Mark Okusa is a Nephrology physician affiliated with University of Virginia. OpenAlex indexes 442 publications with 16,465 citations (h-index 73); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 1 registered study matched to this name. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 10% of Nephrology profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
Overview
Scholarship
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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
The Kidney Center Uva Hospital W
Hospital Drive, 5th Floor
Charlottesville, VA 229080001
Telephone
434-924-1894Registry record last updated 8 Jul 2007.
Clinical trials
- Optimizing Ultrasound-induced Anti-inflammation in Human Subjects
Sponsor: University of Virginia
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
1 company reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- AstraZeneca UK LimitedProgram year20241 payment
Payment records matched to this physician's NPI in CMS Open Payments, program years 2021 onward.
NIH funding
17 NIH research awards on record, funded 1998–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Proof of concept and feasibility in humans for pulsed ultrasound treatment to reduce inflammation and risk of AKI
University of Virginia
FY2026$315,326R01DK137937 - Proof of concept and feasibility in humans for pulsed ultrasound treatment to reduce inflammation and risk of AKI
University of Virginia
FY2025$315,327R01DK137937
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.
- The Pathophysiology of Sepsis-Associated AKI
Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
2022 - Vagus nerve stimulation activates two distinct neuroimmune circuits converging in the spleen to protect mice from kidney injury
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2021 - AKI!Now Initiative: Recommendations for Awareness, Recognition, and Management of AKI
Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
2020
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