Issam Raad is an Infectious Disease physician affiliated with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. OpenAlex indexes 668 publications with 55,038 citations (h-index 101); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 3 registered studies matched to this name. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 1% of Infectious 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
1515 Holcombe Blvd
Houston, TX 770304009
Telephone
713-792-6161Registry record last updated 21 Dec 2010.
Clinical trials
- PHASE II SINGLE-CENTER, RANDOMIZED, OPEN-LABEL, PROSPECTIVE, STUDY TO DETERMINE THE IMPACT OF SERIAL PROCALCITONIN
Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- Comparative Study To Determine The Efficacy, Safety, And Tolerability Of Ceftolozane-Tazobactam
Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Telavancin in the Treatment of Gram Positive Bloodstream Infections in Cancer Patients
Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
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
2 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Melinta Therapeutics, LLCProgram year20221 payment
- La Jolla Pharmaceutical CompanyProgram year20221 payment
Payment records matched to this physician's NPI in CMS Open Payments, program years 2021 onward.
NIH funding
1 NIH research award on record, funded 2012–2012 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- The third infections in cancer symposium
University of Tx Md Anderson Can Ctr
FY2012$44,529R13HS021599
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.
- Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-related Infections
Clinical Infectious Diseases
2011 - Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections
American Journal of Infection Control
2011
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