Jose Santacruz is a Respiratory physician affiliated with Houston Methodist. OpenAlex indexes 55 publications with 857 citations (h-index 12).
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
6560 Fannin St Ste 1632
Houston, TX 770302734
Telephone
713-255-4000Provider last certified this registry record 2 Nov 2023.
Industry payments
20 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.Program year20252 payments
- GlaxoSmithKline, LLC.Program year20253 payments
- Insmed, Inc.Program year20252 payments
Payment records matched to this physician's NPI in CMS Open Payments, program years 2021 onward.
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.
Respiratory
53.7%Corticosteroid34.4%Symbicort41%Breo Ellipta21%Trelegy Ellipta18%Budesonide-Formoterol Fumarate9%Breyna5%Fluticasone Propionate4%Asmanex Hfa4%Part D<11 patientsbeta2-Adrenergic Agonist16.3%Albuterol Sulfate Hfa100%Part D≥73 patients+ 1 more class in this area
Anti-infectives
16.9%Macrolide Antimicrobial5.6%Azithromycin100%Part D≥30 patientsFluoroquinolone Antibacterial3.7%Levofloxacin100%Part D≥23 patients+ 4 more classes in this area
Dermatology
15.5%Corticosteroid15.5%Triamcinolone acetonide64%Methylprednisolone36%Part D + Part B≥42 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.
- Impact of Intraoperative C-arm 3D Imaging on the Diagnostic Yield of Robotic Shape-Sensing Navigation Transbronchial Biopsy
Annals of Thoracic Surgery Short Reports
2025 - IBV Placement in a Patient Status Post Pneumonectomy
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
2025
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