Christina Kao is a Respiratory physician affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine. OpenAlex indexes 57 publications with 1,166 citations (h-index 18).
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 fundingMedicare prescribing footprint (2020)
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
50.3%Macrolide Antimicrobial24.6%Azithromycin100%Part D≥12 patientsShort-acting sulfonamides16.6%Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim100%Part D≥12 patients+ 1 more class in this area
Cardiovascular
22.3%Statin14.9%Pravastatin Sodium100%Part D<11 patientsBeta blocker7.4%Metoprolol Tartrate100%Part D<11 patientsCancer & immunology
13.7%Calcineurin inhibitor13.7%Tacrolimus100%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
2 NIH research awards on record, funded 2009–2014 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Investigations into the Glutamine-Citruline-Arginine Pathway in Sepsis
Baylor College of Medicine
FY2014$171,885K23DK084115 - Investigations into the Glutamine-Citruline-Arginine Pathway in Sepsis
Baylor College of Medicine
FY2012$172,530K23DK084115 - Investigations into the Glutamine-Citruline-Arginine Pathway in Sepsis
Baylor College of Medicine
FY2011$173,156K23DK084115
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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