Surya Bhatt, MD
Enriched profileProfessor of Medicine (Endowed Professorship in Airways Disease), Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine · University of Alabama at Birmingham
Surya Bhatt is Professor of Medicine (Endowed Professorship in Airways Disease), Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine at University of Alabama at Birmingham. OpenAlex indexes 525 publications with 12,437 citations (h-index 56); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 7 registered studies with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 10% of Pulmonary Disease profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
Data verified 25 Aug 2026
Overview
Updated 14 Oct 2026
Surya Bhatt, MD, is Professor of Medicine (Endowed Professorship in Airways Disease), Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine at University of Alabama at Birmingham. The public record shows 525 publications with 12,437 citations (h-index 56), centered on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Respiratory Support and Mechanisms, Asthma and respiratory diseases. It also documents an investigator role on 7 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 23 companies.
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Annals of the American Thoracic Society
- Top research focus: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
- 7 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 23 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; 75 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 205.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingFederally funded research awards.
Contact
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Practice address
Telephone
Practice address and telephone from the federal NPPES registry.
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Updated 14 Oct 2026
Listed as an investigator on 7 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- VENTURI (VENTilation Using Respiratory Imaging)
Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Industry payments
Updated 14 Oct 2026
23 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- GENZYME CORPORATIONProgram year202535 payments$78,227openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- SANOFI US SERVICES INC.Program year20252 payments$30,761openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LPProgram year202531 payments$22,333openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
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.
Respiratory
34.5%Corticosteroid21.8%Trelegy Ellipta100%Part D<11 patientsbeta2-Adrenergic Agonist12.6%Albuterol Sulfate Hfa100%Part D<11 patientsMetabolism & gastrointestinal
29.9%Corticosteroid29.9%Prednisone100%Part D<11 patientsAnti-infectives
23%Macrolide Antimicrobial23%Azithromycin100%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
We didn't find any NIH-funded research awards for this person in NIH RePORTER. Why? →
Publications
Updated 14 Oct 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Respiratory mortality per STAR, GOLD, and ERS/ATS COPD severity classification.
Annals of the American Thoracic Society
Article2026 - Defining disease stability in COPD: Evidence from Phase 3 clinical trials.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
Article2026
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)- 01Dupilumab for COPD with Type 2 Inflammation Indicated by Eosinophil CountsArticle471 citations2023
- 02
- 03
- 04
- 05The clinical and genetic features of COPD-asthma overlap syndromeArticle294 citations2014
Network
Updated 14 Oct 2026
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Online presence
Updated 14 Oct 2026
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Owned accounts
public accounts run by this person- LinkedIn
linkedin.com/in/surya-bhatt-7ba14810
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x.com/suryapbhatt
Mentions by others
where others cite or feature them- Facebook
facebook.com/UABHeersink/posts/surya-bhatt-md-in-the-uab-division-of-pulmonary-allergy-and-critical-care-medici/6088089254585291
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twitter.com/UABPulmonary
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X (Twitter): @suryapbhatt
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Background & recognition
Updated 14 Oct 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Education
degrees and training on record- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →providerdirectory.uabmedicine.org ↗
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- Board Certified
Pulmonary Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine
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Critical Care Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
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Editorial & leadership roles
journal and society appointments- Editorial Board Member
Journal of the COPD Foundation
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Awards & honors
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- Elected Member
American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI)
- Dr. Linda Hall Innovation Award
American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
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- Alfred Soffer Award
American College of Chest Physicians
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Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- Medical Director
UAB Pulmonary Function and Exercise Physiology Laboratory
- Medical Director
UAB Telehealth Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program
- Director
UAB Lung Imaging Core (Center for Lung Analytics and Imaging Research)
Media & interviews
press, podcasts and appearances- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →youtube.com ↗
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