Ashita Tolwani, MD
Enriched profileProfessor of Medicine; holder of the DCI Edwin A. Rutsky, M.D., Distinguished Endowed Chair in Nephrology · University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
Ashita Tolwani is Professor of Medicine; holder of the DCI Edwin A. Rutsky, M.D., Distinguished Endowed Chair in Nephrology at University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). OpenAlex indexes 293 publications with 13,793 citations (h-index 49); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 1 registered study with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 10% of Nephrology profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
Data verified 14 Aug 2026
Overview
Updated 16 Oct 2026
Ashita Tolwani is Professor of Medicine at University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Division of Nephrology, Heersink School of Medicine. The public record shows 293 publications with 13,793 citations (h-index 49), centered on Nephrology. It also documents an investigator role on 1 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 6 companies.
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Kidney360
- Top research focus: Nephrology
- 1 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 6 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; 7 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index, productivity × impact (OpenAlex).
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingFederally funded research awards.
Contact
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 16 Oct 2026
Listed as an investigator on 1 registered study on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- High Dose CVVHDF Compared to Standard Dose CVVHDF
Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Industry payments
Updated 16 Oct 2026
6 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Vantive US Healthcare LLCProgram year20259 payments$11,538openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.Program year20251 payment
- Baxter HealthcareProgram 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
89.2%Angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB)31.5%Losartan Potassium100%Part D≥16 patientsBeta blocker27.7%Carvedilol100%Part D<11 patients+ 2 more classes in this area
Metabolism & gastrointestinal
10.8%SGLT2 inhibitor10.8%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
We didn't find any NIH-funded research awards for this person in NIH RePORTER. Why? →
Publications
Updated 16 Oct 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Dialysis Dependence in Standard versus Accelerated Initiation of KRT in AKI: A Post Hoc Analysis.
Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology
Article2025 - Practice Variation in the Prescription of Volume Removal with Acute KRT: A Call for Randomized Controlled Trials.
Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology
Editorial2023
Online presence
Updated 16 Oct 2026
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Owned accounts
public accounts run by this person- Doximity
doximity.com/pub/ashita-tolwani-md
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linkedin.com/in/ashita-tolwani-37194249
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scholars.uab.edu/622-ashita-tolwani
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researchgate.net/profile/Ashita-Tolwani
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Mentions by others
where others cite or feature them- Facebook
m.facebook.com/CRRTonline/videos/ashita-tolwani-from-birmingham-al-and-tori-talk-about-the-art-of-crrt-course-her/365440498573370
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ajkdblog.org/2021/03/01/nephmadness-2021-icu-nephrology-region
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asn-online.org/about/bio.aspx
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youtube.com/watch
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youtube.com/watch
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ResearchGate research profile, UAB Division of Nephrology
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Doximity provider profile, Birmingham AL, Nephrology
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Background & recognition
Updated 16 Oct 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Education
degrees and training on 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 →providerdirectory.uabmedicine.org ↗
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- Board Certified in Nephrology
American Board of Internal Medicine
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Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology
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Editorial & leadership roles
journal and society appointments- 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 →asn-online.org ↗
- Founder and Director
UAB Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) Academy
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Critical Care Nephrology at UAB
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Awards & honors
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- DCI Edwin A. Rutsky
M.D., Distinguished Endowed Chair in Nephrology (appointed)
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Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- Member
Southern Society for Clinical Investigation
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Media & interviews
press, podcasts and appearances- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →youtube.com ↗
- Featured faculty spotlight
Tinsley Harrison Internal Medicine Residency Program alumni page, UAB
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