Soma Wali

Title(s)Professor of Clinical , Medicine
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    University of California, Los Angeles, Los AngelesBS5/22/19Biology and Psychology
    University of Ilinois, College of Medicine in Chicago, Chicago, IllinoisMD6/3/199Medical Degree
    UCLA-SFVP Internal Medicine, Los Angeles, CAResidency in Internal Medicine6/1997Internal Medicine Residency Training
    UCLA SFVP Internal Medicine Residency Program, Los Angeles, CAChief Residency6/1998Chief Residency in Internal Medicine
    University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CAFellowship Training6/2001Fellowship in Medical Education
    University of California, Anderson School of Management, Los Angeles, CAHealth Care Executive Program6/2004Health Care Executive Training
    Stanford School of Medicine, Pala Alto, CAFaculty Development Program10/2006Faculty Development Training in Clinical Teaching

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    1. Low-Income Participants' Preference Between Financial Incentives for Behavioral Goals vs Weight Loss Targets and Associations With Behavioral Goal Adherence. Am J Health Promot. 2024 Nov; 38(8):1217-1228. Adhiyaman A, Jay M, Chung UYR, Gronda AN, Tseng CH, Wylie-Rosett J, Wittleder S, Wali S, Ladapo JA, Orstad SL. PMID: 38748662.
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    2. Community and Healthcare Perspectives on Implementing Hypertension Interventions for a Multiethnic Safety-Net Population. Ethn Dis. 2023 Dec; DECIPHeR(Spec Issue):68-80. Sandesara UN, Carson SL, Dopp A, Perez LG, Sadia A, Wali S, Park NJ, Casillas A, Kim G, Morales MG, Ntekume E, Song S, Gandhi P, Wafford T, Brown AF. PMID: 38846736.
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    3. Statin use for cardiovascular disease prevention: perceptions among people living with HIV in the United States. BMC Prim Care. 2024 Apr 17; 25(1):116. Ogunbajo A, Todd I, Zajdman D, Anderson A, Wali S, Diamant A, Ladapo JA, Ober AJ. PMID: 38632550; PMCID: PMC11022377.
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    4. Cost-effectiveness of goal-directed and outcome-based financial incentives for weight loss in low-income populations: the FIReWoRk randomized clinical trial. Int J Obes (Lond). 2024 Feb; 48(2):231-239. Ladapo JA, Orstad SL, Wylie-Rosett J, Tseng CH, Chung UYR, Patel NR, Shu SB, Goldstein NJ, Wali S, Jay M. PMID: 37919433.
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    5. Goal-directed versus outcome-based financial incentives for smoking cessation among low-income, hospitalised patients: rationale and design of the Financial Incentives for Smoking Treatment II (FIESTA II) randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2023 09 29; 13(9):e074354. Wali S, Gaitonde A, Sherman S, Min N, Pesantes A, Bidgoli A, Shirley A, Tseng CH, Ladapo J. PMID: 37775282; PMCID: PMC10546144.
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    6. Promotore-Led Versus Registered Nurse-Led Diabetes Self-Management Education in Mexican Americans: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Sci Diabetes Self Manag Care. 2023 10; 49(5):374-383. Kopelowicz A, Wali S, Polzin R, Ruiz ME, Nandy K. PMID: 37593833.
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    7. Demonstrating Clinician Educator Value. J Grad Med Educ. 2023 06; 15(3):383-384. Marcdante K, Wali S, Wilkerson L, Simpson D. PMID: 37363654; PMCID: PMC10286926.
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    8. Improving Self-management of Type 2 Diabetes in Latinx Patients: Protocol for a Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial Involving Community Health Workers, Registered Nurses, and Family Members. JMIR Res Protoc. 2023 Jan 16; 12:e44793. Kopelowicz A, Nandy K, Ruiz ME, Polzin R, Kurator K, Wali S. PMID: 36645708; PMCID: PMC9887518.
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    9. Effectiveness of Goal-Directed and Outcome-Based Financial Incentives for Weight Loss in Primary Care Patients With Obesity Living in Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Neighborhoods: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2023 01 01; 183(1):61-69. Ladapo JA, Orstad SL, Wali S, Wylie-Rosett J, Tseng CH, Chung UYR, Cuevas MA, Hernandez C, Parraga S, Ponce R, Sweat V, Wittleder S, Wallach AB, Shu SB, Goldstein NJ, Jay M. PMID: 36469353; PMCID: PMC9857219.
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    10. The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Disparities Elimination through Coordinated Interventions to Prevent and Control Heart and Lung Disease Alliance. Health Serv Res. 2022 06; 57 Suppl 1:20-31. Kho A, Daumit GL, Truesdale KP, Brown A, Kilbourne AM, Ladapo J, Wali S, Cicutto L, Matthews AK, Smith JD, Davis PD, Schoenthaler A, Ogedegbe G, Islam N, Mills KT, He J, Watson KS, Winn RA, Stevens J, Huebschmann AG, Szefler SJ. PMID: 35383917; PMCID: PMC9108215.
