Karl Richardson is a Cardiology physician affiliated with Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. OpenAlex indexes 64 publications with 484 citations (h-index 8).
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
Medical Center Dr
Winston Salem, NC 271570001
Telephone
336-716-2255Registry record last updated 14 Oct 2016.
Industry payments
11 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Edwards Lifesciences CorporationProgram year202511 payments
- ABIOMEDProgram year20251 payment
- ZOLL Services LLC (A/K/A ZOLL LifeCor Corp)Program year20251 payment
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
78.8%Beta blocker18.1%Metoprolol Succinate42%Carvedilol38%Metoprolol Tartrate14%Atenolol6%Part D<11 patientsStatin16%Atorvastatin Calcium67%Rosuvastatin Calcium33%Part D≥63 patients+ 11 more classes in this area
Blood & clotting
14.5%Factor Xa inhibitor11.4%Eliquis90%Xarelto10%Part D<11 patientsVitamin K antagonist1.7%Warfarin Sodium100%Part D<11 patients+ 1 more class in this area
Metabolism & gastrointestinal
6.7%SGLT2 inhibitor5.8%Jardiance100%Part D≥23 patientsPotassium supplement0.9%Potassium Chloride100%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.
- 26-CCC-18409-ACC DON’T POKE THE HORNET’S NEST: ALLERGIC STEMI DUE TO HYMENOPTERA-INDUCED ANAPHYLAXIS
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
2026 - 26-CCC-16965-ACC MAD WORLD: CARDIAC ARREST DURING SEXUAL INTERCOURSE AS A PRESENTING SYMPTOM OF MITRAL ANNULAR DISJUNCTION
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
2026 - Multimodality Imaging in Evaluating and Guiding Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
2025 - Clinical management after surgical left atrial appendage exclusion
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
2025
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