Richard Essner is an Oncology physician affiliated with Saint John's Health Center. OpenAlex indexes 188 publications with 11,029 citations (h-index 53); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 2 registered studies matched to this name.
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
2121 Santa Monica Blvd
Santa Monica, CA 904042303
Telephone
310-829-8317Provider last certified this registry record 31 Mar 2021.
Clinical trials
- Sargramostim or Hypertonic Saline Before Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Treating Patients With Stage IB-II Melanoma
Sponsor: Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Multicenter Selective Lymphadenectomy Trial II (MSLT-II)
Sponsor: Saint John's Cancer Institute
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
31 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Caris MPI, Inc.Program year20253 payments
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals CorporationProgram year20253 payments
- UROGEN PHARMA, INC.Program year20251 payment
Payment records matched to this physician's NPI in CMS Open Payments, program years 2021 onward.
NIH funding
1 NIH research award on record, funded 2007–2011 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Surgery and the Mechanisms of Lymph Node Metastases in Cutaneous Melanoma
University of California Los Angeles
FY2011$265,430R01CA120228 - Surgery and the Mechanisms of Lymph Node Metastases in Cutaneous Melanoma
University of California Los Angeles
FY2010$273,640R01CA120228 - Surgery and the Mechanisms of Lymph Node Metastases in Cutaneous Melanoma
University of California Los Angeles
FY2009$212,160R01CA120228
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.
- Factors Predictive of the Status of Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Melanoma Patients from a Large Multicenter Database
Annals of Surgical Oncology
2011 - EANM-EORTC general recommendations for sentinel node diagnostics in melanoma
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
2009 - Isolated Tumor Cells in the Sentinel Node Affect Long-Term Prognosis of Patients with Melanoma
Annals of Surgical Oncology
2007
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