

1991-93

Clinical Instructor, Assistant Physician, UCSF Department of Medicine, San Francisco, CA

1993-1999

Associate Director, Women's Clinic, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA

1999-present

Director, Women's Clinic, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA

1994-present

Assistant Professor In Residence, UCSF Department of Medicine, San Francisco, CA

1994-present

Assistant Professor In Residence, UCSF Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, San Francisco, CA

2000-present

Associate Professor, In Residence, Department of Medicine, Univ. of California, San Francisco

2000-present

Associate Professor, In Residence, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Univ. of California, San Francisco

2000-present

Professor, In Residence, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Univ. of California, San Francisco

HONORS & AWARDS

1975

Tower Guard Award for Scholastic Achievement

1975-77

Honors College, Michigan State University

1978

Magna cum laude, Michigan State University

1986

Student Summer Research Fellowship, UCSF

1987

Alpha Omega Alpha

1994-96

American Cancer Society Award for Primary Care Physicians

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Kerlikowske KM, Grady DG, Barclay J. Sickles EA, Eaton A, Ernster V. Positive predictive value of screening mammography by age and family history of breast cancer. JAMA 1993;270:2444-50.

Kerlikowske KM, Grady D, Rubin SM, Sandrock C, Ernster V. Efficacy of screening mammography: a meta analysis. JAMA 1995;273:149-154.

Ernster VL, Barclay J, Kerlikowske K, Grady D, Henderson IC. Incidence of and treatment for ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast in the U.S. JAMA 1996;275:913-918.

Kerlikowske KM, Grady DG, Barclay J, Sickles EA, Ernster V. Likelihood ratios for modern screening mammography: risk of breast cancer based on age and mammographic interpretation. JAMA 1996;276:39-43.

Kerlikowske KM, Grady DG, Barclay J, Sickles EA, Ernster V. Effect of age, breast density, and family history on the sensitivity of first screening mammography. JAMA 1996;276:33-38.

Kerlikowske K, Barclay J, Grady DG, Sickles EA, Ernster V. Comparison of risk factors for ductal carcinoma in situ and invasive breast cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst 1997;89:77-82.

Salzmann P, Kerlikowske K, Phillips KA. Cost-effectiveness of extending screening mammography guidelines to include women 40-49 years old. 1997 Ann Intern Med 1997;127:955-65

Kerlikowske K, Grady DG, Barclay J, Frankel S, Ominsky S, Sickles EA, Ernster V. Variability and accuracy in mammographic interpretation using the American College of Radiology Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS). JNCI 1998;90:1801-1809.

Kerlikowske K, Salzmann P, Phillips K, Cauley J, Cummings S. Continuing screening mammography in women aged 70 to 79 years: impact on life expectancy and cost-effectiveness. JAMA 1999; 282:2156-2163.

Ernster VL, Barclay J, Kerlikowske K, Wilkie H, Ballard-Barbash R. Mortality among women with ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast in the population-based SEER Program. Arch Intern Med 2000;160:953-958.

Smith-Bindman R, Kerlikowske K, Gebretsadik T, Newman J. Is screening effective in elderly women? Am J Med 2000;108:112-119.

Waldman FM, DeVries S, Chew K, Moore D, Kerlikowske K, Ljung BM. Genetic aberrations of ductal carcinoma in situ and in situ recurrences. JNCI 2000;92:313-320.

Kerlikowske K, Carney P, Geller B, Mandelson MT, Taplin S, Malvin K, Ernster V, Urban N, Cutter G, Rosenberg R, Ballard-Barbash R. Performance of screening mammography among women with and without a first-degree relative with breast cancer. Ann Intern Med 2000;133:855-863.

Shepherd JA, Kerlikowske K, Smith-Bindman R, Genant HK, Cummings SR. Can Dual X-Ray Absorptiometry accurately and precisely measure breast density? Radiology, 2002;223:554-557

Ernster VL, Ballard-Barbash R, Barlow WE, Zheng Y, Weaver D, Cutter G, Yankaskas B, Rosenberg R, Carney PA, Kerlikowske K, Taplin S, Urban N, Geller B. Detection of DCIS in women undergoing screening mammography. JNCI 2002;94:1546-54

Prevrhal S, Shepherd JA, Smith-Bindman R, Cummings SR, Kerlikowske K. Accuracy of mammographic breast density analysis: results of formal operator training. Cancer Epidemiol, Biomarkers and Prev. 2002;11:1389-1393

Carney PA, Miglioretti DL, Yankaskas B, Kerlikowske K, Rosenberg R, Rutter C, Geller, BM, Abraham LA, Dignan MB, Cutter G, Ballard-Barbash R. Individual and combined effects of age, breast density and hormone replacement therapy use on the accuracy of screening mammography. Ann Intern Med 2003;138:168-75

Ziv E, Shepherd JA, Smith-Bindman R, Kerlikowske K. Mammographic breast density and family history of breast cancer. JNCI 2003;95:556-558.

