Kenneth Langa MD PhD

PubMed

• Changes in marital and health status as risk factors for a subsequent negative wealth shock: A population-based longitudinal study in the United States, 1995-2020.
  Tsai-Chin Cho, Xuexin Yu, Sara D Adar, HwaJung Choi, Kenneth M Langa
  Social Science & Medicine. 2025-04-01
• Diabetes and all-cause mortality among middle-aged and older adults in China, England, Mexico, rural South Africa, and the USA: a population-based study of longitudina...
  David Flood, Yuan S Zhang, Emma Nichols, Chihua Li, Paola Zaninotto
  BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care. 2025-03-18
• Compositional analysis of lymphocytes and their relationship with health outcomes: findings from the health and retirement study.
  Lantian Xu, Chihua Li, Allison E Aiello, Kenneth M Langa, Jennifer B Dowd
  Immunity & Ageing. 2025-03-12

Journal Articles

• Financial Presentation of Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias  
  Kenneth Langa, MD, JAMA Internal Medicine
• Comparison of Health Outcomes Among High- and Low-Income Adults Aged 55 to 64 Years in the US vs England  
  Kenneth Langa, MD, JAMA Internal Medicine
• Sexuality and Cognitive Status: A U.S. Nationally Representative Study of Home‐Dwelling Older Adults  
  Kenneth M Langa, Stacy Tessler Lindau, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
• Immune Cells- More than Simple Carriers for Systemic Delivery of Oncolytic Viruses  
  Eisenstein S, Chen SH, Pan PY, Journal of Oncolytic Virotherapy, 1/1/2014
• History of alcohol use disorders and risk of severe cognitive impairment: A nineteen-year prospective cohort study  
  Kuzma E, Llewellyn D, Langa KM, Wallace R, Lang I, American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 1/1/2014
• Being ready to treat Ebola virus disease patients  
  Brett-Major DM, Jacob ST, Jacquerioz FA, Risi GF, Fischer WA, Kato Y, et. al, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1/1/2014
• The independent effects of anemia and transfusion on mortality after coronary artery bypass surgery  
  Engoren ME, Schwann TA, Habib RH, Neil S, Vance J, Likosky DS, Ann Thorac Surg, 1/1/2014
• Postpartum metabolic profiles in women with prior gestational diabetes mellitus: variations by race  
  Elkind-Hirsch KE, Paterson MS, Shaler DS, Ogden BW, Schelin B, Current Trends Endocrinol, 1/1/2014
• Ouabain Downregulates sFlt1 Production by Inhibiting HSP27-Dependent HIF-1alpha Protein Expression  
  Rana S, Rajakumar A, Geahchan C, Salahuddin S, Cerdeira AS, Burke S, George E, Granger J, Karumanchi SA, FASEB J, 1/1/2014
• Hospitalization, depression and dementia in community-dwelling older Americans: Findings from the National Health and Aging Trends Study  
  Davydow D, Zivin K, Langa KM, General Hospital Psychiatry, 1/1/2014
• Advance directives and nursing home stays are associated with less aggressive end-of-life care for patients with cognitive impairment  
  Nicholas L, Bynum J, Iwashyna T, Weir D, Langa KM, Health Affairs, 1/1/2014
• Placental lesions of vascular insufficiency are associated with anti-angiogenic state in women with preeclampsia  
  Baltiajan K, Hecht J, Wenger J, Salahuddin S, Zsengeller Z, Thadhani R, Karumanchi SA, Rana S, Hypertens Pregnancy, 1/1/2014
• Relationship between nulliparity and preeclampsia may be explained by altered circulating soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1  
  Bdolah Y, Elchalal U, Natanson-Yaron S, Yechiam H, Bdolah-Abram T, Greenfield C, Goldman-Wohl D, Milwidsky A, Rana S, Karumanchi SA, Yagel S, Hochner-Celnikier D, Hypertens Pregnancy, 1/1/2014
• Cohort profile: The Health and Retirement Study (HRS)  
  Sonnega A, Faul J, Ofstedal MB, Langa KM, Phillips J, Weir D, Int J of Epidemiology, 1/1/2014
• Hyperglycemia, hypoglycemia and glycemic complexity are associated with worse outcomes after surgery  
  Engoren M, Schwann TA, Habib RH, J Crit Care, 1/1/2014
• Leveraging the Health and Retirement Study to advance palliative care research  
  Kelley A, Langa KM, Smith A, Cagle J, Ornstein K, Silveira M, Nicholas L, Covinsky K, Ritchie C, Journal of Palliative Medicine, 1/1/2014
• Improving Smoking Cessation Counseling in Primary Care Settings Using Point-of-Care Health IT  
  Strayer SM, Heim SW, Rollins LK, Kington ML, Nadkarni M, Waters DB, Hauck FR, Schorling JB, J Am Board Fam Med, 1/1/2013
• Prospective multicenter international trial of endoanchor fixation and sealing of aortic endografts: indications for use and early results in the anchor trial  
  W. Jordan, J. Vries, M. Mehta, D. Varnagy, et al, JVS, 1/1/2013
• Longer-lived parents: Protective associations with cancer incidence and overall mortality  
  Dutta A, Henley W, Wallace R, Langa KM, Robine J, Melzer D, Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, 1/1/2013
• Expenditures in the elderly with peripheral neuropathy: Where should we focus cost-control efforts  
  Callaghan B, Burke J, Rodgers A, McCammon R, Langa KM, Feldman EL, Kerber KA, Neurology Clinical Practice, 1/1/2013
• The monetary costs of dementia in the United States  
  Hurd M, Martorell F, Delevande A, Mullen K, Langa KM, New England Journal of Medicine, 1/1/2013
• The impact of cigarette smoking on the utilization of nursing home services  
  Warner K, McCammon R, Fries B, Langa KM, Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 1/1/2013
• Tract recurrence of a follicular thyroid neoplasm following trasaxillary endoscopic thyroidectomy  
  Beninato T, Kleiman DA, Scognamiglio T, Fahey TJ, Zarnegar R, Thyroid, 1/1/2012
• Spurious inferences about long-term outcomes: The case of severe sepsis and geriatric conditions  
  Iwashyna T, Netzer G, Langa KM, Cigolle C, American J of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 1/1/2012
• Calcimimetics versus parathyroidectomy for treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism: retrospective chart analysis of a prospective database  
  Keutgen XM, Buitrago D, Filicori F, Kundel A, Elemento O, Fahey TJ 3rd, Zarnegar R, Ann Surg, 1/1/2012
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Books/Book Chapters

