Michael Polis, MD
Enriched profileMedical Consultant, Michael A Polis, MD, MPH, LLC · Michael A Polis
Michael Polis is Medical Consultant, Michael A Polis, MD, MPH, LLC at Michael A Polis. OpenAlex indexes 182 publications with 12,630 citations (h-index 52); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 2 registered studies with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 10% of Infectious Disease profiles in the FindMyKOL directory.
Data verified 24 Oct 2026
Overview
Updated 28 Oct 2026
Michael Polis, MD, is Medical Consultant, Michael A Polis, MD, MPH, LLC. The public record shows 182 publications with 12,630 citations (h-index 52), centered on HIV Research and Treatment, Hepatitis C virus research, HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment. It also documents an investigator role on 2 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 2 companies.
- Top research focus: HIV Research and Treatment
- 2 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 2 companies
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Indications focus
from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
OpenAlex concept fingerprintWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 122.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingFederally funded research awards.
Contact
No public contact details on file. This person's NPPES record doesn't include a practice address or telephone number. Why? →
Clinical trials
Updated 28 Oct 2026
Listed as an investigator on 2 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Antiretroviral Therapy for Advanced HIV Disease in South Africa
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
- Epidemiological Study of HIV in the South African National Defense Force
Sponsor: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Industry payments
Updated 28 Oct 2026
2 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2022–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- ModernaTX, Inc.Program year202510 payments
- ModernaTX, Inc.Program year202435 payments$21,308openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- ModernaTX, Inc.Program year202346 payments$35,845openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
NIH funding
We didn't find any NIH-funded research awards for this person in NIH RePORTER. Why? →
Publications
None on file yet. We only list publications we can confidently match to this person. Why? →
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)- 01Changes in thymic function with age and during the treatment of HIV infectionArticle1,894 citations1998
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Network
Updated 28 Oct 2026
The people this person publishes with most, by number of co-authored papers. Names link to their own profile when we have one.
Background & recognition
Updated 28 Oct 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Education
degrees and training on record- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →everydayhealth.care ↗
- Board certified
American Board of Internal Medicine
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →everydayhealth.care ↗
Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- verifiedCorroborated by FindMyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →orcid.org ↗
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