Ross J Simpson MD
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
101 Manning Dr Chapel Hill NC, 27599About
Dr. Ross Simpson is a cardiologist practicing in Chapel Hill, NC. Dr. Simpson specializes in diagnosing, monitoring, and treating diseases or conditions of the heart and blood vessels and the cardiovascular system. These conditions include heart attacks, heart murmurs, coronary heart disease, and hypertension. Dr. Simpson also practices preventative medicine, helping patients maintain a heart-healthy life.
Education and Training
Georgetown Univ Sch of Med, Washington Dc 1973
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Cardiovascular Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Effect of angiotensin-converting inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker on one-year survival in patients >or=65 years hospitalized with a left ventricular ejection fraction >or=50%.
- Undertreatment of hyperlipidemia in patients with coronary artery disease and heart failure.
- Trends in lipid management among patients with coronary artery disease: has diabetes received the attention it deserves?
- Lipid testing among patients with diabetes who receive diabetes care from primary care physicians.
- Prevalence and care of diabetes mellitus in the Medicare population of North Carolina. Baseline findings from the Medicare Healthcare Quality Improvement Program.
- Inpatient smoking-cessation counseling and all-cause mortality among the elderly.
- Disparities in lipid management for African Americans and Caucasians with coronary artery disease: a national cross-sectional study.
- Quality of care and health system performance: where are we now? Where should we be going? Who can take charge and lead us there?
- Combination therapy improves survival after acute myocardial infarction in the elderly with chronic kidney disease.
- Antidiabetic drugs and heart failure risk in patients with type 2 diabetes in the U.K. primary care setting.
- Randomized study of the safety and efficacy of fish oil (omega-3 fatty acid) supplementation with dietary and exercise counseling for the treatment of antiretroviral therapy-associated hypertriglyceridemia.
- The effect of cholesterol reduction with cholestyramine on renal function.
- Challenges for improving medication adherence.
- Usefulness of ventricular premature complexes to predict coronary heart disease events and mortality (from the Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities cohort).
- Assessing the safety of drugs through observational research.
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