James Kirchhoffer is a Cardiology physician affiliated with Baystate Medical Center. OpenAlex indexes 15 publications with 341 citations (h-index 8).
Overview
Scholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index, productivity × impact (OpenAlex).
Contact
The practice address and phone this provider lists in the federal NPPES (CMS) registry.
Practice address
22 Atwood Dr
Suite 301
Northampton, MA 010604272
Telephone
413-570-4900Registry record last updated 16 Apr 2015.
Medicare prescribing footprint (2021)
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
80.1%Beta blocker25.5%Metoprolol Succinate62%Carvedilol20%Metoprolol Tartrate14%Atenolol4%Part D<11 patientsStatin14.5%Atorvastatin Calcium67%Rosuvastatin Calcium17%Pravastatin Sodium12%Simvastatin4%Part D<11 patients+ 13 more classes in this area
Blood & clotting
18.6%Factor Xa inhibitor15.1%Eliquis69%Xarelto31%Part D≥76 patientsP2Y12 inhibitor1.3%Clopidogrel100%Part D≥11 patients+ 2 more classes in this area
Metabolism & gastrointestinal
0.8%Proton pump inhibitor0.8%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.
Publications
Matched to this physician's OpenAlex author record; most-cited works shown first.
- Predictors and Clinical Impact of Atrial Fibrillation After Pacemaker Implantation in Elderly Patients Treated with Dual Chamber Versus Ventricular Pacing
Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology
2003 - A short-term analysis of permanent pacemaker implantation and utilization after cardiac surgery
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
2002 - Potentially Fatal Interaction Between Azithromycin and Disopyramide
Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology
2000 - Effects of Adenosine on Local Stimulus‐Response Latency and Induction of Atrial Fibrillation by Premature Stimuli
Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology
1999
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