Varsha Taskar is a Respiratory physician affiliated with Augusta University. OpenAlex indexes 74 publications with 1,464 citations (h-index 15).
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
1120 15th St
Augusta, GA 309123154
Telephone
706-721-3813Provider last certified this registry record 2 Nov 2023.
Industry payments
36 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Program year20258 payments
- United Therapeutics CorporationProgram year20252 payments
- ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Program year20255 payments
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.
Respiratory
39.7%Corticosteroid16%Trelegy Ellipta52%Breo Ellipta21%Symbicort12%Fluticasone Propionate9%Breztri Aerosphere4%Budesonide-Formoterol Fumarate3%Part D<11 patientsbeta2-Adrenergic Agonist10.1%Albuterol Sulfate Hfa89%Ventolin Hfa11%Part D≥147 patients+ 5 more classes in this area
Cardiovascular
14.7%Loop diuretic5.5%Furosemide86%Torsemide10%Bumetanide4%Part D<11 patientsEndothelin Receptor Antagonist5.1%Ambrisentan52%Opsumit35%Letairis13%Part D<11 patients+ 7 more classes in this area
Anti-infectives
11.3%Macrolide Antimicrobial7.5%Azithromycin100%Part D≥91 patientsRifamycin Antibacterial1.4%Rifampin100%Part D<11 patients+ 4 more classes 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.
- Cardiovascular Manifestations and Immunobiology of Sarcoidosis
Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
2025 - The Emerging Role of Pharmacotherapy in Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Journal of Otorhinolaryngology Hearing and Balance Medicine
2024 - Risk factors and mortality in dialysis patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm: A retrospective cohort study
Journal of Investigative Medicine
2024
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