Megan McLaughlin, MD, MPH

Title(s)Assistant Professor, Medicine
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address35 Medical Center Way, #M314
San Francisco CA 94143
Phone415-353-7999
PronounsShe/Her/Hers
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    Yale University, New Haven, CTBA05/2009
    Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CTMPH05/2010Health Policy & Administration
    Harvard Medical School, Boston, MAMD05/2017
    UCSF, San Francisco, CA06/2020Internal Medicine
    UCSF, San Francisco, CA06/2023Cardiology
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    U.S. Department of State2012  - 2013Fulbright Scholarship
    American Heart Association2021Laennec Fellow in Training Clinician Award Finalist
    World Heart Federation2023World Heart Federation Emerging Leader
    American Heart Association2023Research Goes Red Data Challenge, Second Prize

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    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.

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    1. Disparities in awareness and treatment among women with hypertension: Insights from the American Heart Association Research Goes Red Registry. Am J Prev Cardiol. 2024 Sep; 19:100703. McLaughlin MM, Beatty AL. PMID: 39070020; PMCID: PMC11279261.
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    2. Informational Postcards Increase Engagement with Remote Monitoring Among Veterans with Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators: a Stepped-Wedge Randomized Controlled Trial. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Feb; 39(Suppl 1):87-96. McLaughlin MM, Raitt MH, Tarasovsky G, Whooley MA, Dhruva SS. PMID: 38252247; PMCID: PMC10937872.
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    3. Implementing Heart Plus: Design and Early Results of a Novel Comanagement Clinic for Patients With Stimulant-associated Cardiomyopathy. J Card Fail. 2024 Jul; 30(7):869-876. Davis JD, Bepo L, Suen LW, Mclaughlin MM, Adamo M, Abbs E, Lemke G, Azari S. PMID: 37984791.
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    4. Development of text messages for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in persons with HIV. Cardiovasc Digit Health J. 2023 Dec; 4(6):191-197. McLaughlin MM, Hsue PY, Lowe DA, Olgin JE, Beatty AL. PMID: 38222100; PMCID: PMC10787147.
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    5. Normal-Flow, Low-Gradient Severe Aortic Stenosis Quality of Life Improvements With TAVR: More Patients to Help?. JACC Advances. 2023; 9(2):100640. Rigs KA, McLaughlin MM, Goyal A.
    6. Cardiovascular health among persons with HIV without existing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. AIDS. 2023 11 15; 37(14):2179-2183. McLaughlin MM, Durstenfeld MS, Gandhi M, Greene M, Ma Y, Beatty AL, Hsue PY. PMID: 37498162; PMCID: PMC10615671.
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    7. Association of Viral Persistence and Atherosclerosis in Adults With Treated HIV Infection. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 10 01; 3(10):e2018099. McLaughlin MM, Ma Y, Scherzer R, Rahalkar S, Martin JN, Mills C, Milush J, Deeks SG, Hsue PY. PMID: 33119103; PMCID: PMC7596582.
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    8. Community-Based Accompaniment with Supervised Antiretrovirals for HIV-Positive Adults in Peru: A Cluster-Randomized Trial. AIDS Behav. 2018 01; 22(1):287-296. 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. PMID: 28074421; PMCID: PMC5503817.
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    9. Mortality in children diagnosed with tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Infect Dis. 2017 03; 17(3):285-295. Jenkins HE, Yuen CM, Rodriguez CA, Nathavitharana RR, McLaughlin MM, Donald P, Marais BJ, Becerra MC. PMID: 27964822; PMCID: PMC5330933.
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    10. Patient-physician mistrust and violence against physicians in Guangdong Province, China: a qualitative study. BMJ Open. 2015 Oct 06; 5(10):e008221. 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. PMID: 26443652; PMCID: PMC4606416.
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    11. African migrant patients' trust in Chinese physicians: a social ecological approach to understanding patient-physician trust. PLoS One. 2015; 10(5):e0123255. McLaughlin MM, Simonson L, Zou X, Ling L, Tucker JD. PMID: 25965064; PMCID: PMC4428824.
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    12. Counting pyrazinamide in regimens for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2015 May; 12(5):674-9. Franke MF, Becerra MC, Tierney DB, Rich ML, Bonilla C, Bayona J, McLaughlin MM, Mitnick CD. PMID: 25664920; PMCID: PMC4418338.
