Nicolae Leca is a Nephrology physician affiliated with University of Washington. OpenAlex indexes 100 publications with 1,809 citations (h-index 23).
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
University Of Washington Medical Ctr
1959 NE Pacific St
Seattle, WA 981956166
Telephone
206-598-5068Registry record last updated 24 Jun 2009.
Industry payments
11 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Travere Therapeutics, Inc.Program year202522 payments$22,374openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Program year202511 payments$13,948openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLCProgram year20259 payments$13,463openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
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
46.9%Angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB)12.4%Losartan Potassium100%Part D≥37 patientsCalcium channel blocker8.3%Amlodipine Besylate100%Part D≥34 patients+ 5 more classes in this area
Metabolism & gastrointestinal
21.6%Corticosteroid15.3%Prednisone100%Part D≥41 patientsProton pump inhibitor2.8%Omeprazole100%Part D<11 patients+ 2 more classes in this area
Anti-infectives
11%Short-acting sulfonamides6.6%Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim100%Part D≥24 patientsCytomegalovirus Nucleoside Analog DNA Polymerase Inhibitor2.5%Valganciclovir Hcl100%Part D≥11 patients+ 1 more class 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.
Publications
Matched to this physician's OpenAlex author record; most-cited works shown first.
- Associations between donor-derived cell-free DNA dynamics and clinical outcomes after kidney allograft rejection: A prospective, multicenter study
American Journal of Transplantation
2025 - Should Transplant Nephrology Pursue Recognition from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)?
Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
2024 - Use of LCP-Tacrolimus (LCPT) in Kidney Transplantation: A Delphi Consensus Survey of Expert Clinicians
Annals of Transplantation
2024 - Prospective observational study to validate a next-generation sequencing blood RNA signature to predict early kidney transplant rejection
American Journal of Transplantation
2023 - Tocilizumab for treatment of chronic active antibody‐mediated rejection in kidney transplant recipients
Clinical Transplantation
2023
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