Rebecca Smith-Bindman, MD

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Additional Websites

• Physician Referral Directory

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Education

Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, B.S.E., 1985, Architecture/Engineering
Columbia University, New York, NY, 7/85-6/86, Pre-Medical Program
University of California, San Francisco, CA, M.D., 1991, Medicine

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Professional Experience

• 1986-1987
  Research Assistant, Radiology and General Internal Medicine, UCSF
• 1991-1992
  Intern, Department of Pathology, UCSF
• 1992-1996
  Resident, Department of Radiology, UCSF
• 1996-1997
  Clinical Instructor, Ultrasound, Department of Radiology, UCSF
• 1996-1998
  Fellow, Women's Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Medicine, UCSF
• 1998-2000
  Asst. Adjunct Professor of Radiology, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, UCSF
• 1998-2000
  Asst. Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, UCSF
• 1999-2000
  Visiting Research Fellow, Dept. of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Wolfson Institute, St. Bartholowmew's and The Royal London School of Medicine
• 2000-current
  Assistant Professor in Residence, Radiology, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF
• 2000-current
  Director, Radiology Outcomes Research Lab
• 2003-current
  Associate Professor in Residence, Radiology, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Medicine, UCSF

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Honors & Awards

• 1985
  Cum laude, Princeton University
• 1985
  Senior Thesis Prize, Princeton University
• 1988
  Student Summer Research Fellowship, Institute for Health Policy, UCSF
• 1999, 2000
  Radiologic Society of North America Nycomed Amersham Fellow

