Orlando Gutierrez, MD
Enriched profileSenior Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research (Heersink School of Medicine); Director & Contact PI, UAB Center for Clinical and Translational Science; Professor of Medicine, Marie S. Ingalls Endowed Chair in Nephrology Leadership · University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
Orlando Gutierrez is Senior Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research (Heersink School of Medicine); Director & Contact PI, UAB Center for Clinical and Translational Science; Professor of Medicine, Marie S. Ingalls Endowed Chair in Nephrology Leadership at University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). OpenAlex indexes 382 publications with 20,261 citations (h-index 65); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 9 registered studies with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 5% of Nephrology profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
Data verified 14 Aug 2026
Overview
Updated 27 Aug 2026
Orlando Gutierrez, M.D., is Senior Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research (Heersink School of Medicine) at University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) / Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine. The public record shows 382 publications with 20,261 citations (h-index 65), centered on Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes, Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments, Dialysis and Renal Disease Management. It also documents an investigator role on 9 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 5 companies, 13 NIH-funded awards (2010–2026).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · American journal of physiology. Renal physiology
- Top research focus: Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
- 9 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 5 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; 40 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 179.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingPublic positions
sourced statements on record- Member
Medical Advisory Committee, American Kidney Fund
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →kidneyfund.org ↗
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.
Sign in to view contact details →Clinical trials
Updated 27 Aug 2026
Listed as an investigator on 9 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Effect of Phosphorus Additives on the Metabolome in Healthy Adults
Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham
- The Diurnal Rhythm in Natriuretic Peptide Levels
Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Impact of Ferric Citrate vs Ferrous Sulfate on Iron Parameters and Hemoglobin in Individuals With CKD and Iron Deficiency
Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Industry payments
Updated 27 Aug 2026
5 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Amgen Inc.Program year20251 payment
- Ardelyx, Inc.Program year20241 payment
- Ardelyx, Inc.Program year20231 payment
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
57.5%Thiazide-like diuretic35.6%Chlorthalidone100%Part D<11 patientsCalcium channel blocker21.9%Amlodipine Besylate100%Part D<11 patientsMetabolism & gastrointestinal
42.5%SGLT2 inhibitor21.9%Farxiga100%Part D<11 patientsVitamin D3 Analog20.5%Calcitriol100%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
Updated 27 Aug 2026
13 NIH research awards on record, funded 2010–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- CTSA UM1 at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
University of Alabama at Birmingham
FY2026$9,681,310UM1TR004771 - UAB National Coordinating Center for the George M. O'Brien Kidney National Resource Centers
University of Alabama at Birmingham
FY2026$2,060,550U24DK137318 - Dimensions of Kidney Tubule Health and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease and Heart Failure in Middle-Aged and Older Adults
Tufts Medical Center
FY2026$626,483R01HL167233
Congress activity
Updated 27 Aug 2026
2 congress contributions (2019–2021) across AACR, ASH per OpenAlex. The most recent:
- Abstract LB083: Characterizing colon and prostate cancers with comorbid chronic kidney disease in NHANES
AACR (meeting unresolved)
AACR2021Co-authorLate-breaking - Alpha Globin Gene Copy Number Is Associated with Kidney Disease Among Black Individuals
ASH Annual Meeting
ASH2019Co-author
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 27 Aug 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Eight weeks of MitoQ supplementation does not alter kidney function or urinary kidney injury biomarkers in middle-aged and older adults.
American journal of physiology. Renal physiology
Clinical Trial2026 - Water intake mediates cross-sectional associations between urinary kidney injury biomarkers and race in emerging adults.
American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology
Article2026 - Systemic Phosphate Elevations Induce Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 Production in Skeletal Muscle to Reduce Renal Phosphate Reabsorption in Mice.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
Article2026 - Association of Individual- and Neighborhood-Level Social Determinants of Health with Post-Hospitalization Acute Kidney Injury Care.
Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology
Article2026
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)- 01FGF23 induces left ventricular hypertrophyArticle2,004 citations2011
- 02Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 and Mortality among Patients Undergoing HemodialysisArticle1,712 citations2008
- 03
- 04Development and Validation of the American Heart Association’s PREVENT EquationsArticle1,012 citations2023
- 05
Network
Updated 27 Aug 2026
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Online presence
Updated 27 Aug 2026
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Owned accounts
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doximity.com/pub/orlando-gutierrez-md
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linkedin.com/in/orlando-gutierrez-531402b3
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scholars.uab.edu/600-orlando-gutierrez
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Mentions by others
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providerdirectory.uabmedicine.org/provider/orlando-gutierrez/573290
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kidneyfund.org/article/kidney-action-week-preview-qa-dr-orlando-gutierrez
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kidneyfund.org/profile/orlando-gutierrez-md
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Background & recognition
Updated 27 Aug 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
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 →providerdirectory.uabmedicine.org ↗
- MMSc
Harvard Medical School
- Board Certified
Nephrology (American Board of Internal Medicine)
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Editorial & leadership roles
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- Head
Section of Epidemiology and Outcomes Research, Division of Nephrology, UAB
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Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- Secondary appointment
Professor of Epidemiology, UAB School of Public Health
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Media & interviews
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