Vishal Rao is a Cardiology physician affiliated with Medical University of South Carolina. OpenAlex indexes 100 publications with 1,179 citations (h-index 19).
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
171 Ashley Ave
Charleston, SC 294250010
Telephone
843-792-1414Provider last certified this registry record 4 Aug 2023.
Industry payments
11 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- CVRx, Inc.Program year202520 payments
- ENDOTRONIX, INC.Program year20251 payment
- Edwards Lifesciences CorporationProgram year20252 payments
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
87.5%Beta blocker22%Carvedilol41%Metoprolol Succinate36%Labetalol Hcl22%Part D<11 patientsLoop diuretic14.8%Furosemide100%Part D≥14 patients+ 6 more classes in this area
Metabolism & gastrointestinal
8.3%SGLT2 inhibitor8.3%Jardiance100%Part D<11 patientsCancer & immunology
4.2%Calcineurin inhibitor4.2%Tacrolimus100%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.
Publications
Matched to this physician's OpenAlex author record; most-cited works shown first.
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