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Selected Publications

• Block JE, Smith R, Black D, Genant HK. Does Exercise Prevent Osteoporosis? JAMA 1987; 257:3115-3117.
• Smith-Bindman R, Cummings SR, Steiger P, Genant HK. A comparison of morphometric definitions of vertebral fractures. J Bone Miner Res 1991;6:25-34.
• Smith-Bindman R, Steiger P, Cummings SR, Genant HK. The Index of Radiographic Area (IRA): a new approach for estimating the severity of vertebral deformity. Bone and Mineral 1991;15:137-50.
• Smith-Bindman R, Kerlikowske K, Feldstein V, Subak L, Scheidler J, Segal M, Brand R, Grady D. Endovaginal ultrasound to exclude endometrial cancer and other endometrial abnormalities: JAMA 1998;280:1510-1517.
• Smith-Bindman R, Kerlikowske K. Is there a downside to elderly women undergoing screening mammography? J Natl Cancer Inst 1999:18;1322-3.
• Vincoff N, Callen P, Smith-Bindman R, Goldstein R. Effect of transducer frequency on the appearance of the fetal bowel. J Ultrasound Med 1999;18:799-803.
• Smith-Bindman R, Kerlikowske K. Is there a downside to elderly women undergoing screening mammography? J Natl Cancer Inst 1999:18;1322-3.
• Smith-Bindman R, Gebretsadik T, Kerlikowske K, Newman J. Is screening mammography effective in elderly women? Am J Med 2000:108:112-118.
• Smith-Bindman R, Hosmer W, Feldstein VA, Deeks JJ, Goldberg JD. Second-trimester ultrasound to detect fetuses with Down syndrome: a meta-analysis. JAMA 2001;285:1044-55.
• Smith-Bindman R, Hosmer W, Coppanigro M, Cunningham G. The variability in the interpretation of prenatal diagnostic ultrasound. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2001;17:(4):326-332.
• Goldstein RB, Brer RL, Benson CB, et al (including Smith-Bindman) Evaluation of woman with postmenopausal bleeding: Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound Consensus Conference. J Ultrasound Med 2001 20:10;1025-1036.
• Smith-Bindman R, Chu PW, Ecker J, Feldstein V, Filly R, Bacchetti P. US evaluation of fetal growth: prediction of neonatal outcomes. Radiology 2002; 223(1):153-161.
• Shepherd JA, Kerlikowske K, Smith-Bindman R, Genant H, Cummings SR. Measurement of breast density with dual X-ray absorptiometry: feasibility. Radiology 2002 223(5): 554-557.
• Prevrhal S, Shepherd JA, Smith-Bindman R, Kerlikowske K, Cummings SR. Accuracy of Mammographic Breast Density analysis: Results of Formal Operator Training. J Cancer, Epi. Bio. & Prev 2002 Nov;11(11); 1389-93.
• Smith-Bindman R, Chu PW, Miglioretti DL, et al. Comparison of Screening Mammography in the United States and the United Kingdom. JAMA 2003 22;290(16):2129-37.
• Smith-Bindman R, Chu PW, Bacchetti P, Waters JJ, Mutton D, Alberman E. Prenatal screening for Down syndrome in England and Wales and population-based birth outcomes. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2003 Oct;189(4):980-5.
• Smith-Bindman R, Chu PW, Ecker J, Feldstein V, Bacchetti P, Filly R. Adverse birth outcomes in relation to prenatal sonographic measurements of fetal size. J Ultrasound Med 2003 Apr 22:347-356.
• Kerlikowske K, Smith-Bindman R, Barclay J, Ling BM, Grady D. Evaluation of Abnormal Mammography Results and Palpable Breast Abnormalities. Ann Intern Med 2003 Aug 19;139(4):274-84.
• Ziv E, Shepherd J, Smith-Bindman R, Kerlikowske K. Mammographic Breast Density and Family History of Breast Cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst 2003 Apr 2; 95(7) 556-558.
• Kerlikowske K, Smith-Bindman R, Sickles EA. Short-interval follow-up mammography: are we doing the right thing? J Natl Cancer Inst. 2003 Aug 6;95(15):1175-6.
• Smith-Bindman R, Weiss E, Feldstein V. How thick is too thick? What endometrial thickness should prompt biopsy in an asymptomatic postmenopausal woman? Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol, 2004 June; 24:558-565.
• Smith-Bindman R. Diagnostic Imaging in the Differential Diagnosis of Vaginal Bleeding and Breast Mass. Adv Stud Med 2004 Oct;4(9):476-482.
• Benn PA, Egan JF, Fang M, Smith-Bindman R. Changes in the utilization of prenatal diagnosis. Obstet Gynecol 2004 Jun; 103(6):1255-60.
• Smith-Bindman R, Chu PW, Miglioretti D, Kerlikowske K. Comparison of screening mammography in the United States and the United Kingdom. JAMA 2004 Feb 18;291(7):824.
• Smith-Bindman R, Chu PW, Miglioretti D, Quale C, et al. Physician Predictors of Mammographic Accuracy. J Natl Cancer Inst 2005; 97:358-67.
