Stavros Drakos, MD
Enriched profileProfessor of Medicine, Co-Director of Cardiovascular, Renal, and Metabolism Center (CRMC) · University of Utah Health and School of Medicine
Stavros Drakos is Professor of Medicine, Co-Director of Cardiovascular, Renal, and Metabolism Center (CRMC) at University of Utah Health and School of Medicine. OpenAlex indexes 576 publications with 11,929 citations (h-index 58); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 4 registered studies with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 5% of Interventional Cardiology profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
Data verified 18 Oct 2026
Overview
Updated 18 Oct 2026
Stavros Drakos, M.D., is Professor of Medicine, Co-Director of Cardiovascular, Renal, and Metabolism Center (CRMC) at University of Utah Health and School of Medicine. The public record shows 576 publications with 11,929 citations (h-index 58), centered on Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes, Heart Failure Treatment and Management. It also documents an investigator role on 4 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 6 companies, 8 NIH-funded awards (2017–2026).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Circulation. Heart failure
- Top research focus: Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
- 4 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 6 companies
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Indications focus
from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
OpenAlex concept fingerprintDrugs & molecules
across trials, industry payments and publicationsWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 45 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 165.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
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Practice address
Telephone
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Updated 18 Oct 2026
Listed as an investigator on 4 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
Industry payments
Updated 18 Oct 2026
6 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Abbott LaboratoriesProgram year202566 payments$49,348openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- ABIOMEDProgram year20252 payments
- CVRx, Inc.Program year20251 payment
Medicare prescribing footprint (2024)
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.
Cardiovascular
64.9%Beta blocker18.6%Carvedilol100%Part D<11 patientsNitrate12.4%Isosorbide Mononitrate Er100%Part D<11 patients+ 3 more classes in this area
Metabolism & gastrointestinal
22.7%SGLT2 inhibitor11.3%Farxiga100%Part D<11 patientsProton pump inhibitor11.3%Omeprazole100%Part D<11 patientsBlood & clotting
12.4%Salt solutions12.4%Sodium Chloride100%Part D<11 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.
NIH funding
Updated 18 Oct 2026
8 NIH research awards on record, funded 2017–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- The Pyruvate-Lactate Metabolic Axis in Heart Failure and Recovery
Utah State Higher Education System--University of Utah
FY2026$635,681R01HL180922 - Training in Cardiovascular Research
Utah State Higher Education System--University of Utah
FY2026$623,694T32HL007576 - Mechanism of Eccentric Cardiomyocyte Hypertrophy Secondary to Mitral Regurgitation
Utah State Higher Education System--University of Utah
FY2026$582,272R01HL166513
Publications
Updated 18 Oct 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- A Recovery-Focused Framework for the Management of Cardiogenic Shock.
Circulation. Heart failure
Review2026 - Microcurrent Therapy in Cardiac Repair: Bridging Mechanistic Biology and Clinical Evidence.
Circulation. Heart failure
Review2026 - Single-cell multiomics and chromatin structure reveal gene-regulatory dynamics in heart failure.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
Article2026
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)- 01The human heart contains distinct macrophage subsets with divergent origins and functionsArticle706 citations2018
- 02
- 03Etiology of Anemia in Patients With Advanced Heart FailureArticle405 citations2006
- 04
- 05The pyruvate-lactate axis modulates cardiac hypertrophy and heart failureArticle346 citations2020
Network
Updated 18 Oct 2026
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Online presence
Updated 18 Oct 2026
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Owned accounts
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doximity.com/pub/stavros-drakos-md
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ucsfhealthcardiology.ucsf.edu/events/cardiology-grand-rounds-stavros-drakos-md-phd
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eacts.org/faculty/stavros-drakos
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Background & recognition
Updated 18 Oct 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Education
degrees and training on record- MD with Honors
University of Athens School of Medicine
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University of Athens (thesis on mechanical circulatory support)
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European Union and European Commission
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Editorial & leadership roles
journal and society appointments- Chairperson
Clinical Integrative Cardiovascular and Hematological Sciences (CCHS), NIH
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NIH Working Group on Myocardial Recovery
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annual Utah Cardiac Recovery Symposium (UCARS)
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Awards & honors
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- Nora Eccles Treadwell Investigator
University of Utah Health and School of Medicine
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Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- Medical Director
Cardiac Mechanical Support/Artificial Heart Program, University of Utah Health
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Heart Failure & Transplant Section, Division of Cardiology
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CVRTI Muscle Biology Program
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- Visiting Professor
international academic medical centers including University of Cyprus
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