Douglas Burton is an Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine physician affiliated with University of Kansas. OpenAlex indexes 784 publications with 16,742 citations (h-index 63). By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 5% of Orthopaedic Surgery of the Spine profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
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Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index, productivity × impact (OpenAlex).
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2 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
2 companies with payments on record in CMS Open Payments (2021 onward), matched to this physician's NPI. The itemized breakdown by company, amount and year is part of the full profile. Why? →
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