Murali Chakinala is a Respiratory physician affiliated with University of Missouri–St. Louis. OpenAlex indexes 193 publications with 5,252 citations (h-index 40).
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
4921 Parkview Pl
Div Im Pulmonary And Ccm, 8th Fl
Saint Louis, MO 631101032
Telephone
314-454-8917Registry record last updated 15 Apr 2025.
Industry payments
14 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCProgram year202526 payments$12,706openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- United Therapeutics CorporationProgram year202518 payments$10,617openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- Chiesi USA, Inc.Program year20256 payments
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.
Cardiovascular
52.7%Endothelin Receptor Antagonist22.9%Opsumit59%Ambrisentan35%Letairis6%Part D≥90 patientsLoop diuretic9.9%Furosemide63%Bumetanide31%Torsemide6%Part D<11 patients+ 8 more classes in this area
Genitourinary & hormones
16%Phosphodiesterase 5 Inhibitor16%Tadalafil61%Sildenafil Citrate35%Adcirca5%Part D<11 patientsMetabolism & gastrointestinal
11.1%Potassium supplement4.6%Potassium Chloride87%Klor-Con M209%Klor-Con4%Part D<11 patientsProton pump inhibitor2.3%Pantoprazole Sodium64%Omeprazole36%Part D<11 patients+ 5 more classes in this area
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 2007–2007 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- IMPACT OF COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED RESPIRATORY VIRAL INFECIONS IN LUNG TRANSPLANT
Washington University
FY2007$2,033M01RR000036
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.
- Seralutinib in adults with pulmonary arterial hypertension (TORREY): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 2 trial
The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
2024 - Contemporary Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A U.S. Perspective
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
2024 - Pulmonary Hypertension and Anastrozole (PHANTOM): A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
2024 - Defining the clinical validity of genes reported to cause pulmonary arterial hypertension
Genetics in Medicine
2023 - Mortality in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in the Modern Era: Early Insights From the Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry
Journal of the American Heart Association
2022
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