Nancy Hills, PhD

Honors and Awards
  • Consultant of the Year, UCSF, 2011

  1. Clyman RI, Rosenstein MG, Liebowitz MC, Rogers EE, Kramer KP, Hills NK. Betamethasone treatment-to-delivery interval, retreatment, and severe intraventricular hemorrhage in infants <28 weeks' gestation. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2024. PMID: 38971464


  2. Fullerton HJ, Hills NK, Wintermark M, Dlamini N, Amlie-Lefond C, Dowling MM, Jordan LC, Bernard TJ, Friedman NR, Elkind MSV, Grose C, VIPS II Investigators. Evidence of varicella zoster virus (VZV) reactivation in children with arterial ischemic stroke: Results of the VIPS II Study. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2024. PMID: 38853955


  3. Kay AH, Levy R, Hills N, Jang A, Mcgough-Maduena A, Dematteo N, Mark M, Ueda S, Chen LM, Chapman JS. Evidence-based prescribing of opioids after laparotomy: A quality-improvement initiative in gynecologic oncology. Gynecologic oncology reports 2024. PMID: 38725997


  4. Clyman RI, Hills NK. Prophylactic indomethacin and the risk of serious pulmonary hemorrhages in preterm infants less than 28 weeks' gestation. Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association 2024. PMID: 38658692


  5. Levy RA, Kay AH, Hills N, Chen LM, Chapman JS. Exploring the relationship between language, postoperative pain, and opioid use. AJOG global reports 2024. PMID: 38681953


  6. Benjamin T, Stanford-Moore G, Targ S, Hills NK, Park AM, Knott PD, Plevin R, Seth R. Assessing the Prevalence of Craniomaxillofacial Injuries Among Helmeted and Unhelmeted Electric Scooter Users. Facial plastic surgery & aesthetic medicine 2024. PMID: 38237130


  7. Kim EK, Hills NK, Cheng Z, Tucker C, Gutierrez M, Alba D, Murphy E, Kim S. Effects of Pharmacotherapy for the Treatment of Obesity in an Urban, Safety-Net Population. Cureus 2023. PMID: 38034269


  8. Namuniina A, Muyanja ES, Biribawa VM, Okech BA, Ssemaganda A, Price MA, Hills N, Nanteza A, Bagaya BS, Weiskopf D, Riou C, Reynolds SJ, Galiwango RM, Redd AD. Proportion of Ugandans with pre-pandemic SARS-CoV-2 cross-reactive CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell responses: A pilot study. PLOS global public health 2023. PMID: 37585383


  9. Barney A, Mendez-Contreras S, Hills NK, Buckelew SM, Raymond-Flesch M. Telemedicine in an adolescent and young adult medicine clinic: a mixed methods study. BMC health services research 2023. PMID: 37349720


  10. Shaw NM, Hills N, Holler J, Fernandez A, Davis D, Palmer NR, Sliwka D, Breyer BN. The Impact of Patient-Physician Racial and Gender Concordance on Patient Satisfaction with Outpatient Clinic Visits. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities 2023. PMID: 37341950


  11. Shaw NM, Abbasi B, Odisho AY, Hills N, Holler J, Sliwka D, Breyer BN. The Impact of Patient Travel Distance on Outpatient Visit Satisfaction: Comparison of Telehealth and Traditional In-Person Visits. Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association 2023. PMID: 37172307


  12. Amans M, Mattay R, Hills NK, Smith E, McCoy D, Narsinh K, Meisel K. More than just noise: Association of pulsatile tinnitus with anxiety, depression, and reduction of quality of life. Interventional neuroradiology : journal of peritherapeutic neuroradiology, surgical procedures and related neurosciences 2023. PMID: 37069825


  13. Clyman RI, Hills NK. Prophylactic indomethacin, antenatal betamethasone, and the risk of intestinal perforation in infants <28 weeks' gestation. Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association 2023. PMID: 36973384


  14. Clyman RI, Hills NK. Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) and pulmonary morbidity: can early targeted pharmacologic PDA treatment decrease the risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia? Seminars in perinatology 2023. PMID: 36882361


  15. Nawaytou H, Hills NK, Clyman RI. Patent ductus arteriosus and the risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia-associated pulmonary hypertension. Pediatric research 2023. PMID: 36804505


  16. Namuniina A, Muyanja ES, Biribawa VM, Okech BA, Ssemaganda A, Price MA, Hills N, Nanteza A, Bagaya BS, Weiskopf D, Riou C, Reynolds SJ, Galwango RM, Redd AD. High proportion of Ugandans with pre-pandemic SARS-CoV-2 cross-reactive CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell responses. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2023. PMID: 36711579


  17. Williams JC, Alhusayen R, Guilbault S, Hills NK, Ingram JR, Kudlinski MV, Lowes MA, Marzano AV, Paul M, Villumsen B, Yannuzzi CA, Naik HB. Biologic Therapy Is Not Associated with Increased COVID-19 Severity in Patients with Hidradenitis Suppurativa: Updated Findings from the Global Hidradenitis Suppurativa COVID-19 Registry. Dermatology (Basel, Switzerland) 2022. PMID: 36566748


