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Helen Diller Family Compr Cancer Ctr
REBECCA SMITH-BINDMAN, MD

Associate Professor in Residence, Radiology and Epidemiology/Biostatistics, UCSF

CONTACT

(415) 885-7464 (appts)
(415) 885-7876 (fax)

Box 1667, UCSF; San Francisco, CA 94143-1667

additional websites:

UCSF Physician Referral Directory

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

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

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

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Block JE, Smith R, Black D, Genant HK. Does Exercise Prevent Osteoporosis? JAMA 1987; 257:3115-3117.

Genant HK, Block JE, Steiger P, Glueer CC, Smith R: Quantitative Computed Tomography in Assessment of Osteoporosis. Sem in Nuclear Med 4;1987:316-333.

Ettinger B, Block JE, Smith R, et al: An examination of the association between vertebral deformities, physical disabilities and psychosocial problems. Maturitas 10;1988:283-96.

Genant HK, Steiger P, Block JE, Smith R, Black D, Ettinger B, Harris ST; Rate of change in bone mineral content as measured by QCT, DPA and SPA in postmenopausal women. J Bone Min Res 25;1987:212.

Block JE, Smith R, Glueer CC, et al: Models of Spinal Trabecular Bone Loss as Determined by Quantitative Computed Tomography. J Bone and Min Res 1989;4:249-57.

Smith-Bindman R, Cummings SR, Steiger P, Genant HK: A comparison of morphometric definitions of vertebral fractures. J of Bone and Min Research 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: a meta analytic review. JAMA 1998;280:1510-1517

Vincoff N, Callen P, Smith-Bindman R, Goldstein R, Efffect of transducer frequency on fetal bowel. J Ultrasound in Med 1999;18:799-803

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, Coppanigro M, Cunningham G. The variability in the interpretation of prenatal diagnostic ultrasound. Ultrasound Obstet Gynec 2001;17:(4):326-332.

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

Goldstein RB, Brer RL, Benson CB, Benacerraf BR, Bloss JD, Carlos R, FleischerAC; Goldstein SR, Hunt RB, Kurman RJ, Kurtz AB, Laing FC, Parsons AK, Smith-Bindman R, Walker, J. Evaluation of the woman with postmenopausal bleeding - Society of Radiologists in ultrasound-sponsored consensus conference statement. J Ultrasound Med 2001 20:10;1025-1036.

Smith-Bindman R, Chu B, 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 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) 13; 89-93

Kerlikowske K, Smith-Bindman R, Barclay J, Ling BM, Grady D. Evaluation of Abnormal Mammography Examinations and Breast Abnormalities. Ann Intern Med 2003 Aug 19;139(4):274-84

Smith-Bindman R, Chu B, Ecker J, Feldstein V, Bacchetti P, Filly R. Adverse outcomes of live born singleton infants in relation to prenatal ultrasound measurements of fetal size. J Ultrasound Med 2003 22:347-356

Elad Z, Shepherd J, Smith-Bindman R, Kerlikowske K. Mammographic Breast Density and Family History of Breast Cancer. JNCI 2003 Apr 2; 95(7) 556-558

Smith-Bindman R, Chu B, Waters J, Mutton D, Alberman E. Down Syndrome Screening Methods and Birth Outcomes in England and Wales, 1989 - 1999. Am J Obst Gynecol 2003 Oct;189(4):980-5

Kerlikowske K, Smith-Bindman R, Sickles EA. Short-interval follow-up mammography: are we doing the right thing? J Natl Cancer Inst. 2003 Mar 19;95(6):418-9 2003 Aug 19;139(4):274-84

Smith-Bindman R, Chu P, Miglioretti D, Ballard-Barbash R, Blanks R, Lee N, Wallis M, Sickles E, Kerlkowske K. US-UK Comparison of Screening Mammography. JAMA 2003 Oct 22;290(16):2129-37

EDITORIALS / LETTERS

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, Kerlikowske, K, Feldstein, V. Endovaginal ultrasound to evaluate endometrial abnormalities JAMA 1999;281:1693-4

Smith-Bindman R. Positron emission tomography to evaluate lung lesions JAMA 2001;285:2711-2

Smith-Bindman, R, Goldberg, JD. Ultrasound markers of fetal Down syndrome. JAMA 2001;285:2858.

Smith-Bindman R, Felstein V, Goldberg JD. The Genetic Sonogram in Screening For Down Syndrome, Jour US in Medicine Nov 2001;(20);1153-5

Kerlikowske K, Smith-Bindman R, Ernster V. "The Addition of Mammography to Annual Physical Examination Did Not Reduce Breast Cancer Mortality" [In Press, Evid Based Obst Gyn]

9/15/04

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