Aran Nichol is an Infectious Disease physician affiliated with VA Palo Alto Health Care System. OpenAlex indexes 5 publications with 231 citations (h-index 3).
Overview
Scholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index, productivity × impact (OpenAlex).
Contact
The practice address and phone this provider lists in the federal NPPES (CMS) registry.
Practice address
2025 Soquel Ave
Santa Cruz, CA 950621323
Telephone
831-423-4111Registry record last updated 20 Dec 2021.
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
35.1%Statin14.3%Atorvastatin Calcium100%Part D<11 patientsCalcium channel blocker7.7%Amlodipine Besylate100%Part D<11 patients+ 2 more classes in this area
Anti-infectives
35.1%Human Immunodeficiency Virus Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitor12.5%Tivicay100%Part D<11 patientsAzole Antifungal8.3%Fluconazole100%Part D<11 patients+ 2 more classes in this area
Respiratory
22.6%Opioid Agonist11.9%Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen100%Part D<11 patientsbeta2-Adrenergic Agonist10.7%Albuterol Sulfate Hfa100%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.
Publications
Matched to this physician's OpenAlex author record; most-cited works shown first.
- Older and younger patients with substance use disorders: Outpatient mental health service use and functioning over a 12-month interval.
Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
2003 - Older and Younger Patients with Substance Use Disorders: Baseline Functioning, Outpatient Mental Health Service Use, and 12-Month Treatment Outcomes
Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
2003 - Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) Ratings and the Allocation and Outcome of Mental Health Care
Psychiatric Services
2002
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