  18. Kittler NW, Williams JC, Kudlinski MV, Lester J, Hills N, Abuabara K, Naik HB. Evaluation of Hidradenitis Suppurativa Diagnostic Criteria in Pediatric Patients. JAMA dermatology 2022. PMID: 36287577


  19. Clyman RI, Hills NK. Effects of prophylactic indomethacin on morbidity and mortality in infants <25 weeks' gestation: a protocol driven intention to treat analysis. Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association 2022. PMID: 36310242


  20. Fox CK, Leykina L, Hills NK, Kwiatkowski JL, Kanter J, Strouse JJ, Voeks JH, Fullerton HJ, Adams RJ, Post-STOP Study Group. Hemorrhagic Stroke in Children and Adults With Sickle Cell Anemia: The Post-STOP Cohort. Stroke 2022. PMID: 36205141


  21. Poisson SN, Hills NK, Sidney S, Fullerton HJ. Prevalence of Atherosclerotic Risk Factors Among Children and Young Adults With Arterial Ischemic Stroke. JAMA neurology 2022. PMID: 35913708


  22. Bove R, Anderson A, Rowles W, Rankin KA, Hills NK, Carleton M, Cooper J, Cree BAC, Gelfand JM, Graves JS, Henry RG, Krysko KM, Rush G, Zamvil SS, Joffe H, Chan JR, Green AJ. A hormonal therapy for menopausal women with MS: A phase Ib/IIa randomized controlled trial. 2022. PMID: 35397292


  23. Seligman HK, Levi R, Ridberg R, Smith M, Hills N, Waxman E. Impact of Enhanced Food Pantry Services on Food Security among Adults with Diabetes Using a Crossover Study Design. 2022. PMID: 35415385


  24. Appa A, Adamo M, Le S, Davis J, Winston L, Doernberg SB, Chambers H, Martin M, Hills NK, Coffin PO, Jain V. Comparative one-year outcomes of invasive Staphylococcus aureus infections among persons with and without drug use: an observational cohort study. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2021. PMID: 33904900


  25. Karthik A, Jiang B, Li Y, Hills NK, Kuchherzki M, deVeber GA, Barkovich AJ, Fullerton HJ, Wintermark M, VIPS Investigators (Appendix 1). A Web-based System to Assist With Etiology Differential Diagnosis in Children With Arterial Ischemic Stroke. Topics in magnetic resonance imaging : TMRI 2021. PMID: 34613948


  26. Naik HB, Alhusayen R, Frew J, Guilbault S, Hills NK, Ingram JR, Kudlinski MV, Lowes MA, Marzano AV, Paul M, Villumsen B, Yannuzzi CA. Biologic therapy is not associated with increased COVID-19 severity in Hidradenitis Suppurativa: Initial findings from the Global Hidradenitis Suppurativa COVID-19 Registry. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2021. PMID: 34537252


  27. Appa A, Adamo M, Le S, Davis J, Winston L, Doernberg SB, Chambers H, Martin M, Hills NK, Coffin P, Jain V. Patient-Directed Discharges Among Persons Who Use Drugs Hospitalized with Invasive S. aureus Infections: Opportunities for Improvement. The American journal of medicine 2021. PMID: 34508704


  28. Hills NK, Lyimo J, Nahid P, Savic RM, Lienhardt C, Phillips PPJ. A systematic review of endpoint definitions in late phase pulmonary tuberculosis therapeutic trials. Trials 2021. PMID: 34344435


  29. Rees HD, Hills NK, Sabnis AJ, Tulpule AB, Shimotake TK, Goldsby RE. Clinical characteristics and outcomes of infants compared with children diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma: Analysis of surveillance, epidemiology and end results data from 2000 to 2016. Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.) 2021. PMID: 34254742


  30. Speir EJ, Hills NK, Lokken RP. Accuracy of Disclosed Financial Relationships between Radiologists and Industry at the 2018 RSNA Annual Meeting. Radiology 2021. PMID: 34100685


  31. Clyman RI, Hills NK, Dagle JM, Murray JC, Kelsey K. Interactions between PDA-associated polymorphisms and genetic ancestry alter ductus arteriosus gene expression. Pediatric research 2021. PMID: 33837257


  32. Clyman RI, Hills NK, Cambonie G, Debillon T, Ligi I, Gascoin G, Patkai J, Beuchee A, Favrais G, Durrmeyer X, Flamant C, Rozé JC. Patent ductus arteriosus, tracheal ventilation, and the risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Pediatric research 2021. PMID: 33790415


  33. Joehlin-Price A, Van Ziffle J, Hills NK, Ladwig N, Rabban JT, Garg K. Molecularly Classified Uterine FIGO Grade 3 Endometrioid Carcinomas Show Distinctive Clinical Outcomes But Overlapping Morphologic Features. The American journal of surgical pathology 2021. PMID: 33021522


