Faculty Appointments
Professor of Medicine
Dorothy and Laurence Grossman Chair in Cardiology
Education
M.Sc., Epidemiology, Boston University, Boston, MassachusettsM.D., Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OregonB.S., Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Publications
So-Armah KA, Tate JP, Chang CC, Butt AA, Gerschenson M, Gibert CL, Leaf D, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Budoff MJ, Samet JH, Kuller LH, Deeks SG, Crothers K, Tracy RP, Crane HM, Sajadi MM, Tindle HA, Justice AC, Freiberg MS, . Do Biomarkers of Inflammation, Monocyte Activation, and Altered Coagulation Explain Excess Mortality Between HIV Infected and Uninfected People?. J. Acquir. Immune Defic. Syndr. 2016 Jun 6/1/2016; 72(2): 206-13. PMID: 26885807, PMCID: PMC4867134, DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000954, ISSN: 1944-7884.
Hanna DB, Guo M, Bužková P, Miller TL, Post WS, Stein JH, Currier JS, Kronmal RA, Freiberg MS, Bennett SN, Shikuma CM, Anastos K, Li Y, Tracy RP, Hodis HN, Delaney JA, Kaplan RC. HIV Infection and Carotid Artery Intima-media Thickness: Pooled Analyses Across 5 Cohorts of the NHLBI HIV-CVD Collaborative. Clin. Infect. Dis [print-electronic]. 2016 Apr 4/26/2016; PMID: 27118787, PII: ciw261, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw261, ISSN: 1537-6591.
Tindle HA, Freiberg MS. Editorial Commentary: Nicotine in electronic cigarettes: Cardiovascular harm reduction, not elimination. Trends Cardiovasc. Med [print-electronic]. 2016 Apr 4/4/2016; PMID: 27155811, PII: S1050-1738(16)30010-X, DOI: 10.1016/j.tcm.2016.03.013, ISSN: 1873-2615.
Justice AC, McGinnis KA, Tate JP, Braithwaite RS, Bryant KJ, Cook RL, Edelman EJ, Fiellin LE, Freiberg MS, Gordon AJ, Kraemer KL, Marshall BD, Williams EC, Fiellin DA. Risk of mortality and physiologic injury evident with lower alcohol exposure among HIV infected compared with uninfected men. Drug Alcohol Depend [print-electronic]. 2016 Apr 4/1/2016; 161: 95-103. PMID: 26861883, PMCID: PMC4792710, PII: S0376-8716(16)00045-4, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.01.017, ISSN: 1879-0046.
Freiberg MS, So-Armah K. HIV and Cardiovascular Disease: We Need a Mechanism, and We Need a Plan [editorial]. J Am Heart Assoc. 2016 Mar; 4(3): e003411. PMID: 27013540, PII: JAHA.116.003411, DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.116.003411, ISSN: 2047-9980.
Feinstein MJ, Bahiru E, Achenbach C, Longenecker CT, Hsue P, So-Armah K, Freiberg MS, Lloyd-Jones DM. Patterns of Cardiovascular Mortality for HIV-Infected Adults in the United States: 1999 to 2013. Am. J. Cardiol [print-electronic]. 2016 Jan 1/15/2016; 117(2): 214-20. PMID: 26639041, PII: S0002-9149(15)02194-3, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2015.10.030, ISSN: 1879-1913.
Freiberg MS, Bebu I, Tracy R, So-Armah K, Okulicz J, Ganesan A, Armstrong A, O'Bryan T, Rimland D, Justice AC, Agan BK, . D-Dimer Levels before HIV Seroconversion Remain Elevated Even after Viral Suppression and Are Associated with an Increased Risk of Non-AIDS Events. PLoS ONE. 2016; 11(4): e0152588. PMID: 27088215, PMCID: PMC4835105, PII: PONE-D-16-05362, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152588, ISSN: 1932-6203.
Weaver MD, Patterson PD, Fabio A, Moore CG, Freiberg MS, Songer TJ. The association between weekly work hours, crew familiarity, and occupational injury and illness in emergency medical services workers. Am. J. Ind. Med [print-electronic]. 2015 Dec; 58(12): 1270-7. PMID: 26391202, PMCID: PMC4715701, DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22510, ISSN: 1097-0274.
Weaver MD, Patterson PD, Fabio A, Moore CG, Freiberg MS, Songer TJ. An observational study of shift length, crew familiarity, and occupational injury and illness in emergency medical services workers. Occup Environ Med [print-electronic]. 2015 Nov; 72(11): 798-804. PMID: 26371071, PMCID: PMC4686303, PII: oemed-2015-102966, DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2015-102966, ISSN: 1470-7926.