Geller, BM, Kerlikowske K, Carney PA, Abraham LA, Yankaskas BC, Taplin SH, Ballard-Barbash R, Dignan MB, Rosenberg R, Urban N, Barlow WE. Mammography surveillance following breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 2003;81:107-115

Kerlikowske K, Smith-Bindman R, Ljung Britt-Marie, Grady D. Evaluation of abnormal mammography examinations and palpable breast abnormalities. Ann Intern Med, 2003;139: 274-284

Smith-Bindman R, Chu PW, Miglioretti DL, Sickles EA, Blanks R, Ballard-Barbash R, Bobo JK, Lee NC, Wallis MG, Patnick J, Kerlikowske K. Comparison of screening mammography in the United States and the United Kingdom. JAMA 2003;290:2129-2137.

Kerlikowske K, Miglioretti DL, Ballard-Barbash R, Weaver DL, Buist DSM, Barlow WE, Cutter G, Geller BM, Yankaskas B, Taplin, SH, Carney PA. Prognostic characteristics of breast cancer among postmenopausal hormone users in a screened population. JCO 2003;21:4314-4321

Kerlikowske K, Molinaro A, Cha I, Ljung BM, Ernster VL, Stewart K, Chew K, Moore DH, Waldman F. Characteristics associated with recurrence among women with ductal carcinoma in situ treated by lumpectomy. JNCI 2003;95:1692-1702

Miglioretti DL, Rutter CM, Geller BM, Cutter G, Barlow WE, Rosenberg R, Weaver DL, Taplin SH, Ballard- Barbash R, Carney PA, Yankaskas BC, Kerlikowske K. Effect of breast augmentation on the accuracy of mammography and cancer characteristics. JAMA. 2004;291:442-450.

Ziv E, Tice J, Smith-Bindman R, Shepherd JA, Cummings SR, Kerlikowske K. Mammographic density and estrogen receptor status of breast cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers and Prev 2004;13:2090-2095

Haas JS, Kaplan CP, Gerstenberger EP, Kerlikowske K. Changes in the use of post-menopausal hormone therapy with the publication of clinical trial results. Ann Intern Med, 2004;140:184-8.

Kerlikowske K, Shepherd J, Creasman J, Tice JA, Ziv E, Cummings SR. Are breast density and bone mineral density independent risk factors for breast cancer? JNCI 2005;97:368-74

Kerlikowske K, Creasman J, Leung J, Smith-Bindman R, Ernster VL. Differences in screening mammography outcomes among white and Asian women. Arch Intern Med 2005;165:1862-68

Shepherd JA, Herve L, Landau J, Fan B, Kerlikowske K, Cummings SR. Novel use of single x-ray absorptiometry for measuring breast density. Technol Cancer Res Treat 2005;4:173-82

Smith-Bindman R, Miglioretti DL, Lurie N, Abraham L, Ballard-Barbash R, Strzelczyk J, Dignan M Barlow WE, Beasley CM, Kerlikowske K. Does utilization of screening mammography explain racial and ethnic differences in breast cancer? Ann Intern Med 2006;144:541-553

Weaver DL, Rosenberg RD, Barlow WE, Ichikawa L, Carney PA, Kerlikowske K, Buist DSM, Geller BM, Key CR, Maygarden SJ. Ballard-Barbash R. Pathologic findings from the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium: population-based outcomes in women undergoing biopsy after screening mammography. Cancer 2006;106:732-742

Barlow WE, White E, Ballard-Barbash R, Vacek PM, Titus-Ernstoff LT, Carney PA, Tice JA, Buist D, Geller BM, Rosenberg R, Yankaskas BC, Kerlikowske K. A prospective breast cancer risk prediction model among women undergoing screening mammography. JNCI 2006;98:1204-1214

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