Nazem Akoum is a Cardiology physician affiliated with University of Washington. OpenAlex indexes 253 publications with 10,136 citations (h-index 40). By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 10% of Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
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
1959 NE Pacific St
Seattle, WA 981950001
Telephone
206-598-4300Registry record last updated 20 Apr 2015.
Industry payments
4 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Boston Scientific CorporationProgram year20253 payments
- Abbott LaboratoriesProgram year20254 payments
- Abbott LaboratoriesProgram year20241 payment
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.
Blood & clotting
62.7%Factor Xa inhibitor62.7%Eliquis78%Xarelto22%Part D≥38 patientsCardiovascular
37.3%Beta blocker22.5%Metoprolol Succinate100%Part D≥23 patientsAntiarrhythmic14.8%Amiodarone Hcl100%Part D≥20 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 2022–2025 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Quantitative model-based ESUS reclassification using cardiac and cerebral vessel wall MRI
University of Washington
FY2025$758,155R01NS125635 - Quantitative model-based ESUS reclassification using cardiac and cerebral vessel wall MRI
University of Washington
FY2024$735,766R01NS125635 - Quantitative model-based ESUS reclassification using cardiac and cerebral vessel wall MRI
University of Washington
FY2023$757,262R01NS125635
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.
- Machine Learning and the Conundrum of Stroke Risk Prediction
Arrhythmia & Electrophysiology Review
2023 - Epicardial adipose tissue is associated with left atrial volume and fibrosis in patients with atrial fibrillation
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
2022
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