• Cold Spring Harbor symposia on quantitative biology. 
  Chapter: The Promised Land of Human Immunology. 
  Su, L.F., Han, A., McGuire, H., Furman, D., Newell, E.W. & Davis, M.M.2014
• Visual Diagnosis and Treatment in Pediatrics. 
  Chapter: Bullous Rashes. 
  Page 527 - 534Alevi AM, Shortridge BAEditors: Chung EK, Atkinson-McEvoy LE, Boom JA, Matz PS.Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PAEdition 2nd,2010
• Hypertension in Pregnancy, 
  Chapter: Screening for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Chapter 4 
  Rana S, Karumanchi SA, Norwitz ECambridge University Press2010
• APIC Text of Infection Control and Epidemiology. 
  Chapter: The Immunocompromised Host. 
  Page 1 - 15Risi GFEditors: Carrico R.Washington, DCEdition 3rd,2009
• Current Surgical Therapy 
  Chapter: Thyroid Cancer. 
  Page 610 - 618Zarnegar R, Clark OHEditors: John L. Cameron.Mosby Elsevier2008
• Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America 
  Chapter: Complications of thyroidectomy. 
  Page 483 - 502Zarnegar R, Clark OHEditors: Burch HB.W.B. Saunders2003
• Endoluminal Stenting 
  Chapter: Endovascular Bypass for the treatment of Aortoiliac Occlusive Disease 
  Page 514 - 521Marin ML, Veith FJ, Lyon RT, Faries PL, Sanchez LA, Cynamon JEditors: Ulrich Sigwart.W. B. Saunders, London, England1996
• Complications in Vascular Surgery 
  Chapter: The Management of Failed Infrainguinal Arterial Reconstructions 
  Page 281 - 290Veith FJ, Wengerter KR, Gupta SK, Panetta TF, Rivers SP, Lyon RTEditors: Bernhard VM and Towne JB.Quality Medical Publishing Inc., St. Louis, MO1991
• e-Essential Evidence. 
  Chapter: Excision of lesion. 
  Tsang KW, Strayer SMEditors: Ebell MH, Ferenchick G, Smith M, Barry H, Slawson D, Shaughnessy A, Forsch R, Li S, Wilkes M, Usatine R.John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, NJEdition 1st,
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Abstracts/Posters