• Kerlikowske K, Smith-Bindman R, Abraham LA, et al. Breast Cancer Yield for Screening Mammographic Examinations with Recommendation for Short-Interval Follow-up. Radiology 2005 Mar;234(3):684-692.
• Smith-Bindman R, Ballard-Barbash R, Miglioretti D, Patnick J, Kerlikowske K. Comparing the Performance of Mammography Screening in the United States and the United Kingdom. J Med Screen 2005 12(1): 50-54.
• Sickles EA, Miglioretti D, Ballard-Barbash R, Geller B, Leung J, Rosenberg R, Smith-Bindman R, Yankaskas B. Performance Benchmarks For Diagnostic Mammography. Radiology 2005 Jun;235(3):775-90.
• Kerlikowske K, Creasman J, Leung JW, Smith-Bindman R, Ernster VL. Differences in screening outcomes among White, Chinese, and Filipino women. Arch Intern Med. 2005 Sept. 12; 165(16):1862-8
• Smith-Bindman R, Miglioretti D, Lurie N, Abraham L, et al. Does Utilization of Screening Mammography Explain Racial and Ethnic Differences in Breast Cancer? Ann Intern Med, 2006 Apr18;144(8):541-53.
• Smith-Bindman R, Quale C, Chu PW, et al. Can Medicare Billing Claims Data Be Used to Assess Mammography Utilization Among Women Age 65 and Older. Medical Care 2006 May;44(5):463-70
• Kado DM, Christianson L, Palermo L, Smith-Bindman R, Cummings SR, Greendale GA. Comparing a supine radiologic versus standing clinical measurement of kyphosis in older women: The Fracture Intervention Triall. Spine 2006 31:4;4463-467
• Haggstrom DA, Quale C, Smith-Bindman R. Differences in the Quality of Breast Cancer Care Among Vulnerable Populations. Cancer. 2005 Dec 1;104(11):2347-58
• Kagay C, Quale C, Smith-Bindman R. Mammography Use Among the American Elderly, Am J Prev Med 2006 Aug;31(2):142-9. Schell MJ, Yankaskas BC, Ballard-Barbash R, Qaqish BF, Barlow WE, Rosenberg RD, Smith-Bindman R. Evidence-based target recall rates for screening mammography. Radiology 2007;243(3):681-9.
• Smith-Bindman R, Chu P, Goldberg JD. Second trimester prenatal ultrasound for the detection of pregnancies at increased risk of Down Syndrome. Prenat Diagn 2007;27(6):535-44.
• Kerlikowske K, Ichikawa L, Miglioretti DL, Buist DS, Vacek PM, Smith-Bindman R, Yankaskas B, Carney PA, Ballard-Barbash R; National Institutes of Health Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium. Longitudinal measurement of clinical mammographic breast density to improve estimation of breast cancer risk. J Natl Cancer Inst 2007;99(5):386-95.
• Miglioretti DL, Smith-Bindman R, Abraham L, et al Radiologist Predictors of the Interpretive Performance of Diagnostic Mammography. J Natl Cancer Inst 2007 10;99(24)1854-63
• Goldman L, Haneuse S, Miglioretti D, Kerlikoswke K, Buist D, Yankaskas B, Smith-Bindman R, An assessment of the quality of mammography care at facilities treating medically vulnerable populations. Medical Care 2008 Jul;46(7):701-8. Pub Med Reference No. 96607
• Curtis E, Quale C, Haggstrom D, Smith-Bindman R. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Breast Cancer Survival: How Much Is Explained By Screening, Tumor Severity, Biology, Treatment, and Co-morbidities. Cancer 2008 112(1):171. Pub Med Reference No. 96620
• Smith-Bindman R, Miglioretti DL, Rosenberg R, Reid RJ, Taplin SH, Geller BM, Kerlikowske K; National Institutes of Health Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium. Physician workload in mammography. Am J Roentgenol. 2008 Feb;190(2):526-32.
• Dinkelspiel E, Chu P, Smith-Bindman R, Access to Diagnostic Mammography in the San Francisco Bay Area. Journal of Womens Health 2008 Jun ;17 (5):893-9
• Scheuler K, Chu B, Smith-Bindman R. Factors Associated with Mammography Utilization: A Quantitative Meta-Analytic Review. Journal of Womens Health 2008 17 (9); 1477-98
• Goldman L, Haneuse S, Miglioretti D, Kerlikoswke K, Buist D, Yankaskas B, Smith-Bindman R, Mammography facilities treating minority and socio-economically disadvantaged populations provide quality care. Medical Care 2008 Jul;46(7):701-8
• Tice JA, Cummings SR, Smith-Bindman R, Ichikawa L, Barlow WE, Kerlikowshe K. Using clinical factors and mammograhic breast density to estimate breast cancer risk: development and validation of a new predictive model. Ann Intern Med 2008 Mar 4;148(5):337-47. Pub Med Reference No. 96623
• Smith-Bindman R, Miglioretti D, Larson E. Rising use of diagnostic medical imaging in a large integrated healthcare systemHealth Affairs 2008 27 (6):1491-502
• Venkatesan A, Chu P, Kerlikowske K, Smith-Bindman R The positive predictive value of specific mammographic findings by reader and patient variables. Radiology 2009. Pub Med Reference No. 95071