Velimir Luketic, MD
Enriched profileProfessor, Department of Internal Medicine (Hepatology and Nutrition) · VCU Health System
Velimir Luketic is Professor, Department of Internal Medicine (Hepatology and Nutrition) at VCU Health System. OpenAlex indexes 276 publications with 25,605 citations (h-index 77); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 2 registered studies with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 5% of Gastroenterology profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
Data verified 11 Oct 2026
Overview
Updated 13 Oct 2026
Velimir Luketic, M.D., is Professor, Department of Internal Medicine (Hepatology and Nutrition) at VCU Health System. The public record shows 276 publications with 25,605 citations (h-index 77), centered on Liver Disease and Transplantation, Liver Diseases and Immunity, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment. It also documents an investigator role on 2 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 2 companies, 1 NIH-funded awards (1992–2010).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · The American journal of gastroenterology
- Top research focus: Liver Disease and Transplantation
- 2 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 2 companies
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Indications focus
from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
OpenAlex concept fingerprintDrugs & molecules
across trials, industry payments and publicationsWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 1 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 164.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
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Practice address
Telephone
Practice address and telephone from the federal NPPES registry.
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Updated 13 Oct 2026
Listed as an investigator on 2 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- LCP-Tacro vs. Azathioprine for the Treatment of Autoimmune Hepatitis
Sponsor: Veloxis Pharmaceuticals
Industry payments
Updated 13 Oct 2026
2 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2024–2024. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Ipsen Pharma SASProgram year20241 payment
- Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, IncProgram year20241 payment
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.
Metabolism & gastrointestinal
93.3%Bile Acid72.2%Ursodiol100%Part D≥31 patientsBile acids and derivatives21.1%Ocaliva100%Part D<11 patientsAnti-infectives
6.7%Nucleoside and nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors6.7%Vemlidy100%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
Updated 13 Oct 2026
1 NIH research award on record, funded 1992–2010 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- NATURAL HISTORY OF PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS AFTER TREATMENT WITH METHOTREXATE
Virginia Commonwealth University
FY2010$23,677M01RR000065 - HIGH DOSE UDCA FOR PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS
Virginia Commonwealth University
FY2010$3,866M01RR000065 - STUDIES OF PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS (STOPSC)
Virginia Commonwealth University
FY2010$806M01RR000065
Publications
Updated 13 Oct 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Impact of Alkaline Phosphatase Normalization on Complication-Free Survival in Primary Biliary Cholangitis.
The American journal of gastroenterology
Article2026
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)- 01Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: Association of insulin resistance and mitochondrial abnormalitiesArticle2,090 citations2001
- 02
- 03Clinical and Histologic Spectrum of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Associated With Normal Alt ValuesArticle1,204 citations2003
- 04A Placebo-Controlled Trial of Obeticholic Acid in Primary Biliary CholangitisArticle1,133 citations2016
- 05
Network
Updated 13 Oct 2026
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Online presence
Updated 13 Oct 2026
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Background & recognition
Updated 13 Oct 2026
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Education
degrees and training on record- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →vcuhealth.org ↗
Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- McGuire VA Medical Center
Richmond, VA
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