Cesar Arias is an Infectious Disease physician. ClinicalTrials.gov lists 2 registered studies matched to this name.
Overview
Scholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Research metrics aren't shown for this record. Either we found no confident publication match for this name, or more than one physician shares the matched author record. We'd rather show nothing than someone else's numbers. Why? →
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
The practice address and phone this provider lists in the federal NPPES (CMS) registry.
Practice address
6410 Fannin St
Suite 600
Houston, TX 770303000
Telephone
832-325-7070Registry record last updated 28 Jul 2016.
Clinical trials
- Dynamics of Colonization and Infection by Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens in Immunocompromised and Critically Ill Patients
Sponsor: The Methodist Hospital Research Institute
- VENOUS: A Translational Study of Enterococcal Bacteremia
Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov where the overall official or a site investigator name-matches this physician, confirmed against known institution/geography. Latest few shown; the full list is part of the full profile.
Industry payments
2 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCProgram year20231 payment
- AbbVie Inc.Program year20212 payments
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.
Anti-infectives
100%Penem Antibacterial100%Ertapenem100%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
13 NIH research awards on record, funded 2008–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- The LiaFSR system and antimicrobial peptide resistance in enterococci
Methodist Hospital Research Institute
FY2026$806,820R01AI134637 - Clinical Impact of the Cefazolin Inoculum Effect
Methodist Hospital Research Institute
FY2026$425,805R01AI173138 - Antimicrobial Resistance Training Program in the Texas Medical Center (AMR-TPT)
Methodist Hospital Research Institute
FY2026$331,510T32AI179595
Awards in the NIH RePORTER records where a principal investigator name matches this physician at an organization in their practice state. Latest award years shown; each row links to the project record on RePORTER.
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