Dale Gerding is an Infectious Disease physician affiliated with Edward Hines. OpenAlex indexes 487 publications with 51,624 citations (h-index 94); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 1 registered study matched to this name. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 1% of Infectious Disease 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
Bldg 1, Rm C344
Hines Va Hospital
Hines, IL 60141
Telephone
708-202-5689Registry record last updated 11 Sept 2025.
Clinical trials
- Optimal Treatment for Recurrent Clostridium Difficile
Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development
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:
- AstraZeneca UK LimitedProgram year20241 payment
- Braintree Laboratories, Inc.Program year20241 payment
- Braintree Laboratories, Inc.Program year20238 payments$17,903openpaymentsdata.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 2009–2013 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Nontoxigenic Clostridium difficile as an Oral Vaccine for C. difficile Infection
Edward Hines Jr Va Hospital
FY2013I01BX000515 - Nontoxigenic Clostridium difficile as an Oral Vaccine for C. difficile Infection
Edward Hines Jr Va Hospital
FY2012I01BX000515 - Nontoxigenic Clostridium difficile as an Oral Vaccine for C. difficile Infection
Edward Hines Jr Va Hospital
FY2011I01BX000515
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.
- Trends in U.S. Burden of <i>Clostridioides difficile</i> Infection and Outcomes
New England Journal of Medicine
2020 - Bezlotoxumab for Prevention of Recurrent <i>Clostridium difficile</i> Infection
New England Journal of Medicine
2017 - Burden of <i>Clostridium difficile</i> Infection in the United States
New England Journal of Medicine
2015
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