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Vibhor Krishna, MD

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Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, UNC School of Medicine · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Region🇺🇸 Chapel Hill, NC · Southeast · United StatesSpecialtyNeurological SurgeryFocusNeurological disorders and treatments+4
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Vibhor Krishna is Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, UNC School of Medicine at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. OpenAlex indexes 127 publications with 3,075 citations (h-index 32); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 7 registered studies with this person as an investigator.

Data verified 15 Oct 2026

Overview

Updated 21 Oct 2026

Vibhor Krishna, MD, SM, is Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, UNC School of Medicine at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery. The public record shows 127 publications with 3,075 citations (h-index 32), centered on Neurological disorders and treatments, Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders, Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications. It also documents an investigator role on 7 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 5 companies, 1 NIH-funded awards (2022–2025).

  • Most recent indexed publication: 2024 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
  • Top research focus: Neurological disorders and treatments
  • 7 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
  • Open Payments reporting from 5 companies

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Indications focus

from trials led + research topics
Tremor3 trialsEssential Tremor2 trialsParkinson's Disease2 trialsEpilepsy1 trialSeizures1 trialDepression (MDD)1 trialDystonia1 trialPain1 trialComplex Regional Pain Syndromes1 trial

Research focus

OpenAlex concept fingerprint
Neurological disorders and treatmentsObsessive-Compulsive Spectrum DisordersUltrasound and Hyperthermia ApplicationsTranscranial Magnetic Stimulation StudiesVagus Nerve Stimulation Research

Works with

trial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Medtronic, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments80Insightec,IncClinical trials—Industry payments14Ohio State UniversityClinical trials2Industry payments—University of North Carolina, Chapel HillClinical trials2Industry payments—Vibhor KrishnaClinical trials2Industry payments—Boston Scientific CorporationClinical trials—Industry payments1Great Lakes NeuroTechnologies Inc.Clinical trials1Industry payments—Novocure Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments1

Scholarship

indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
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127publications

Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 4 in PubMed.

3,075citations

Total citations across indexed works.

32h-index

Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 51.

Clinical & industry

trials, payments and federal funding
7clinical trials

Investigator role on registered studies.

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5companies · 2022–2025

Companies reporting payments to CMS. Facts, not judgments.

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1NIH grants · 2022–2025

Federally funded research awards.

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Contact

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Clinical trials

Updated 21 Oct 2026

Listed as an investigator on 7 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:

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Industry payments

Updated 21 Oct 2026

5 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2022–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:

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NIH funding

Updated 21 Oct 2026

1 NIH research award on record, funded 2022–2025 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:

Congress activity

Updated 21 Oct 2026

1 congress contribution (2025) across ASCO per OpenAlex. The most recent:

Published abstracts are attributed via the same ORCID-disambiguated authorship as publications, so each is DOI-verified. Podium roles (invited talks, session chairs) and oral/poster type are added as program data is confirmed.

Publications

Updated 21 Oct 2026

Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.

Most-cited works

by citation count (OpenAlex)
  1. 01
    A Review of the Current Therapies, Challenges, and Future Directions of Transcranial Focused Ultrasound Technology
    Article286 citations2017
    doi.org ↗
  2. 02
    Physiology of freezing of gait
    Article206 citations2016
    doi.org ↗
  3. 03
    Tractography‐Based Ventral Intermediate Nucleus Targeting: Novel Methodology and Intraoperative Validation
    Article173 citations2016
    doi.org ↗
  4. 04
    Trial of Globus Pallidus Focused Ultrasound Ablation in Parkinson’s Disease
    Article163 citations2023
    doi.org ↗
  5. 05
    Anterior Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation for Refractory Epilepsy
    Article133 citations2016
    doi.org ↗
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Network

Updated 21 Oct 2026

The people this person publishes with most, by number of co-authored papers. Names link to their own profile when we have one.

Francesco Sammartino47Ali R. Rezai30Andrés M. Lozano16Mojgan Hodaie12Michael G. Kaplitt11Yarema B. Bezchlibnyk11Aristide Merola10Alfonso A. Fasano10Kelly D. Foote10Nir Lipsman10Jason L. Aldred9Howard M. Eisenberg9Drew S. Kern9Corneliu C. Luca9Alexander Papanastassiou9Bharathy Sundaram9Derek L Martinez9Jennifer Durphy9Jonathan Russell Jagid9Michael S. Okun9Barbara Kelly Changizi9Stephen B. Tatter9Ritesh Ramdhani9Mustafa Siddiqui9Nicole A. Young9David Weintraub8Abdolreza Siadati8Steven G. Ojemann8Pejman Ghanouni7Ryder P. Gwinn7Michael L. Schwartz7Jin Woo Chang7Sepehr Sani7Nicolas Kon Kam King7Theresa Zesiewicz7W. Jeffrey Elias7Cong Zhi Zhao6Michael Vinzenz Knopp6Milind S. Deogaonkar6Punit Agrawal6

Online presence

Updated 21 Oct 2026

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Owned accounts

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  • Doximity

    doximity.com/pub/vibhor-krishna-md

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  • Other

    u.osu.edu/krishnalab

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Mentions by others

where others cite or feature them
  • Other

    fusfoundation.org/posts/curing-with-sound-podcast-ep55-movement-disorders-epilepsy-and-more-the-expanding-impact-of-focused-ultrasound

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  • Other

    fusfoundation.org/posts/qa-with-ohio-state-neurosurgeon-dr-vibhor-krishna

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Background & recognition

Updated 21 Oct 2026

Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.

Education

degrees and training on record
  • Board Certified

    Neurological Surgery, American Board of Neurological Surgery

    2019
    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 →med.unc.edu ↗
  • M.S. (Sc.M.)

    Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health (2004-2005) -- corroborates registry credential S.M.

    2005
    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 →med.unc.edu ↗
  • M.B.B.S.

    All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India

    2003
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Editorial & leadership roles

journal and society appointments
  • Session Chairman/Moderator

    Wrap-up Session, World Society of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Meeting, Berlin

    2017
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  • Session Chairman/Moderator

    "Setting up a research program" session, World Society of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Meeting, Mumbai

    2015
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  • Member

    Editorial Board, Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

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  • Member

    American Association of Neurological Surgeons

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  • Member

    Congress of Neurological Surgeons

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  • Member

    American Society of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

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  • Member

    World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

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Awards & honors

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Secondary affiliations

appointments beyond the home institution
  • Former faculty

    Department of Neurosurgery and Department of Neuroscience, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH

    2021
    provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →doximity.com ↗

Media & interviews

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