Kenneth Saag is a Rheumatology/Immunology physician affiliated with University of Alabama at Birmingham. OpenAlex indexes 5 publications with 248 citations (h-index 3); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 1 registered study matched to this name.
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
1717 6th Ave S
Birmingham, AL 352331801
Telephone
800-822-8816Registry record last updated 1 Jun 2023.
Clinical trials
- RESTORE: REducing Future fractureS and Improving ouTcOmes of fRagility fracturE
Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham
- REduCing Immunogenicity to PegloticasE (RECIPE) Study
Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Overall officialPhase 2CompletedNCT03303989 - Novel Methods for Ascertainment of Gout Flares -A Pilot Study
Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Overall officialCompletedNCT02855437
Registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov where the overall official or a site investigator name-matches this physician, confirmed against known institution/geography. Latest few shown; the full list is part of the full profile.
Industry payments
15 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Neurocrine BioSciences, Inc.Program year20258 payments$15,006openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.Program year20252 payments
- KYOWA KIRIN, INC.Program year20252 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.
Cancer & immunology
29.7%JAK inhibitor9.5%Rinvoq79%Olumiant21%Part D<11 patientsFolate Analog Metabolic Inhibitor9.1%Methotrexate100%Part D≥28 patients+ 3 more classes in this area
Musculoskeletal
24.5%Xanthine oxidase inhibitor17.9%Allopurinol79%Febuxostat21%Part D<11 patientsMuscle Relaxant2.1%Cyclobenzaprine Hcl100%Part D<11 patients+ 3 more classes in this area
Metabolism & gastrointestinal
20.3%Corticosteroid20.3%Prednisone100%Part D≥41 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
26 NIH research awards on record, funded 1999–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- CTSA K12 Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
University of Alabama at Birmingham
FY2026$1,573,065K12TR004769 - CTSA K12 Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
University of Alabama at Birmingham
FY2025$1,573,065K12TR004769 - CTSA K12 Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
University of Alabama at Birmingham
FY2024$1,620,000K12TR004769
Awards in the NIH RePORTER records where a principal investigator name matches this physician at an organization in their practice state. Latest award years shown; each row links to the project record on RePORTER.
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