Nasrollah Ghahramani is a Nephrology physician affiliated with Pennsylvania State University. OpenAlex indexes 206 publications with 2,497 citations (h-index 25); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 1 registered study matched to this name.
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
500 University Dr
Hershey, PA 170332360
Telephone
800-233-4082Registry record last updated 13 Oct 2009.
Clinical trials
- Peer-mentoring, Quality of Life and Caregiver Burden in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease and Their Caregivers
Sponsor: Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
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
3 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Calliditas Therapeutics US Inc.Program year20251 payment
- CALLIDITAS THERAPEUTICS US INC.Program year20241 payment
- Vifor Pharma, Inc.Program year20211 payment
Payment records matched to this physician's NPI in CMS Open Payments, program years 2021 onward.
Medicare prescribing footprint (2021)
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
100%Beta blocker100%Carvedilol100%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
1 NIH research award on record, funded 2009–2013 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Impact of perceptions on choice of kidney transplant in rural Appalachia
Pennsylvania State Univ Hershey Med Ctr
FY2013$164,622K23DK084300 - Impact of perceptions on choice of kidney transplant in rural Appalachia
Pennsylvania State Univ Hershey Med Ctr
FY2012$180,263K23DK084300 - Impact of perceptions on choice of kidney transplant in rural Appalachia
Pennsylvania State Univ Hershey Med Ctr
FY2011$180,263K23DK084300
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.
- Considerations in Controlling for Urine Concentration for Biomarkers of Kidney Disease Progression After Acute Kidney Injury
Kidney International Reports
2022 - Inequity and disparities mar existing global research evidence on Long COVID
Global Health Promotion
2022
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