Jarett Berry, MD

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Professor and Chair

Department: Internal Medicine

Degrees

  • 1997 BS Biology, Baylor University
  • 2002 MD Medicine, UT Southwestern
  • 2008 MS Clinical Investigation, Northwestern University

Postdoctoral Training

  • 2002-2004 Resident Internal Medicine UT Southwestern
  • 2004-2008 Post-Doctoral fellow, Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Northwestern University
  • 2005-2008 Cardiology Fellow, Cardiovascular Medicine, Northwestern University

Biography

Jarett D. Berry, MD, is the Roosth Distinguished Professor in Clinical Research and Professor and Chairman of Medicine at UT Tyler School of Medicine. Prior to moving to UT Tyler School of Medicine, Dr. Berry served as the PI of the Dallas Heart Study.  He leads an NIH-funded program of research as a cardiovascular epidemiologist with a focus on the prevention of cardiovascular disease across the lifespan. He currently serves as an Associate Editor for Circulation.

  • Berry JD, Liu K, Lewis CE, Shea SJ, Folsom A, Sidney S, Burke G, O'Leary DH, Chan C, Lloyd-Jones DM.  Prevalence and progression of subclinical atherosclerosis in young adults with low short-term risk but high lifetime risk:  Findings from the CARDIA and MESA studies Circulation 2009;119(3):382-9 PMID: 19139385.
  • Berry JD, Willis B, Gupta S, Barlow CE, Lakoski SG, Khera A, Rohatgi A, de Lemos JA, Haskell W, Lloyd-Jones DM. Lifetime risks for cardiovascular disease mortality by cardiorespiratory fitness levels measured at ages 45, 55, and 65 years in men. The Cooper Center Longitudinal Study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011;57(15):1604-10 PMID: 21474041.
  • Gupta, S, Rohatgi A, Ayers CR, Willis B, Haskell W, Khera A, Drazner MH, de Lemos JA, Berry JD.  Cardiorespiratory fitness and classification of risk of cardiovascular disease mortality. Circulation 2011; 123:1377-83. PMID: 21422392.
  • Berry JD, Dyer A, Cai X, Garside DB, Thomas A, Greenland P, Van Horn L, Tracy RP, Lloyd-Jones DM.  Lifetime Risks For Cardiovascular Disease.  New England Journal of Medicine 2012; 366:  321-330. PMID: 22276822.
  • Vigen R, Ayers C, Willis B, DeFina L, Berry JD.  Association of cardiorespiratory fitness with total, cardiovascular, and non-cardiovascular mortality across three decades of follow-up in men and women.  Circulation:  Cardiovascular Quality   and Outcomes 2012: 5:358-64. PMID: 22474246.
  • Bachmann J, Willis BW, Ayers CR, Khera A, Berry JD.  Association between family history and coronary heart disease death across long-term follow-up in men: the Cooper Center Longitudinal Study.  Circulation 2012; 3092-3098. PMID: 22623718.
  • Willis BL, Gao A, Leonard D, DeFina L, Berry JD.  Midlife fitness and the development of chronic conditions in later life.  Archives of Internal Medicine 2012; 172:1333-1340. PMID: 22928178.
  • Gawron A, Hou L, Ning H, Berry JD, Lloyd-Jones DM Lifetime risk for cancer death by sex and smoking status: the lifetime risk pooling project.  Cancer Causes Control. 2012;23:1729-37. PMID: 22825072.
  • DeFina LF, Willis B, Radford NB, Gao A, Leonard D, Haskell W, Weiner M, Berry JD.  The Association of Mid-Life Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Dementia in Later Life.  Annals of Internal Medicine 2013; 158(3):162-8.
  • Wickramasinghe CD, Ayers CR, Das S, de Lemos JA, Willis BL, Berry JD. 
    Prediction of 30-Year Risk for Cardiovascular Mortality by Fitness and Risk Factor Levels: The Cooper Center Longitudinal Study. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2014;7(4):597-602. PMID: 24987054.
  • Pandey A, Garg S, Khunger M, Darden D, Ayers C, Kumbhani DJ, Mayo HG, de Lemos JA, Berry JD. Dose-Response Relationship Between Physical Activity and Risk of Heart Failure: A Meta-Analysis.  Circulation. 2015;132(19):1786-94
    PMID: 26438781.
  • Pandey A, Garg S, Khunger M, Garg S, Kumbhani DJ, Chin KM, Berry JD.
    Efficacy and Safety of Exercise Training in Chronic Pulmonary Hypertension: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.  Circ Heart Fail. 2015;8(6):1032-43
    PMID: 26185169.
  • Lakoski SG, Willis BL, Barlow CE, Leonard D, Gao A, Radford NB, Farrell SW, Douglas PS, Berry JD, DeFina LF, Jones LW.Midlife Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Incident Cancer, and Survival After Cancer in Men: The Cooper Center Longitudinal Study.  JAMA Oncol 2015;1(2):231-7 PMID: 26181028.