  34. Langat RK, Farah B, Indangasi J, Ogola S, Omosa-Manyonyi G, Anzala O, Bizimana J, Tekirya E, Ngetsa C, Silwamba M, Muyanja E, Chetty P, Jangano M, Hills N, Gilmour J, Dally L, Cox JH, Hayes P. Performance of International AIDS Vaccine Initiative African clinical research laboratories in standardised ELISpot and peripheral blood mononuclear cell processing in support of HIV vaccine clinical trials. African journal of laboratory medicine 2021. PMID: 33833946


  35. Ng DL, van Zante A, Griffin A, Hills NK, Ljung BM. A Large Thyroid Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy Cohort with Long-Term Population-Based Follow-Up. Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association 2021. PMID: 33371796


  36. Jiang B, Hills NK, Forsyth R, Jordan LC, Slim M, Pavlakis SG, Freidman N, Dlamini N, Farooq O, Li Y, Zhu G, Fullerton H, Wintermark M, Lo WD, VIPS Investigators*. Imaging Predictors of Neurologic Outcome After Pediatric Arterial Ischemic Stroke. Stroke 2020. PMID: 33280552


  37. Ng DL, Goldgof GM, Shy BR, Levine AG, Balcerek J, Bapat SP, Prostko J, Rodgers M, Coller K, Pearce S, Franz S, Du L, Stone M, Pillai SK, Sotomayor-Gonzalez A, Servellita V, Martin CSS, Granados A, Glasner DR, Han LM, Truong K, Akagi N, Nguyen DN, Neumann NM, Qazi D, Hsu E, Gu W, Santos YA, Custer B, Green V, Williamson P, Hills NK, Lu CM, Whitman JD, Stramer SL, Wang C, Reyes K, Hakim JMC, Sujishi K, Alazzeh F, Pham L, Thornborrow E, Oon CY, Miller S, Kurtz T, Simmons G, Hackett J, Busch MP, Chiu CY. SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and neutralizing activity in donor and patient blood. Nature communications 2020. PMID: 32943630


  38. Slavova N, Fullerton HJ, Hills NK, Breiding PS, Mackay MT, Steinlin M. Validation of the focal cerebral arteriopathy severity score (FCASS) in a Swiss cohort: Correlation with infarct volume and outcome. European journal of paediatric neurology : EJPN : official journal of the European Paediatric Neurology Society 2020. PMID: 32826156


  39. Clyman RI, Hills NK. The effect of prolonged tracheal intubation on the association between patent ductus arteriosus and bronchopulmonary dysplasia (grades 2 and 3). Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association 2020. PMID: 32669644


  40. Mpendo J, Mutua G, Nanvubya A, Anzala O, Nyombayire J, Karita E, Dally L, Hannaman D, Price M, Fast PE, Priddy F, Gelderblom HC, Hills NK. Acceptability and tolerability of repeated intramuscular electroporation of Multi-antigenic HIV (HIVMAG) DNA vaccine among healthy African participants in a phase 1 randomized controlled trial. PloS one 2020. PMID: 32469893


  41. Ng DL, Goldgof GM, Shy BR, Levine AG, Balcerek J, Bapat SP, Prostko J, Rodgers M, Coller K, Pearce S, Franz S, Du L, Stone M, Pillai SK, Sotomayor-Gonzalez A, Servellita V, Martin CSS, Granados A, Glasner DR, Han LM, Truong K, Akagi N, Nguyen DN, Neumann NM, Qazi D, Hsu E, Gu W, Santos YA, Custer B, Green V, Williamson P, Hills NK, Lu CM, Whitman JD, Stramer S, Wang C, Reyes K, Hakim JMC, Sujishi K, Alazzeh F, Pham L, Oon CY, Miller S, Kurtz T, Hackett J, Simmons G, Busch MP, Chiu CY. SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and neutralizing activity in donor and patient blood from the San Francisco Bay Area. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2020. PMID: 32511477


  42. Shin J, Hills NK, Finley PR. Combining Antidepressants with ß-Blockers: Evidence of a Clinically Significant CYP2D6 Drug Interaction. Pharmacotherapy 2020. PMID: 32342526


  43. Clyman RI, Jin C, Hills NK. A role for neonatal bacteremia in deaths due to intestinal perforation: spontaneous intestinal perforation compared with perforated necrotizing enterocolitis. Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association 2020. PMID: 32433511


  44. Hills NK, Clyman R. Paracetamol (Acetaminophen) for Patent Ductus Arteriosus: Where Do We Stand? The Journal of pediatrics 2020. PMID: 32362411


  45. Chapman HA, Wei Y, Montas G, Leong D, Golden JA, Trinh BN, Wolters PJ, Le Saux CJ, Jones KD, Hills NK, Foster E, Oldham JM, Linderholm AL, Kotak P, Decaris M, Turner S, Song JW. Reversal of TGFß1-Driven Profibrotic State in Patients with Pulmonary Fibrosis. The New England journal of medicine 2020. PMID: 32160670


  46. Luthra NS, Marcus AH, Hills NK, Christine CW. Vitamin B12 measurements across neurodegenerative disorders. Journal of clinical movement disorders 2020. PMID: 32257364


