Maria Sam is a Neurology physician affiliated with Wake Forest University. OpenAlex indexes 34 publications with 1,333 citations (h-index 18).
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 Blvd
Winston Salem, NC 271570001
Telephone
336-716-2255Registry record last updated 12 Nov 2010.
Industry payments
1 company reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- AQUESTIVE THERAPEUTICS, INC.Program year20211 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.
Nervous system
92.9%Other antiepileptics34.8%Xcopri31%Levetiracetam29%Keppra11%Topiramate9%Levetiracetam Er8%Lacosamide6%Vimpat6%Part D<11 patientsMood Stabilizer18.2%Lamictal42%Carbamazepine Er37%Lamotrigine21%Part D<11 patients+ 6 more classes in this area
Musculoskeletal
5%gamma-Aminobutyric Acid-ergic Agonist2.8%Baclofen100%Part D<11 patientsCentral alpha-2 Adrenergic Agonist2.3%Tizanidine Hcl100%Part D<11 patientsRespiratory
2.1%Anticholinergic2.1%Glycopyrrolate100%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.
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