Joseph Souza is a Cardiology physician affiliated with Pikeville Medical Center. OpenAlex indexes 38 publications with 1,772 citations (h-index 21).
Overview
Scholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex.
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
800 Rose St
Lexington, KY 405360293
Telephone
859-323-5956Provider last certified this registry record 7 Nov 2022.
Industry payments
24 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Philips North America LLCProgram year20254 payments
- Medtronic, Inc.Program year20254 payments
- AtriCure, Inc.Program year20253 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.
Cardiovascular
41.7%Antiarrhythmic19%Amiodarone Hcl68%Flecainide Acetate32%Part D<11 patientsBeta blocker18%Metoprolol Succinate69%Carvedilol32%Part D<11 patients+ 1 more class in this area
Blood & clotting
31.7%Factor Xa inhibitor31.7%Eliquis87%Xarelto13%Part D<11 patientsAnti-infectives
16%Tetracycline-class Drug11.3%Doxycycline Hyclate100%Part D≥34 patientsFirst-generation cephalosporins4.7%Cephalexin100%Part D≥13 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.
- Balloon septostomy: A novel approach for crossing a double interatrial septum during pulsed field ablation
HeartRhythm Case Reports
2024 - Echocardiographic Evaluation of His Bundle Pacing in Patients with Prolonged PR Intervals
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
2023 - PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN A 27-YEAR OLD WITH BRUGADA SYNDROME AND AN IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
2022
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