James Crapo is Professor of Medicine at National Jewish Health. OpenAlex indexes 692 publications with 51,390 citations (h-index 115); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 6 registered studies with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 5% of Pulmonary Disease profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
Data verified 14 Aug 2026
Overview
Updated 27 Aug 2026
James D. Crapo, MD, is Professor of Medicine at National Jewish Health. The public record shows 692 publications with 51,390 citations (h-index 115), centered on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Respiratory Support and Mechanisms, Asthma and respiratory diseases. It also documents an investigator role on 6 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 2 companies, 12 NIH-funded awards (1997–2024).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2024 · Radiology
- Top research focus: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
- 6 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 2 companies
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Indications focus
from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
OpenAlex concept fingerprintWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 7 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 434.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingPublic positions
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- Testified before U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee (June 4, 2003) regarding medical provisions of S. 1125
the Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2003
2003provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →judiciary.senate.gov ↗
Contact
The practice address and phone this provider lists in the federal NPPES (CMS) registry.
Practice address
Telephone
Practice address and telephone from the federal NPPES registry.
Sign in to view contact details →Clinical trials
Updated 27 Aug 2026
Listed as an investigator on 6 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- BMX-001 + Paclitaxel in Adult Patients With Advanced, Recurrent, Metastatic Ovarian or Endometrial Cancer
Sponsor: BioMimetix JV, LLC
- Trial of BMX-001 or Placebo in Head and Neck Cancer Patients
Sponsor: BioMimetix JV, LLC
Industry payments
Updated 27 Aug 2026
2 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2023. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbHProgram year20231 payment
- Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbHProgram year20211 payment
- Olympus America Inc.Program year20211 payment
NIH funding
Updated 27 Aug 2026
12 NIH research awards on record, funded 1997–2024 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- COPD(GENE): TASK B: "STEWARDSHIP OF BIOSPECIMEN AND DATA REPOSITORIES"
National Jewish Health
FY2024$922,05575N92023D00011 - GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY OF COPD (COPD GENE) TASK A: STUDY VISIT 4, COLLECTION OF COPDGENE STUDY DATA ANDBIOSPECIMENS AND OVERSIGHT OF THE COPDGENE STUDY
National Jewish Health
FY2023$8,193,53975N92023D00011 - COPD(GENE): TASK B: "STEWARDSHIP OF BIOSPECIMEN AND DATA REPOSITORIES"
National Jewish Health
FY2023$925,35575N92023D00011
Congress activity
Updated 27 Aug 2026
7 congress contributions (2019–2025) across ASCO, ASTRO per OpenAlex. The most recent:
- Patient-Reported Outcomes from a Phase 1-2 Trial of Concurrent Chemoradiation and BMX-001 for Locally Advanced Head and Neck Cancer
ASTRO Annual Meeting
ASTRO2025Co-author - Phase 2 trial of newly diagnosed high-grade glioma treated with concurrent radiation therapy, temozolomide, and BMX-001.
ASCO Annual Meeting
ASCO2021Co-authorPosterTrials in progress
Published abstracts are attributed via the same ORCID-disambiguated authorship as publications, so each is DOI-verified. Podium roles (invited talks, session chairs) and oral/poster type are added as program data is confirmed.
Publications
Updated 27 Aug 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)- 01Genetic Epidemiology of COPD (COPDGene) Study Design1,334 citations2010
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Network
Updated 27 Aug 2026
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Online presence
Updated 27 Aug 2026
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Owned accounts
public accounts run by this person- Doximity
doximity.com/pub/james-crapo-md
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researchgate.net/profile/James_Crapo
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Mentions by others
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som.cuanschutz.edu/Profiles/Faculty/Profile/11472
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nationaljewish.org/doctors-departments/james-d-crapo
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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 →som.cuanschutz.edu ↗
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- Board Certified
American Board of Internal Medicine
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American Board of Pulmonary Diseases
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Editorial & leadership roles
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Awards & honors
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Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- Professor of Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine (CU Anschutz), Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
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BioMimetix JV, LLC
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past employment, per ORCID-declared record
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Media & interviews
press, podcasts and appearances- Speaker
2018 Aspen Ideas: Health, panel "Clearing the Air: Living with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)" (49-minute recorded session)
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