Joseph Abiodun Ladapo MD PhD

PubMed

• Association Between Sociodemographic Characteristics and Weight Loss in a Financial Incentive Intervention for Adults With Obesity Living in Low-Income Neighborhoods.
  Joseph A Ladapo, Stephanie L Orstad, Amy J Sheer, Chi-Hong Tseng, Un Young Rebecca Chung
  American Journal of Health Promotion. 2025-06-10
• Physician Health Counseling for Older Adults with Obesity in the United States, 2015-2019: An Analysis of Repeated Cross-Sectional Data.
  Joseph A Ladapo, Christopher R D'Adamo, Stephen Anton, Amy J Sheer, Carla VandeWeerd
  Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2025-05-30
• Low-Income Participants' Preference Between Financial Incentives for Behavioral Goals vs Weight Loss Targets and Associations With Behavioral Goal Adherence.
  Akshitha Adhiyaman, Melanie Jay, Un Young Rebecca Chung, Andres N Gronda, Chi-Hong Tseng
  American Journal of Health Promotion. 2024-11-01

Journal Articles

• Financial Incentives for Smoking Cessation in Hospitalized Patients: A Randomized Clinical Trial  
  Joseph Ladapo, MD, The American Journal of Medicine
• Physician Prescribing of Opioids to Patients at Increased Risk of Overdose from Benzodiazepine Use in the United States  
  Marc R Larochelle, Alexander Chen, John N Mafi, Joseph A Ladapo, JAMA
• Economics of MRI Operations after Implementation of Interpersonal Skills Training  
  Ladapo JA, Spritzer CE, Pool J, Lang E, J Am Coll Radiol, 1/9/2018
• Underuse of Prevention and Lifestyle Counseling in Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease  
  Berger JS and Ladapo JA, J Am Coll Cardiol, 1/1/2017
• Physical Activity and Incident Hypertension in African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study  
  Diaz KM, Booth JN 3rd, Seals SR, Abdalla M, Dubbert PM, Sims M, Ladapo JA, Redmond N, Muntner P, Shimbo D, Hypertension, 1/1/2017
• Clinical Utility of a Precision Medicine Test Evaluating Outpatients with Suspected Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease  
  Ladapo JA, Budoff M, Sharp D, Zapien M, Huang L, Maniet B, Herman L, Monane M, Am J Med, 1/1/2017
• Paying Smokers to Quit: Does It Work? Should We Do It?  
  Ladapo JA, Prochaska JJ, J Am Coll Cardiol, 1/23/2016
• Cost and Cost-Effectiveness of Students for Nutrition and Exercise (SNaX)  
  Ladapo JA, Bogart LM, Klein DJ, Cowgill BO, Uyeda K, Binkle DG, Stevens ER, Schuster MA, Acad Pediatr, 1/1/2016
• Appropriateness of Cardiac Stress Test Use among Primary Care Physicians and Cardiologists in the United States  
  Ladapo JA, Blecker S, Douglas PS, Int J Cardiol, 1/1/2016
• The Impact of an Online Crowdsourcing Diagnostic Tool on Healthcare Utilization: A Novel Approach to Retrospective Claims Analysis  
  Juusola Jl, Quisel TR, Foschini L, Ladapo JA, J Med Internet Res, 1/1/2016
• Allergic Reactions in Hospitalized Patients with a Self-Reported Penicillin Allergy Who Receive a Cephalosporin or Meropenem  
  Crotty DJ, Chen XJ, Scipione MR, Dubrovskaya Y, Louie E, Ladapo JA, Papadopoulos J, J Pharm Pract, 1/1/2016
• Association of Patient Beliefs and Preference with Subsequent Testing after Initial Evaluation for Ischemic Heart Disease  
  Ladapo JA, Pfeifer J, Choy-Shan A, Pitcavage JM, Williams BA, JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, 1/1/2016
• Appropriate Use of Cardiac Stress Testing with Imaging: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis  
  Ladapo JA, Blecker S, O'Donnell M, Jumkhawala SA, Douglas PS, PLoS One, 1/1/2016
• Firearm Ownership and Acquisition among Parents with Risk Factors for Self-Harm or Other Violence  
  Ladapo JA. Elliott MN, Kanouse DE, Schwebel DC, Toomey SL, Mrug S, Cuccaro PM, Tortolero SR, Schuster MA, Acad Pediatr, 1/1/2016
• Healthcare Utilization and Expenditures Associated with Remote Monitoring in Patients with Implantable Cardiac Devices  
  Ladapo JA. Turakhia MP, Ryan MP, Mollenkopf SA, Reynolds MR, Am J of Cardiol, 1/1/2016
• Use of Pre-Operative Testing and Physicians’ Response to Professional Society Guidance  
  Sigmund AE, Stevens ER, Blitz J, Ladapo JA, JAMA Intern Med, 1/1/2015
• Use Of A Blood Test Incorporating Age, Sex, and Gene Expression Influences Medical Decision-Making in the Evaluation of Women Presenting with Symptoms Suggestive of Ob...  
  Ladapo JA, Herman L, Weiner BH, Rhees B, Castle L, Monane M, McPherson JA, Menopause, 1/1/2015
• The Employee Absenteeism Costs of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Evidence from US National Survey Data  
  Gunnarsson C, Chen J, Rizzo JA, Ladapo JA, Naim A, Lofland JH, J Occup Environ Med, 1/1/2015
• The Diagnosis of CAD in Women: Addressing the Unmet Need-a Report from the National Expert Roundtable Meeting  
  Clarke JL, Ladapo JA, Monane M, Lansky A, Skoufalos A, Nash DB, Popul Health Manag, 1/1/2015
• Projected Morbidity and Mortality from Missed Diagnoses of Coronary Artery Disease in the United States  
  Ladapo JA, Goldfeld KS, Douglas PS, Int J Cardiol, 1/1/2015
• External Validation of Models for Estimating Pretest Probability of Coronary Artery Disease among Individuals Undergoing Myocardial Perfusion Imaging  
  Williams BA, Ladapo JA, Merhige ME, Int J Cardiol, 1/1/2015
• Emergency Department Visits for Heart Failure and Subsequent Hospitalization or Observation Unit Admission  
  Blecker S, Ladapo JA, Doran KM, Goldfeld KS, Katz S, Am Heart J, 1/1/2014
• Statistical Uncertainty in 10-Year Framingham Risk of Coronary Heart Disease and Cardiovascular Disease  
  Ladapo JA, Goldfeld KS, J Am Coll Cardiol, 1/1/2014
• Long-Term Outcomes of Enhanced Depression Treatment in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes  
  Ye S, Shaffer JA, Rieckmann N, Schwartz JE, Kronish IM, Ladapo JA, Whang W, Burg MM, Davidson KW, Am J Med, 1/1/2014
• Cost Effectiveness of a Gene Expression Score and Myocardial Perfusion Imaging for Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease  
  Phelps CE, O'Sullivan AK, Ladapo JA, Weinstein MC, Leahy K, Douglas PS, Am Heart J, 1/1/2014
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Books/Book Chapters

• Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Atherosclerosis. 
  Ladapo JANYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY2016

Abstracts/Posters

• No Evidence of Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Noninvasive Evaluation of Patients for Coronary Heart Disease in the United States.
  Ladapo JA, Blecker S, Douglas PS, Circ; American Heart Association Scientific Session Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Meeting, Dallas, TX, 1/13/2016
• Changes in Physicians’ Provision of Preventive Cardiovascular Care after the Affordable Care Act.
  Ladapo JA, Chokshi DA, Circ; American Heart Association, New Orleans, LA, 1/1/2016
• Physician Decision Making and Trends in the Use of Cardiac Stress Testing in the United States.
  Ladapo JA, ACP Internal Medicine Meeting, Boston, MA, 1/28/2015
• Patient Beliefs and Preferences Do Not Explain Variation in Subsequent Testing after Initial Evaluation for Ischemic Heart Disease.
  Ladapo JA, Pitcavage JM, Pfeifer JM, Lee IA, Runge JM, Williams BA, SMDM Conference Proceedings; SMDM Annual North American Meeting, St. Louis, MO, 1/20/2015
• The Use of a Gene Expression Score Was Associated with Improved Medical Decision Making in the Evaluation of Women Presenting with Symptoms Suggestive of Obstructive C...
  Ladapo JA, Herman L, Weiner BH, Rhees B, Castle L, McPherson J, ACC Annual Scientific Session & Expo, San Diego, CA, 1/15/2015
• Primary Endpoint Results from a Community-Based Registry Evaluating the Use of a Blood-Based Age/Sex/Gene Expression Test in Patients Presenting with Symptoms Suggesti...
  Ladapo JA, Budoff M, Ross L, Huang L, Sharp D, Maniet B, Monane M, Pokrywka GS, Wright RF, Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes; American Heart Association Scientific Session Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 1/1/2015
• Changes in Medical Therapy and Lifestyle After Anatomical Versus Functional Testing for Coronary Artery Disease: The PROMISE Trial (PROspective Multicenter Imaging Stu...
  Ladapo JA, Udo Hoffmann U, Lee KL, Coles A, Huang M, Mark DB, Dolor RL, Pelberg RA, Budoff M, Sigurdsson G, Severance HW, Douglas PS, Circ; American Heart Association, Orlando, FL, 1/1/2015
• Use of a Personalized Medicine, Gene Expression Score Influenced Decision Making around Referral to Cardiology among Female Patients Presenting to Primary Care with Sy...
  Ladapo JA, Sharp D, Maniet B, Ross L, Blanchard J, Monane M, SMDM Annual North American Meeting, Miami, FL, 1/22/2014
• The Use of a Personalized Medicine, Blood-based Gene Expression Score in a Community-Based Cardiovascular Registry Enrolling Patients Presenting with Symptoms Suggesti...
  Ladapo JA, Sharp D, Maniet B, Ross L, Blanchard J, Monane M, McPherson J, Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes; American Heart Association Scientific Session Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 1/1/2014
• Trends in Inappropriate Use of Cardiac Stress Testing with Imaging among Primary Care Physicians and Cardiologists in the United States.
  Ladapo JA, Blecker S, Douglas P, J Am Coll Cardiol; ACC Annual Scientific Session & Expo, Washington, DC, 1/1/2014
• Adherence to Preventive Practices and Projected Population Impact of Health System Interventions for Coronary Heart Disease.
  Ladapo JA, Rodwin BA, Braithwaite RS, Pandya A, Riles TS, Rockman CB, Berger JS, SMDM Annual North American Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 1/22/2013
• The Clinical Utility of Novel Genomic-Based Test on Medical Decision Making for the Evaluation of Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease in the Ambulatory Care Setting.
  Ladapo JA, Lyons-Hartnet H, Yau M, Rich P, Newton, D, Bruce-Mensah K, Johnson A, Ping Y, Stemkowski S, Monane M, SMDM Annual North American Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 1/21/2013
