Christopher Truss is a Gastroenterology physician affiliated with University of Alabama at Birmingham. OpenAlex indexes 11 publications with 274 citations (h-index 5).
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
1717 6th Ave S
Birmingham, AL 352331801
Telephone
800-822-8816Registry record last updated 29 Jun 2023.
Industry payments
3 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Celltrion USA Inc.Program year20251 payment
- PFIZER INC.Program 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.
Metabolism & gastrointestinal
50%Proton pump inhibitor50%Omeprazole100%Part D≥13 patientsCancer & immunology
17.6%TNF inhibitor17.6%Humira Pen100%Part D<11 patientsSensory organs
16.2%Fluoroquinolone Antibacterial16.2%Ciprofloxacin Hcl100%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.
Publications
Matched to this physician's OpenAlex author record; most-cited works shown first.
- S2549 GI Bleeding From an Unusual Cause in an Unusual Place
The American Journal of Gastroenterology
2022 - S2371 Mysterious Melena: An Unusual Cause of Gastric Ulcer
The American Journal of Gastroenterology
2021 - Small Bowel Obstruction due to Fecalith in the Terminal Ileum
The American Journal of Gastroenterology
2013 - Diagnostic Yield and Clinical Implications of Push Enteroscopy
Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
2002
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