{"schema_version":"1","generated_at":"2026-11-07T01:15:22.962Z","data_as_of":null,"url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/alexander-taghva","json_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/alexander-taghva/profile.json","record_kind":"basic","profile_kind":"clinical","person":{"slug":"alexander-taghva","name":"Alexander Taghva","credential":"MD","specialty":"Neurological Surgery","specialty_raw":"Neurological Surgery","therapeutic_area":"Neurology","therapeutic_areas":["Neurology"],"institution":"University of California System","institution_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/institution/university-of-california-system","city":"Mission Viejo","state":"CA","region":{"label":"West","url":"https://www.findmykol.com/region/west"}},"identifiers":{"npi":"1548439920","orcid":"0000-0003-4760-0188","openalex":"A5014158607"},"summary":"Alexander Taghva is a Neurology physician affiliated with University of California System. OpenAlex indexes 45 publications with 1,131 citations (h-index 15).","overview":null,"focus":{"indications":[],"research_topics":["Neurology"]},"scholarship":{"works_count":45,"cited_by_count":1131,"h_index":15,"latest_activity_year":2026,"emerging":true,"source":"works"},"payments":{"company_count":33,"program_years":{"first":2021,"last":null},"rows_total":20,"shown":3,"withheld":17,"rows":[{"payer":"Medtronic","program_year":2025,"amount_usd":35800,"payment_count":6,"source_url":"https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/search?query=1548439920"},{"payer":"Globus Medical","program_year":2025,"amount_usd":21076.68,"payment_count":2,"source_url":"https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/search?query=1548439920"},{"payer":"Abbott","program_year":2025,"amount_usd":11706.25,"payment_count":10,"source_url":"https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/search?query=1548439920"}],"record_url":"https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/search?query=1548439920","source":"payments"},"publications":{"total":45,"shown":5,"withheld":40,"matched_by":"OpenAlex author record","recent":[{"title":"Variational free energy as a conceptual framework for understanding habituation in spinal cord stimulation","year":2026,"journal":"Frontiers in Pain Research","source_url":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fpain.2026.1728339","status":"verified"},{"title":"Personalized electrophysiology-guided transcranial magnetic stimulation in post-traumatic stress disorder: a randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled study","year":2026,"journal":"Personalized Medicine in Psychiatry","source_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmip.2026.100191","status":"verified"},{"title":"Individually guided neuromodulation in special operator veterans with symptoms of PTSD and traumatic brain injury: preliminary data from a chart review","year":2025,"journal":"Frontiers in Neurology","source_url":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2025.1495034","status":"verified"},{"title":"428. Individually Guided Neuromodulation in Special Operator Veterans With Symptoms of PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury: A Chart Review","year":2025,"journal":"Biological Psychiatry","source_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2025.02.666","status":"verified"},{"title":"Correction: Individually guided neuromodulation in special operator veterans with symptoms of PTSD and traumatic brain injury: preliminary data from a chart review","year":2025,"journal":"Frontiers in Neurology","source_url":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2025.1683987","status":"verified"}],"source":"works"},"similar":[{"name":"Mark Ginsberg","slug":"mark-ginsberg","institution":"University of California System","specialty":"Rheumatology","url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/mark-ginsberg","json_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/mark-ginsberg/profile.json"},{"name":"Lori Daniels","slug":"lori-daniels","institution":"University of California System","specialty":"Cardiovascular Disease","url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/lori-daniels","json_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/lori-daniels/profile.json"},{"name":"Jon Davids","slug":"jon-davids","institution":"University of California System","specialty":"Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery","url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/jon-davids","json_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/jon-davids/profile.json"},{"name":"Chang‐Il Hwang","slug":"changil-hwang","institution":"University of California System","url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/changil-hwang","json_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/changil-hwang/profile.json"},{"name":"Bruce Miller","slug":"bruce-miller","institution":"University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)","specialty":"Neurology","url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/bruce-miller","json_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/bruce-miller/profile.json"},{"name":"Brett Kissela","slug":"brett-kissela","institution":"Medical College of Wisconsin","specialty":"Neurology","url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/brett-kissela","json_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/brett-kissela/profile.json"},{"name":"Richard Lipton","slug":"richard-lipton","institution":"Albert Einstein College of Medicine","specialty":"Neurology","url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/richard-lipton","json_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/richard-lipton/profile.json"},{"name":"Bradley Boeve","slug":"bradley-boeve","institution":"Mayo Clinic","specialty":"Neurology","url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/bradley-boeve","json_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/bradley-boeve/profile.json"}],"coverage":{"note":"A basic directory record. Sections absent here were not yet checked for this person, so absence means not yet looked, never none found.","not_yet_checked":["funding","congress","network","presence","recognition"]},"not_included":{"note":"This document is the public layer: neutral facts cited to their source. Judgments (influence tier, archetype, trajectory commentary) and the itemized rows past each section's public teaser are account features and are not served here or to crawlers.","withheld_rows":{"payments":17,"publications":40}},"sources":{"orcid":{"name":"ORCID","url":"https://orcid.org","provides":"The verified researcher identity that anchors authorship"},"identity":{"name":"NPPES (CMS)","url":"https://npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov","provides":"Identity, specialty and practice location for every U.S. clinician"},"works":{"name":"OpenAlex","url":"https://openalex.org","provides":"Citations, h-index, research topics, most-cited works and congress abstracts"},"payments":{"name":"CMS Open Payments","url":"https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov","provides":"Industry payments reported to CMS, by company and program year","disclaimer":"Payments are publicly reported to CMS. Their existence does not imply wrongdoing; CMS does not interpret these data.","coverage":"Program years 2021 onward"}},"methodology_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/about#methodology"}