Kirkwood Adams is a Cardiology physician affiliated with University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. OpenAlex indexes 336 publications with 28,089 citations (h-index 72); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 2 registered studies matched to this name. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 10% of Cardiovascular Disease profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
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
101 Manning Dr
Chapel Hill, NC 275990001
Telephone
919-966-8596Registry record last updated 20 Jun 2008.
Clinical trials
- Tolvaptan For Worsening Outpatient Heart Failure: Role of Copeptin In Identifying Responders
Sponsor: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Pilot Study of Using Copeptin to Predict Response to Tolvaptan
Sponsor: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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
9 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Novo Nordisk IncProgram year20253 payments
- AstraZeneca UK LimitedProgram year20251 payment
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCProgram year20251 payment
Payment records matched to this physician's NPI in CMS Open Payments, program years 2021 onward.
NIH funding
2 NIH research awards on record, funded 1995–2015 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- 3/3-Multi-Site - Omega-3 for Co-Morbid Depression & HF Treatment (OCEAN)
Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill
FY2015$230,661R34MH097049 - 3/3-Multi-Site - Omega-3 for Co-Morbid Depression & HF Treatment (OCEAN)
Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill
FY2014$231,089R34MH097049 - 3/3-Multi-Site - Omega-3 for Co-Morbid Depression & HF Treatment (OCEAN)
Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill
FY2013$244,043R34MH097049
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.
Publications
Matched to this physician's OpenAlex author record; most-cited works shown first.
- Efficacy and Safety of Dapagliflozin in Patients With Acute Heart Failure
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
2024 - Cardiac Myosin Activation with Omecamtiv Mecarbil in Systolic Heart Failure
New England Journal of Medicine
2020
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