Rita Redberg, MD, MS

Dr. Rita Redberg is a cardiologist, and directs women’s cardiovascular services and the UCSF Flight Attendant Clinic. Her research interests are in the effects of secondhand smoke and other work related conditions (radiation) on flight attendants, as well as in technology assessment and preventive cardiology. Rita Redberg is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at the UCSF School of Medicine and is also Director of Women’s Cardiovascular Services. She is the Editor of the Archives of Internal Medicine. A graduate of Cornell University and the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, she received a master's in health policy from the London School of Economics. Dr. Redberg took her internal medicine training and cardiology fellowship at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York and completed additional noninvasive cardiology training at Mount Sinai Medical Center and UCSF, where she co-founded the Women's Health Center. She founded and chaired the Committee on Women in Cardiology for the American Heart Association and served on the Executive Committee for the Council on Clinical Cardiology. Dr. Redberg is on the editorial board of the Circulation: Quality and Outcomes. Her research interests are in promoting optimal use of cardiac technology and health policy. She has co-edited a book on transesophageal echocardiography. Dr. Redberg has authored several books, including You Can Be a Woman Cardiologist, Heart Healthy: The Step-by-Step Guide to Preventing and Healing Heart Disease, and Betty Crocker Cookbook for Women: the Complete Guide to Women’s Health and Wellness at Every Stage of Life. She has done hundreds of radio, television and newspaper interviews on health related topics including being featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, National Public Radio and the Today Show.