Kathryn M. Rexrode, MD, MPH
Associate Physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Contact information:
Office address:
Division of Preventive Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
900 Commonwealth Avenue East, 3rd Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02215
Phone: 617-278-0834
FAX: 617-731-3843
E-mail: krexrode@partners.org
Primary research interests:
Dr. Rexrode examines risk factors for heart disease and stroke. She has a particular interest in the role of obesity and hormonal factors, as well as of understanding sex differences. She has studied the effects of endogenous sex hormones such as estrogen and testosterone, as well as related genetic variants, and risk of cardiovascular disease. She is active in several large studies of women's health, including the Nurses' Health Study, Women's Health Initiative and the Women's Health Study.
Selected publications:
Rexrode KM, Buring JE, Glynn RJ, Stampfer MJ, Youngman LD, Gaziano JM. Analgesic use and renal function in men. JAMA. 2001;286:315-321.
Rexrode KM, Buring JE, Manson JE. Abdominal and total adiposity and risk of coronary heart disease in men. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 2001;25:1047-1056.
Rexrode KM, Pradhan A, Manson JE, Buring JE, Ridker PM. Relationship of total and abdominal adiposity with CRP and IL-6 in women. Ann Epidemiol. 2003;13:674-682.
Misakian AL, Langer RD, Bensenor IM, Cook NR, Manson JE, Buring JE, Rexrode KM. Postmenopausal hormone therapy and migraine headache. J Womens Health. 2003;12:1027-1036.
Rexrode KM, Manson JE, Lee IM, Ridker PM, Sluss PM, Cook NR, Buring JE. Sex hormone levels and risk of cardiovascular events in postmenopausal women. Circulation. 2003;108:1688-1693.
Joffe HV, Ridker PM, Manson JE, Cook NR, Buring JE, Rexrode KM. Sex hormone binding globulin and serum testosterone are inversely associated with C-reactive protein levels in postmenopausal women at high risk for cardiovascular disease. Ann Epidemiol. 2006;16:105-112.
Weinberg ME, Manson JE, Buring JE, Cook NR, Seely EW, Ridker PM, Rexrode KM. Low sex hormone-binding globulin is associated with the metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal women. Metabolism. 2006;55:1473-1480.
Clinical speciality: Internal Medicine
Accepting new patients?: No
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