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Penny Asbell, MD

Basic profile

University of Tennessee Health Science Center

ORCIDNPI
RegionMemphis, TN · SoutheastSpecialtyOphthalmologyFocusOphthalmology
Active KOLfindmyKOL typefindmyKOL type: our influence ranking, shown when you reveal the full profileLatest publication2025Online presenceNot yet checkedPayments2021 onwardNIH funding2020–2020

Penny Asbell is an Ophthalmology physician affiliated with University of Tennessee Health Science Center. OpenAlex indexes 394 publications with 10,676 citations (h-index 54); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 6 registered studies matched to this name. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 10% of Ophthalmology profiles in the findmyKOL directory.

Overview

Scholarship

indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
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394publications

Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID.

10,676citations

Total citations across indexed works.

54h-index

Hirsch index, productivity × impact (OpenAlex).

Clinical & industry

trials, payments and federal funding
6clinical trials

Investigator role on registered studies.

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16companies · 2021 onward

Companies reporting payments to CMS. Facts, not judgments.

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1NIH grants · 2020–2020

Federally funded research awards.

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Contact

The practice address and phone this provider lists in the federal NPPES (CMS) registry.

Practice address

930 Madison Ave Ste 200
Memphis, TN 38163

Telephone

901-448-6650

Registry record last updated 1 Feb 2019.

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Clinical trials

Registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov where the overall official or a site investigator name-matches this physician, confirmed against known institution/geography. Latest few shown; the full list is part of the full profile.

Industry payments

16 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:

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Payment records matched to this physician's NPI in CMS Open Payments, program years 2021 onward.

Medicare prescribing footprint (2021)

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.

  • Sensory organs

    71.2%
    Corticosteroid45.9%
    Prednisolone Acetate100%
    Part D39 patients
    Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug13.5%
    Prolensa100%
    Part D13 patients

    + 1 more class in this area

  • Anti-infectives

    28.8%
    Fluoroquinolone Antibacterial28.8%
    Moxifloxacin100%
    Part D20 patients
Where care is delivered (Part B)0% facility · 100% office

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 20202020 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:

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.

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