  47. Razani N, Hills NK, Thompson D, Rutherford GW. The Association of Knowledge, Attitudes and Access with Park Use before and after a Park-Prescription Intervention for Low-Income Families in the U.S. International journal of environmental research and public health 2020. PMID: 31973173


  48. Zahner GJ, Cortez A, Duralde E, Ramirez JL, Wang S, Hiramoto J, Cohen BE, Wolkowitz OM, Arya S, Hills NK, Grenon SM. Association of comorbid depression with inpatient outcomes in critical limb ischemia. Vascular medicine (London, England) 2019. PMID: 31713461


  49. Clyman RI, Hills NK, Liebowitz M, Johng S. Relationship between Duration of Infant Exposure to a Moderate-to-Large Patent Ductus Arteriosus Shunt and the Risk of Developing Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia or Death Before 36 Weeks. American journal of perinatology 2019. PMID: 31600791


  50. Macicame I, Bhatt N, Matavele Chissumba R, Eller LA, Viegas E, Araújo K, Nwoga C, Li Q, Milazzo M, Hills NK, Lindan C, Michael NL, Robb ML, Jani I, Polyak CS. HIV prevalence and risk behavior among male and female adults screened for enrolment into a vaccine preparedness study in Maputo, Mozambique. PloS one 2019. PMID: 31527868


  51. Jha P, Rabban J, Chen LM, Goldstein RB, Weinstein S, Morgan TA, Shum D, Hills N, Ohliger MA, Poder L. Placenta accreta spectrum: value of placental bulge as a sign of myometrial invasion on MR imaging. Abdominal radiology (New York) 2019. PMID: 30968183


  52. Razani N, Niknam K, Wells NM, Thompson D, Hills NK, Kennedy G, Gilgoff R, Rutherford GW. Clinic and park partnerships for childhood resilience: A prospective study of park prescriptions. Health & place 2019. PMID: 31060017


  53. Chan JW, Hills NK, Bakall B, Fernandez B. Indirect Traumatic Optic Neuropathy in Mild Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 2019. PMID: 31067321


  54. Maenetje P, Lindan C, Makkan H, Chetty-Makkan CM, Latka MH, Charalambous S, Mlotshwa M, Malefo M, Brumskine W, Hills NK, Price MA, Edward V. HIV incidence and predictors of inconsistent condom use among adult men enrolled into an HIV vaccine preparedness study, Rustenburg, South Africa. PloS one 2019. PMID: 30943254


  55. Ramirez JL, Zahner GJ, Spaulding KA, Khetani SA, Hills NK, Gasper WJ, Harris WS, Cohen BE, Grenon SM. Peripheral Artery Disease Is Associated with a Deficiency of Erythrocyte Membrane n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids. Lipids 2019. PMID: 30883776


  56. Spetzler RF, McDougall CG, Zabramski JM, Albuquerque FC, Hills NK, Nakaji P, Karis JP, Wallace RC. Ten-year analysis of saccular aneurysms in the Barrow Ruptured Aneurysm Trial. Journal of neurosurgery 2019. PMID: 30849758


  57. Ramirez JL, Gasper WJ, Khetani SA, Zahner GJ, Hills NK, Mitchell PT, Sansbury BE, Conte MS, Spite M, Grenon SM. Fish Oil Increases Specialized Pro-resolving Lipid Mediators in PAD (The OMEGA-PAD II Trial). The Journal of surgical research 2019. PMID: 30771686


  58. Zahner GJ, Ramirez JL, Spaulding KA, Khetani SA, Gasper WJ, Grunfeld C, Hills NK, Schafer AL, Grenon SM. Leptinemia is Associated With Peripheral Artery Disease. The Journal of surgical research 2019. PMID: 30738358


  59. Benjamin T, Hills NK, Knott PD, Murr AH, Seth R. Association Between Conventional Bicycle Helmet Use and Facial Injuries After Bicycle Crashes. JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery 2019. PMID: 30543361


  60. Fullerton HJ, Stence N, Hills NK, Jiang B, Amlie-Lefond C, Bernard TJ, Friedman NR, Ichord R, Mackay MT, Rafay MF, Chabrier S, Steinlin M, Elkind MSV, deVeber GA, Wintermark M, VIPS Investigators. Focal Cerebral Arteriopathy of Childhood: Novel Severity Score and Natural History. Stroke 2018. PMID: 30355212


  61. Ramirez JL, Spaulding KA, Zahner GJ, Khetani SA, Schaller MS, Gasper WJ, Hills NK, Marlene Grenon S. Radial Artery Tonometry is Associated With Major Adverse Cardiac Events in Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease. The Journal of surgical research 2018. PMID: 30691803


  62. Ramirez JL, Khetani SA, Zahner GJ, Spaulding KA, Schaller MS, Gasper WJ, Hills NK, Schafer AL, Grenon SM. Serum resistin is associated with impaired endothelial function and a higher rate of adverse cardiac events in patients with peripheral artery disease. Journal of vascular surgery 2018. PMID: 30292618


