Howard K. Koh, MD, MPH

Koh, HK, Elqura, LJ, Judge, CM, Jacob, JP, Williams, AE, Crowther, MS, Serino, RA, and JA Auerbach. (2008)Implementing the Cities Readiness Initiative: Lessons Learned from Boston. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. Vol 2. No. 1 pp.40-49>

Koh HK, Elqura LJ, Judge CM, Stoto MA. Regionalization of Local Public Health Systems in the Era of Preparedness. Annu Rev Public Health. 2008 Apr 21;29:205-18.

Koh H, Geller A:  Cancer Prevention: Preventing Tobacco-Related Cancers. in Cancer:  Principles and Practice of Oncology 7th Edition, in DeVita V, Hellman S, Rosenberg S, Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, New York. (In Press, 2005).

Koh HK, Judge CM, Robbins H, Celebucki CC, Walker DK, Connolly GN. The first decade of the Massachusetts tobacco control program. Public Health Rep.  (In press, 2005).

O'Connell JJ, Mattison S, Judge CM, Allen HJ, Koh HK. A public health approach to reducing morbidity and mortality among homeless people in Boston. J Public Health Manag Pract.  (In press, 2005).

Koh HK, Judge CM, Ferrer B, Gershman S. Using public health data systems to understand and eliminate cancer disparities. Cancer Causes Control. 2005;16:15-26.

Koh H, Geller A.  Skin Cancer Prevention Comes of Age.  American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Dec 2004; Vol:27: 484-485.

Zhang Z, BB Cohen, Koh, HK: "Use of State Vital Registry Records to Develop a Surname list to Identify Persons of Chinese Ancestry for a Population Based Health Survey".  Abstract, American College of Epidemiology, Boston, MA.  2004.

Fiore MC, Croyle RT, Curry SJ, Cutler CM, Davis RM, Gordon C, Healton C, Koh HK, Orleans CT, Richling DE, Satcher D, Seffrin J, Williams C, Willims LN, Keller PA, Baker TB: Preventing 3 Million Premature Deaths, Helping 5 Million Smokers Quit: A National Action Plan for Tobacco Cessation: American Journal of Public Health, Feb 2004; 94: 205-210.

Chiller, K, Washington C, Sober A, Koh H: Cancer of the Skin.  Chapter 73:497-503. 6th Edition, Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine Kasper D ed McGraw-Hill, New York, 2004

Koh HK: A Passion for Public Health. (Interview).  Eliminating Health Disparities: Conversations with Asian Americans. ETR Associates, Santa Cruz, California, pp. 64-71, 2004.

Koh H, Tavares B, Pavlos C: Human Rights from a U.S. State Health Department Perspective. Health and Human Rights 7: 167-174, 2003

Koh, H., Walker, DK: The Role of State Health Agencies in Cancer Prevention and Control: Lessons Learned from Massachusetts. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention 12(3):261S-268S, 2003

Geller A, Miller D, Annas G, Demierre MF, Gilchrest B, Koh H: Melanoma Incidence and Mortality Among U.S. Whites (1969-1999). Journal of the American Medical Association 288: 1719-1720, 2002

Koh H: Accomplishments of the Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program. Tobacco Control 11 Suppl. 2: ii1-3, 2002

Koh HK, Geller AC, Lew RA: Melanoma. In Kramer B, Gohagan J Prorok P, (eds) Cancer Screening: Theory and Practice. Marcel Dekker, New York,: 379-408, 1999.

Koh H: The End of The "Tobacco and Cancer" Century. Journal of The National Cancer Institute 91:660-661, 1999.

Koh H, editor: Melanoma Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America, WB Saunders, 1998

Koh H: Remarks by Commissioner Howard K Koh MD MPH, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Installation Ceremony October 15, 1997. Asian American and Pacific Islander Journal of Health 5:86-88, 1997

Koh H, Bak S, Geller A, Mangione T, Hingson R, Levenson S, Miller D, Lew R, Howland J: Sunbathing Habits and Sunscreen Use Among White Adults: Results of a National Survey. American Journal of Public Health 87:1214-1217, 1997

Chen M, Koh H: The Need for Cancer Prevention and Control Among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Asian American and Pacific Islander Journal of Health 5:3-6, 1997

Goldsmith L, Koh H, Bewerse B, Reilley B, Wyatt S, Bergfeld W, Geller A, Walters P: Full Proceedings from the National Conference to Develop a National Skin Cancer Agenda. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 35:748-56, 1996

Koh H: An Analysis of the Successful 1992 Massachusetts Tobacco Tax Initiative. Tobacco Control 5:220-225, 1996

Koh H, Sun T, Zhang YQ: Cancer in Asian American and Pacific Islander Populations. Asian American and Pacific Islander Journal of Health 4:121-124, 1996

Geller A, Miller D, Lew R, Clapp R, Wenneker M, Koh H: Cutaneous Melanoma Among the Socioeconomically Disadvantaged in Massachusetts. American Journal of Public Health 86:538-543, 1996

Koh H, Foss F: Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma. Hematology-Oncology Clinics of North America WB Saunders, Volume 9, Number 5, 1995 (October)

Koh H, Geller A, Miller D, Davis B, Lew R: Skin Cancer: Prevention and Control. Chapter 32 pp 611 - 640 in The Science and Practice of Cancer Prevention and Control, Greenwald P, Kramer B, Weed D eds Marcel Dekker, New York 1995

Koh H, Miller D, Geller A, Clapp R, Mercer MB, Lew R: Who Discovers Melanoma? Patterns From a Population-Based Survey. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 26:914-919, 1992.

Geller A, Koh H, Miller D, Clapp R, Mercer MB, Lew R: Use of Health Services Before the Diagnosis of Melanoma: Implications for Early Detection and Screening. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 7:154-157, 1992.

Geller A, Koh H, Miller D, Mercer MB, Lew R: Death Rates of Malignant Melanoma Among White Men - the United States, 1973-1988. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports 41:20-27, 1992

Koh H, Geller A, Miller D, Lew R: Chapter 2. Screening for Melanoma/Skin Cancer in the United States, in Cancer Screening, Miller AB, Chamberlain J, Day N, Hakama M, Prorok C eds. pgs 267-278 Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1991

Koh H: Cutaneous Melanoma. N England Journal of Medicine 1991;325:171-182

Koh H, Sober A, Day C, Lew R, Kopf A, Lamar W, Cosimi A, Wood W, Mihm M, Malt R and Fitzpatrick T: Prognosis of Clinical Stage I Melanoma Patients with Positive Elective Regional Node Dissections. Journal of Clinical Oncology 4:1238, 1986

Koh H, Michalik E, Sober A Lew R, Day C, Clark W Mihm M, Kopf A, Blois M and Fitzpatrick T: Lentigo Maligna Melanoma Has No Better Prognosis Than Other Types of Melanoma. Journal of Clinical Oncology 2:994, 1984