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Helen Diller Family Compr Cancer Ctr
ELISEO J. PÉREZ-STABLE, MD

Professor, Medicine, UCSF

CONTACT

(415) 353-4624 (appts)
(415) 476-7964 (fax)

Box 0320, UCSF; San Francisco, CA 94143-0320

additional websites:

UCSF Physician Referral Directory
Faculty Profile

EDUCATION

University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, B.S., 1974, Chemistry
University of Miami, Miami, FL, M.D., 1978, Medicine

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1978-1981

Resident, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

1981-1983

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Fellow in General Internal Medicine, UCSF

1983-1990

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, UCSF

1990-1996

Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, UCSF

1993-2005

Co-Director, Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations, UCSF

1996-present

Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, UCSF

1997-present

Director, Center for Aging in Diverse Communities

1999-present

Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, UCSF

2005-present

Director, Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations, UCSF

2006-present

Associate Director for Health Care Disparities, Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCSF

HONORS & AWARDS

1988-93

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Faculty Scholar in General Internal Medicine

1991

University of California/Health Net Wellness Lectureship Award

1994

Laureate Award, American College of Physicians Northern California

1996

Elected, American Society of Clinical Investigation

2001

Elected, Institute of Medicine

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

(from 146)

Pérez-Stable EJ, Marín BV, Marín G, Brody DJ, Benowitz NL. Apparent underreporting of cigarette consumption among Mexican American smokers. Am J Public Health 1990 80: 1057-1061.

Pérez-Stable EJ, Marín BV, Marín G. Smoking status and depressive symptoms among San Francisco Latinos. Am J Public Health 1990 80: 1500-1502.

Pérez-Stable EJ, Sabogal F, Marín G, Marín BV, Otero-Sabogal R. Evaluation of "Guia Para Dejar de Fumar," a self-help guide in Spanish to quit smoking. Public Health Rep 1991 106:(5) 564-569.

Pérez-Stable EJ, Marín G, Marín BV, Benowitz NL. Misclassification of smoking status by self-reported cigarette consumption. Am Rev Respir Dis 1992 145:53-57.

Pérez-Stable EJ, Sabogal F, Otero-Sabogal R, Hiatt RA, McPhee SJ. Misconceptions about cancer among Latinos and Anglos. JAMA 1992 268:3219-3223.

Pérez-Stable EJ, Marín BV, Marín G. A comprehensive smoking cessation program for the San Francisco Bay Area Latino community. Am J Health Promot 1993 7:430-442, 475.

Pérez-Stable EJ, Otero-Sabogal R, Sabogal F, McPhee SJ, Hiatt RA. Self-reported use of cancer screening tests among Latinos and Anglos. Arch Intern Med 1994 154:1073-1081.

Pérez-Stable EJ, Marín G, Marín BV. Behavioral risk factors among Latinos compared to non-Latino Whites in San Francisco. Am J Public Health 1994 84:971-976.

Marín BV, Pérez-Stable EJ, Marín G, Hauck WW. Effects of a community intervention to change smoking behavior among Hispanics. Am J Prev Med 1994 10:340-347.

Hiatt RA, Pérez-Stable EJ, Quesenberry C, Sabogal F, Otero-Sabogal R, McPhee SJ. Concordance of self-reported early cancer detection practices and medical audits among Hispanics and non-Hispanic Whites in Northern California. Prev Med 1995:24(3):278-285.

Pérez-Stable EJ, Benowitz NL, Marín G. Is serum cotinine a better measure of cigarette smoking than self-report?. Prev Med 1995: 24:171-179.

Pérez-Stable EJ, Hiatt RA, Sabogal F, Otero-Sabogal R. Use of "Spanish" surnames in survey research: comparison to self-identification. Monogr Natl Cancer Inst 1995: 18:11-15.

Pérez-Stable EJ, Sabogal F, Otero-Sabogal R. Use of Cancer Screening Tests in the San Francisco Bay Area: comparison of Latinos and Anglos. Monogr Natl Cancer Inst 1995: 18:147-153.

Marín G, Pérez-Stable EJ. Effectiveness of disseminating culturally appropriate smoking cessation information: Programa Latino Para Dejar de Fumar. Monogr Natl Cancer Inst 1995: 18:155-163.