  63. Hernandez NV, Ramirez JL, Khetani SA, Spaulding KA, Gasper WJ, Hiramoto J, Lindqvist D, Wolkowitz OM, Hills NK, Grenon SM, Zahner GJ. Depression severity is associated with increased inflammation in veterans with peripheral artery disease. Vascular medicine (London, England) 2018. PMID: 30035700


  64. Jordan LC, Hills NK, Fox CK, Ichord RN, Pergami P, deVeber GA, Fullerton HJ, Lo W, VIPS Investigators. Socioeconomic determinants of outcome after childhood arterial ischemic stroke. Neurology 2018. PMID: 29980641


  65. do Prado TN, Brickley DB, Hills NK, Zandonade E, Moreira-Silva SF, Miranda AE. Factors Associated with Maternal-Child Transmission of HIV-1 in Southeastern Brazil: A Retrospective Study. AIDS and behavior 2018. PMID: 29845389


  66. Bui QTT, Brickley DB, Tieu VTT, Hills NK. Home-Based Care and Perceived Quality of Life Among People Living with HIV in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam. AIDS and behavior 2018. PMID: 29605829


  67. Aguilar G, Miranda AE, Rutherford GW, Munoz S, Hills N, Samudio T, Galeano F, Kawabata A, González CMR. Mortality Rate and Predictors in Children Under 15 Years Old Who Acquired HIV from Mother to Child Transmission in Paraguay. AIDS and behavior 2018. PMID: 29455264


  68. Thai TT, Jones MK, Harris LM, Heard RC, Hills NK, Lindan CP. Symptoms of Depression in People Living with HIV in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: Prevalence and Associated Factors. AIDS and behavior 2018. PMID: 29079945


  69. Schaller MS, Ramirez JL, Gasper WJ, Zahner GJ, Hills NK, Grenon SM. Frailty Is Associated with an Increased Risk of Major Adverse Cardiac Events in Patients with Stable Claudication. Annals of vascular surgery 2018. PMID: 29477684


  70. Khuu VN, Nguyen VT, Hills NK, Hau TP, Nguyen DP, Nhung VT, Lan PT, Brickley DB. Factors Associated with Receiving Late HIV Testing Among Women Delivering at Hung Vuong Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 2014. AIDS and behavior 2018. PMID: 28181013


  71. Zahner GJ, Spaulding KA, Ramirez JL, Schaller MS, Walker SC, Hills NK, Gasper WJ, Grenon SM. Characterizing the relationship between flow-mediated vasodilation and radial artery tonometry in peripheral artery disease. The Journal of surgical research 2017. PMID: 29506827


  72. Fox CK, Hills NK, Vinson DR, Numis AL, Dicker RA, Sidney S, Fullerton HJ. Population-based study of ischemic stroke risk after trauma in children and young adults. Neurology 2017. PMID: 29117963


  73. Tzou DT, Isaacson D, Usawachintachit M, Wang ZJ, Taguchi K, Hills NK, Hsi RS, Sherer BA, Reliford-Titus S, Duty B, Harper JD, Sorensen M, Sur RL, Stoller ML, Chi T. Variation in Radiologic and Urologic Computed Tomography Interpretation of Urinary Tract Stone Burden: Results From the Registry for Stones of the Kidney and Ureter. Urology 2017. PMID: 29032235


  74. Wintermark M, Hills NK, DeVeber GA, Barkovich AJ, Bernard TJ, Friedman NR, Mackay MT, Kirton A, Zhu G, Leiva-Salinas C, Hou Q, Fullerton HJ, VIPS Investigators. Clinical and Imaging Characteristics of Arteriopathy Subtypes in Children with Arterial Ischemic Stroke: Results of the VIPS Study. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology 2017. PMID: 28982784


  75. Fullerton HJ, Luna JM, Wintermark M, Hills NK, Tokarz R, Li Y, Glaser C, DeVeber GA, Lipkin WI, Elkind MSV, VIPS Investigators*. Parvovirus B19 Infection in Children With Arterial Ischemic Stroke. Stroke 2017. PMID: 28864597


  76. Zahner GJ, Gruendl MA, Spaulding KA, Schaller MS, Hills NK, Gasper WJ, Grenon SM. Association between arterial stiffness and peripheral artery disease as measured by radial artery tonometry. Journal of vascular surgery 2017. PMID: 28756044


  77. Schaller MS, Zahner GJ, Gasper WJ, Harris WS, Conte MS, Hills NK, Grenon SM. Relationship between the omega-3 index and specialized pro-resolving lipid mediators in patients with peripheral arterial disease taking fish oil supplements. Journal of clinical lipidology 2017. PMID: 28778393


  78. Spetzler RF, Zabramski JM, McDougall CG, Albuquerque FC, Hills NK, Wallace RC, Nakaji P. Analysis of saccular aneurysms in the Barrow Ruptured Aneurysm Trial. Journal of neurosurgery 2017. PMID: 28298031


  79. Wysham KD, Murray SG, Hills N, Yelin E, Gensler LS. Cervical Spinal Fracture and Other Diagnoses Associated With Mortality in Hospitalized Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients. Arthritis care & research 2017. PMID: 27159625


