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Joseph Yeboah, M.D., M.S.

Assistant Professor, Cardiology
Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity
Epidemiology & Prevention

Clinical Specialties

Cardiac Imaging, Preventive Cardiology, Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Nuclear Cardiology, Critical Care, Cardiology (clinical), Echocardiography

Contact Information

New Patient Appointments: 336-716-WAKE
Returning Patient Appointments: 336-716-6674
Department: 336-716-7015

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Education & Training

M.D., University Ghana Medical School-Ghana , 2000
B.S., University Ghana Medical School-Ghana , 1996
M.S., WFU School of Medicine , 2007
Internship, Pediatric Surgery, Ghana - Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, 2001
Internship, Internal Medicine, Ghana - Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, 2002
Internship, Internal Medicine, Hosp Of St Raphael, 2003
Residency, Internal Medicine, Hosp Of St Raphael, 2005
Fellowship, Cardiology, WFU School of Medicine, 2007
Fellowship, Critical Care Medicine, WFU School of Medicine, 2008
Fellowship, Internal Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, 2011

Board Certifications

American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine

Memberships

American College of Cardiology
Am Heart Association

NPI Number

1134241474

Joseph Yeboah, M.D., M.S.

Assistant Professor, Cardiology Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity
Epidemiology & Prevention

Contact Information

Academic: 716 | Department: 336-716-7015

Recent Publications

Yeboah J. Targeting specific traditional risk factors to improve cardiovascular outcomes: sound or flawed? [invited commentary]. Atherosclerosis. 2013;226(2):335-336.

Azeem A, Yeboah J, Bertoni A, Burke G, Turkbey E, Szklo M, Herrington D. Association of hemoglobin A1C with cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality in individuals without diabetes--the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis [abstract]. Circulation. 2013;127(12 Suppl):AP278.

Virgadamo S, Azeem A, Yeboah J, Rodriguez CJ, Cox AJ, Bowden DW, Herrington DM. Premature ventricular complexes predict mortality in a population with type 2 diabetes--the Diabetes Heart Study [abstract]. Circulation. 2013;127(12 Suppl):AP049.

Eckman DM, Stacey RB, Rowe R, D'Agostino R Jr, Kock ND, Sane DC, Torti FM, Yeboah J, Workman S, Lane KS, Hundley WG. Weekly doxorubicin increases coronary arteriolar wall and adventitial thickness. PLoS One. 2013;8(2):e57554.

Yeboah J, Smith CL, Sims M, Fox E, Ge Y, Wilson JG, Terry JG, Taylor HA Jr, Carr JJ. Coronary artery calcium score improves the net reclassification index of prevalent cardiovascular disease in African Americans: the Jackson Heart Study [abstract]. Circulation. 2012;125(10 Suppl):AP159.

Smith CL, Yeboah J, Sims M, Harman JL, Terry JG, Crump ME, Doherty M, Carr JJ, Taylor HA Jr. Association of coronary calcium score with cardiovascular risk factors in African Americans: the Jackson Heart Study [abstract]. Circulation. 2012;125(10 Suppl):AP154.

Yeboah J, McClelland RL, Polonsky TS, Burke GL, Sibley CT, O'Leary D, Carr JJ, Goff DC Jr, Greenland P, Herrington DM. Comparison of novel risk markers for improvement in cardiovascular risk assessment in intermediate-risk individuals. JAMA. 2012;308(8):788-795.

Yeboah J, Carr JJ, Terry JG, Ding J, Zeb I, Liu S, Nasir K, Post W, Blumenthal RS, Budoff M. Computed tomography derived cardiovascular risk markers, incident cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality in adults free of clinical cardiovascular disease. The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis [abstract]. Circulation. 2012;126(21 Suppl):A9536.

Azeem A, Yeboah J, Soliman EZ, Cox A, Bertoni A, Herrington DM, Bowden DW. Heart rate corrected QT interval is an independent predictor of all-cause mortality in a diabetic population--the Diabetes Heart Study [abstract]. Circulation. 2012;126(21 Suppl):A15550.

