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Mark Benfield, MD

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Pediatric Nephrologist, Pediatric Nephrology of Alabama PC · Pediatric Nephrology of Alabama PC

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Region🇺🇸 Cullman, AL · Southeast · United StatesSpecialtyPediatric NephrologyFocusNephrology
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Mark Benfield is Pediatric Nephrologist, Pediatric Nephrology of Alabama PC at Pediatric Nephrology of Alabama PC. ClinicalTrials.gov lists 2 registered studies with this person as an investigator.

Data verified 17 Oct 2026

Overview

Updated 18 Oct 2026

Mark Benfield, MD, is Pediatric Nephrologist, Pediatric Nephrology of Alabama PC. The public record shows 66 publications with 3,859 citations (h-index 33), centered on Nephrology. It also documents an investigator role on 2 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 4 companies, 1 NIH-funded awards (2006–2007).

  • Top research focus: Nephrology
  • 2 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
  • Open Payments reporting from 4 companies

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Research focus

OpenAlex concept fingerprint
Nephrology

Drugs & molecules

across trials, industry payments and publications
PROCYSBIClinical trials—Industry payments148Publications—Thiolageneric · TioproninClinical trials—Industry payments4Publications—CystaranClinical trials—Industry payments2Publications—

Works with

trial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Horizon Therapeutics plcClinical trials—Industry payments95Amgen Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments57Travere Therapeutics, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments4Leadiant Biosciences, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments2Pediatric Nephrology of AlabamaClinical trials2Industry payments—

Scholarship

indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
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33h-index

Hirsch index, productivity × impact (OpenAlex).

Clinical & industry

trials, payments and federal funding
2clinical trials

Investigator role on registered studies.

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4companies · 2021–2025

Companies reporting payments to CMS. Facts, not judgments.

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1NIH grants · 2006–2007

Federally funded research awards.

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Contact

The practice address and phone this provider lists in the federal NPPES (CMS) registry.

Practice address

Telephone

Practice address and telephone from the federal NPPES registry.

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Clinical trials

Updated 18 Oct 2026

Listed as an investigator on 2 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:

Industry payments

Updated 18 Oct 2026

4 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:

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Medicare prescribing footprint (2019)

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

    40.7%
    Proton pump inhibitor22%
    Omeprazole100%
    Part D<11 patients
    Corticosteroid18.6%
    Prednisone100%
    Part D<11 patients

  • Cardiovascular

    39%
    ACE inhibitor39%
    Lisinopril100%
    Part D<11 patients

  • Anti-infectives

    20.3%
    Nitrofuran Antibacterial20.3%
    Nitrofurantoin100%
    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

Updated 18 Oct 2026

1 NIH research award on record, funded 2006–2007 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:

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Publications

Matched to this physician's OpenAlex author record; most-cited works shown first.

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Background & recognition

Updated 18 Oct 2026

Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.

Education

degrees and training on record
  • MD

    Tulane University School of Medicine

    1984
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Secondary affiliations

appointments beyond the home institution

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