  • Willis BL, DeFina LF, Bachmann JM, Franzini L, Shay CM, Gao A, Leonard D, Berry JD.  Association of Ideal Cardiovascular Health and Long-term Healthcare Costs.
    Am J Prev Med. 2015;49(5):678-85. PMID: 26141912.
  • Bachmann JM, DeFina LF, Franzini L, Gao A, Leonard DS, Cooper KH, Berry JD, Willis BL.  Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Middle Age and Health Care Costs in Later Life.  J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015;66(17):1876-85 PMID: 26493659.
  • Garg S, de Lemos JA, Ayers C, Khouri MG, Pandey A, Berry JD, Peshock RM, Drazner MH.  Association of a 4-Tiered Classification of LV Hypertrophy With Adverse CV Outcomes in the General Population.  JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2015; 8(9):1034-41 PMID: 26298074.
  • Pandey A, Ayers C, Blair SN, Swift DL, Earnest CP, Kitzman DW, Khera A, Church TS, Berry JD. Cardiac determinants of heterogeneity in fitness change in response to moderate intensity aerobic exercise training: the DREW study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015;65(10):1057-8 PMID: 25766955.
  • Pandey A, Swift DL, McGuire DK, Ayers CR, Neeland IJ, Blair SN, Johannsen N, Earnest CP, Church TS, Berry JD. Metabolic Effects of Exercise Training Among Fitness-Nonresponsive Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: The HART-D Study. Diabetes Care. 2015;38(8):1494-501. PMID: 26084342.
  • Pandey A, LaMonte M, Klein L, Ayers C, Psaty BM, Eaton CB, Allen NB, de Lemos JA, Carnethon M, Greenland P, Berry JD.  Relationship Between Physical Activity, Body Mass Index, and Risk of Heart Failure. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017 69(9):1129-1142.
  • Pandey A, Allen NB, Ayers C, Reis JP, Moreira HT, Sidney S, Rana JS, Jacobs DR Jr, Chow LS, de Lemos JA, Carnethon M, Berry JD. Fitness in Young Adulthood and Long-Term Cardiac Structure and Function: The CARDIA Study. JACC Heart Fail. 2017;5(5):347-355.
  • Khera R, Pandey A, Ayers CR, Agusala V, Pruitt SL, Halm EA, Drazner MH, Das SR, de Lemos JA, Berry JD. Contemporary Epidemiology of Heart Failure in Fee-For-Service Medicare Beneficiaries Across Healthcare Settings. Circ Heart Fail. 2017 Nov;10(11). pii: e004402.
  • Pandey A, Omar W, Ayers C, LaMonte M, Klein L, Allen N, Kuller LH, Greenland P, Eaton C, Gottdiener JS, Lloyd-Jones D, Berry JD. Sex and Race Differences in Lifetime Risk of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction and Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction. Circulation 2018;137(17):1814-1823.
  • Pandey A , Keshvani N , Ayers A , Correa A, Drazner M , Lewis A , Rodriguez C, Hall M, Fox E, Mentz R, deFilippi C , Seliger S, Ballantyne C, Neeland I, de Lemos J, Berry JD.  Cardiac Injury, Malignant left ventricular hypertrophy, and risk of heart failure in African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study JAMA Cardiol 2019; 4(1):51-58.
  • Berry JD, Mehta A, Lin K, Ayers CR, Carroll T, Pandey A, Garside DB, Daviglus ML, Yuan C, Lloyd-Jones DM.  Association of Long-Term Risk Factor Levels With Carotid Atherosclerosis: The Chicago Healthy Aging Magnetic Resonance Imaging Plaque Study (CHAMPS).  Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2019 Sep;12(9):e009226.
  • Pandey A, Patel KV, Bahnson JL, Gaussoin SA, Martin CK, Balasubramanyam A, Johnson KC, McGuire DK, Bertoni AG, Kitzman D, Berry JD; Look AHEAD research group.  Association of Intensive Lifestyle Intervention, Fitness and Body Mass Index with Risk of Heart Failure in Overweight or Obese Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: An Analysis from the Look AHEAD Trial. Circulation. 2020; 141(16):1295-1306.  
  • Berry JD, Nambi V, Ambrosius WT, Chen H, Killeen A, Taylor A, Toto RD, Soliman EZ, McEvoy JW, Pandey A, Joshi PH, Blankenberg S, Kitzman DW, Ballantyne CW, de Lemos JA.  Associations of high sensitivity troponin and natriuretic peptide levels with outcomes after intensive blood pressure lowering: findings from SPRINT.  JAMA Cardiology (e-pub, online) 2021 Sep 1;e213187.
  • Ascher SB, de Lemos JA, Lee M, Wu E, Soliman EZ, Neeland IJ, Kitzman D, Ballantyne CM, Nambi V, Killeen AA, Ix JH, Shlipak MG, Berry JD.  Intensive Blood Pressure Lowering in Patients with Malignant Left Ventricular Hypertrophy.  J Am Coll Cardiol 2022; 80 (16: 1516-1525)
  • Berry JD, Chen H, Nambi V, Ambrosius WT, Ascher SB, Shlipak MG, Ix JH, Gupta R, Killeen A, Toto RD, Ditzman DW, Ballantyne CM, and de Lemos JA.  Effect of intensive blood pressure control on troponin and natriuretic peptide levels:  findings from SPRINT.  Circulation 2023; 147(4) 310-323.