Megan McLaughlin, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Dr. McLaughlin is a general cardiologist trained in echocardiography (ultrasound of the heart). She has special interests in echocardiography, women’s cardiovascular health, and prevention of heart disease. In her research, Dr. McLaughlin develops and tests new approaches to heart disease prevention, with a focus on improving treatment of risk factors for heart disease like high blood pressure and prevention of heart disease in women who have had complications of pregnancy.

Awards

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• Research Goes Red Data Challenge, Second Prize, American Heart Association, 2023
• World Heart Federation Emerging Leader, World Heart Federation, 2023
• Laennec Fellow in Training Clinician Award Finalist, American Heart Association, 2021
• Fulbright Scholarship, U.S. Department of State, 2012-2013

Education & Training

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• Cardiology UCSF 06/2023
• Internal Medicine UCSF 06/2020
• MD Harvard Medical School 05/2017
• MPH Health Policy & Administration Yale School of Public Health 05/2010
• BA Yale University 05/2009

Interests

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• women's cardiovascular disease
• implementation science
• public health
• preventive cardiology
• pregnancy and cardiovascular health

Publications (27)

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Community Health ServicesTuberculosis, Multidrug-ResistantPacemaker, ArtificialChinaDirectly Observed TherapyTrustTransients and MigrantsAntiretroviral Therapy, Highly ActiveCarotid Intima-Media ThicknessAtherosclerosisHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsViral LoadDefibrillators, ImplantableHIV InfectionsHeterosexuality

• Disparities in awareness and treatment among women with hypertension: Insights from the American Heart Association Research Goes Red Registry.
  American journal of preventive cardiology 2024 McLaughlin MM, Beatty AL
• Informational Postcards Increase Engagement with Remote Monitoring Among Veterans with Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators: a Stepped-Wedge Randomized Controlled Trial.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2024 McLaughlin MM, Raitt MH, Tarasovsky G, Whooley MA, Dhruva SS
• Implementing Heart Plus: Design and Early Results of a Novel Comanagement Clinic for Patients With Stimulant-associated Cardiomyopathy.
  Journal of cardiac failure 2023 Davis JD, Bepo L, Suen LW, Mclaughlin MM, Adamo M, Abbs E, Lemke G, Azari S
• Development of text messages for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in persons with HIV.
  Cardiovascular digital health journal 2023 McLaughlin MM, Hsue PY, Lowe DA, Olgin JE, Beatty AL
• Normal-Flow, Low-Gradient Severe Aortic Stenosis Quality of Life Improvements With TAVR: More Patients to Help?
  JACC Advances 2023 Rigs KA, McLaughlin MM, Goyal A

