Vahakn Shahinian is a Nephrology physician affiliated with University of Michigan. OpenAlex indexes 322 publications with 14,020 citations (h-index 44). By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 10% of Nephrology profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
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
1500 E Medical Center Dr
Ann Arbor, MI 481095000
Telephone
734-936-4000Registry record last updated 10 Jun 2019.
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.
Cardiovascular
76.5%Calcium channel blocker27%Nifedipine Er100%Part D<11 patientsACE inhibitor18.3%Lisinopril100%Part D≥12 patients+ 2 more classes in this area
Metabolism & gastrointestinal
23.5%Corticosteroid23.5%Prednisone100%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
13 NIH research awards on record, funded 2006–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Leveraging the ESRD Treatment Choices model to understand the benefits of home versus in-center dialysis
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
FY2026$660,010R01DK134406 - Urology practice consolidation and care for men with prostate cancer
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
FY2026$585,584R01CA279746 - Aligning financial incentives to promote rational use of active surveillance for prostate cancer
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
FY2026$568,908R01CA269367
Awards in the NIH RePORTER records where a principal investigator name matches this physician at an organization in their practice state. Latest award years shown; each row links to the project record on RePORTER.
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