Josef Stehlik, MD
Enriched profileChristi T. Smith Professor of Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine; Co-Chief, Advanced Heart Failure Section; Medical Director, Heart Transplant Program, University of Utah Health · University of Utah School of Medicine
Josef Stehlik is Christi T. Smith Professor of Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine; Co-Chief, Advanced Heart Failure Section; Medical Director, Heart Transplant Program, University of Utah Health at University of Utah School of Medicine. OpenAlex indexes 792 publications with 37,684 citations (h-index 91); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 8 registered studies with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 5% of Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
Data verified 14 Aug 2026
Overview
Updated 27 Aug 2026
Josef Stehlik, MD, is Christi T. Smith Professor of Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine. The public record shows 792 publications with 37,684 citations (h-index 91), centered on Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes, Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments. It also documents an investigator role on 8 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 12 companies, 3 NIH-funded awards (2013–2025).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2025 · Journal of the American Heart Association
- Top research focus: Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
- 8 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 12 companies
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Indications focus
from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
OpenAlex concept fingerprintDrugs & molecules
across trials, industry payments and publicationsWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 27 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 277.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
The practice address and phone this provider lists in the federal NPPES (CMS) registry.
Practice address
Telephone
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Updated 27 Aug 2026
Listed as an investigator on 8 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Randomized Trial of SGLT2i in Heart Transplant Recipients
Sponsor: VA Office of Research and Development
Industry payments
Updated 27 Aug 2026
12 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- TransMedics, Inc.Program year20253 payments$40,030openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLCProgram year20252 payments
- Medtronic, Inc.Program year20257 payments
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.
Nervous system
73.6%Other nervous system drugs73.6%Vyndamax90%Vyndaqel10%Part D<11 patientsCardiovascular
15.5%Angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitor (ARNI)5.1%Entresto100%Part D<11 patientsBeta blocker3.6%Metoprolol Succinate55%Carvedilol45%Part D<11 patientsMetabolism & gastrointestinal
7.7%SGLT2 inhibitor3.7%Farxiga56%Jardiance44%Part D<11 patientsCorticosteroid2.7%Prednisone100%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.
NIH funding
Updated 27 Aug 2026
3 NIH research awards on record, funded 2013–2025 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Randomized Trial of Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 Inhibition(SGLT2i) in Heart Transplant Recipients
Va Salt Lake City Healthcare System
FY2025I01CX002816 - Continuous Wearable Monitoring Analytics to Improve Outcomes in Heart Failure - LINK-HF2 multicenter implementation study
Va Salt Lake City Healthcare System
FY2025I01HX002922 - Continuous Wearable Monitoring Analytics to Improve Outcomes in Heart Failure - LINK-HF2 multicenter implementation study
Va Salt Lake City Healthcare System
FY2025I01HX002922
Congress activity
Updated 27 Aug 2026
1 congress contribution (2018) across ASH per OpenAlex. The most recent:
- Novel Form of Alternative Splicing of NFKB1. Its Role in Polycythemia and Adaptation to High Altitude in Andean Aymara
ASH Annual Meeting
ASH2018Co-author
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.
- Risk of Systemic Manifestations in Homozygous Carriers of the Transthyretin V142I Variant: A Million Veteran Program Analysis.
Journal of the American Heart Association
Article2025 - Left Atrial Reverse Remodeling in Patients Supported With Durable Left Ventricular Assist Devices and Clinical Implications.
Circulation. Heart failure
Article2025 - Association of Novel Ventricular Assist Device Self-report Measures With Overall Health-Related Quality of Life.
The Journal of cardiovascular nursing
Article2025 - Informing Management of Patients Developing Cardiogenic Shock at a Spoke and Being Transferred to a Hub.
Journal of the American Heart Association
Article2025
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)Network
Updated 27 Aug 2026
The people this person publishes with most, by number of co-authored papers. Names link to their own profile when we have one.
Online presence
Updated 27 Aug 2026
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Owned accounts
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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- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →healthgrades.com ↗
- MPH
Harvard School of Public Health
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Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →healthgrades.com ↗
Editorial & leadership roles
journal and society appointments- 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 →ishlt.org ↗
- Incoming Chief Medical Officer and Executive Director
Solid Organ Transplant Care Line, University of Utah Health
2026provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →medicine.utah.edu ↗ - 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 →ishlt.org ↗
Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- 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 →healthcare.utah.edu ↗
Media & interviews
press, podcasts and appearances- Featured physician expert
"YOUR HEALTH: Innovative transplants" (WAFB/Ivanhoe syndicated news segment, July 17, 2023), discussing use of hepatitis-C-positive donor hearts in transplantation
2023verifiedCorroborated 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 →wafb.com ↗
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