Brett Kissela, MD
Enriched profileExecutive Vice President for Health Affairs and Julia A. Uihlein Dean, School of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin · Medical College of Wisconsin
Brett Kissela is Executive Vice President for Health Affairs and Julia A. Uihlein Dean, School of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin at Medical College of Wisconsin. OpenAlex indexes 682 publications with 155,595 citations (h-index 107); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 2 registered studies with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 1% of Neurology profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
Data verified 21 Oct 2026
Overview
Updated 21 Oct 2026
Brett Kissela, MD, is Executive Vice President for Health Affairs and Julia A. Uihlein Dean, School of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin. The public record shows 682 publications with 155,595 citations (h-index 107), centered on Acute Ischemic Stroke Management, Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research, Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases. It also documents an investigator role on 2 registered clinical trials, 5 NIH-funded awards (2003–2024).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Neurology
- Top research focus: Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
- 2 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
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Indications focus
from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
OpenAlex concept fingerprintWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 27 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 282.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
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 21 Oct 2026
Listed as an investigator on 2 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- High Intensity Interval Training in Chronic Stroke
Sponsor: University of Cincinnati
- A Comparison of Hemorrhagic and Ischemic Strokes Among Blacks and Whites
Sponsor: University of Cincinnati
Industry payments
No payments involving this person were reported to CMS in program years 2021–2024. Why? →
Medicare prescribing footprint (2021)
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.
Nervous system
100%Other antiepileptics72.4%Levetiracetam71%Keppra29%Part D<11 patientsGabapentinoids27.6%Gabapentin100%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 21 Oct 2026
5 NIH research awards on record, funded 2003–2024 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Comparison of Hemorrhagic & Ischemic Stroke Among Blacks and Whites
University of Cincinnati
FY2024$1,408,029R01NS030678
Publications
Updated 21 Oct 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)- 01Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2020 Update: A Report From the American Heart AssociationArticle9,164 citations2020
- 02Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2019 Update: A Report From the American Heart AssociationArticle9,019 citations2019
- 03Heart disease and stroke statistics--2015 update: a report from the American Heart Association.Article8,265 citations2015
- 04Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2012 UpdateArticle7,350 citations2011
- 05Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2016 UpdateArticle6,598 citations2015
Network
Updated 21 Oct 2026
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Online presence
Updated 21 Oct 2026
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Background & recognition
Updated 21 Oct 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Education
degrees and training on record- Master of Science in epidemiology
UC College of Medicine
Editorial & leadership roles
journal and society appointments- Member
Board of Directors, American Academy of Neurology
- Secretary/Treasurer
AAN Institute
- Fellow
American Academy of Neurology
- Fellow
American Neurological Association
- Member
Stroke Council, American Heart Association
Awards & honors
honors on the public record- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →en.wikipedia.org ↗
- Daniel Drake Medal
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
- Creighton B. Wright Leadership Award
American Heart Association
Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Executive Vice Dean (most recent prior role)
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