Despoina Theotoka is an Ophthalmology physician affiliated with University of Miami. OpenAlex indexes 29 publications with 271 citations (h-index 9).
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
900 NW 17th St
Miami, FL 331361134
Telephone
305-326-6000Provider last certified this registry record 21 Nov 2024.
Industry payments
15 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.Program year20257 payments
- Alcon Vision LLCProgram year20255 payments
- BIOTISSUE HOLDINGS INC.Program year20254 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.
Sensory organs
62.3%Corticosteroid30.5%Prednisolone Acetate100%Part D≥92 patientsPolymyxin-class Antibacterial17.1%Polymyxin B Sul-Trimethoprim100%Part D≥56 patients+ 4 more classes in this area
Anti-infectives
16.3%Fluoroquinolone Antibacterial13.2%Moxifloxacin100%Part D≥30 patientsHerpesvirus Nucleoside Analog DNA Polymerase Inhibitor3.1%Valacyclovir100%Part D<11 patientsMusculoskeletal
11.6%Cyclooxygenase Inhibitor11.6%Ketorolac Tromethamine100%Part D≥39 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.
- A Tear-Based Approach for Rapid Identification of Bacterial Pathogens in Corneal Ulcers Using Nanopore Sequencing
Translational Vision Science & Technology
2025 - Using ChatGPT-4 As a Python Developer to Solve Complex Resident Scheduling
Journal of Academic Ophthalmology
2025 - Differential expression of transposable elements and upregulation of nucleic acid sensing pathways in pterygium
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
2025
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