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Alexander Chaitoff, MD, MPH

Brigham and Women's Hospital
Verified email at bwh.harvard.edu
Cited by 547

Associations between physician empathy, physician characteristics, and standardized measures of patient experience

A Chaitoff, B Sun, A Windover, D Bokar… - Academic …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Purpose To identify correlates of physician empathy and determine whether physician
empathy is related to standardized measures of patient experience. Method Demographic, …

Use of antihyperglycemic medications in US adults: an analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

P Le, A Chaitoff, AD Misra-Hebert, W Ye… - Diabetes …, 2020 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE 1) To examine trends in the use of diabetes medications and 2) to determine
whether physicians individualize diabetes treatment as recommended by the American …

Prevalence of iron deficiency and iron-deficiency anemia in US females aged 12-21 years, 2003-2020

AC Weyand, A Chaitoff, GL Freed, M Sholzberg… - JAMA, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Methods| This study used National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
cycles from 2003-2010 and 2015–March 2020 (ferritin level was not measured in 2011-2014). …

Prevalence and predictors of depression among patients with epilepsy, stroke, and multiple sclerosis using the Cleveland clinic knowledge program within the …

AC Viguera, Y Fan, NR Thompson, B Lapin, A Chaitoff… - Psychosomatics, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Neurological conditions carry a high risk of depression. Given this risk, the
Neurological Institute (NI) at Cleveland Clinic has initiated systematic screening for depression …

[PDF][PDF] Performance of crisis standards of care guidelines in a cohort of critically ill COVID-19 patients in the United States

JL Jezmir, M Bharadwaj, A Chaitoff, B Diephuis… - Cell Reports …, 2021 - cell.com
Many US states published crisis standards of care (CSC) guidelines for allocating scarce
critical care resources during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the performance of these …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of patient interest in provider-based consumer health information technology: survey study

J Featherall, B Lapin, A Chaitoff, SA Havele… - Journal of medical …, 2018 - jmir.org
Background Consumer health information technology can improve patient engagement in
their health care and assist in navigating the complexities of health care delivery. However, …

Associations between unhealthy weight-loss strategies and depressive symptoms

A Chaitoff, C Swetlik, C Ituarte, E Pfoh, LL Lee… - American journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Introduction There appears to be a link between weight loss and improved mental health,
but less is known about how using unhealthy weight-loss strategies impacts the odds of …

[HTML][HTML] Attitudes of high versus low antibiotic prescribers in the management of upper respiratory tract infections: a mixed methods study

A Patel, ER Pfoh, AD Misra Hebert, A Chaitoff… - Journal of General …, 2020 - Springer
Importance Inappropriate antibiotic use for upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) is an
ongoing problem in primary care. There is extreme variation in the prescribing practices of …

Trends in pioglitazone use among US adults with type 2 diabetes and suspected nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

P Le, A Chaitoff, MB Rothberg… - Expert Opinion on …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background: We aimed to estimate population-based trends in the prevalence of coexisting
type 2 diabetes (T2D) and suspected nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and …

[HTML][HTML] Physician empathy is not associated with laboratory outcomes in diabetes: A cross-sectional study

A Chaitoff, MB Rothberg, AK Windover… - Journal of General …, 2019 - Springer
Background One widely cited study suggested a link between physician empathy and
laboratory outcomes in patients with diabetes, but its findings have not been replicated. While …