Alexis Beatty, MD, MAS
Associate Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
School of Medicine

She worked for Apple 2018-2019 and participated in the development of their heart features and Research app. She returned to UCSF in January 2020 as an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. She is also appointed in the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology and sees general cardiology patients.

Dr. Beatty is Director of the UCSF MD/MAS program and Faculty Lead of the UCSF Training in Clinical Research (TICR) program. Since 2024, Dr. Beatty serves as the Co-Director of the UCSF Cardiac Rehabilitation and Wellness Center.

Dr. Beatty's research focuses on developing, testing, and implementing innovative delivery models for cardiac rehabilitation to improve outcomes and reduce disparities. Her interests also include innovative delivery models for cardiovascular prevention and treatment and digital clinical study methods.

• Engaging Men of Diverse Racial and Ethnic Groups With Advanced Prostate Cancer in the Design of an mHealth Diet and Exercise Intervention: Focus Group Study.
  JMIR cancer 2023 Wang EY, Borno HT, Washington Iii SL, Friedlander T, Zhang S, Trejo E, Van Blarigan EL, Chan JM, Shariff-Marco S, Beatty AL, Kenfield SA
• The Association Between Mobile App Use and Change in Functional Capacity Among Cardiac Rehabilitation Participants: Cohort Study.
  JMIR cardio 2023 Oclaman JM, Murray ML, Grandis DJ, Beatty AL
• Availability and Use of In-Person and Virtual Cardiac Rehabilitation Among US Medicare Beneficiaries: A Post-Pandemic Update.
  Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention 2023 Varghese MS, Song Y, Xu J, Dahabreh I, Beatty AL, Sperling LS, Fonarow GC, Keteyian SJ, Yeh RW, Wu WC, Kazi DS
• Physician responses to apple watch-detected irregular rhythm alerts.
  American heart journal 2023 Demkowicz PC, Dhruva SS, Spatz ES, Beatty AL, Ross JS, Khera R
• Time to Get Moving: Exercise for Atrial Fibrillation.
  JACC. Clinical electrophysiology 2023 Beatty AL, Marcus GM
• Geographic Variation in Access to Cardiac Rehabilitation.
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2023 Duncan MS, Robbins NN, Wernke SA, Greevy RA, Jackson SL, Beatty AL, Thomas RJ, Whooley MA, Freiberg MS, Bachmann JM
• Factors Associated With Long COVID Symptoms in an Online Cohort Study.
  Open forum infectious diseases 2023 Durstenfeld MS, Peluso MJ, Peyser ND, Lin F, Knight SJ, Djibo A, Khatib R, Kitzman H, O'Brien E, Williams N, Isasi C, Kornak J, Carton TW, Olgin JE, Pletcher MJ, Marcus GM, Beatty AL
• A New Era in Cardiac Rehabilitation Delivery: Research Gaps, Questions, Strategies, and Priorities.
  Circulation 2023 Beatty AL, Beckie TM, Dodson J, Goldstein CM, Hughes JW, Kraus WE, Martin SS, Olson TP, Pack QR, Stolp H, Thomas RJ, Wu WC, Franklin BA
• Factors Associated with Long Covid Symptoms in an Online Cohort Study.
  medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2022 Durstenfeld MS, Peluso MJ, Peyser ND, Lin F, Knight SJ, Djibo A, Khatib R, Kitzman H, O'Brien E, Williams N, Isasi C, Kornak J, Carton TW, Olgin JE, Pletcher MJ, Marcus GM, Beatty AL
• Cardiac Rehabilitation and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Persistent Declines in CR Participation and Access Among US Medicare Beneficiaries.
  Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes 2022 Varghese MS, Beatty A, Song Y, Xu J, Sperling LS, Fonarow GC, Keteyian SJ, McConeghy KW, Penko J, Yeh RW, Figueroa JF, Wu WC, Kazi DS
• Nonspecific deidentification of date-like text in deidentified clinical notes enables reidentification of dates.
  Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 2022 Alexander J, Beatty A
• Use of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing to Evaluate Long COVID-19 Symptoms in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
  JAMA network open 2022 Durstenfeld MS, Sun K, Tahir P, Peluso MJ, Deeks SG, Aras MA, Grandis DJ, Long CS, Beatty A, Hsue PY
• Cardiopulmonary exercise testing to evaluate post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 ("Long COVID"): a systematic review and meta-analysis.
  medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2022 Durstenfeld MS, Sun K, Tahir PM, Peluso MJ, Deeks SG, Aras MA, Grandis DJ, Long CS, Beatty A, Hsue PY
• Relative Incidence of Emergency Department Visits After Treatment for Prostate Cancer With Radiation Therapy or Radical Prostatectomy.
  Practical radiation oncology 2022 Alexander J, Beatty A, Mohamad O, Hsu IJ
• Clinical Outcomes and Qualitative Perceptions of In-person, Hybrid, and Virtual Cardiac Rehabilitation.
  Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention 2022 Ganeshan S, Jackson H, Grandis DJ, Janke D, Murray ML, Valle V, Beatty AL
• Digital platforms for clinical trials: The Eureka experience.
  Contemporary clinical trials 2022 Peyser ND, Marcus GM, Beatty AL, Olgin JE, Pletcher MJ
• A Review of the Design and Implementation of a Hybrid Cardiac Rehabilitation Program: AN EXPANDING OPPORTUNITY FOR OPTIMIZING CARDIOVASCULAR CARE.
  Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention 2022 Keteyian SJ, Ades PA, Beatty AL, Gavic-Ott A, Hines S, Lui K, Schopfer DW, Thomas RJ, Sperling LS
• Heart Watch Study: protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial.
  BMJ open 2021 Dhruva SS, Shah ND, Vemulapalli S, Deshmukh A, Beatty AL, Gamble GM, Freeman JV, Hummel JP, Piccini JP, Akar JG, Ervin K, Arges KL, Emanuel L, Noseworthy PA, Hu T, Bartlett V, Ross JS
• Analysis of COVID-19 Vaccine Type and Adverse Effects Following Vaccination.
  JAMA network open 2021 Beatty AL, Peyser ND, Butcher XE, Cocohoba JM, Lin F, Olgin JE, Pletcher MJ, Marcus GM
• Longitudinal Association Between Angina Pectoris and Quality of Life.
  The American journal of cardiology 2021 Schopfer DW, Beatty AL, Meyer CS, Whooley MA
• Asynchronous and Synchronous Delivery Models for Home-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation: A SCIENTIFIC REVIEW.
  Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention 2021 Thomas RJ, Petersen CE, Olson TP, Beatty AL, Ding R, Supervia M
• Assessment of Hypertension Control Among Adults Participating in a Mobile Technology Blood Pressure Self-management Program.
  JAMA network open 2021 Gazit T, Gutman M, Beatty AL
• Million Hearts Cardiac Rehabilitation Think Tank: Accelerating New Care Models.
  Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes 2021 Beatty AL, Brown TM, Corbett M, Diersing D, Keteyian SJ, Mola A, Stolp H, Wall HK, Sperling LS
• Predictors of incident SARS-CoV-2 infections in an international prospective cohort study.
  BMJ open 2021 Lin A, Vittinghoff E, Olgin J, Peyser N, Aung S, Joyce S, Yang V, Hwang J, Avram R, Nah G, Tison GH, Beatty A, Runge R, Wen D, Butcher X, Horner C, Eitel H, Pletcher M, Marcus GM
• The COVID-19 Citizen Science Study: Protocol for a Longitudinal Digital Health Cohort Study.
  JMIR research protocols 2021 Beatty AL, Peyser ND, Butcher XE, Carton TW, Olgin JE, Pletcher MJ, Marcus GM
• Factors Associated With Access to and Timing of Coronavirus Testing Among US Adults After Onset of Febrile Illness.
