Sterling West is a Rheumatology/Immunology physician affiliated with University of Colorado Denver. OpenAlex indexes 119 publications with 6,618 citations (h-index 39).
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
12605 E 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 800452545
Telephone
720-848-0000Registry record last updated 3 Jan 2011.
Industry payments
5 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- PFIZER INC.Program year20228 payments
- ABBVIE INC.Program year202215 payments
- Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLCProgram year20228 payments
Payment records matched to this physician's NPI in CMS Open Payments, program years 2021 onward.
Medicare prescribing footprint (2020)
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
35.1%Corticosteroid35.1%Prednisone100%Part D≥11 patientsCancer & immunology
28.6%Folate Analog Metabolic Inhibitor28.6%Methotrexate100%Part D<11 patientsAntiparasitic
22.1%Antimalarial22.1%Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate100%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.
Publications
Matched to this physician's OpenAlex author record; most-cited works shown first.
- Current management of sarcoidosis I: pulmonary, cardiac, and neurologic manifestations
Current Opinion in Rheumatology
2018 - White Matter Abnormalities and Working Memory Impairment in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology
2013 - Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder in patients with connective tissue disease and myelitis
Arthritis Care & Research
2011
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