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    13. On the spread and control of MDR-TB epidemics: an examination of trends in anti-tuberculosis drug resistance surveillance data. Drug Resist Updat. 2014 Oct-Dec; 17(4-6):105-23. Cohen T, Jenkins HE, Lu C, McLaughlin M, Floyd K, Zignol M. PMID: 25458783; PMCID: PMC4358299.
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    14. Improving health services for African migrants in China: A health diplomacy perspective. Glob Public Health. 2014; 9(5):579-89. McLaughlin MM, Lee MC, Hall BJ, Bulterys M, Ling L, Tucker JD. PMID: 24807820; PMCID: PMC4089857.
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    15. Suboptimal antiretroviral therapy adherence among HIV-infected adults in Guangzhou, China. AIDS Care. 2014; 26(8):988-95. Muessig KE, McLaughlin MM, Nie JM, Cai W, Zheng H, Yang L, Tucker JD. PMID: 24666239; PMCID: PMC4024070.
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    16. Syphilis screening among 27,150 pregnant women in South Chinese rural areas using point-of-care tests. PLoS One. 2013; 8(8):e72149. Yang LG, Tucker JD, Liu FY, Ren XQ, Hong X, Wang C, McLaughlin MM, Bien CH, Chen XS, Yang B. PMID: 24009673; PMCID: PMC3756989.
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    17. Sexually transmitted infections among heterosexual male clients of female sex workers in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS One. 2013; 8(8):e71394. McLaughlin MM, Chow EP, Wang C, Yang LG, Yang B, Huang JZ, Wang Y, Zhang L, Tucker JD. PMID: 23951153; PMCID: PMC3741140.
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    18. Effectiveness of prize-based contingency management in a methadone maintenance program in China. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2013 Nov 01; 133(1):270-4. Chen W, Hong Y, Zou X, McLaughlin MM, Xia Y, Ling L. PMID: 23831409.
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    19. HIV and hepatitis C virus testing delays at methadone clinics in Guangdong Province, China. PLoS One. 2013; 8(6):e66787. Xia YH, McLaughlin MM, Chen W, Ling L, Tucker JD. PMID: 23818964; PMCID: PMC3688574.
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    20. Drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment complicated by antiretroviral resistance in HIV coinfected patients: a report of six cases in Lesotho. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 Jul; 89(1):174-7. Satti H, McLaughlin MM, Seung KJ. PMID: 23669229; PMCID: PMC3748478.
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    21. Attrition from HIV testing to antiretroviral therapy initiation among patients newly diagnosed with HIV in Haiti. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2013 Mar 01; 62(3):e61-9. 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. PMID: 23254154; PMCID: PMC3740042.
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    22. High risk of drug-resistant tuberculosis when first-line therapy fails in a high HIV prevalence setting. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2013 Jan; 17(1):100-6. Satti H, McLaughlin MM, Seung KJ, Becerra MC, Keshavjee S. PMID: 23232009.
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    23. Outcomes of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment with early initiation of antiretroviral therapy for HIV co-infected patients in Lesotho. PLoS One. 2012; 7(10):e46943. Satti H, McLaughlin MM, Hedt-Gauthier B, Atwood SS, Omotayo DB, Ntlamelle L, Seung KJ. PMID: 23115633; PMCID: PMC3480376.
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    24. Mixed-strain mycobacterium tuberculosis infections and the implications for tuberculosis treatment and control. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2012 Oct; 25(4):708-19. Cohen T, van Helden PD, Wilson D, Colijn C, McLaughlin MM, Abubakar I, Warren RM. PMID: 23034327; PMCID: PMC3485752.
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    25. Comprehensive approach to improving maternal health and achieving MDG 5: report from the mountains of Lesotho. PLoS One. 2012; 7(8):e42700. Satti H, Motsamai S, Chetane P, Marumo L, Barry DJ, Riley J, McLaughlin MM, Seung KJ, Mukherjee JS. PMID: 22952607; PMCID: PMC3428338.
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    26. Outcomes of comprehensive care for children empirically treated for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in a setting of high HIV prevalence. PLoS One. 2012; 7(5):e37114. Satti H, McLaughlin MM, Omotayo DB, Keshavjee S, Becerra MC, Mukherjee JS, Seung KJ. PMID: 22629356; PMCID: PMC3358299.
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    27. High rate of hypothyroidism among patients treated for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Lesotho. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2012 Apr; 16(4):468-72. Satti H, Mafukidze A, Jooste PL, McLaughlin MM, Farmer PE, Seung KJ. PMID: 22326109.
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