Chafik Assal is a Cardiology physician affiliated with Charleston Area Medical Center. OpenAlex indexes 15 publications with 247 citations (h-index 6).
Overview
Scholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex.
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
505 Capitol St
Charleston, WV 253011204
Telephone
304-720-8822Registry record last updated 8 Nov 2019.
Industry payments
12 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp)Program year20259 payments
- Abbott LaboratoriesProgram year202525 payments
- Boston Scientific CorporationProgram year202517 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.
Cardiovascular
46.6%Antiarrhythmic43%Amiodarone Hcl88%Dofetilide13%Part D<11 patientsBeta blocker3.7%Metoprolol Succinate100%Part D<11 patientsAnti-infectives
18.5%Tetracycline-class Drug18.5%Doxycycline Hyclate100%Part D≥55 patientsMetabolism & gastrointestinal
12.1%Proton pump inhibitor12.1%Pantoprazole Sodium100%Part D≥32 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.
- Long‐Term Outcomes of Catheter Ablation in Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology
2025 - T-wave oversensing precipitating cardiogenic shock in a pacer-dependent patient
HeartRhythm Case Reports
2023
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