Attia EF, McGinnis KA, Feemster LC, Akgün KM, Butt AA, Graber CJ, Fine MJ, Goetz MB, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Pisani MA, Tindle HA, Brown ST, Soo Hoo GW, Rimland D, Gibert CL, Huang L, Freiberg MS, Hough CL, Crothers K. Association of COPD With Risk for Pulmonary Infections Requiring Hospitalization in HIV-Infected Veterans. J. Acquir. Immune Defic. Syndr. 2015 Nov 11/1/2015; 70(3): 280-8. PMID: 26181820, PMCID: PMC4607625, DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000751, ISSN: 1944-7884.
White JR, Chang CC, So-Armah KA, Stewart JC, Gupta SK, Butt AA, Gibert CL, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Leaf DA, Bedimo RJ, Gottdiener JS, Kop WJ, Gottlieb SS, Budoff MJ, Khambaty T, Tindle HA, Justice AC, Freiberg MS. Depression and human immunodeficiency virus infection are risk factors for incident heart failure among veterans: Veterans Aging Cohort Study. Circulation [print-electronic]. 2015 Oct 10/27/2015; 132(17): 1630-8. PMID: 26358261, PMCID: PMC4624488, PII: CIRCULATIONAHA.114.014443, DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.014443, ISSN: 1524-4539.
Mackey RH, Kuller LH, Deane KD, Walitt BT, Chang YF, Holers VM, Robinson WH, Tracy RP, Hlatky MA, Eaton CB, Liu S, Freiberg MS, Talabi MB, Schelbert EB, Moreland LW. Rheumatoid Arthritis, Anti-Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide Positivity, and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in the Women's Health Initiative. Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.). 2015 Sep; 67(9): 2311-22. PMID: 25988241, PMCID: PMC4551571, DOI: 10.1002/art.39198, ISSN: 2326-5205.
Butt AA, Yan P, Shaikh OS, Freiberg MS, Lo Re V, Justice AC, Sherman KE, . Virologic response and haematologic toxicity of boceprevir- and telaprevir-containing regimens in actual clinical settings. J. Viral Hepat [print-electronic]. 2015 Sep; 22(9): 691-700. PMID: 25524834, DOI: 10.1111/jvh.12375, ISSN: 1365-2893.
Sico JJ, Chang CC, So-Armah K, Justice AC, Hylek E, Skanderson M, McGinnis K, Kuller LH, Kraemer KL, Rimland D, Bidwell Goetz M, Butt AA, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Gibert C, Leaf D, Brown ST, Samet J, Kazis L, Bryant K, Freiberg MS, . HIV status and the risk of ischemic stroke among men. Neurology [print-electronic]. 2015 May 5/12/2015; 84(19): 1933-40. PMID: 25862803, PMCID: PMC4433456, PII: WNL.0000000000001560, DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000001560, ISSN: 1526-632X.
Althoff KN, McGinnis KA, Wyatt CM, Freiberg MS, Gilbert C, Oursler KK, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Dubrow R, Park LS, Skanderson M, Shiels MS, Gange SJ, Gebo KA, Justice AC, . Comparison of risk and age at diagnosis of myocardial infarction, end-stage renal disease, and non-AIDS-defining cancer in HIV-infected versus uninfected adults. Clin. Infect. Dis [print-electronic]. 2015 Feb 2/15/2015; 60(4): 627-38. PMID: 25362204, PMCID: PMC4318916, PII: ciu869, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu869, ISSN: 1537-6591.
Justice A, Freiberg MS, Lo Re V. Should everyone ageing with HIV take a statin?. Lancet HIV [print-electronic]. 2015 Feb; 2(2): e36-7. PMID: 26424457, PII: S2352-3018(14)00062-9, DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3018(14)00062-9, ISSN: 2352-3018.
Badejo OA, Chang CC, So-Armah KA, Tracy RP, Baker JV, Rimland D, Butt AA, Gordon AJ, Rinaldo CR, Kraemer K, Samet JH, Tindle HA, Goetz MB, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Bedimo R, Gibert CL, Leaf DA, Kuller LH, Deeks SG, Justice AC, Freiberg MS. CD8+ T-cells count in acute myocardial infarction in HIV disease in a predominantly male cohort. Biomed Res Int [print-electronic]. 2015; 2015: 246870. PMID: 25688354, PMCID: PMC4320893, DOI: 10.1155/2015/246870, ISSN: 2314-6141.
