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Robert Farivar, MD

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Medical Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Saint Alphonsus Heart Institute · Saint Alphonsus Health System

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Region🇺🇸 Boise, ID · West · United StatesSpecialtyThoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)FocusAtrial Fibrillation
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Robert Farivar is Medical Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Saint Alphonsus Heart Institute at Saint Alphonsus Health System. OpenAlex indexes 82 publications with 2,110 citations (h-index 22); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 1 registered study with this person as an investigator.

Data verified 4 Nov 2026

Overview

Updated 4 Nov 2026

Robert Farivar, MD, PHD, is Medical Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Saint Alphonsus Heart Institute at Saint Alphonsus Health System (Boise, Idaho). The public record shows 82 publications with 2,110 citations (h-index 22), centered on Atrial Fibrillation. It also documents an investigator role on 1 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 16 companies.

  • Top research focus: Atrial Fibrillation
  • 1 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
  • Open Payments reporting from 16 companies

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Indications focus

from trials led + research topics
Atrial Fibrillation1 trialType 2 DiabetesHeart FailurePancreatic CancerCoronary Artery Disease / ACSObesityIBS / Functional GISepsis / Serious Bacterial

Research focus

OpenAlex concept fingerprint
Atrial Fibrillation

Drugs & molecules

across trials, industry payments and publications
Giaprezageneric · Angiotensin IIClinical trials—Industry payments1Publications1

Works with

trial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Edwards Lifesciences CorporationClinical trials—Industry payments196AbiomedClinical trials—Industry payments68Bolton Medical IncClinical trials—Industry payments48Atricure, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments39Medtronic, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments21Abbott LaboratoriesClinical trials—Industry payments19Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments13KLS-Martin L.P.Clinical trials—Industry payments4bioMerieux IncClinical trials—Industry payments2AngioDynamics, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments1Artivion, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments1Getinge USA Sales, LLCClinical trials—Industry payments1La Jolla Pharmaceutical CompanyClinical trials—Industry payments1Lsi Solutions IncClinical trials—Industry payments1Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical CenterClinical trials1Industry payments—Stryker CorporationClinical trials—Industry payments1

Scholarship

indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
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82publications

Publications indexed by OpenAlex. Counts exclude supporting files.

2,110citations

Citations across these publications.

22h-index

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Clinical & industry

trials, payments and federal funding
1clinical trials

Investigator role on registered studies.

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16companies · 2021–2025

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0NIH grants

Federally funded research awards.

Contact

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Clinical trials

Updated 4 Nov 2026

Listed as an investigator on 1 registered study on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:

Industry payments

Updated 4 Nov 2026

16 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. 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

by citation count (OpenAlex)
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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.

Paul Sorajja28Richard Y. Bae17Mario Gössl16Kevin M. Harris12David H Adams11Lawrence H. Cohn9Tjörvi E. Perry8Ross Garberich7John R. Lesser7Wesley A. Pedersen7Judah A. Askew6Farzan Filsoufi6Wesley R. Pedersen5Joss Dean Fernandez5Aisha K. Ahmed5Stanley W. Ashley4Peter I. Brecher4Eugene A. Grossi4Hiromichi Ito4Joseph William Turek4Edward E. Whang4John G. Byrne4Michael J. Zinner4Gorav Ailawadi4William H. Ryan4Vinod H. Thourani3Andrea Sweeney3Paul Cassius Jansz3Michael J. Mack3Benjamin Sun3Raymond H. Chen3Craig Strauss3Mayra E Guerrero3John R. Mehall3Mohammad Bashir3Evelio Rodríguez3Philipp Blanke3Domenico Calcaterra3Kalpaj R. Parekh3

Online presence

Updated 4 Nov 2026

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  • Other

    saintalphonsus.org/provider/robert-farivar

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Background & recognition

Updated 4 Nov 2026

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Education

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Awards & honors

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