Vinod Thourani is a Cardiology physician affiliated with Valve. OpenAlex indexes 1,206 publications with 77,187 citations (h-index 122); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 4 registered studies matched to this name. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 1% of Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
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 fundingClinical trials
- TAVR vs SAVR in Severe Bicuspid Aortic Stenosis
Sponsor: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
- ARTIST: Aortic Regurgitation Trial Investigating Surgery Versus Trilogy™
Sponsor: JenaValve Technology, Inc.
Registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov where the overall official or a site investigator name-matches this physician, confirmed against known institution/geography. Latest few shown; the full list is part of the full profile.
Industry payments
81 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
81 companies with payments on record in CMS Open Payments (2021 onward), matched to this physician's NPI. The itemized breakdown by company, amount and year is part of the full profile. Why? →
NIH funding
2 NIH research awards on record, funded 2008–2013 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Computational Modeling of Mechanical Heart Valves
Georgia Institute of Technology
FY2011$414,186R01HL070262
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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A basic profile from our physician directory: identity and practice contact from the federal NPPES registry, research from OpenAlex, trials from ClinicalTrials.gov, payments from CMS Open Payments — shown itemized where we have matched records, as a count where we only have a total. This person hasn't been through our full identity-adjudication pipeline yet, so funding, congress activity and public presence aren't shown. Absence of a section means “not yet looked,” never “none found.”