Womack JA, Chang CC, So-Armah KA, Alcorn C, Baker JV, Brown ST, Budoff M, Butt AA, Gibert C, Goetz MB, Gottdiener J, Gottlieb S, Justice AC, Leaf D, McGinnis K, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Sico J, Skanderson M, Tindle H, Tracy RP, Warner A, Freiberg MS. HIV infection and cardiovascular disease in women. J Am Heart Assoc. 2014 Oct; 3(5): e001035. PMID: 25324353, PMCID: PMC4323817, PII: jah3716, DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.114.001035, ISSN: 2047-9980.
Hanna DB, Guo M, Bužková P, Miller TL, Post WS, Stein JH, Currier JS, Kronmal RA, Freiberg MS, Bennett SN, Shikuma CM, Anastos K, Li Y, Tracy RP, Hodis HN, Delaney JA, Kaplan RC. HIV Infection and Carotid Artery Intima-media Thickness: Pooled Analyses Across 5 Cohorts of the NHLBI HIV-CVD Collaborative. Clin. Infect. Dis [print-electronic]. 2016 Apr 4/26/2016; PMID: 27118787, PII: ciw261, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw261, ISSN: 1537-6591.
Tindle HA, Freiberg MS. Editorial Commentary: Nicotine in electronic cigarettes: Cardiovascular harm reduction, not elimination. Trends Cardiovasc. Med [print-electronic]. 2016 Apr 4/4/2016; PMID: 27155811, PII: S1050-1738(16)30010-X, DOI: 10.1016/j.tcm.2016.03.013, ISSN: 1873-2615.
Justice AC, McGinnis KA, Tate JP, Braithwaite RS, Bryant KJ, Cook RL, Edelman EJ, Fiellin LE, Freiberg MS, Gordon AJ, Kraemer KL, Marshall BD, Williams EC, Fiellin DA. Risk of mortality and physiologic injury evident with lower alcohol exposure among HIV infected compared with uninfected men. Drug Alcohol Depend [print-electronic]. 2016 Apr 4/1/2016; 161: 95-103. PMID: 26861883, PMCID: PMC4792710, PII: S0376-8716(16)00045-4, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.01.017, ISSN: 1879-0046.
Freiberg MS, So-Armah K. HIV and Cardiovascular Disease: We Need a Mechanism, and We Need a Plan [editorial]. J Am Heart Assoc. 2016 Mar; 4(3): e003411. PMID: 27013540, PII: JAHA.116.003411, DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.116.003411, ISSN: 2047-9980.
Feinstein MJ, Bahiru E, Achenbach C, Longenecker CT, Hsue P, So-Armah K, Freiberg MS, Lloyd-Jones DM. Patterns of Cardiovascular Mortality for HIV-Infected Adults in the United States: 1999 to 2013. Am. J. Cardiol [print-electronic]. 2016 Jan 1/15/2016; 117(2): 214-20. PMID: 26639041, PII: S0002-9149(15)02194-3, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2015.10.030, ISSN: 1879-1913.
Freiberg MS, Bebu I, Tracy R, So-Armah K, Okulicz J, Ganesan A, Armstrong A, O'Bryan T, Rimland D, Justice AC, Agan BK, . D-Dimer Levels before HIV Seroconversion Remain Elevated Even after Viral Suppression and Are Associated with an Increased Risk of Non-AIDS Events. PLoS ONE. 2016; 11(4): e0152588. PMID: 27088215, PMCID: PMC4835105, PII: PONE-D-16-05362, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152588, ISSN: 1932-6203.
Weaver MD, Patterson PD, Fabio A, Moore CG, Freiberg MS, Songer TJ. The association between weekly work hours, crew familiarity, and occupational injury and illness in emergency medical services workers. Am. J. Ind. Med [print-electronic]. 2015 Dec; 58(12): 1270-7. PMID: 26391202, PMCID: PMC4715701, DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22510, ISSN: 1097-0274.
Weaver MD, Patterson PD, Fabio A, Moore CG, Freiberg MS, Songer TJ. An observational study of shift length, crew familiarity, and occupational injury and illness in emergency medical services workers. Occup Environ Med [print-electronic]. 2015 Nov; 72(11): 798-804. PMID: 26371071, PMCID: PMC4686303, PII: oemed-2015-102966, DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2015-102966, ISSN: 1470-7926.
Attia EF, McGinnis KA, Feemster LC, Akgün KM, Butt AA, Graber CJ, Fine MJ, Goetz MB, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Pisani MA, Tindle HA, Brown ST, Soo Hoo GW, Rimland D, Gibert CL, Huang L, Freiberg MS, Hough CL, Crothers K. Association of COPD With Risk for Pulmonary Infections Requiring Hospitalization in HIV-Infected Veterans. J. Acquir. Immune Defic. Syndr. 2015 Nov 11/1/2015; 70(3): 280-8. PMID: 26181820, PMCID: PMC4607625, DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000751, ISSN: 1944-7884.