Yeboah J, Rodriguez CJ, Stacey B, Lima JA, Liu S, Carr JJ, Hundley WG, Herrington DM. Prognosis of individuals with asymptomatic left ventricular systolic dysfunction in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Circulation. 2012;126(23):2713-2719.

Yeboah J, Greenland P, Herrington DM. Markers for prediction of cardiovascular disease risk [reply to letter]. JAMA. 2012;308(24):2561-2562.

Yeboah J, Bertoni AG, Herrington DM, Post WS, Burke GL. Impaired fasting glucose and the risk of incident diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular events in an adult population: MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis). J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011;58(2):140-146.

Yeboah J. Flaws in current clinical trial design: need for intermediate markers [editorial]. J Postgenom Drug Biomark Develop. 2011;1():102e.

Yeboah J, Redline S, Johnson C, Tracy R, Ouyang P, Blumenthal RS, Burke GL, Herrington DM. Association between sleep apnea, snoring, incident cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality in an adult population: MESA. Atherosclerosis. 2011;219(2):963-968.

Yeboah J, Bertoni AG, Herrington DM, Post WS, Burke GL. Impaired fasting glucose and the risk of incident diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular events [reply to letter]. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011;58(24):2547.

Yeboah J, Burke GL, Crouse JR, Herrington DM. Relationship between brachial flow-mediated dilation and carotid intima-media thickness in an elderly cohort: the Cardiovascular Health Study. Atherosclerosis. 2008;197(2):840-845.

Yeboah J, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Mcburnie MA, Burke GL, Herrington DM, Crouse JR. Association between brachial artery reactivity and cardiovascular disease status in an elderly cohort: the Cardiovascular Health Study. Atherosclerosis. 2008;197(2):768-776.

Yeboah J, Klein K, Brosnihan B, Reboussin D, Herrington DM. Effects of hormone therapy on soluble cell adhesion molecules in postmenopausal women with coronary artery disease. Menopause. 2008;15(6):1060-1064.

Yeboah J, Burke GL, Crouse JR, Lima JA, Johnson C, Polak JF, Folsom A, Post W, Herrington DM. Predictive value of brachial flow-mediated dilation for incident cardiovascular events in population based adults free of cardiovascular disease at baseline: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis [abstract]. Circulation. 2008;118(18 Suppl 2):S1090.

Yeboah J, Crouse JR, Burke GL, Bluemke DA, Polak JL, Lima JA, Herrington DM. Endothelial dysfunction is associated with left ventricular mass and left ventricular ejection fraction (assessed using MRI) independent of blood pressure and antihypertensive medication use (MESA) [abstract]. Circulation. 2008;118(18 Suppl 2):S1096.

Yeboah J, Reboussin DM, Waters D, Kowalchuk G, Herrington DM. Effects of estrogen replacement with and without medroxyprogesterone acetate on brachial flow-mediated vasodilator responses in postmenopausal women with coronary artery disease. Am Heart J. 2007;153(3):439-444.

Yeboah J, Crouse JR, Hsu F-C, Burke GL, Herrington DM. Brachial flow-mediated dilation predicts incident cardiovascular events in older adults: the Cardiovascular Health Study. Circulation. 2007;115(18):2390-2397.

Yeboah J, Burke GL, McBurnie MA, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Crouse JR, Herrington DM. Association of endothelial function and cardiovascular disease status in an elderly cohort: the Cardiovascular Health Study [abstract]. Circulation. 2007;115(8):e286.

Yeboah J, Sane DC, Crouse JR, Herrington DM, Bowden DW. Low plasma levels of FGF-2 and PDGF-BB are associated with cardiovascular events in type II diabetes mellitus (Diabetes Heart Study). Dis Markers. 2007;23(3):173-178.

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Assistant Professor, Cardiology

Clinical Specialties

Cardiac Imaging, Preventive Cardiology, Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Nuclear Cardiology, Critical Care, Cardiology (clinical), Echocardiography