Nihar Desai, MD, MPH
Enriched profileAssociate Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine); Vice Chief, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine · Yale School of Medicine
Nihar Desai is Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine); Vice Chief, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine at Yale School of Medicine. OpenAlex indexes 531 publications with 16,011 citations (h-index 56); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 3 registered studies with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 10% of Cardiovascular Disease profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
Data verified 15 Oct 2026
Overview
Updated 15 Oct 2026
Nihar R. Desai, MD, MPH, is Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) at Yale School of Medicine, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine. The public record shows 531 publications with 16,011 citations (h-index 56), centered on Heart Failure Treatment and Management, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health. It also documents an investigator role on 3 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 26 companies.
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Journal of the American Heart Association
- Top research focus: Heart Failure Treatment and Management
- 3 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 26 companies
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Indications focus
from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
OpenAlex concept fingerprintDrugs & molecules
across trials, industry payments and publicationsWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 24 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 219.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingFederally funded research awards.
Public positions
sourced statements on record- Clinical consultant to CMS on acute myocardial infarction
heart failure, and coronary artery bypass graft surgery readmission and mortality quality measures
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →medicine.yale.edu ↗
Contact
The practice address and phone this provider lists in the federal NPPES (CMS) registry.
Practice address
Telephone
Practice address and telephone from the federal NPPES registry.
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Updated 15 Oct 2026
Listed as an investigator on 3 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Pragmatic Trial of Messaging to Providers About Treatment of Hyperlipidemia (PROMPT-LIPID)
Sponsor: Yale University
- Real-Time Monitoring of Heart Failure Across the Yale New Haven Health System
Sponsor: Yale University
- Risk EValuation And Its Impact on ClinicAL Decision Making and Outcomes in Heart Failure
Sponsor: Yale University
Industry payments
Updated 15 Oct 2026
26 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Amgen Inc.Program year2025144 payments$143,812openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Program year202554 payments$89,771openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc.Program year202510 payments$14,784openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
NIH funding
We didn't find any NIH-funded research awards for this person in NIH RePORTER. Why? →
Congress activity
Updated 15 Oct 2026
5 congress contributions (2020–2026) across ADA, ASCO, ASH per OpenAlex. The most recent:
- Healthcare utilization and health expenditures among U.S. adults by cancer and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease status.
ASCO Annual Meeting
ASCO2026Co-author - 316-OR: Diabetes Care among Older Adults Enrolled in Medicare Advantage vs. Traditional Medicare Fee-for-Service Plans: The Diabetes Collaborative Registry
ADA Scientific Sessions
ADA2021Co-authorOral
Published abstracts are attributed via the same ORCID-disambiguated authorship as publications, so each is DOI-verified. Podium roles (invited talks, session chairs) and oral/poster type are added as program data is confirmed.
Publications
Updated 15 Oct 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Lowering With Inclisiran Plus Usual Care in Recent Acute Coronary Syndrome: VICTORION-INCEPTION, a Randomized, Controlled, Open-Label Trial.
Journal of the American Heart Association
Clinical Trial2026 - Ten-Year Medicare Use and Spending on the 10 Drugs Selected for Negotiation Under the Inflation Reduction Act.
Journal of the American Heart Association
Article2025 - Medicare Coverage and Patient Out-of-Pocket Costs for Mavacamten.
Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes
Letter2025 - Mechanical Circulatory Support in Patients Without Cardiogenic Shock Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.
Journal of the American Heart Association
Article2025 - Utilization of Fixed-Dose Combination Treatment for Hypertension in Medicare and Medicaid From 2016 to 2020.
Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes
Letter2024
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)Network
Updated 15 Oct 2026
The people this person publishes with most, by number of co-authored papers. Names link to their own profile when we have one.
Online presence
Updated 15 Oct 2026
This person's own public accounts first, then places where others mention them. Two different things, listed separately.
Owned accounts
public accounts run by this person- ResearchGate
researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Nihar-R-Desai-15620014
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x.com/nihardesai927
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Background & recognition
Updated 15 Oct 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Education
degrees and training on record- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →medicine.yale.edu ↗
- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →medicine.yale.edu ↗
- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →medicine.yale.edu ↗
- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →medicine.yale.edu ↗
- Research fellowship
TIMI Study Group (with Dr. Eugene Braunwald)
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →medicine.yale.edu ↗
Editorial & leadership roles
journal and society appointments- Host
Medscape InDiscussion Cardiorenal Metabolic Syndrome podcast series (Season 1)
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →medscape.com ↗
Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- Investigator
Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE), Yale New Haven Health
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 →medicine.yale.edu ↗ - Executive Director for Bundled Payments and Clinical Service Line Operations
Yale New Haven Health System
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 →medicine.yale.edu ↗ - Team member
Institution for Social and Policy Studies (ISPS), Yale University
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →isps.yale.edu ↗
Media & interviews
press, podcasts and appearances- Video interview series
"Nihar Desai, MD, MPH: Improving PCSK9 Inhibitor Use, Guiding Heart Failure Care & ACC 2022 Headlines", HCPLive
2022provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →hcplive.com ↗ - Host
Medscape InDiscussion: Cardiorenal Metabolic Syndrome podcast series, discussing AHA presidential statement on cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic health
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →medscape.com ↗ - Interview
"From Polypharmacy to Personalized Care: Dr Nihar Desai Discusses Holistic Cardiovascular Care", AJMC
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →ajmc.com ↗
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