• The Clinical Utility of a Novel Genomic-Based, Gene Expression Test to Evaluate Elderly Patients ? 65 Years Old Presenting with Symptoms of Suspected Obstructive Coron...
  Ladapo J, Lyons H, Yau M, Rich P, Newton D, BruceMensah K, Johnson A, Zhou Y, Stemkowski S, Monane M, Gerontological Society of America, New Orleans, LA, 1/20/2013
• Physician Decision-Making and Trends in Use of Cardiac Stress Testing to Diagnose Coronary Heart Disease in the United States.
  Ladapo JA, Rodwin BA, Braithwaite RS, Pandya A, Riles TS, Rockman CB, Berger JS, Circ; American Heart Association Scientific Session Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Meeting, Dallas, TX, 1/1/2013
• The Clinical Utility of Novel Genomic-Based, Gene Expression Test in a Registry Study of Women Evaluated for Symptoms Suggestive of Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease...
  Ladapo JA, Lyons H, Yau M, Rich P, Newton D, Bruce-Mensah K, Johnson A, Yunping Zhou Y, Stephen Stemkowski S, Monane M, NAMS Conference Proceedings; American Heart Association Scientific Session Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Meeting, Dallas, TX, 1/1/2013
• Use of a Personalized Medicine, Blood-Based Gene Expression Score Was Associated with Lower Diagnostic Testing Costs in Women Presenting to Cardiologists with Symptoms...
  McPherson J, Phelps C, Yay M, Juusola J, Monane M, Ladapo J, NAMS Conference Proceedings; NAMS Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, 1/1/2013
• The Clinical Utility of a Blood Test Incorporating Age, Sex, and Gene Expression in the Evaluation of Women Presenting with Stable Symptoms Suggestive of Obstructive C...
  Pokrywka G, Ladapo JA, Wright R, McLaughlin P, Maniet B, Sharp D, Ross L, Huan L, Mark Monane M, Budoff M, NAMS Conference Proceedings; NAMS Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, 1/1/2013
• Marked Variability in the Patterns of Care and Health Outcomes among Patients Evaluated for Suspected Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease: Results from a Healthcare Cl...
  Ladapo JA, Seare JG, Iorga SR, Buzinec PN, Monane M, Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes; American Heart Association Scientific Session Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 1/1/2013
• Cost Effectiveness of a Gene Expression Score and Myocardial Perfusion Imaging for Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease.
  Phelps CE, Douglas PS, O'Sullivan AK, Deflin M, Leahy K, Elashoff MR, Monane M, and Ladapo J, SMDM Annual North American Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 1/19/2012
• Referral Bias in the Diagnostic Performance of Exercise Testing with Imaging for Coronary Artery Disease.
  Ladapo JA, Blecker S, Elashoff MR, Federspiel JJ, Vieira DL, Sharma G, Monane M, Rosenberg S, Phelps CE, Douglas PS, SMDM Annual North American Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 1/18/2012
• Cost-effectiveness of Enhanced Depression Care for Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome and Depressive Symptoms: Results of the COPES Randomized Controlled Trial.
  Ladapo JA, Shaffer JA, Fang Y, Uhler LM, Ye S, Davidson KW, SMDM Annual North American Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 1/17/2012
• Projected Cost-Effectiveness of a Barbershop-Based Intervention to Reduce Hypertension in Black Men.
  Nrupen A. Bhavsar NA, Ravenell JE, Ogedegbe G, Jason A. Roy JA, Braithwaite RS, Ladapo JA, SMDM Annual North American Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 1/17/2012
• Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Has Markedly Lower Sensitivity after Accounting for Verification Bias.
  Elashoff M, Ladapo JA, Phelps CE, Douglas PS, American Heart Association Scientific Session Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 1/9/2012
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Lectures

