Howard Rockman is a Cardiology physician affiliated with Duke University. OpenAlex indexes 279 publications with 23,655 citations (h-index 80). By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 10% of Cardiovascular Disease 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 fundingContact
The practice address and phone this provider lists in the federal NPPES (CMS) registry.
Practice address
2100 Erwin Rd
Durham, NC 277100001
Telephone
919-620-4467Registry record last updated 22 Mar 2013.
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.
Cardiovascular
79%Statin17.8%Rosuvastatin Calcium70%Atorvastatin Calcium30%Part D≥40 patientsBeta blocker13.3%Metoprolol Succinate86%Carvedilol14%Part D<11 patients+ 11 more classes in this area
Metabolism & gastrointestinal
12.6%SGLT2 inhibitor10.1%Farxiga52%Jardiance48%Part D<11 patientsGLP-1 receptor agonist2.5%Ozempic100%Part D<11 patientsBlood & clotting
8.4%Factor Xa inhibitor8.4%Eliquis100%Part D≥21 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
11 NIH research awards on record, funded 1997–2026 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.
Publications
Matched to this physician's OpenAlex author record; most-cited works shown first.
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