Anjail Sharrief, MD
Enriched profileProfessor of Neurology and Director of Stroke Prevention, UTHealth Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease · McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
Anjail Sharrief is Professor of Neurology and Director of Stroke Prevention, UTHealth Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. OpenAlex indexes 196 publications with 6,765 citations (h-index 24); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 2 registered studies with this person as an investigator.
Data verified 11 Oct 2026
Overview
Updated 13 Oct 2026
Anjail Sharrief, MD, is Professor of Neurology and Director of Stroke Prevention, UTHealth Institute for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. The public record shows 196 publications with 6,765 citations (h-index 24), centered on Acute Ischemic Stroke Management, Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery, Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research. It also documents an investigator role on 2 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 20 companies, 2 NIH-funded awards (2021–2026).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Stroke
- Top research focus: Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
- 2 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 20 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; 13 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 45.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
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Practice address
Telephone
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Updated 13 Oct 2026
Listed as an investigator on 2 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Stroke Telemedicine Outpatient Prevention Program for Blood Pressure Reduction
Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
- STEPs to Blood Pressure Reduction.
Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Industry payments
Updated 13 Oct 2026
20 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LPProgram year20254 payments
- KYOWA KIRIN, INC.Program year20251 payment
- Novo Nordisk IncProgram year20252 payments
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
58.1%Statin26.9%Atorvastatin Calcium84%Rosuvastatin Calcium17%Part D<11 patientsCalcium channel blocker8.1%Nifedipine Er60%Amlodipine Besylate41%Part D<11 patients+ 5 more classes in this area
Nervous system
28.7%Other antiepileptics9.5%Levetiracetam61%Topiramate39%Part D<11 patientsSSRI5.4%Sertraline Hcl54%Escitalopram Oxalate46%Part D<11 patients+ 4 more classes in this area
Blood & clotting
8.7%Factor Xa inhibitor5.6%Eliquis100%Part D<11 patientsP2Y12 inhibitor3.1%Clopidogrel100%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 13 Oct 2026
2 NIH research awards on record, funded 2021–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- The Community Brain Health Collaborative
University of Texas Hlth Sci Ctr Houston
FY2026$767,869R01NS140001 - Brain Health Equity Research Collaborative
University of Texas Hlth Sci Ctr Houston
FY2025$617,687R01NS140001 - The Video-based Intervention to Reduce Hypertension Treatment and OUtcome Differences in Adults Living with Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack (VIRTUAL)
University of Texas Hlth Sci Ctr Houston
FY2025$505,705R01MD016465
Publications
Updated 13 Oct 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)Network
Updated 13 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.
Online presence
Updated 13 Oct 2026
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Owned accounts
public accounts run by this person- LinkedIn
linkedin.com/in/anjail-sharrief-ibrahim-md-mph-a54564a3
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Mentions by others
where others cite or feature them- Apple Podcasts
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stroke-busters/id1542996784
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Background & recognition
Updated 13 Oct 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Education
degrees and training on record- MD
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
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- Board certified in Neurology
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
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Editorial & leadership roles
journal and society appointments- Vice Chair
American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Guideline for the Primary Prevention of Stroke
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American Heart Association (FAHA)
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Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- 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.uth.edu ↗
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