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    11. Factors affecting statin uptake among people living with HIV: primary care provider perspectives. BMC Fam Pract. 2021 10 30; 22(1):215. Ober AJ, Takada S, Zajdman D, Todd I, Horwich T, Anderson A, Wali S, Ladapo JA. PMID: 34717560; PMCID: PMC8556944.
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    12. Ethnic Disparities in Diabetes. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 2021 09; 50(3):475-490. Mikhail N, Wali S, Brown AF. PMID: 34399957.
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    13. Patient-Reported Reasons for Not Using Primary Prevention Statin Therapy. J Clin Med. 2020 Oct 18; 9(10). DeWitt CM, Ponce RB, Bry H, Wali S, Sedlander E, Ladapo JA. PMID: 33080939; PMCID: PMC7603153.
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    14. Reducing cardiovascular risk among people living with HIV: Rationale and design of the INcreasing Statin Prescribing in HIV Behavioral Economics REsearch (INSPIRE) randomized controlled trial. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2020 Mar - Apr; 63(2):109-117. Takada S, Ober AJ, Currier JS, Goldstein NJ, Horwich TB, Mittman BS, Shu SB, Tseng CH, Vijayan T, Wali S, Cunningham WE, Ladapo JA. PMID: 32084445; PMCID: PMC8670826.
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    15. Creating value for communities: Los Angeles County's investment in Housing for Health. Healthc (Amst). 2020 Mar; 8(1):100387. Gupta R, Ghaly M, Todoroff C, Wali S. PMID: 32001247.
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    16. High-Value Care Culture Among the Future Physician Workforce in Internal Medicine. Acad Med. 2019 09; 94(9):1347-1354. Gupta R, Steers N, Moriates C, Wali S, Braddock CH, Ong M. PMID: 31460932.
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    17. Goal-directed versus outcome-based financial incentives for weight loss among low-income patients with obesity: rationale and design of the Financial Incentives foR Weight Reduction (FIReWoRk) randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2019 04 08; 9(4):e025278. Jay M, Orstad SL, Wali S, Wylie-Rosett J, Tseng CH, Sweat V, Wittleder S, Shu SB, Goldstein NJ, Ladapo JA. PMID: 30962231; PMCID: PMC6500238.
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    18. The Role of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in the Treatment of Chronic Total Occlusions: Rationale and Review of the Literature. Curr Vasc Pharmacol. 2019; 17(3):278-290. Agrawal H, Lange RA, Montanez R, Wali S, Mohammad KO, Kar S, Teleb M, Mukherjee D. PMID: 29345588.
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    19. Initial Experience of a Primary Urgent Care Clinic Curriculum and Subspecialty Lectureship Series Implementation in a Los Angeles County Hospital. South Med J. 2017 05; 110(5):325-329. Agrawal H, Martinez A, Volkmann ER, Melamed O, Wali S. PMID: 28464172.
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    20. A purple rash. Lancet. 2011 Oct 22; 378(9801):1526. Cheng HG, Gomez C, Khan S, Wali S. PMID: 22018013.
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    21. Cost-effectiveness of a hospitalist service in a public teaching hospital. Acad Med. 2010 Aug; 85(8):1312-5. Lundberg S, Balingit P, Wali S, Cope D. PMID: 20671457.
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    22. Burkitt lymphoma presenting with hypercalcemic emergency. South Med J. 2008 May; 101(5):565. Mikhail N, Pirouz S, Borneo HT, Kim A, Kim D, Feldman N, Miller J, Lovato L, Heinze E, Wali S, Cope D. PMID: 18414169.
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    23. UCLA mobile clinic project. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2007 Nov; 18(4):744-8. Hastings J, Zulman D, Wali S. PMID: 17982203.
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    24. Effect of inhaled insulin on fasting and postprandial plasma glucose. Ann Intern Med. 2007 Jun 05; 146(11):821; author reply 821-2. Mikhail NE, Wali S, Cope D. PMID: 17548418.
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    25. Attaining resident duty hours compliance: the acute care nurse practitioners program at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center. Acad Med. 2006 Dec; 81(12):1021-5. Lundberg S, Wali S, Thomas P, Cope D. PMID: 17122462.
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    26. Treatment of severe hypertriglyceridemia in nondiabetic patients with insulin. Am J Emerg Med. 2005 May; 23(3):415-7. Mikhail N, Trivedi K, Page C, Wali S, Cope D. PMID: 15915436.
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    27. Use of alternative medicine among Hispanics. J Altern Complement Med. 2004 Oct; 10(5):851-9. Mikhail N, Wali S, Ziment I. PMID: 15650475.
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    28. Insulin combination therapy in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Ann Intern Med. 2004 Apr 20; 140(8):666-7; author reply 667. Mikhail N, Wali S. PMID: 15096347.
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    29. Thiazolidinedione-associated congestive heart failure and pulmonary edema. Mayo Clin Proc. 2004 Apr; 79(4):571-2; author reply 575-7. Mikhail NE, Wali S, Cope D. PMID: 15065626.
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