  80. Dizon MP, Linos E, Arron ST, Hills NK, Chren MM. Comparing the Quality of Ambulatory Surgical Care for Skin Cancer in a Veterans Affairs Clinic and a Fee-For-Service Practice Using Clinical and Patient-Reported Measures. PloS one 2017. PMID: 28141817


  81. Nguyen-Huynh MN, Hills NK, Sidney S, Klingman JG, Johnston SC. Race-ethnicity on blood pressure control after ischemic stroke: a prospective cohort study. Journal of the American Society of Hypertension : JASH 2016. PMID: 27988356


  82. Drudi LM, Schaller MS, Hiramoto J, Gasper W, Harris WS, Hills NK, Grenon SM. Predictors of change in omega-3 index with fish oil supplementation in peripheral artery disease. The Journal of surgical research 2016. PMID: 28457318


  83. Fullerton HJ, deVeber GA, Hills NK, Dowling MM, Fox CK, Mackay MT, Kirton A, Yager JY, Bernard TJ, Hod EA, Wintermark M, Elkind MS, VIPS Investigators. Inflammatory Biomarkers in Childhood Arterial Ischemic Stroke: Correlates of Stroke Cause and Recurrence. Stroke 2016. PMID: 27491741


  84. McKay RE, Hall KT, Hills N. The Effect of Anesthetic Choice (Sevoflurane Versus Desflurane) and Neuromuscular Management on Speed of Airway Reflex Recovery. Anesthesia and analgesia 2016. PMID: 26569427


  85. Elkind MS, Hills NK, Glaser CA, Lo WD, Amlie-Lefond C, Dlamini N, Kneen R, Hod EA, Wintermark M, deVeber GA, Fullerton HJ, VIPS Investigators*. Herpesvirus Infections and Childhood Arterial Ischemic Stroke: Results of the VIPS Study. Circulation 2016. PMID: 26813104


  86. Fullerton HJ, Wintermark M, Hills NK, Dowling MM, Tan M, Rafay MF, Elkind MS, Barkovich AJ, deVeber GA, VIPS Investigators. Risk of Recurrent Arterial Ischemic Stroke in Childhood: A Prospective International Study. Stroke 2015. PMID: 26556824


  87. Fullerton HJ, Hills NK, Elkind MS, Dowling MM, Wintermark M, Glaser CA, Tan M, Rivkin MJ, Titomanlio L, Barkovich AJ, deVeber GA, VIPS Investigators. Infection, vaccination, and childhood arterial ischemic stroke: Results of the VIPS study. Neurology 2015. PMID: 26423434


  88. Waleh N, Barrette AM, Dagle JM, Momany A, Jin C, Hills NK, Shelton EL, Reese J, Clyman RI. Effects of Advancing Gestation and Non-Caucasian Race on Ductus Arteriosus Gene Expression. The Journal of pediatrics 2015. PMID: 26265282


  89. Spetzler RF, McDougall CG, Zabramski JM, Albuquerque FC, Hills NK, Russin JJ, Partovi S, Nakaji P, Wallace RC. The Barrow Ruptured Aneurysm Trial: 6-year results. Journal of neurosurgery 2015. PMID: 26115467


  90. Young K, Fidelman N, Yao FY, Hills NK, Kohi MP, Kolli KP, Taylor AG, Kerlan RK. Implications of discordant findings between hepatic angiography and cross-sectional imaging in transplant candidates with hepatocellular carcinoma. Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society 2015. PMID: 25678220


  91. Wintermark M, Hills NK, deVeber GA, Barkovich AJ, Elkind MS, Sear K, Zhu G, Leiva-Salinas C, Hou Q, Dowling MM, Bernard TJ, Friedman NR, Ichord RN, Fullerton HJ, VIPS Investigators. Arteriopathy diagnosis in childhood arterial ischemic stroke: results of the vascular effects of infection in pediatric stroke study. Stroke 2014. PMID: 25388419


  92. Geier ML, Hills N, Gonzales M, Tum K, Finley PR. Detection and treatment rates for perinatal depression in a state Medicaid population. CNS spectrums 2014. PMID: 25307282


  93. Hills NK, Sidney S, Fullerton HJ. Timing and number of minor infections as risk factors for childhood arterial ischemic stroke. Neurology 2014. PMID: 25142897


  94. Gastelum E, Sear K, Hills N, Roddy E, Randazzo D, Chettout N, Hess C, Cotter J, Haas-Kogan DA, Fullerton H, Mueller S. Rates and characteristics of radiographically detected intracerebral cavernous malformations after cranial radiation therapy in pediatric cancer patients. Journal of child neurology 2014. PMID: 25122111


  95. Novakovic-Agopian T, Chen AJ, Rome S, Rossi A, Abrams G, D'Esposito M, Turner G, McKim R, Muir J, Hills N, Kennedy C, Garfinkle J, Murphy M, Binder D, Castelli H. Assessment of subcomponents of executive functioning in ecologically valid settings: the goal processing scale. The Journal of head trauma rehabilitation 2014. PMID: 23076096


