Hiran Fernando is a Cardiology physician affiliated with Allegheny Health Network. OpenAlex indexes 240 publications with 11,207 citations (h-index 54); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 6 registered studies matched to this name. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 10% of Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
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 fundingClinical trials
- A Study to Evaluate Routine Chest Tube Management After Minimally Invasive Lung Surgery
Sponsor: Allegheny Singer Research Institute (also known as Allegheny Health Network Research Institute)
- TruFreeze™ Airway Obstruction: TAO STUDY
Sponsor: CSA Medical, Inc.
- Surgery With or Without Internal Radiation Therapy Compared With Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With High-Risk Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Sponsor: Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
Registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov where the overall official or a site investigator name-matches this physician, confirmed against known institution/geography. Latest few shown; the full list is part of the full profile.
Industry payments
1 company reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
1 company 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? →
Publications
Matched to this physician's OpenAlex author record; most-cited works shown first.
- Multicenter Study of Metastatic Lung Tumors Targeted by Interventional Cryoablation Evaluation (SOLSTICE)
Journal of Thoracic Oncology
2020 - Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy: a consensus report from the Uniportal VATS Interest Group (UVIG) of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS)
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
2019 - Optimal Approach to Lobectomy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis
Innovations Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
2019
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