Shyam Thakkar is a Gastroenterology physician affiliated with West Virginia University. OpenAlex indexes 332 publications with 2,578 citations (h-index 26).
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 fundingIndustry payments
15 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
15 companies with payments on record in CMS Open Payments (2021 onward), matched to this physician's NPI. The itemized breakdown by company, amount and year is part of the full profile. Why? →
Medicare prescribing footprint (2023)
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.
Metabolism & gastrointestinal
73.5%Proton pump inhibitor32.4%Pantoprazole Sodium100%Part D<11 patientsAntidiarrheal microorganisms20.6%Creon100%Part D<11 patients+ 1 more class in this area
Blood & clotting
26.5%Solutions for parenteral nutrition26.5%Peg 3350-Electrolyte100%Part D≥18 patients
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.
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