David Relman is an Infectious Disease physician affiliated with VA Palo Alto Health Care System. OpenAlex indexes 438 publications with 68,116 citations (h-index 99); 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
3801 Miranda Ave
154t
Palo Alto, CA 943041207
Telephone
650-852-3308Registry record last updated 8 Jul 2007.
Clinical trials
- Esophageal Atresia: a Natural Experiment of the Effects of Oral Inoculation on the Gut Microbiome
Sponsor: Stanford University
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
1 company reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Visby Medical, Inc.Program year20254 payments$15,000openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- Visby Medical, Inc.Program year20244 payments$15,000openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
Payment records matched to this physician's NPI in CMS Open Payments, program years 2021 onward.
NIH funding
22 NIH research awards on record, funded 1996–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Antimicrobial Resistance and Horizontal Gene Transfer in the Human Gut Microbiome in Response to an Antibiotic
Palo Alto Veterans Instit for Research
FY2024$709,716R01AI147023
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.
- Role of priority effects in the early-life assembly of the gut microbiota
Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
2018
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