White JR, Chang CC, So-Armah KA, Stewart JC, Gupta SK, Butt AA, Gibert CL, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Leaf DA, Bedimo RJ, Gottdiener JS, Kop WJ, Gottlieb SS, Budoff MJ, Khambaty T, Tindle HA, Justice AC, Freiberg MS. Depression and human immunodeficiency virus infection are risk factors for incident heart failure among veterans: Veterans Aging Cohort Study. Circulation [print-electronic]. 2015 Oct 10/27/2015; 132(17): 1630-8. PMID: 26358261, PMCID: PMC4624488, PII: CIRCULATIONAHA.114.014443, DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.014443, ISSN: 1524-4539.
Mackey RH, Kuller LH, Deane KD, Walitt BT, Chang YF, Holers VM, Robinson WH, Tracy RP, Hlatky MA, Eaton CB, Liu S, Freiberg MS, Talabi MB, Schelbert EB, Moreland LW. Rheumatoid Arthritis, Anti-Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide Positivity, and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in the Women's Health Initiative. Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.). 2015 Sep; 67(9): 2311-22. PMID: 25988241, PMCID: PMC4551571, DOI: 10.1002/art.39198, ISSN: 2326-5205.
Butt AA, Yan P, Shaikh OS, Freiberg MS, Lo Re V, Justice AC, Sherman KE, . Virologic response and haematologic toxicity of boceprevir- and telaprevir-containing regimens in actual clinical settings. J. Viral Hepat [print-electronic]. 2015 Sep; 22(9): 691-700. PMID: 25524834, DOI: 10.1111/jvh.12375, ISSN: 1365-2893.
Sico JJ, Chang CC, So-Armah K, Justice AC, Hylek E, Skanderson M, McGinnis K, Kuller LH, Kraemer KL, Rimland D, Bidwell Goetz M, Butt AA, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Gibert C, Leaf D, Brown ST, Samet J, Kazis L, Bryant K, Freiberg MS, . HIV status and the risk of ischemic stroke among men. Neurology [print-electronic]. 2015 May 5/12/2015; 84(19): 1933-40. PMID: 25862803, PMCID: PMC4433456, PII: WNL.0000000000001560, DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000001560, ISSN: 1526-632X.
Althoff KN, McGinnis KA, Wyatt CM, Freiberg MS, Gilbert C, Oursler KK, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Dubrow R, Park LS, Skanderson M, Shiels MS, Gange SJ, Gebo KA, Justice AC, . Comparison of risk and age at diagnosis of myocardial infarction, end-stage renal disease, and non-AIDS-defining cancer in HIV-infected versus uninfected adults. Clin. Infect. Dis [print-electronic]. 2015 Feb 2/15/2015; 60(4): 627-38. PMID: 25362204, PMCID: PMC4318916, PII: ciu869, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu869, ISSN: 1537-6591.
Justice A, Freiberg MS, Lo Re V. Should everyone ageing with HIV take a statin?. Lancet HIV [print-electronic]. 2015 Feb; 2(2): e36-7. PMID: 26424457, PII: S2352-3018(14)00062-9, DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3018(14)00062-9, ISSN: 2352-3018.
Badejo OA, Chang CC, So-Armah KA, Tracy RP, Baker JV, Rimland D, Butt AA, Gordon AJ, Rinaldo CR, Kraemer K, Samet JH, Tindle HA, Goetz MB, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Bedimo R, Gibert CL, Leaf DA, Kuller LH, Deeks SG, Justice AC, Freiberg MS. CD8+ T-cells count in acute myocardial infarction in HIV disease in a predominantly male cohort. Biomed Res Int [print-electronic]. 2015; 2015: 246870. PMID: 25688354, PMCID: PMC4320893, DOI: 10.1155/2015/246870, ISSN: 2314-6141.
Womack JA, Chang CC, So-Armah KA, Alcorn C, Baker JV, Brown ST, Budoff M, Butt AA, Gibert C, Goetz MB, Gottdiener J, Gottlieb S, Justice AC, Leaf D, McGinnis K, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Sico J, Skanderson M, Tindle H, Tracy RP, Warner A, Freiberg MS. HIV infection and cardiovascular disease in women. J Am Heart Assoc. 2014 Oct; 3(5): e001035. PMID: 25324353, PMCID: PMC4323817, PII: jah3716, DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.114.001035, ISSN: 2047-9980.