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Joseph Polak

Adjunct Assistant Professor · Boston Univ Sch of Med

Credentials: · ·

History

Boston Univ Sch of Med
Present

Nuclear Radiology
1982–1983
Radiology-Diagnostic
1978–1982
Preliminary or Transitional Year
1977–1978
Rabbinical College of Quebec
1973–1977
Concordia University

Research

Carotid-artery intima and media thickness as a risk factor for myocardial infarction and stroke in older adults. Cardiovascular Health Study Collaborative Research Group
New England Journal of Medicine · 1999 · 3,767 citations
Carotid artery stenosis: gray-scale and Doppler US diagnosis--Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound Consensus Conference
Review · Radiology · 2003 · 1,040 citations
Ankle-arm index as a marker of atherosclerosis in the Cardiovascular Health Study. Cardiovascular Heart Study (CHS) Collaborative Research Group
Circulation · 1993 · 901 citations

DO
Daniel O'Leary
54 papers
PW
Philip Wolf
26 papers
Joao Lima
25 papers
Matthew Budoff
25 papers
David Bluemke
24 papers
Antoinette Gomes
22 papers
LN
Laurence Needleman
21 papers
CO
Christopher O’Donnell
20 papers
Mary Cushman
20 papers · 1 as a fellow
MB
Michael Bettmann
20 papers
Wendy Post
20 papers
CH
Charles Higgins
19 papers

Grants

Progression of Sub-Clinical Atherosclerosis
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · R01
Contact PI · $2.7M · Tufts Medical Center
2005–2011
Epidemiology of Carotid Intima-Medial Thickness (IMT) in Atherosclerosis
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · R01
Contact PI · $2.3M · Tufts Medical Center
2003–2009

Clinical trials

Progression of Sub-Clinical Atherosclerosis
Principal investigator · Completed
Tufts Medical Center
2005–2011
Epidemiology of Carotid IMT Progression in MESA - Ancillary Study
Principal investigator · Completed
Tufts Medical Center
2003–2008