Pérez-Stable EJ, Coates TJ, Baron RB, Biró BS, McHenry K, Gardiner PS, Feigal D, Hauck W. A Lifestyle Modification Program is Inferior to Propranolol for Mild Diastolic Hypertension. J Gen Intern Med 1995: 10: 419-428.

Pérez-Stable EJ, Otero-Sabogal R, Sabogal F, Nápoles-Springer A. Pathways to early cancer detection for Latinas: En Acción Contra el Cáncer. Health Educ Q1996 23:S41-S59.

Chang SW, Kerlikowske K, Nápoles-Springer A, Posner SF, Sickles EA, Pérez-Stable EJ. Racial differences in timeliness of follow-up after abnormal screening mammography. Cancer 1996;78:1395-1402.

Muñoz RF, VanOss Marín B, Posner SF, Pérez-Stable EJ. Mood management mail intervention increases abstinence rates for Spanish-speaking Latino smokers. Am J Comm Psychol 1997 25:325-343.

Pérez-Stable EJ, Nápoles-Springer A, Miramontes JM. The effects of ethnicity and language on medical outcomes of patients with hypertension or diabetes. Med Care 1997; 35 (12): 1212-1219.

Pérez-Stable EJ, Marín G, Posner SF. Ethnic comparison of attitudes and beliefs about cigarette smoking. J Gen Intern Med 1998 13:167-174.

Pérez-Stable EJ, Herrera B, Jacob P, Benowitz NL. Nicotine metabolism and intake in black and white smokers. JAMA 1998 280:152-156.

Pérez-Stable EJ, Halliday R, Gardiner PS, Baron RB, Hauck WW, Acree M, Coates TJ. The effects of propranolol on cognitive function and quality of life: A randomized trial among patients with diastolic hypertension. Am J Med 2000 108: 359-365.

Pérez-Stable EJ, Ramirez A, Villareal R, Talavera GA, Trapido E, Suarez L, Marti J, McAlister A. Cigarette smoking behavior among U.S. Latino men and women from different countries of origin. Am J Public Health 2001 91:1424-1430.

Benowitz NL, Pérez-Stable EJ, Herrera B, Jacob P. Slower metabolism and reduced intake of nicotine from cigarette smoking in Chinese-Americans compared to Latinos and Whites. J Natl Cancer Inst 2002; 94:108-115.

Walsh JME, Posner SF, Pérez-Stable EJ. Colon cancer screening in the ambulatory setting. Prev Med 2002; 35: 209-218.

González Burchard E, Ziv E, Coyle N, Gomez SL, Tang H, Karter AJ, Mountain JL, Pérez-Stable EJ, Sheppard D, Risch N. The Importance of Race and Ethnicity in Biomedical Research and Clinical Practice. N Engl J Med 2003; 348:1170-1175.

Karliner LS, Pérez-Stable EJ, Gildengorin G. The language-divide: The Importance of Training in the Use of Interpreters for Outpatient Practice. J Gen Intern Med 2004: 19: 175-183.

Fernández A, Schillinger D, Grumbach K, Rosenthal A, Stewart AL, Wang F, Pérez-Stable EJ. Physician Language Ability and Cultural Competence: An Exploratory Study of Communication with Spanish-speaking Patients. J Gen Intern Med 2004: 19: 167-174.

Daniels NA, Nguyen TT, Gildengorin G, Pérez-Stable EJ. Adult immunization in university-based primary care and specialty practices. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2004; 52: 1007-1012.

Ramirez AG, Gallion KJ, Suarez L, , Giachello AL, Marti JR, Medrano MA, Pérez-Stable EJ, Talavera GA Trapido E. A National Agenda for Latino Cancer Prevention and Control. Cancer 2005; 203: 2209-2215.

Karliner LS, Kaplan CP, Juarbe T, Pasick R, Pérez-Stable EJ. Poor patient comprehension of abnormal mammography results. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2005; May; 20(5):432-437.

Tong EK, Ong MK, Vittinghoff E, Pérez-Stable EJ. Missed opportunities: Clinicians should ask and advise non-daily smokers to quit, American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2006; 30: 23-30.

Hou CE, Yaffe K, Pérez-Stable EJ, Miller BL. Frequency of dementia etiologies in four ethnic groups. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disease, 2006,;22(1):42-47. Epub 2006 May 8.

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