Nicholas Smedira, MD
Enriched profileStaff Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery; Professor of Surgery · Cleveland Clinic
Nicholas Smedira is Staff Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery; Professor of Surgery at Cleveland Clinic. OpenAlex indexes 524 publications with 23,489 citations (h-index 82); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 3 registered studies with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 5% of Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
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Overview
Updated 12 Oct 2026
Nicholas Smedira, MD, is Staff Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at Cleveland Clinic. The public record shows 524 publications with 23,489 citations (h-index 82), centered on Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes, Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies. It also documents an investigator role on 3 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 9 companies.
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Cardiovascular research
- Top research focus: Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
- 3 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 9 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; 8 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 268.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingFederally funded research awards.
Contact
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Clinical trials
Updated 12 Oct 2026
Listed as an investigator on 3 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Study of NU172 as Anticoagulation in Patients Undergoing Off-pump CABG Surgery
Sponsor: ARCA Biopharma, Inc.
- Confirmation Trial of the Acorn CorCap Cardiac Support Device (CSD) at the Same Time as Mitral Valve Repair
Sponsor: Acorn Cardiovascular, Inc.
Industry payments
Updated 12 Oct 2026
9 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Edwards Lifesciences CorporationProgram year20253 payments
- Dilon Technologies, Inc.Program year20251 payment
- AtriCure, Inc.Program year20252 payments
NIH funding
We didn't find any NIH-funded research awards for this person in NIH RePORTER. Why? →
Publications
Updated 12 Oct 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Incremental prognostic value of late gadolinium enhancement in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in a large contemporary cohort.
Cardiovascular research
Article2026 - Echocardiographic Changes Following Surgical Myectomy in Severely Symptomatic Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Insights From the SPIRIT-HCM Study.
Journal of the American Heart Association
Article2025 - Contemporary Clinical Characteristics, Imaging, Management, and Surgical and Nonsurgical Outcomes of Adult Patients With Subaortic Stenosis.
Journal of the American Heart Association
Article2024
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)- 01Unexpected Abrupt Increase in Left Ventricular Assist Device ThrombosisArticle793 citations2013
- 02Durability of mitral valve repair for degenerative diseaseArticle620 citations1998
- 03Withholding and Withdrawal of Life Support from the Critically IllArticle614 citations1990
- 04Long-Term Durability of Bioprosthetic Aortic Valves: Implications From 12,569 ImplantsArticle493 citations2015
- 05
Network
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Online presence
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Mentions by others
where others cite or feature them- Other
my.clevelandclinic.org/podcasts/love-your-heart/hypertrophic-obstructive-cardiomyopathy-the-cleveland-clinic-approach-to-surgery
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Background & recognition
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Education
degrees and training on record- 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 →providers.clevelandclinic.org ↗
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Editorial & leadership roles
journal and society appointments- Editorial board member
Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
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Awards & honors
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Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- Professor of Surgery
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
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