• Can Behavioral Economics Improve Health? 
  Los Angeles, CA - 1/24/2018
• Preventing Cardiovascular Disease: Pathways through Diagnostic Testing, Clinical Guidelines, and Patient Decision Making 
  DGSOM, Los Angeles, CA - 1/10/2016
• Quality Pitfalls and Challenges in the Evaluation of Patients for Heart Disease 
  Bloomington, MN - 1/1/2015
• Challenges in Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease and Novel Methods for Improving Diagnosis 
  Las Vegas, NV - 1/14/2014
• Challenges in Appropriate Testing and Evaluation of Patients with Suspected Heart Disease. 
  Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ - 1/11/2014
• Reducing the Population Health Burden of Cardiovascular Disease 
  Philadelphia, PA - 1/10/2014
• What’s Changed in the Assessment of CAD post-COURAGE, BARI-2D, FAME-2 and FREEDOM? 
  1/15/2013
• The Economics of Health Care Policy 
  Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA - 1/1/2008
• Introduction to Health Care Policy 
  Harvard University, Cambridge, MA - 1/1/2007
• Decision Analysis Methods in Public Health and Medicine 
  Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA - 1/1/2006
• Decision Analysis in Clinical Research 
  Harvard University, Cambridge, MA - 1/1/2005
• Health Economics and Policy 
  Harvard University, Cambridge, MA - 1/1/2005
• Introduction to Organic Chemistry 
  Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC - 1/1/1998
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Other

