Runner-Up Winner in Real Simple Magazine’s 2015 Life Lessons Essay Contest:
“How a Patient Renewed My Faith in Medicine,” by Yasmine S. Ali, MD
Selected Digital Publications:
“How to Visit the Vet Safely in the COVID-19 Era.” AKC Gazette 4/16/2020.
“How to Socialize Your Puppy During Times of Social Distancing.” AKC Gazette 4/1/2020.
“How to Prevent Obesity.” Verywell Health 2/13/2020.
“How to Fix a Sedentary Lifestyle.” Verywell Health 1/6/2020.
“Can Urban Design Help Solve the Obesity Crisis?” Verywell Health 12/4/2019.
“Exercise: The Magic Pill.” Verywell Health 6/24/2019.
“New Evidence: MRI Scans Safe for Patients With Cardiac Devices.” MCG Health Blog 11/6/2018.
“Hypertension Redefined.” MCG Health Blog 2/1/2018.
Other Essays and Editorials:
“Heart to Heart: How Pets Boost Our Heart Health.” Nashville Paw Magazine. August 2014.
“The 5% That Could Save Your Life.” Published in The Ultimate Health Guide. Nuzest (Australia). 2013.
“Prevention Is No. 1 Weapon Against Women’s Heart Disease.” The Tennessean. February 2012. (reprint in The News-Democrat, Feb. 2012.)
“Truly Meaningful Medicine.” Tennessee Medicine: Journal of the Tennessee Medical Association. 2011.
“Heart Disease in Women: A Call to Action.” The Tennessean. February 2009.
“My Anatomy Partner Was a Dominican Nun.” (Honorable mention, nonfiction.) Vanderbilt University Medical Center House Organ. July 2001.
“Blue Haze.” Tennessee Medicine: Journal of the Tennessee Medical Association. 2000.
Selected Scientific Publications:
Ali YS. What Physicians Need to Know About Obesity Medications and Side Effects. MD Magazine. May 31, 2017. Available online.
Ali YS. Lipoprotein(a). Medscape Reference. Updated April 1, 2014.
Ali YS, Rembold KE, Wills MB, et al. Clinical significance of mobile carotid echoes. University of Virginia Journal of Medicine. 2008 Oct;4:29-34.
Ali YS, Linton MF, Fazio S. Targeting cardiovascular risk in patients with diabetes: management of dyslipidemia. Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity. 2008 Apr;15:142-6.
Ali YS and Maron DJ. Screening for coronary disease in diabetes: when and how. Clinical Diabetes. 2006;24:169-173.
Ali YS, Rembold KE, Weaver B, et al. Prediction of major adverse cardiovascular events by age-normalized carotid intimal medial thickness. Atherosclerosis. 2006;187:186-190.
Ali YS, Daamen, N, Jacob G, et al. Orthostatic intolerance: a disorder of young women. Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey. 2000;55:251-259.
Jordan J, Shannon JR, Black BK, Ali YS, et al. The pressor response to water drinking in humans: a sympathetic reflex? Circulation. 2000;101:504-509.