Dawood Darbar, MD
Enriched profileChair, Department of Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Health · Penn State Health
Dawood Darbar is Chair, Department of Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Health at Penn State Health. OpenAlex indexes 454 publications with 37,206 citations (h-index 79); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 5 registered studies with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 5% of Cardiovascular Disease profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
Data verified 21 Oct 2026
Overview
Updated 22 Oct 2026
Dawood Darbar, MD, is Chair, Department of Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Health. The public record shows 454 publications with 37,206 citations (h-index 79), centered on Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology. It also documents an investigator role on 5 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 7 companies, 7 NIH-funded awards (2015–2024).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Research square
- Top research focus: Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
- 5 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 7 companies
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Indications focus
from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
OpenAlex concept fingerprintDrugs & molecules
across trials, industry payments and publicationsWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 17 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 193.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
The practice address and phone this provider lists in the federal NPPES (CMS) registry.
Practice address
Telephone
Practice address and telephone from the federal NPPES registry.
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Updated 22 Oct 2026
Listed as an investigator on 5 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- The Genetic Basis for Atrial Fibrillation
Sponsor: Jesse Brown VA Medical Center
- Pharmacogenetic Study of Antiarrhythmic Drugs for Atrial Fibrillation
Sponsor: University of Illinois at Chicago
- ST-segment Elevation as an AF Endophenotype
Sponsor: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Industry payments
Updated 22 Oct 2026
7 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- GE HEALTHCAREProgram year20252 payments
- AltaThera Pharmaceuticals LLCProgram year20253 payments
- Medtronic, Inc.Program year20253 payments
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.
Cardiovascular
55.6%Beta blocker30.2%Metoprolol Succinate73%Metoprolol Tartrate18%Carvedilol10%Part D<11 patientsAntiarrhythmic22.2%Flecainide Acetate68%Amiodarone Hcl33%Part D<11 patients+ 1 more class in this area
Blood & clotting
44.4%Factor Xa inhibitor44.4%Eliquis74%Xarelto27%Part D≥28 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.
NIH funding
Updated 22 Oct 2026
7 NIH research awards on record, funded 2015–2024 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Genotype-guided therapy for atrial fibrillation
University of Illinois at Chicago
FY2024$682,491R01HL148444 - Genotype-guided therapy for atrial fibrillation
University of Illinois at Chicago
FY2023$698,017R01HL148444
Congress activity
Updated 22 Oct 2026
1 congress contribution (2021) across ASH per OpenAlex. The most recent:
Published abstracts are attributed via the same ORCID-disambiguated authorship as publications, so each is DOI-verified. Podium roles (invited talks, session chairs) and oral/poster type are added as program data is confirmed.
Publications
Updated 22 Oct 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Rare coding variant architecture and gene discovery from 130,000 sequenced cases of atrial fibrillation.
Research square
Article2026 - Clinical Impact of Rare Variants in Racial and Ethnic Minorities With Atrial Fibrillation.
Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology
Letter2026 - Sequencing in over 50,000 cases identifies coding and structural variation underlying atrial fibrillation risk.
Nature genetics
Meta-analysis2025 - Whole-genome sequencing in 333,100 individuals reveals rare non-coding single variant and aggregate associations with height.
Nature communications
Article2024
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)- 01The mutational constraint spectrum quantified from variation in 141,456 humansArticle9,372 citations2020
- 02Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed ProgramArticle2,199 citations2021
- 03A genomic mutational constraint map using variation in 76,156 human genomesArticle1,703 citations2023
- 04
- 05A structural variation reference for medical and population geneticsArticle1,033 citations2020
Network
Updated 22 Oct 2026
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Online presence
Updated 22 Oct 2026
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Mentions by others
where others cite or feature them- Other
pennstatehealthnews.org/topics/dawood-darbar-md-named-chair-of-department-of-medicine
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →pennstatehealthnews.org ↗ - Other
pennstatehealth.org/doctors/dawood-darbar-md
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →pennstatehealth.org ↗
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Background & recognition
Updated 22 Oct 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Education
degrees and training on record- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →pennstatehealth.org ↗
- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →pennstatehealth.org ↗
- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →hamad.qa ↗
Editorial & leadership roles
journal and society appointments- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →chicago.medicine.uic.edu ↗
- Fellow
American College of Cardiology (FACC)
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →hamad.qa ↗ - Fellow
American Heart Association (FAHA)
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →hamad.qa ↗ - Fellow
Heart Rhythm Society (FHRS)
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →hamad.qa ↗
Awards & honors
honors on the public record- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →chicago.medicine.uic.edu ↗
Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- Co-director
Heart and Vascular Institute, Penn State Health
verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →pennstatehealthnews.org ↗ - Vice President
Penn State Health Cardiovascular Service Line
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