• A Prescription for Empathy. 
  Ladapo JA, San Francisco Chronicle
  http://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/A-prescription-for-empathy-10990864.php#comments
  1/9/2017
• Doctors’ Duty to Young Black Men. 
  Ladapo J, Ravenell J, New York Daily News
  http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ladapo-ravenell-doctors-duty-young-black-men-article-1.2722119
  1/24/2016
• The Only Response to Trump-Era Hate. 
  Ladapo JA, New York Daily News
  http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/joseph-ladapo-response-trump-era-hate-article-1.2875977
  1/16/2016
• As a Doctor, I Thought I Knew How to Treat My Patients: Then My Wife Ended Up in the Hospital. 
  Ladapo J, Washington Post
  http://wpo.st/CWQ61
  1/16/2016
• Why Patients Should Worry about a Normal Cardiac Stress Test 
  Ladapo J, News & Observer
  http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/op-ed/article43489080.html
  1/30/2015
• When the Patient Is the Teacher 
  Ladapo J, Harvard Focus
  http://www.focushms.com/features/when-the-patient-is-the-teacher/
  1/29/2011
• After Residency, a New Outlook 
  Ladapo J, Harvard Focus
  http://www.focushms.com/forum/after-residency-a-new-outlook/
  1/20/2011
• Hybrid Studies Pick Up Speed 
  Ladapo J, Harvard Focus
  http://focus.hms.harvard.edu/2010/010810/forum.shtml
  1/22/2010
• The Doctor’s Art 
  Ladapo J, Harvard Focus
  http://www.focushms.com/?p-91
  1/22/2010
• When Patient Status Conflicts with Patient Goals 
  Ladapo J, Harvard Focus
  http://archives.focus.hms.harvard.edu/2010/042310/forum.shtml
  1/4/2010
• Engaging Patients in End-of-Life Care 
  Ladapo J, Harvard Focus
  http://www.focushms.com/forum/engaging-patients-in-end-of-life-care/
  1/1/2010
• Smoking Cessation Counseling: Too Effective to Ignore 
  Ladapo J, Harvard Focus
  http://focus.hms.harvard.edu/2009/071009/forum.shtml
  1/28/2009
• Caring for the Patient, Caring About the Family 
  Ladapo J, Harvard Focus
  http://focus.hms.harvard.edu/2009/022009/forum.shtml
  1/20/2009
• Aligning Patient Care with Patient Needs 
  Ladapo J, Harvard Focus
  http://focus.hms.harvard.edu/2008/101008/forum.shtml
  1/20/2009
• A Question Arises in Care of Heart Patients 
  Ladapo J, Harvard WebWeekly
  http://webweekly.hms.harvard.edu/archive/2008/1222/student_scene.html
  1/20/2009
• Keeping Patients First 
  Ladapo J, Harvard Focus
  http://focus.hms.harvard.edu/2008/060608/forum.shtml
  1/20/2009
• A Pitfall of Sharing Care Decisions with Patients 
  Ladapo J, Harvard Focus
  http://focus.hms.harvard.edu/2008/071108/forum.shtml
  1/20/2009
• What’s Debt Got to Do with It? 
  Ladapo J, Harvard Focus
  http://focus.hms.harvard.edu/2008/050208/forum.shtml
  1/20/2009
• Better Value Care Requires Physicians to Know Cost 
  Ladapo J, Harvard WebWeekly
  http://webweekly.hms.harvard.edu/archive/2009/042809/perspective_ladapo.html
  1/8/2009
• Wired for Patient Care 
  Ladapo J, Harvard WebWeekly
  http://webweekly.hms.harvard.edu/archive/2009/041009/perspective_ladapo.html
  1/8/2009
• Will Anyone Pay for Cardiac CTA? 
  Ladapo J, Harvard WebWeekly
  http://webweekly.hms.harvard.edu/archive/2008/0128/student_scene.html
  1/23/2008
• Primaries Heat Up Health Coverage Debate 
  Ladapo J, Harvard Focus
  http://focus.hms.harvard.edu/2008/022208/forum.shtml
  1/23/2008
• Broadening the Safety Net for Child Health 
  Ladapo J, Harvard WebWeekly
  http://webweekly.hms.harvard.edu/archive/2007/1224/student_scene.html
  1/3/2008
• Resident Work Hours: The Debate Won’t Rest 
  Ladapo J, Harvard Focus
  http://focus.hms.harvard.edu/2007/101207/forum.shtml
  1/24/2007
• Is More Always Better? Evaluating Health Care Technology 
  Ladapo J, Harvard WebWeekly
  http://webweekly.hms.harvard.edu/archive/2007/1112/student_scene.html
  1/16/2007
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