Tony Simmons is a Cardiology physician affiliated with Wake Forest University. OpenAlex indexes 39 publications with 746 citations (h-index 14).
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
Medical Center Blvd
Winston Salem, NC 271570001
Telephone
336-716-2255Registry record last updated 18 Aug 2017.
Industry payments
6 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Abbott LaboratoriesProgram year20241 payment
- Boston Scientific CorporationProgram year20233 payments
- Abbott LaboratoriesProgram year20231 payment
Payment records matched to this physician's NPI in CMS Open Payments, program years 2021 onward.
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
65.9%Antiarrhythmic40.5%Flecainide Acetate46%Dofetilide27%Amiodarone Hcl12%Propafenone Hcl12%Propafenone Hcl Er3%Part D<11 patientsBeta blocker14.5%Metoprolol Succinate51%Metoprolol Tartrate25%Sotalol24%Part D<11 patients+ 6 more classes in this area
Blood & clotting
34.1%Factor Xa inhibitor30.7%Eliquis75%Xarelto26%Part D≥48 patientsVitamin K antagonist2.1%Warfarin Sodium100%Part D<11 patients+ 1 more class in this area
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.
- Exploring Optimal Cardiac Electronic Implantable Devices Programming: Reducing Non‐Actionable Alerts and Assessing Clinical Outcomes
Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
2025 - Look before you place: A bizarre ECG artifact due to lead placement
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine
2023 - A PILOT STUDY ON THE VALIDATION OF QT MEASUREMENT WITH A BIOMONITOR 2 IMPLANTABLE LOOP RECORDER
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
2020
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