Grace McComsey, MD
Enriched profileSenior Attending Physician, Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine; Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital · University Hospitals Health System
Grace McComsey is Senior Attending Physician, Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine; Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital at University Hospitals Health System. OpenAlex indexes 435 publications with 15,688 citations (h-index 66); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 23 registered studies with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 10% of Infectious Disease profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
Data verified 14 Aug 2026
Overview
Updated 27 Aug 2026
Grace McComsey, MD, is Senior Attending Physician, Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine at University Hospitals Health System (University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center / UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital). The public record shows 435 publications with 15,688 citations (h-index 66), centered on HIV-related health complications and treatments, HIV Research and Treatment, HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment. It also documents an investigator role on 23 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 7 companies, 17 NIH-funded awards (2004–2026).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Nature communications
- Top research focus: HIV-related health complications and treatments
- 23 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; 33 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 244.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
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Practice address
Telephone
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Updated 27 Aug 2026
Listed as an investigator on 23 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Pilot Study of Vitamin K2 (MK-7) and Vitamin D3 Supplementation and the Effects on PASC Symptomatology and Inflammatory Biomarkers
Sponsor: University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
- Zinc Effect on Inflammation and Cardiovascular Risk in HIV
Sponsor: University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
- Effects of Semaglutide in HIV-Associated Lipohypertrophy
Sponsor: Case Western Reserve University
Industry payments
Updated 27 Aug 2026
7 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- GlaxoSmithKline, LLC.Program year20257 payments$18,071openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCProgram year20255 payments
- Gilead Sciences, Inc.Program year20252 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.
Anti-infectives
60.4%Human Immunodeficiency Virus Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitor34.5%Tivicay60%Cabenuva40%Part D<11 patientsHuman Immunodeficiency Virus Nucleoside Analog Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor17.3%Descovy100%Part D<11 patientsCardiovascular
25.2%Statin25.2%Atorvastatin Calcium100%Part D<11 patientsMetabolism & gastrointestinal
14.4%Proton pump inhibitor14.4%Omeprazole100%Part D<11 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 27 Aug 2026
17 NIH research awards on record, funded 2004–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative of Northern Ohio, Catalyzing Linkages for Everyone's Health (CLE Health)
Case Western Reserve University
FY2026$8,031,063UM1TR004528 - Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative of Northern Ohio, Catalyzing Linkages for Everyone's Health (CLE Health)
Case Western Reserve University
FY2025$7,902,972UM1TR004528 - Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative of Northern Ohio, Catalyzing Linkages to Equity in Health (CLE Health)
Case Western Reserve University
FY2024$8,041,152UM1TR004528
Publications
Updated 27 Aug 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Effects of Semaglutide on Cognitive Function in People With HIV: A Randomized, Controlled Trial.
Clinical infectious diseases
Clinical Trial2026 - Semaglutide slows epigenetic aging in a randomized trial of HIV-associated lipohypertrophy.
Nature communications
Clinical Trial2026
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)- 01Development of a Definition of Postacute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 InfectionArticle861 citations2023
- 02
- 04Bone Disease in HIV Infection: A Practical Review and Recommendations for HIV Care ProvidersArticle405 citations2010
- 05
Network
Updated 27 Aug 2026
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Online presence
Updated 27 Aug 2026
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Background & recognition
Updated 27 Aug 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 →uhhospitals.org ↗
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Editorial & leadership roles
journal and society appointments- Fellow
Infectious Diseases Society of America (FIDSA)
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Awards & honors
honors on the public record- Research Award
HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
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Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- Gertrude Chandler Tucker Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
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Clinical and Translational Science Institute; Principal Investigator, Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative of Northern Ohio …
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Obesity and Metabolism, Case Western Reserve University
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Media & interviews
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- Interview with Dr. Grace McComsey on HIV lipodystrophy
Program for Wellness Restoration (POWER)
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