Layla Abushamat is an Endocrinology/Metabolic physician affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine. OpenAlex indexes 63 publications with 364 citations (h-index 9).
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
7200 Cambridge St
Houston, TX 770304202
Telephone
713-798-1000Provider last certified this registry record 12 Jan 2024.
Industry payments
5 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals CorporationProgram year20251 payment
- Novo Nordisk IncProgram year20254 payments
- Madrigal PharmaceuticalsProgram 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.
Metabolism & gastrointestinal
64.4%GLP-1 receptor agonist53.6%Ozempic59%Mounjaro27%Wegovy14%Part D<11 patientsBiguanide (metformin)6.4%Metformin Hcl Er100%Part D<11 patients+ 1 more class in this area
Cardiovascular
26%Statin14.8%Atorvastatin Calcium51%Rosuvastatin Calcium49%Part D<11 patientsCholesterol absorption inhibitor6.8%Ezetimibe100%Part D<11 patients+ 1 more class in this area
Hormonal (systemic)
9.6%l-Thyroxine9.6%Levothyroxine Sodium100%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.
NIH funding
1 NIH research award on record, funded 2024–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Mechanisms and consequences of erythritol and erythronate excess in cardiometabolic disease
Baylor College of Medicine
FY2026$194,452K23DK140641 - Mechanisms and consequences of erythritol and erythronate excess in cardiometabolic disease
Baylor College of Medicine
FY2025$194,497K23DK140641 - Mechanisms and consequences of erythritol and erythronate excess in cardiometabolic disease
Baylor College of Medicine
FY2024$194,544K23DK140641
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.
- Reframing prenatal care as cardiometabolic disease prevention in women
American Journal of Preventive Cardiology
2026 - 26-A-13235-ACC LOWER SERUM POTASSIUM IS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHER RISK OF HYPERTENSION, HEART FAILURE AND MORTALITY: ALLOFUS RESEARCH PROGRAM
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
2026 - Adipokines and Transitions in Metabolic Health Over Time: The Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities (ARIC) Study
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
2025
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