Vasishta Patel is a Neurology physician affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine. OpenAlex indexes 10 publications with 794 citations (h-index 7).
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 fundingMedicare prescribing footprint (2023)
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.
Nervous system
71%Opioid Agonist15.6%Oxycodone-Acetaminophen32%Fentanyl24%Morphine Sulfate Er16%Tramadol Hcl15%Morphine Sulfate7%Methadone Hcl6%Part D<11 patientsBenzodiazepine8.3%Diazepam34%Clonazepam27%Lorazepam21%Temazepam18%Part D<11 patients+ 18 more classes in this area
Respiratory
13.6%Opioid Agonist12.4%Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen100%Part D≥15 patientsPhenothiazine1.1%Promethazine Hcl100%Part D<11 patientsMusculoskeletal
13%Muscle Relaxant4.9%Carisoprodol77%Cyclobenzaprine Hcl23%Part D<11 patientsCentral alpha-2 Adrenergic Agonist3.7%Tizanidine Hcl100%Part D<11 patients+ 2 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.
NIH funding
1 NIH research award on record, funded 1991–1991 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- TIME MODULATION OF EPILEPTIFORM DISCHARGES TO PHYSIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS
Baylor College of Medicine
FY1991M01RR000350
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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