  JAMA network open 2021 Pletcher MJ, Olgin JE, Peyser ND, Modrow MF, Lin F, Martin J, Carton T, Beatty AL, Vittinghoff E, Marcus GM
• Clinical Management of Stable Coronary Artery Disease in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.
  Circulation 2020 Arnold SV, Bhatt DL, Barsness GW, Beatty AL, Deedwania PC, Inzucchi SE, Kosiborod M, Leiter LA, Lipska KJ, Newman JD, Welty FK, American Heart Association Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic …
• Large-Scale Assessment of a Smartwatch to Identify Atrial Fibrillation.
  The New England journal of medicine 2019 Perez MV, Mahaffey KW, Hedlin H, Rumsfeld JS, Garcia A, Ferris T, Balasubramanian V, Russo AM, Rajmane A, Cheung L, Hung G, Lee J, Kowey P, Talati N, Nag D, Gummidipundi SE, Beatty A, Hills MT, Desai …
• Home-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation: A SCIENTIFIC STATEMENT FROM THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CARDIOVASCULAR AND PULMONARY REHABILITATION, THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, AND THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY.
  Journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention 2019 Thomas RJ, Beatty AL, Beckie TM, Brewer LC, Brown TM, Forman DE, Franklin BA, Keteyian SJ, Kitzman DW, Regensteiner JG, Sanderson BK, Whooley MA
• Home-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Scientific Statement From the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, the American Heart Association, and the American College of Cardiology.
  Circulation 2019 Thomas RJ, Beatty AL, Beckie TM, Brewer LC, Brown TM, Forman DE, Franklin BA, Keteyian SJ, Kitzman DW, Regensteiner JG, Sanderson BK, Whooley MA
• Home-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Scientific Statement From the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, the American Heart Association, and the American College of Cardiology.
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2019 Thomas RJ, Beatty AL, Beckie TM, Brewer LC, Brown TM, Forman DE, Franklin BA, Keteyian SJ, Kitzman DW, Regensteiner JG, Sanderson BK, Whooley MA
• Performance of coronary angiography and intervention after out of hospital cardiac arrest.
  Resuscitation 2018 Kearney KE, Maynard C, Smith B, Rea TD, Beatty A, McCabe JM
• Cardiac Rehabilitation Participation and Mortality After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From the Veterans Affairs Clinical Assessment, Reporting, and Tracking Program.
  Journal of the American Heart Association 2018 Beatty AL, Doll JA, Schopfer DW, Maynard C, Plomondon ME, Shen H, Whooley MA
• VA FitHeart, a Mobile App for Cardiac Rehabilitation: Usability Study.
  JMIR human factors 2018 Beatty AL, Magnusson SL, Fortney JC, Sayre GG, Whooley MA
• Geographic Variation in Cardiac Rehabilitation Participation in Medicare and Veterans Affairs Populations: Opportunity for Improvement.
  Circulation 2018 Beatty AL, Truong M, Schopfer DW, Shen H, Bachmann JM, Whooley MA
• Referral to Cardiac Rehabilitation After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery, and Valve Surgery: Data From the Clinical Outcomes Assessment Program.
  Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes 2017 Beatty AL, Bradley SM, Maynard C, McCabe JM
• Mobile Phone Interventions for the Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease.
  Progress in cardiovascular diseases 2016 Park LG, Beatty A, Stafford Z, Whooley MA
• Soluble endothelial cell selective adhesion molecule and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with stable coronary disease: A report from the Heart and Soul Study.
  Atherosclerosis 2015 Park M, Kulkarni A, Beatty A, Ganz P, Regan M, Vittinghoff E, Whooley M
• Association of growth differentiation factor 11/8, putative anti-ageing factor, with cardiovascular outcomes and overall mortality in humans: analysis of the Heart and Soul and HUNT3 cohorts.
