Stephen Glasser, MD

Professor
Division of Preventive Medicine

Contact Information:

Medical Towers 638
1717 11th Avenue South
Birmingham, Alabama 35205
Phone: 205-975-7125
Fax: 205-934-7959
sglasser@uab.edu

Research Interests

Clinical Trials
Arterial Stiffness
Primary and Secondary Vascular Disease Prevention

Educational Background

University of Miami Medical School, Florida, MD, 1960-1964
University of Miami, Florida, Pre-Med, 1957-1960

Professional Activities

Listed in "Guide to America's Top Cardiologists - 2007" by the Consumers Research Council of America

Editorial Board of Hypertension, 2007-present Member, COSEHC Board of Directors, 2006-present

Associate Editor in Chief, Cardiology Review, 2005-present

Consultant, Athpharma, Ltd., Clinical Protocol Development, 2002-2005

Training CAM (Complementary and Alternative Medicine) Clinical Investigators. National Institutes of Health. Co-Program Director, 2002-2005

Member Board of Regnes ACCP

Senior Scientist-Center for Aging

Selected Recent Publications

Glasser, SP (ed): Essentials in Clinical Research. Springer, The Netherlands, 2008.

Glasser SP, Arnett DK. Editorial Comment Vascular Stiffness and the Chicken-or-the-Egg Question. Hypertension 2008;51:177-178.

Glasser SP. Antihypertensive Safety and Efficacy and Physician and Patient Satisfaction in Clinical Practice: Results from a Phase 4 Practice-Based Clinical Experience Trial with Diltiazem LA. Advances in Therapy;2006:23(2).

Glasser SP, Howard G. Clinical Trial Design Issues: At Least 10 Things You Should Look For in Clinical Trials. Journal of Clinical Pharmacologh;2006:46(10): 1106-1115.

Gurney JG, Donohue JE, Ness KK, O’Leary M, Glasser SP, Baker KS. Health Knowledge About Symptoms of Heart Attack and Stroke in Adult Survivors of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Ann Epidemiol 2007;17:778-78.

Glasser SP, Salas M, Delzell E. Importance and Challenges of Studying Marketed Drugs: What is a Phase IV (4) Study? Common Clinical Research Designs, Registries, and Self Reporting Systems. J Clin Pharmacol 2007;47(9) 1074-1086 PMID 17766697.

Kirwan BA, Lubsen J, de Brouwer S, Danchin N, Battler A, de Luna AB, Dunselman PHJM, Glasser S, Koudstaal PJ, Sutton G, van Dalen F, Poole-Wilson P, on behalf of ACTION (A Coronary disease Trial Investigating Outcome with Nifedipine GITS) investigators. Diagnostic criteria and adjudication process both determine published even-rates: the ACTION trial experience. Contemporary Clinical Trials;2007:28(6) 720-729 PMID 17509947.

Dengel DR, Ness KK, Glasser SP, Williamson ED, Baker, KS, Gurney JG. Endothelial Function in Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncolog 2008;30(1):20-25.

Glasser SP, Cushman M, Prineas R, Kleindorfer D, Prince V, You Z, Howard V, Howard G. Does Differential Prophylactic Aspirin Use Contribute to Racial and Geographic Disparities in Stroke and Coronary Heart Disease (CHD). Preventive Medicine 2008;47:161-166.

Awards

Who's Who in Louisiana

National Register of Prominent Americans and International Notables

1998 - Listed in The Best Doctors in America: USA

1996 - Listed in The Best Doctors in America: Southeast Region

1999-2005 - Clinical Research Curriculum Award, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NIH/1K30-HL04104-01A1) - Principal Investigator

2007 - Senior Scientist, Center for Aging

2007 - Listed in "Guide to America's Top Cardiologists - 2007" by the Consumers Research Council of America