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• Cardiovascular health among persons with HIV without existing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
  AIDS (London, England) 2023 McLaughlin MM, Durstenfeld MS, Gandhi M, Greene M, Ma Y, Beatty AL, Hsue PY
• Association of Viral Persistence and Atherosclerosis in Adults With Treated HIV Infection.
  JAMA network open 2020 McLaughlin MM, Ma Y, Scherzer R, Rahalkar S, Martin JN, Mills C, Milush J, Deeks SG, Hsue PY
• Community-Based Accompaniment with Supervised Antiretrovirals for HIV-Positive Adults in Peru: A Cluster-Randomized Trial.
  AIDS and behavior 2018 McLaughlin MM, Franke MF, Muñoz M, Nelson AK, Saldaña O, Cruz JS, Wong M, Zhang Z, Lecca L, Ticona E, Arevalo J, Sanchez E, Sebastián JL, Shin S
• Mortality in children diagnosed with tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
  The Lancet. Infectious diseases 2016 Jenkins HE, Yuen CM, Rodriguez CA, Nathavitharana RR, McLaughlin MM, Donald P, Marais BJ, Becerra MC
• Patient-physician mistrust and violence against physicians in Guangdong Province, China: a qualitative study.
  BMJ open 2015 Tucker JD, Cheng Y, Wong B, Gong N, Nie JB, Zhu W, McLaughlin MM, Xie R, Deng Y, Huang M, Wong WC, Lan P, Liu H, Miao W, Kleinman A, Patient-Physician Trust Project Team
• African migrant patients' trust in Chinese physicians: a social ecological approach to understanding patient-physician trust.
  PloS one 2015 McLaughlin MM, Simonson L, Zou X, Ling L, Tucker JD
• Counting pyrazinamide in regimens for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
  Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2015 Franke MF, Becerra MC, Tierney DB, Rich ML, Bonilla C, Bayona J, McLaughlin MM, Mitnick CD
• On the spread and control of MDR-TB epidemics: an examination of trends in anti-tuberculosis drug resistance surveillance data.
  Drug resistance updates : reviews and commentaries in antimicrobial and anticancer chemotherapy 2014 Cohen T, Jenkins HE, Lu C, McLaughlin M, Floyd K, Zignol M
• Improving health services for African migrants in China: A health diplomacy perspective.
  Global public health 2014 McLaughlin MM, Lee MC, Hall BJ, Bulterys M, Ling L, Tucker JD
• Suboptimal antiretroviral therapy adherence among HIV-infected adults in Guangzhou, China.
  AIDS care 2014 Muessig KE, McLaughlin MM, Nie JM, Cai W, Zheng H, Yang L, Tucker JD
• Syphilis screening among 27,150 pregnant women in South Chinese rural areas using point-of-care tests.
  PloS one 2013 Yang LG, Tucker JD, Liu FY, Ren XQ, Hong X, Wang C, McLaughlin MM, Bien CH, Chen XS, Yang B
• Sexually transmitted infections among heterosexual male clients of female sex workers in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
  PloS one 2013 McLaughlin MM, Chow EP, Wang C, Yang LG, Yang B, Huang JZ, Wang Y, Zhang L, Tucker JD
• Effectiveness of prize-based contingency management in a methadone maintenance program in China.
  Drug and alcohol dependence 2013 Chen W, Hong Y, Zou X, McLaughlin MM, Xia Y, Ling L
• HIV and hepatitis C virus testing delays at methadone clinics in Guangdong Province, China.
  PloS one 2013 Xia YH, McLaughlin MM, Chen W, Ling L, Tucker JD
• Drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment complicated by antiretroviral resistance in HIV coinfected patients: a report of six cases in Lesotho.
  The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2013 Satti H, McLaughlin MM, Seung KJ
• Attrition from HIV testing to antiretroviral therapy initiation among patients newly diagnosed with HIV in Haiti.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2013 Noel E, Esperance M, McLaughlin M, Bertrand R, Devieux J, Severe P, Decome D, Marcelin A, Nicotera J, Delcher C, Griswold M, Meredith G, Pape JW, Koenig SP
• High risk of drug-resistant tuberculosis when first-line therapy fails in a high HIV prevalence setting.
  The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2013 Satti H, McLaughlin MM, Seung KJ, Becerra MC, Keshavjee S
• Outcomes of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment with early initiation of antiretroviral therapy for HIV co-infected patients in Lesotho.
  PloS one 2012 Satti H, McLaughlin MM, Hedt-Gauthier B, Atwood SS, Omotayo DB, Ntlamelle L, Seung KJ
• Mixed-strain mycobacterium tuberculosis infections and the implications for tuberculosis treatment and control.
  Clinical microbiology reviews 2012 Cohen T, van Helden PD, Wilson D, Colijn C, McLaughlin MM, Abubakar I, Warren RM
• Comprehensive approach to improving maternal health and achieving MDG 5: report from the mountains of Lesotho.
  PloS one 2012 Satti H, Motsamai S, Chetane P, Marumo L, Barry DJ, Riley J, McLaughlin MM, Seung KJ, Mukherjee JS
• Outcomes of comprehensive care for children empirically treated for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in a setting of high HIV prevalence.
  PloS one 2012 Satti H, McLaughlin MM, Omotayo DB, Keshavjee S, Becerra MC, Mukherjee JS, Seung KJ
• High rate of hypothyroidism among patients treated for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Lesotho.
  The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2012 Satti H, Mafukidze A, Jooste PL, McLaughlin MM, Farmer PE, Seung KJ