Kara Willenburg is an Infectious Disease physician affiliated with Marshall University. OpenAlex indexes 11 publications with 232 citations (h-index 6).
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
1249 15th St
Suite 3000
Huntington, WV 257013662
Telephone
304-691-1000Provider last certified this registry record 22 Dec 2021.
Industry payments
3 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Boston Scientific CorporationProgram year20241 payment
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCProgram year20221 payment
- Astellas Pharma US IncProgram year20212 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.
Anti-infectives
99.1%Lipopeptide Antibacterial98%Daptomycin100%Part B, office-administered≥56 patientsCephalosporin Antibacterial0.7%Ceftriaxone sodium68%Cefepime hydrochloride32%Part B, office-administered≥34 patients+ 7 more classes in this area
Musculoskeletal
0.9%RANK Ligand Inhibitor0.9%Denosumab100%Part B, office-administered≥24 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.
- Response to a Large HIV Outbreak, Cabell County, West Virginia, 2018–2019
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
2021 - <i>Notes from the Field:</i> Outbreak of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Among Persons Who Inject Drugs — Cabell County, West Virginia, 2018–2019
MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
2020
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