Richard Loeser is a Rheumatology/Immunology physician affiliated with University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. OpenAlex indexes 426 publications with 29,934 citations (h-index 85). By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 10% of Rheumatology profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
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
3300 Thurston Building Cb#7280
Chapel Hill, NC 275990001
Telephone
919-966-7042Provider last certified this registry record 2 Apr 2021.
Industry payments
1 company reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Amgen Inc.Program year20252 payments
Payment records matched to this physician's NPI in CMS Open Payments, program years 2021 onward.
NIH funding
13 NIH research awards on record, funded 1992–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Oxidative Stress and the Development of Osteoarthritis
Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill
FY2026$409,075R01AG044034 - Identifying novel osteoarthritis risk genes using GWAS, chondrocyte genomics, and genome editing
Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill
FY2025$449,245R01AR079538
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.
- Mechanisms and therapeutic implications of cellular senescence in osteoarthritis
Nature Reviews Rheumatology
2020 - The OMERACT-OARSI Core Domain Set for Measurement in Clinical Trials of Hip and/or Knee Osteoarthritis
The Journal of Rheumatology
2019 - Phenotypes of osteoarthritis: current state and future implications.
PubMed
2019
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