  European heart journal 2015 Olson KA, Beatty AL, Heidecker B, Regan MC, Brody EN, Foreman T, Kato S, Mehler RE, Singer BS, Hveem K, Dalen H, Sterling DG, Lawn RM, Schiller NB, Williams SA, Whooley MA, Ganz P
• Traditional Risk Factors Versus Biomarkers for Prediction of Secondary Events in Patients With Stable Coronary Heart Disease: From the Heart and Soul Study.
  Journal of the American Heart Association 2015 Beatty AL, Ku IA, Bibbins-Domingo K, Christenson RH, DeFilippi CR, Ganz P, Ix JH, Lloyd-Jones D, Omland T, Sabatine MS, Schiller NB, Shlipak MG, Skali H, Takeuchi M, Vittinghoff E, Whooley MA
• Usefulness of an Echocardiographic Composite Cardiac Calcium Score to Predict Death in Patients With Stable Coronary Artery Disease (from the Heart and Soul Study).
  The American journal of cardiology 2015 Saha SA, Beatty AL, Mishra RK, Whooley MA, Schiller NB
• Associations of tissue Doppler imaging with NT-proBNP and hs-TnT: a pilot study in end-stage renal disease.
  Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) 2014 Dubin RF, Beatty AL, Teerlink JR, Schiller NB, Alokozai D, Johansen KL
• B-type natriuretic peptides for the prediction of cardiovascular events in patients with stable coronary heart disease: the Heart and Soul Study.
  Journal of the American Heart Association 2014 Mishra RK, Beatty AL, Jaganath R, Regan M, Wu AH, Whooley MA
• Frequency of angina pectoris and secondary events in patients with stable coronary heart disease (from the Heart and Soul Study).
  The American journal of cardiology 2014 Beatty AL, Spertus JA, Whooley MA
• Trends in referral to cardiac rehabilitation after myocardial infarction: data from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry 2007 to 2012.
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2014 Beatty AL, Li S, Thomas L, Amsterdam EA, Alexander KP, Whooley MA
• Determinants of hemodialysis-induced segmental wall motion abnormalities.
  Hemodialysis international. International Symposium on Home Hemodialysis 2013 Dubin RF, Beatty AL, Teerlink JR, Schiller NB, Bolger AF, Alokozai D, Peralta CA, Johansen KL
• Using mobile technology for cardiac rehabilitation: a review and framework for development and evaluation.
  Journal of the American Heart Association 2013 Beatty AL, Fukuoka Y, Whooley MA
• High-sensitivity cardiac troponin T levels and secondary events in outpatients with coronary heart disease from the Heart and Soul Study.
  JAMA internal medicine 2013 Beatty AL, Ku IA, Christenson RH, DeFilippi CR, Schiller NB, Whooley MA
• Moderate exercise for improvement in 6-minute walk test performance in stable coronary heart disease--reply.
  JAMA internal medicine 2013 Beatty AL, Schiller NB, Whooley MA
• Six-minute walk test as a prognostic tool in stable coronary heart disease: data from the heart and soul study.
  Archives of internal medicine 2012 Beatty AL, Schiller NB, Whooley MA
• Adiponectin is associated with increased mortality and heart failure in patients with stable ischemic heart disease: data from the Heart and Soul Study.
  Atherosclerosis 2011 Beatty AL, Zhang MH, Ku IA, Na B, Schiller NB, Whooley MA
• Associations between respiratory illnesses and secondhand smoke exposure in flight attendants: A cross-sectional analysis of the Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute Survey.
  Environmental health : a global access science source 2011 Beatty AL, Haight TJ, Redberg RF
• Modeling of oxygen transport across tumor multicellular layers.
  Microvascular research 2006 Braun RD, Beatty AL
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa degrades pulmonary surfactant and increases conversion in vitro.
  American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology 2004 Beatty AL, Malloy JL, Wright JR