Christopher Ames is a Neurology physician affiliated with University of California, San Francisco. OpenAlex indexes 1,420 publications with 37,541 citations (h-index 96); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 2 registered studies matched to this name. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 1% of Neurological Surgery 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 fundingClinical trials
- Radiographic and Clinical Evaluation of Surgical Treatment for Cervical Deformity: A Multi-Center Study 2.0
Sponsor: International Spine Study Group Foundation
- Activ-L™ Artificial Disc Treatment of Degenerative Disc Disease in the Treatment of Degenerative Disc Disease
Sponsor: Aesculap Implant Systems
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
76 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
76 companies with payments on record in CMS Open Payments (2021 onward), matched to this physician's NPI. The itemized breakdown by company, amount and year is part of the full profile. Why? →
Publications
Matched to this physician's OpenAlex author record; most-cited works shown first.
- An assessment of frailty as a tool for risk stratification in adult spinal deformity surgery
Neurosurgical FOCUS
2017 - Observation of the universal magnetoelectric effect in a 3D topological insulator
Nature Communications
2017 - Development of a preoperative predictive model for major complications following adult spinal deformity surgery
Journal of Neurosurgery Spine
2017
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