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Edward Cantu, MD

Basic profile

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)

ORCIDNPI
RegionLexington, KY · SoutheastSpecialtyThoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)FocusCardiology
Active KOLfindmyKOL typefindmyKOL type: our influence ranking, shown when you reveal the full profileLatest publicationSee ScholarshipOnline presenceNot yet checkedPayments2021 onwardNIH funding2025–2025Why? →

Edward Cantu is a Cardiology physician. OpenAlex indexes 302 publications with 8,837 citations (h-index 44).

Overview

Scholarship

indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
302publications

Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID.

8,837citations

Total citations across indexed works.

44h-index

Hirsch index, productivity × impact (OpenAlex).

Clinical & industry

trials, payments and federal funding
11companies · 2021 onward

Companies reporting payments to CMS. Facts, not judgments.

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1NIH grants · 2025–2025

Federally funded research awards.

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Industry payments

11 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:

11 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? →

NIH funding

1 NIH research award on record, funded 20252025 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:

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.

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