• Prospective Multicenter International Trial of EndoAnchor Fixation and Sealing of Aortic Endografts: Indications For Use and Early Results In the ANCHOR Trial.
  Varnagy D, New England Society for Vascular Surgery, Stowe, VT, 1/29/2013
• Incarcerated Inguinal Hernia Containing Intracolonic Metastasis of Primary Lung Carcinoma. Poster Presentation
  Wengler CA, Collier KT, Ayoub MM, South Eastern Surgical Congress, 1/1/2013
• The Impact of Unidirectional Barbed Suture on Vaginal Cuff Closure during Robotic-Assisted, and Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy: A New Standard of Care?
  Brown DN, Whitehurst S, Sheridan R, Lockrow EG, Gobern JM, Annual Global Congress of Minimally Invasive Gynecology, Washington, DC, 1/1/2013
• Early Referral for 24-hour esophageal pH monitoring may prevent unnecessary treatment with acid reducting medications. Poster
  Kleinman D, Sporn M, Beninato T, Metz Y, Crawford C, Fahey TJ 3rd, Zarnegar R, SAGES, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2012
• Endorectal ultrasound-directed drainage of complicated perirectal abscesses in Crohn's Disease. Poster Presentation
  Moremen JR, Wengler CA, Brewer D, Judah J, South Eastern Surgical Congress, 1/1/2012
• An interesting case of stricturing Crohn’s colitis.
  Eisenstein S, New York Society of Colorectal Surgeons Interesting Case Night, 1/1/2012
• Trisomy 13 and placental sFlt-1 expression. Poster Presentation
  Silasi M, Rana S, Powe CE, Cohen B, Lim KH, Karumanchi A, Stillman I, 31st Annual meeting of SMFM, San Francisco, CA, 1/7/2011
• The Impact of Magnesium Sulfate Therapy on Angiogenic Proteins in Preeclampsia. Poster Presentation
  Vadnais M, Rana S, Karumanchi SA, Hacker MR, 31st Annual meeting of SMFM, San Francisco, CA, 1/7/2011
• PIRB controls the suppressive function of myeloid derived suppressor cells (MDSC) in vivo via a Stat3-dependant mechanism.
  Eisenstein S, Mount Sinai Graduate Medical Education Day, 1/1/2010
• Informative Probability Sampling and Major Prevalence Findings from the Aging, Demographics and Memory Study (ADAMS)
  Langa KM with Steven Heeringa, PhD and Brenda Plassman, PhD, NIA / Alzheimer's Association Conference on Dementia Prevalence and Trends, Washington, DC, 1/1/2009
• Handheld computers in medical education: the uniformed services university experience.
  Stephens M, Williams P, Strayer SM, Yew K, Fam Med; Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD, 1/1/2008
• Dementia in the United States: The Aging, Demographics, and Memory Study.
  Langa KM, Irish Longitudinal Study of Ageing International Health Conference, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, 1/1/2008
• Acalculous Cholecystitis
  Asad M, South Eastern Surgical Congress, 1/1/2007
• A survey of UK health care workers' views on the use of handheld computers in evidence-based clinical practice.
  Dickson AJ, Strayer SM, Value Health, 1/1/2006
• Access Systems for Partial Gravity Exploration & Rescue: Engineering Analysis & Design
  Chappell SP, DM Klaus and SE Parazynski, SAE Technical Paper, 1/1/2006
• Combination of environmental extremes in altiplanic lakes and the past habitability of Mars.
  Cabrol NA, AN Hock, EA Grin, GT Kovacs and SE Parazynski, Salt Lake City Annual Meeting, 1/16/2005
• Clinical Decision Making in 3 Minutes or Less.
  Strayer SM, Uniformed Services Academy of Family Physicians, Snowbird, UT, 1/1/2005
• Using Evidence at the Point of Care: How to Choose and Evaluate Hunting and Foraging Tools.
  Strayer SM, American Academy of Family Physicians Scientific Assembly, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/2005
• Sodium/iodide symporter (NIS) and Pendred (PDS) gene expression is different in different thyroid cancers. Poster
  Zarnegar R, Brunaud L, Wada N, Kanauchi H, Hung CJ, Wong M, Ginzinger D, Duh Q-Y, Clark OH, International Assth iation of Endocrine Surgeons, Uppsala, Sweden, 1/13/2004
• Physician Evaluation of a Handheld Computer Smoking Cessation Intervention Tool. Poster Presentation
  Strayer SM, Stephen JL, Martindale JR, Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ, 1/1/2004
• Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditures among Elderly Individuals with Dementia in the United States.
  Langa KM, 8th International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease, Stockholm, Sweden, 1/1/2002
• Sustained-release bupropion for smoking cessation in the outpatient setting.
  Sayner-Flusche A, Strayer SM, Hodge JA, Pharmacotherapy, 1/1/2002
• Value of Color Duplex Ultrasonography in the Planning and Assessment of Endovascular Stented Grafts for Traumatic Arterial Injuries.
  Berdejo GL, Del Valle WN, Lyon RT, Marin ML, Veith FJ, J Vasc Technol, 1/1/1996
• Color Doppler Ultrasonography for the Evaluation of Endoluminal PTFE Stented Grafts for Occlusive Disease.
  Berdejo GL, Lyon RT, Del Valle WN, Marin ML, Veith FJ, J Vasc Technol, 1/1/1996
• Alleviation of cocaine-induced vasoconstriction in man with intravenous verapamil.
  Negus BH, Willard JE, Hillis LD, Glamann DB, Landau C, Snyder RW, Lange RA, Circulation, 1/1/1993
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Lectures

