Ahmad Aref is an Ophthalmology physician affiliated with University of Illinois Chicago. OpenAlex indexes 114 publications with 1,856 citations (h-index 23); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 5 registered studies matched to this name.
Overview
Scholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index, productivity × impact (OpenAlex).
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
The practice address and phone this provider lists in the federal NPPES (CMS) registry.
Practice address
1855 W Taylor St
Suite 3.171
Chicago, IL 606127242
Telephone
312-996-7030Registry record last updated 22 Aug 2013.
Clinical trials
- Ultraslow SWL Versus Slow SWL for Ureteric Stones With High Attenuation Value
Sponsor: Cairo University
- Ultraslow SWL Versus Slow SWL for Renal Stones With High Attenuation Value
Sponsor: Cairo University
- Ultraslow Full-power SWL Versus Slow Power-ramping SWL in Stones With High Attenuation Value
Sponsor: Cairo University
Registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov where the overall official or a site investigator name-matches this physician, confirmed against known institution/geography. Latest few shown; the full list is part of the full profile.
Industry payments
16 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Alcon Vision LLCProgram year202530 payments$26,908openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- NEW WORLD MEDICAL,INC.Program year20253 payments
- Johnson & Johnson Surgical Vision, Inc.Program year20251 payment
Payment records matched to this physician's NPI in CMS Open Payments, program years 2021 onward.
Medicare prescribing footprint (2024)
The drugs this prescriber writes for Medicare patients, grouped by drug class and therapeutic area. Every percentage is a share of their total prescribing, so you can see what they prescribe most. These are proportions, not patient counts or dollar amounts. No condition is inferred: the claims record what was prescribed, never why.
Sensory organs
86.7%Prostaglandin Analog29.7%Latanoprost86%Lumigan6%Travoprost5%Tafluprost2%Part D<11 patientsCarbonic Anhydrase Inhibitor29.2%Dorzolamide-Timolol45%Dorzolamide Hcl30%Acetazolamide16%Acetazolamide Er4%Brinzolamide3%Simbrinza2%Part D≥241 patients+ 8 more classes in this area
Cardiovascular
7.6%Beta blocker7.6%Timolol Maleate97%Carteolol Hcl3%Part D<11 patientsMusculoskeletal
2.1%Cyclooxygenase Inhibitor2.1%Ketorolac Tromethamine100%Part D≥81 patients
Drug classes come from the WHO ATC and U.S. National Library of Medicine (RxClass) classifications; prescribing counts come from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers file. Each drug is counted once, under its primary class. Medicare fee-for-service only, so no Medicare Advantage, commercial, or pediatric prescribing is included. CMS publishes this data about 17 months after the fact.
Publications
Matched to this physician's OpenAlex author record; most-cited works shown first.
- Sustained Release Therapies with the Prostaglandin Analogues Intracameral Implants
Ophthalmology and Therapy
2024 - Topical netarsudil for treatment of glaucoma with elevated episcleral venous pressure: A pilot investigation in sturge-weber syndrome
European Journal of Ophthalmology
2023 - Microinvasive glaucoma surgeries: critical summary of clinical trial data with and without phacoemulsification
Current Opinion in Ophthalmology
2022
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