Belal Firwana is an Oncology physician affiliated with Missouri Baptist Medical Center. OpenAlex indexes 82 publications with 4,886 citations (h-index 29).
Overview
Scholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index, productivity × impact (OpenAlex).
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
The practice address and phone this provider lists in the federal NPPES (CMS) registry.
Practice address
3015 N Ballas Rd
Saint Louis, MO 63131
Telephone
314-996-5512Provider last certified this registry record 7 Aug 2024.
Industry payments
23 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LPProgram year20251 payment
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals CorporationProgram year20251 payment
- Incyte CorporationProgram year20251 payment
Payment records matched to this physician's NPI in CMS Open Payments, program years 2021 onward.
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.
Cancer & immunology
31.8%Aromatase Inhibitor18.3%Anastrozole66%Letrozole28%Exemestane6%Part D<11 patientsAntimetabolite9.5%Hydroxyurea100%Part D≥27 patients+ 1 more class in this area
Nervous system
22.6%Opioid Agonist9.3%Oxycodone Hcl51%Tramadol Hcl20%Oxycodone-Acetaminophen19%Morphine Sulfate Er10%Part D<11 patientsPhenothiazine5.4%Prochlorperazine Maleate100%Part D≥43 patients+ 4 more classes in this area
Blood & clotting
13.9%Factor Xa inhibitor12.9%Eliquis68%Xarelto32%Part D≥18 patientsP2Y12 inhibitor1%Brilinta100%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.
- Neutropenic diets to prevent cancer infections: updated systematic review and meta-analysis
BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care
2019
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