Rita Redberg, F.A.C.C., M.D., M.Sc. Director, Women's Cardiovascular Services Address: UCSF Medical Center Division of Cardiology 505 Parnassus Avenue San Francisco, CA 94143-0124 Telephone/FAX/E-mail: Phone: (415) 476-6874 Fax: (415) 502-8627 email:redberg@medicine.ucsf.edu

Dr. Rita Redberg is a cardiologist specializing in heart disease in women. She earned her medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, in Philadelphia. She completed her residency at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York, where she went on to complete a fellowship in cardiology. Then she completed a fellowship in non-invasive cardiology at Mount Sinai Medical Center, also in New York. In addition, Redberg has a masters of science in health policy and administration from the London School of Economics in England. Also she is currently a Robert Wood Johnson health policy fellow.

Redberg has written, edited and contributed to many books, including You Can Be a Woman Cardiologist, Heart Healthy: The Step-by-Step Guide to Preventing and Healing Heart Disease and Coronary Disease in Women: Evidence-Based Diagnosis and Treatment.