Professor of Medicine
Director, Women's Cardiovascular Services

UCSF Medical Center
Division of Cardiology
505 Parnassus Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94143-0124

Phone: For Clinic Appointments: (415) 353-2873
Phone: Academic Office (415) 476-6874
Fax: (415) 353-9190
email: redberg@medicine.ucsf.edu

Rita F. Redberg has been a cardiologist and Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco since 1990. She is currently the Chief Editor of Archives of Internal Medicine and has spearheaded the journal's new focus on health care reform and "less is more", which highlights areas of health care with no known benefit and definite risks. Dr. Redberg's research interests are in the area of health policy and technology assessment. She served on the Medicare Evidence, Development and Coverage Advisory Commission from 2003-2006. She currently is a member of the California Technology Assessment Forum, the Medical Policy Technology and Advisory Committee, and the Food and Drug Administration Cardiovascular Devices Expert Panel and is a consultant to the Center for Medical Technology Policy. She has recently completed with UCSF colleagues an extensive review of the FDA Cardiovascular Device pre-market approval (PMA) process. Dr. Redberg worked in the office of Senator Hatch and with the Senate Judiciary Committee on FDA related matters during her tenure as a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow, 2003-2006. Dr. Redberg also is a member of the American College of Cardiology's (ACC) Clinical Quality Committee and serves on the Quality in Technology Work Group. She does comparative effectiveness research, and serves on the American College of Cardiology's Comparative Effectiveness Work Group, represents the ACC on the Institute of Clinical and Economic Review Advisory Board and serves on other ACC Committees, including several on appropriate use of cardiac imaging.. Dr Redberg graduated from Cornell University and the University of Pennsylvania Medical School and has a Masters of Science and Health Policy and Administration from the London School of Economics.

• Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine 1982
• Residency: Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Internal Medical 1985
• Fellowship: Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, NY, Cardiovascular Disease 1987
• Certifications:
• Internal Medicine 1985
• Cardiovascular Disease 1989