Christopher Almond is a Cardiology physician affiliated with Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. OpenAlex indexes 237 publications with 7,123 citations (h-index 42); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 1 registered study matched to this name. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 10% of Pediatric Cardiology profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
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
725 Welch Rd
Palo Alto, CA 943041601
Telephone
650-497-8000Provider last certified this registry record 11 Apr 2024.
Clinical trials
- Tacrolimus/Everolimus vs. Tacrolimus/MMF in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients Using the MATE Score
Sponsor: Boston Children's Hospital
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 year20259 payments
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCProgram year20241 payment
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCProgram year202315 payments$10,746openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
Payment records matched to this physician's NPI in CMS Open Payments, program years 2021 onward.
NIH funding
1 NIH research award on record, funded 2024–2024 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- 1/2 Circulatory Support in Pediatric Heart Failure Patients Using the Jarvik 2015 LVAD: A Pivotal Trial
Stanford University
FY2024$1,073,956UG3HL163311
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.
Publications
Matched to this physician's OpenAlex author record; most-cited works shown first.
- Executive Summary: The Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Anticoagulation CollaborativE (PEACE) Consensus Conference*
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
2024 - Impact of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy on Heart Transplant-Free Survival in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease Patients
Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology
2020
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