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Richard Helms, MD

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Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatric Ophthalmology · University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine

ORCIDNone on fileNPI↗
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Region🇺🇸 Kansas City, MO · Midwest · United StatesSpecialtyPediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus SpecialistFocusOphthalmology
Last active 2023FindMyKOL type: RegionalLatest publicationSee ScholarshipOnline presenceNone verifiedPayments2021–2023NIH fundingNone on fileWhy? →

Richard Helms is Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatric Ophthalmology at University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine. OpenAlex indexes 74 publications with 1,478 citations (h-index 22).

Data verified 3 Nov 2026

Overview

Updated 4 Nov 2026

Richard Helms, MD PHD, is Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatric Ophthalmology at University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine (Department of Ophthalmology). The public record shows 74 publications with 1,478 citations (h-index 22), centered on Ophthalmology. It also documents industry payments reported by 6 companies.

  • Top research focus: Ophthalmology
  • Open Payments reporting from 6 companies

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Indications focus

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Research focus

OpenAlex concept fingerprint
Ophthalmology

Drugs & molecules

across trials, industry payments and publications
Loteprednol etabonateClinical trials—Industry payments1Publications—Tepezzageneric · TeprotumumabClinical trials—Industry payments1Publications—

Works with

trial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Alcon Vision LLCClinical trials—Industry payments3Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments1Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments1Glaukos CorporationClinical trials—Industry payments1Horizon Therapeutics plcClinical trials—Industry payments1Ivantis, IncClinical trials—Industry payments1

Scholarship

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74publications

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1,478citations

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22h-index

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Clinical & industry

trials, payments and federal funding
0clinical trials

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6companies · 2021–2023

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0NIH grants

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Contact

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Clinical trials

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Industry payments

Updated 4 Nov 2026

6 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2023. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:

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NIH funding

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Publications

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Most-cited works

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Network

Updated 4 Nov 2026

The people this person publishes with most, by number of co-authored papers. Names link to their own profile when we have one.

Michael L. Christensen21Michael C. Storm21Emily B. Hak7Catherine M. Crill7Emma M. Tillman7Gilbert J. Burckart6Russell W. Chesney6Peter F. Whitington5Stephanie J. Phelps4David M. Bull4Dennis D. Black3Emily B. Cochran3Henry G. Herrod3Andrea M. Budreau2William W. Hay2Charles A. Carter2Roland N. Dickerson2Kristi A. Boehm2John A. Sturman2Lawrence A. Robinson2Xiaobin Han2Ralph B. Dell2Sheldon B. Korones2Peggy R. Borum2William C. Heird2James E. Dice1David M Hill1Theresa L. Han‐Markey1Charles T. Hankins1Ajay J. Talati1Joseph Bertino1Richard J. Baptista1Hershel P. Wall1

Background & recognition

Updated 4 Nov 2026

Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.

Education

degrees and training on record
  • MD

    Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, class of 2019

    2019
    provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →doximity.com ↗
  • PhD

    Physics, Cornell University, 2000-2007

    2007
    provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →doximity.com ↗
  • MD

    PhD (credential as listed on faculty page)

    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 →med.umkc.edu ↗

Secondary affiliations

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