  96. Ornish D, Lin J, Chan JM, Epel E, Kemp C, Weidner G, Marlin R, Frenda SJ, Magbanua MJM, Daubenmier J, Estay I, Hills NK, Chainani-Wu N, Carroll PR, Blackburn EH. Effect of comprehensive lifestyle changes on telomerase activity and telomere length in men with biopsy-proven low-risk prostate cancer: 5-year follow-up of a descriptive pilot study. The Lancet. Oncology 2013. PMID: 24051140


  97. Singhal NS, Hills NK, Sidney S, Fullerton HJ. Role of trauma and infection in childhood hemorrhagic stroke due to vascular lesions. Neurology 2013. PMID: 23825175


  98. Spetzler RF, McDougall CG, Albuquerque FC, Zabramski JM, Hills NK, Partovi S, Nakaji P, Wallace RC. Response. Journal of neurosurgery 2013. PMID: 23977694


  99. Spetzler RF, McDougall CG, Albuquerque FC, Zabramski JM, Hills NK, Partovi S, Nakaji P, Wallace RC. The Barrow Ruptured Aneurysm Trial: 3-year results. Journal of neurosurgery 2013. PMID: 23621600


  100. Mueller S, Sear K, Hills NK, Chettout N, Afghani S, Gastelum E, Haas-Kogan D, Fullerton HJ. Risk of first and recurrent stroke in childhood cancer survivors treated with cranial and cervical radiation therapy. International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 2013. PMID: 23623405


  101. Basu S, Yoffe P, Hills N, Lustig RH. The relationship of sugar to population-level diabetes prevalence: an econometric analysis of repeated cross-sectional data. PloS one 2013. PMID: 23460912


  102. Lee Char SJ, Hills NK, Lo B, Kirkwood KS. Informed consent for innovative surgery: a survey of patients and surgeons. Surgery 2012. PMID: 23218878


  103. Hills NK, Johnston SC, Sidney S, Zielinski BA, Fullerton HJ. Recent trauma and acute infection as risk factors for childhood arterial ischemic stroke. Annals of neurology 2012. PMID: 23280836


  104. Gasper WJ, Owens CD, Kim JM, Hills N, Belkin M, Creager MA, Conte MS. Thirty-day vein remodeling is predictive of midterm graft patency after lower extremity bypass. Journal of vascular surgery 2012. PMID: 22960020


  105. Flint AC, Kamel H, Navi BB, Rao VA, Faigeles BS, Conell C, Klingman JG, Hills NK, Nguyen-Huynh M, Cullen SP, Sidney S, Johnston SC. Inpatient statin use predicts improved ischemic stroke discharge disposition. Neurology 2012. PMID: 22614435


  106. Aaronson DS, Odisho AY, Hills N, Cress R, Carroll PR, Dudley RA, Cooperberg MR. Proton beam therapy and treatment for localized prostate cancer: if you build it, they will come. Archives of internal medicine 2012. PMID: 22332166


  107. Nijagal A, Fleck S, Hills NK, Feng S, Tang Q, Kang SM, Rosenthal P, MacKenzie TC. Decreased risk of graft failure with maternal liver transplantation in patients with biliary atresia. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2011. PMID: 22221561


  108. Lowenthal A, Camacho BV, Lowenthal S, Natal-Hernandez L, Liszewski W, Hills NK, Fineman JR, Bernstein HS. Usefulness of B-type natriuretic peptide and N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide as biomarkers for heart failure in young children with single ventricle congenital heart disease. The American journal of cardiology 2011. PMID: 22196786


  109. Larsen M, Hills N, Terdiman J. The impact of the quality of colon preparation on follow-up colonoscopy recommendations. The American journal of gastroenterology 2011. PMID: 22138933


  110. McDougall CG, Spetzler RF, Zabramski JM, Partovi S, Hills NK, Nakaji P, Albuquerque FC. The Barrow Ruptured Aneurysm Trial. Journal of neurosurgery 2011. PMID: 22054213


  111. Hills NK, Fullerton HJ. Atherosclerotic stroke in children? A public health red flag. Annals of neurology 2011. PMID: 22162051


  112. Flint AC, Kamel H, Navi BB, Rao VA, Faigeles BS, Conell C, Klingman JG, Sidney S, Hills NK, Sorel M, Cullen SP, Johnston SC. Statin use during ischemic stroke hospitalization is strongly associated with improved poststroke survival. Stroke 2011. PMID: 22020026


  113. Novakovic-Agopian T, Chen AJ, Rome S, Abrams G, Castelli H, Rossi A, McKim R, Hills N, D'Esposito M. Rehabilitation of executive functioning with training in attention regulation applied to individually defined goals: a pilot study bridging theory, assessment, and treatment. The Journal of head trauma rehabilitation 2011. PMID: 21169860


  114. Nakagawa K, Hills NK, Kamel H, Morabito , Diane , Patel PV, Manley GT, Hemphill JC. The effect of decompressive hemicraniectomy on brain temperature after severe brain injury. Neurocritical care 2011. PMID: 21061187


