Alexander Opotowsky, MD, MPH
Enriched profileDirector, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program; Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics · Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Alexander Opotowsky is Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program; Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. OpenAlex indexes 357 publications with 9,503 citations (h-index 59); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 1 registered study with this person as an investigator.
Data verified 10 Oct 2026
Overview
Updated 13 Oct 2026
Alexander Opotowsky, MD, MPH, is Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. The public record shows 357 publications with 9,503 citations (h-index 59), centered on Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments, Cardiovascular and Diving-Related Complications. It also documents an investigator role on 1 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 4 companies, 1 NIH-funded awards (2020–2023).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Journal of the American Heart Association
- Top research focus: Congenital Heart Disease Studies
- 1 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 4 companies
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Indications focus
from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
OpenAlex concept fingerprintDrugs & molecules
across trials, industry payments and publicationsWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 23 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 143.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
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Clinical trials
Updated 13 Oct 2026
Listed as an investigator on 1 registered study on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation for Adolescents and Adults With Congenital Heart Disease
Sponsor: Boston Children's Hospital
Industry payments
Updated 13 Oct 2026
4 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Medtronic, Inc.Program year20251 payment
- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.Program year20251 payment
- Abbott LaboratoriesProgram year20231 payment
NIH funding
Updated 13 Oct 2026
1 NIH research award on record, funded 2020–2023 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Accelerating research to advance care for adults with congenital heart disease through development of validated scalable computational phenotypes
Cincinnati Childrens Hosp Med Ctr
FY2023$493,772R01HL151604 - Accelerating research to advance care for adults with congenital heart disease through development of validated scalable computational phenotypes
Cincinnati Childrens Hosp Med Ctr
FY2022$678,400R01HL151604 - Accelerating research to advance care for adults with congenital heart disease through development of validated scalable computational phenotypes
Cincinnati Childrens Hosp Med Ctr
FY2021$738,379R01HL151604
Publications
Updated 13 Oct 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Prescription Patterns of Cardiovascular Medications in the Adolescent and Adult Population With Fontan Circulation-A Report From the Multicenter Single Ventricle Outcomes Network.
Journal of the American Heart Association
Article2026 - Rare KDR Variants Define a Distinct Genetic Contribution to Congenital Heart Disease.
Circulation. Genomic and precision medicine
Letter2026 - Cardiac resynchronisation therapy among adults with a systemic right ventricle: a multicentre experience.
Heart (British Cardiac Society)
Article2026
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)- 01Arrhythmia Burden in Adults With Surgically Repaired Tetralogy of FallotArticle532 citations2010
- 02
- 03Trends in Hospitalizations for Adults With Congenital Heart Disease in the U.S.Article313 citations2009
- 04Prevalence and Predictors of Gaps in Care Among Adult Congenital Heart Disease PatientsArticle292 citations2013
- 05
Network
Updated 13 Oct 2026
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Background & recognition
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Education
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- Co-Director
Exercise Laboratory, Cincinnati Children's Heart Institute
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The Heart Institute Research Core, Cincinnati Children's
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