Suzanne Kafaja is a Rheumatology/Immunology physician affiliated with University of California, Los Angeles. OpenAlex indexes 64 publications with 5,791 citations (h-index 23); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 1 registered study matched to this name.
Overview
Scholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex.
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
200 Ucla Medical Plz Ste 365c
Los Angeles, CA 900952704
Telephone
310-825-2448Provider last certified this registry record 16 Jul 2024.
Clinical trials
- Abatacept vs Placebo in RA Patients With Hepatitis B on Entecavir Background
Sponsor: University of California, Los Angeles
Registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov where the overall official or a site investigator name-matches this physician, confirmed against known institution/geography. Latest few shown; the full list is part of the full profile.
Industry payments
2 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals CorporationProgram year20255 payments
- Aurinia Pharma U.S., Inc.Program year20241 payment
Payment records matched to this physician's NPI in CMS Open Payments, program years 2021 onward.
Publications
Matched to this physician's OpenAlex author record; most-cited works shown first.
- Gain of function NOTCH4 variants disrupt angiogenesis in systemic sclerosis
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
2026 - Racial variability in immune responses only partially explains differential systemic sclerosis disease severity
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
2024
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