{"schema_version":"1","generated_at":"2026-11-09T16:58:17.515Z","data_as_of":null,"url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/donald-serafin","json_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/donald-serafin/profile.json","record_kind":"basic","profile_kind":"clinical","person":{"slug":"donald-serafin","name":"Donald Serafin","credential":"MD","specialty":"Surgery","specialty_raw":"Surgery","therapeutic_area":"Surgery","therapeutic_areas":["Surgery"],"institution":"University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill","institution_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/institution/university-of-north-carolina-at-chapel-hill","city":"Henderson","state":"NC","region":{"label":"Southeast","url":"https://www.findmykol.com/region/southeast"}},"identifiers":{"npi":"1912985482","orcid":"0000-0003-1104-305X","openalex":"A5015437461"},"summary":"Donald Serafin is a Surgery physician affiliated with University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. OpenAlex indexes 104 publications with 2,838 citations (h-index 33).","overview":null,"focus":{"indications":[],"research_topics":["Surgery"]},"scholarship":{"works_count":104,"cited_by_count":2838,"h_index":33,"latest_activity_year":2024,"source":"works"},"funding":{"award_count":1,"fiscal_years":{"first":2022,"last":2024},"rows_total":3,"shown":3,"withheld":0,"matched_by":"principal investigator name at an organization in the practice state","rows":[{"project":"F31HL163885","title":"Elucidating the GPCR protein networks that drive lymphatic growth","fiscal_year":2024,"amount_usd":"43481","organization":"UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL","source_url":"https://reporter.nih.gov/quickSearch/F31HL163885"},{"project":"F31HL163885","title":"Elucidating the GPCR protein networks that drive lymphatic growth","fiscal_year":2023,"amount_usd":"41701","organization":"UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL","source_url":"https://reporter.nih.gov/quickSearch/F31HL163885"},{"project":"F31HL163885","title":"Elucidating the GPCR protein networks that drive lymphatic growth","fiscal_year":2022,"amount_usd":"40759","organization":"UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL","source_url":"https://reporter.nih.gov/quickSearch/F31HL163885"}],"source":"grants"},"similar":[{"name":"Diana Perkins","slug":"diana-perkins","institution":"University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill","specialty":"Psychiatry","url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/diana-perkins","json_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/diana-perkins/profile.json"},{"name":"Douglas Drossman","slug":"douglas-drossman","institution":"University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill","specialty":"Gastroenterology","url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/douglas-drossman","json_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/douglas-drossman/profile.json"},{"name":"Michael Knowles","slug":"michael-knowles","institution":"University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill","specialty":"Pulmonary Disease","url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/michael-knowles","json_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/michael-knowles/profile.json"},{"name":"David Margolis","slug":"david-margolis","institution":"University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill","specialty":"Infectious Disease","url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/david-margolis","json_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/david-margolis/profile.json"},{"name":"Thomas Tsai","slug":"thomas-tsai","specialty":"Surgery","url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/thomas-tsai","json_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/thomas-tsai/profile.json"},{"name":"Peter Wang","slug":"peter-wang","specialty":"Surgery","url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/peter-wang","json_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/peter-wang/profile.json"},{"name":"John Francis","slug":"john-francis","specialty":"Surgery","url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/john-francis","json_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/john-francis/profile.json"},{"name":"Michael Miller","slug":"michael-miller-in","specialty":"Surgery","url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/michael-miller-in","json_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/michael-miller-in/profile.json"}],"coverage":{"note":"A basic directory record. Sections absent here were not yet checked for this person, so absence means not yet looked, never none found.","not_yet_checked":["congress","network","presence","recognition"]},"not_included":{"note":"This document is the public layer: neutral facts cited to their source. Judgments (influence tier, archetype, trajectory commentary) and the itemized rows past each section's public teaser are account features and are not served here or to crawlers.","withheld_rows":{}},"sources":{"orcid":{"name":"ORCID","url":"https://orcid.org","provides":"The verified researcher identity that anchors authorship"},"identity":{"name":"NPPES (CMS)","url":"https://npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov","provides":"Identity, specialty and practice location for every U.S. clinician"},"works":{"name":"OpenAlex","url":"https://openalex.org","provides":"Citations, h-index, research topics, most-cited works and congress abstracts"},"grants":{"name":"NIH RePORTER","url":"https://reporter.nih.gov","provides":"Federally funded research awards, by fiscal year"}},"methodology_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/about#methodology"}