  115. Fullerton HJ, Elkind MS, Barkovich AJ, Glaser C, Glidden D, Hills NK, Leiva-Salinas C, Wintermark M, Deveber GA. The vascular effects of infection in Pediatric Stroke (VIPS) Study. Journal of child neurology 2011. PMID: 21616922


  116. Kamel H, Johnson DR, Hegde M, Go AS, Sidney S, Sorel M, Hills NK, Johnston SC. Detection of atrial fibrillation after stroke and the risk of recurrent stroke. Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association 2011. PMID: 21546265


  117. Chen AJ, Novakovic-Agopian T, Nycum TJ, Song S, Turner GR, Hills NK, Rome S, Abrams GM, D'Esposito M. Training of goal-directed attention regulation enhances control over neural processing for individuals with brain injury. Brain : a journal of neurology 2011. PMID: 21515904


  118. Shah NA, Hills NK, Waleh N, McCurnin D, Seidner S, Chemtob S, Clyman R. Relationship between circulating platelet counts and ductus arteriosus patency after indomethacin treatment. The Journal of pediatrics 2010. PMID: 21195414


  119. Toossi S, Hess CP, Hills NK, Josephson SA. Neurovascular complications of cocaine use at a tertiary stroke center. Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association 2010. PMID: 20444626


  120. Johnston SC, Sidney S, Hills NK, Grosvenor D, Klingman JG, Bernstein A, Levin E. Standardized discharge orders after stroke: results of the quality improvement in stroke prevention (QUISP) cluster randomized trial. Annals of neurology 2010. PMID: 20437555


  121. Gardner MA, Hills NK, Sidney S, Johnston SC, Fullerton HJ. The 5-year direct medical cost of neonatal and childhood stroke in a population-based cohort. Neurology 2010. PMID: 20054007


  122. Hills NK, Josephson SA, Lyden PD, Johnston SC. Is the NIHSS certification process too lenient? Cerebrovascular diseases (Basel, Switzerland) 2009. PMID: 19295205


  123. Hills NK, Johnston SC. Trends in usage of alternative antiplatelet therapy after stroke and transient ischemic attack. Stroke 2008. PMID: 18323509


  124. Hills NK, Johnston SC. Why are eligible thrombolysis candidates left untreated? American journal of preventive medicine 2006. PMID: 17178305


  125. Ovbiagele B, Hills NK, Saver JL, Johnston SC, California Acute Stroke Prototype Registry Investigators. Are racial differences in antihypertensive responsiveness reflected in usage after stroke? Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association 2006. PMID: 17904085


  126. Ovbiagele B, Hills NK, Saver JL, Johnston SC, California Acute Stroke Prototype Registry Investigators. Frequency and determinants of pneumonia and urinary tract infection during stroke hospitalization. Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association 2006. PMID: 17904077


  127. Josephson SA, Hills NK, Johnston SC. NIH Stroke Scale reliability in ratings from a large sample of clinicians. Cerebrovascular diseases (Basel, Switzerland) 2006. PMID: 16888381


  128. Ovbiagele B, Hills NK, Saver JL, Johnston SC, CASPR Investigators. Lipid assessment and treatment patterns in hospitalized TIA and ischemic stroke patients. Journal of hospital medicine 2006. PMID: 17219502


  129. Hills NK, Johnston SC. Duration of hospital participation in a nationwide stroke registry is associated with improved quality of care. BMC neurology 2006. PMID: 16740167


  130. Ovbiagele B, Hills NK, Saver JL, Johnston SC. Secondary-prevention drug prescription in the very elderly after ischemic stroke or TIA. Neurology 2006. PMID: 16476928


  131. Ovbiagele B, Hills NK, Saver JL, Johnston SC. Antihypertensive medications prescribed at discharge after an acute ischemic cerebrovascular event. Stroke 2005. PMID: 16051895


  132. Moscicki AB, Shiboski S, Hills NK, Powell KJ, Jay N, Hanson EN, Miller S, Canjura-Clayton KL, Farhat S, Broering JM, Darragh TM. Regression of low-grade squamous intra-epithelial lesions in young women. Lancet (London, England) 2004. PMID: 15530628


  133. Straub DM, Hills NK, Thompson PJ, Moscicki AB. Effects of pro- and anti-tobacco advertising on nonsmoking adolescents' intentions to smoke. The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2003. PMID: 12507799


  134. Moscicki AB, Hills N, Shiboski S, Powell K, Jay N, Hanson E, Miller S, Clayton L, Farhat S, Broering J, Darragh T, Palefsky J. Risks for incident human papillomavirus infection and low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion development in young females. JAMA 2001. PMID: 11410098


  135. Nakagawa M, Stites DP, Patel S, Farhat S, Scott M, Hills NK, Palefsky JM, Moscicki AB. Persistence of human papillomavirus type 16 infection is associated with lack of cytotoxic T lymphocyte response to the E6 antigens. The Journal of infectious diseases 2000. PMID: 10915094


  136. Moscicki AB, Hills NK, Shiboski S, Darragh TM, Jay N, Powell K, Hanson E, Miller SB, Farhat S, Palefsky J. Risk factors for abnormal anal cytology in young heterosexual women. Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 1999. PMID: 10067816