Vasanthi Balaraman is a Nephrology physician affiliated with University of Tennessee Health Science Center. OpenAlex indexes 54 publications with 568 citations (h-index 11).
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
1265 Union Ave
4 Shorb Tower
Memphis, TN 38104
Telephone
901-478-9183Provider last certified this registry record 30 Apr 2025.
Industry payments
6 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLCProgram year20241 payment
- Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Program year20231 payment
- Daxor CorporationProgram 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
38.2%Beta blocker8.6%Carvedilol69%Metoprolol Tartrate17%Metoprolol Succinate8%Labetalol Hcl6%Part D<11 patientsCalcium channel blocker8.2%Amlodipine Besylate85%Nifedipine Er15%Part D≥57 patients+ 7 more classes in this area
Anti-infectives
23.9%Short-acting sulfonamides9.1%Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim100%Part D≥78 patientsAzole Antifungal6%Fluconazole100%Part D≥37 patients+ 5 more classes in this area
Metabolism & gastrointestinal
22.5%Corticosteroid7.8%Prednisone100%Part D≥66 patientsProton pump inhibitor5.1%Pantoprazole Sodium100%Part D≥57 patients+ 6 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.
- The Disappearing Act: A Case of Emphysematous Pyelonephritis and a Vanishing Kidney Allograft
Case Reports in Transplantation
2026 - Practices in the management of kidney transplant candidates and recipients with obesity: A survey of United States transplant programs
American Journal of Transplantation
2025 - Crystalline Nephropathy Due to 2,8-Dihydroxyadeninuria in a Transplanted Kidney: 2 Case Reports
American Journal of Case Reports
2025
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