Alan Hinderliter, MD
Enriched profileHenry A. Foscue Distinguished Professor of Medicine; Director, UNC Hospitals Echocardiography Laboratory · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
Alan Hinderliter is Henry A. Foscue Distinguished Professor of Medicine; Director, UNC Hospitals Echocardiography Laboratory at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. OpenAlex indexes 449 publications with 20,684 citations (h-index 62); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 1 registered study with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 10% of Cardiovascular Disease profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
Data verified 11 Oct 2026
Overview
Updated 14 Oct 2026
Alan Hinderliter, MD, is Henry A. Foscue Distinguished Professor of Medicine at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. The public record shows 449 publications with 20,684 citations (h-index 62), centered on Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies, Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention, Cardiac Health and Mental Health. It also documents an investigator role on 1 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 6 companies, 1 NIH-funded awards (1998–2008).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · The Journal of infectious diseases
- Top research focus: Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- 1 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 6 companies
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Indications focus
from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
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trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 3 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 222.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
The practice address and phone this provider lists in the federal NPPES (CMS) registry.
Practice address
Telephone
Practice address and telephone from the federal NPPES registry.
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Updated 14 Oct 2026
Listed as an investigator on 1 registered study on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Stress Management and Biomarkers of Risk in Cardiac Rehabilitation
Sponsor: Duke University
Industry payments
Updated 14 Oct 2026
6 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2022–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Edwards Lifesciences CorporationProgram year20251 payment
- AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LPProgram year20247 payments
- Biosense Webster, Inc.Program year20241 payment
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.
Cardiovascular
85.6%Beta blocker14.7%Carvedilol41%Metoprolol Succinate37%Metoprolol Tartrate22%Part D≥22 patientsCalcium channel blocker14.3%Amlodipine Besylate90%Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)11%Part D<11 patients+ 10 more classes in this area
Blood & clotting
12.9%Factor Xa inhibitor9.8%Eliquis77%Xarelto24%Part D<11 patientsP2Y12 inhibitor3.1%Clopidogrel100%Part D<11 patientsMetabolism & gastrointestinal
1.5%SGLT2 inhibitor1.5%Jardiance100%Part D<11 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.
NIH funding
Updated 14 Oct 2026
1 NIH research award on record, funded 1998–2008 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- UNC CARDIORENAL CLINIC RESPOSITORY FOR STORED SAMPLES
Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill
FY2008$4,515M01RR000046 - UNC CARDIORENAL CLINIC RESPOSITORY FOR STORED SAMPLES
Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill
FY2007$5,440M01RR000046
Publications
Updated 14 Oct 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Mitochondrial Haplogroups and Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in People Living With and Without HIV.
The Journal of infectious diseases
Article2026 - Incidence of Elevated Inpatient Blood Pressure and Hypertensive Emergencies.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex.
Letter2026 - Lifestyle Interventions Reduce the Need for Guideline-Directed Antihypertensive Medication.
American journal of hypertension
Clinical Trial2021
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)- 01
- 02
- 03Exercise and Pharmacotherapy in the Treatment of Major Depressive DisorderArticle1,018 citations2007
- 04
- 05Echocardiographic predictors of adverse outcomes in primary pulmonary hypertensionArticle828 citations2002
Network
Updated 14 Oct 2026
The people this person publishes with most, by number of co-authored papers. Names link to their own profile when we have one.
Background & recognition
Updated 14 Oct 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Education
degrees and training on record- MD
Washington University, St. Louis, MO
verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →med.unc.edu ↗
Awards & honors
honors on the public record- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →med.unc.edu ↗
Media & interviews
press, podcasts and appearances- Medicine Grand Rounds with Rick Stouffer
MD: Renal Denervation for the Treatment of Hypertension (UNC Department of Medicine)
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →med.unc.edu ↗
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