• Newest Technology: Where Are We? Where Are We Headed? / Invited Speaker 
  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - 1/1/2014
• The coordinated activation of all three T cell subtypes in celiac disease. 
  1/1/2013
• Post-Graduate Course 106: Pelvic Anatomy Through the Eyes of The Robot: Learn How to Tackle Complex Pathology Safely (Cadaver Course) / Lab Faculty 
  Washington, DC - 1/1/2013
• Gynecology in Afghanistan 
  Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD - 1/1/2013
• TCM Approaches to Management of Sports Injuries 
  1/1/2013
• Angiogenic factors and preeclampsia 
  Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA - 1/1/2012
• I’m All Shook Up….How to Stay Ahead of Constantly Changing Medical Information. 
  1/1/2012
• Optimizing the Role of the Physician Advisor 
  1/1/2012
• CYP450 Interactions of Psychotropic drugs. 
  1/1/2012
• Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery (MIGS) - The Walter Reed Experience 
  Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA - 1/1/2012
• Minimally Invasive Gynecologic & Robotic Surgery in a Residency Program- The Walter Reed Experience 
  University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA - 1/1/2012
• Serotonin Syndrome 
  1/1/2012
• Preoperative Assessment: ICSI guideline review. 
  1/1/2011
• Understanding Energy Sources in Gynecologic Surgery 
  Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD - 1/1/2011
• Lean Process Orientation 
  1/1/2011
• Panel Management 101: Defining team process for quality improvement. 
  1/1/2011
• Outpatient Documentation: Crafting something clear, concise and complete without consternation. Improving office visit note documentation. 
  1/1/2011
• Will Your Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease be Higher or Lower than Your Parents’?: Trends in the Prevalence of Dementia in the United States. 
  University of Utah Medical School, Salt Lake City, UT - 1/1/2010
• Quality Healthcare: A Historical Review and Lighting a Fire. 
  1/1/2010
• Third Trimester Care 
  1/1/2009
• Using Motivational Interviewing in Practice. 
  1/1/2009
• Respiratory Emergencies 
  1/1/2009
• Trends in Physician Compensation and Impending Crisis in Primary Care 
  1/1/2009
• Update on Catatonia 
  1/1/2009
• Using Motivational Interviewing to Help Your Patients Quit Smoking. 
  Scottsdale, AZ - 1/1/2009
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Other

• Multi-degrees-of-freedom hand controller. (Filed) 
  Parazynski, Scott E, Patent Application 13/797,184
  1/12/2013
• Portable Drug Dispenser. (Filed) 
  Kraft, Daniel and Scott E. Parazynski, U.S. Patent Application PCT/US2012/052551
  1/27/2012