Kavitha Vellanki is a Nephrology physician affiliated with Loyola University Medical Center. OpenAlex indexes 49 publications with 437 citations (h-index 9).
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
2160 S 1st Ave Bldg 102
Maywood, IL 601533328
Telephone
708-216-3306Provider last certified this registry record 24 Jun 2021.
Industry payments
3 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Baxter HealthcareProgram year20241 payment
- Amgen Inc.Program year20221 payment
- OPKO Pharmaceuticals, LLCProgram year20221 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
66.7%Loop diuretic24.8%Furosemide70%Torsemide30%Part D<11 patientsBeta blocker13.5%Carvedilol63%Metoprolol Succinate37%Part D<11 patients+ 4 more classes in this area
Metabolism & gastrointestinal
22.3%Vitamin D3 Analog12.4%Calcitriol100%Part D<11 patientsCorticosteroid5.3%Prednisone100%Part D<11 patients+ 1 more class in this area
Cancer & immunology
5.7%Calcineurin inhibitor5.7%Tacrolimus100%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.
- Peri-transplant Orlistat Use and Post-transplant Oxalate Nephropathy: A Cautionary Tale for Weight Loss Management in Kidney Transplant Candidates.
Kidney International Case Reports
2026 - #1632 Blood cellular indices in relation with D-dimer and thrombin levels in patients with end stage renal disease
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
2025
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