Vsevolod Polotsky is a Respiratory physician affiliated with George Washington University. OpenAlex indexes 293 publications with 14,312 citations (h-index 62). By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 10% of Pulmonary Disease 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 fundingContact
The practice address and phone this provider lists in the federal NPPES (CMS) registry.
Practice address
2150 Pennslyvania Avenue NW
3rd Floor
Washington, DC 20037
Telephone
202-741-2237Provider last certified this registry record 2 Dec 2025.
Industry payments
3 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.Program year20251 payment
- Fisher & Paykel Healthcare IncProgram year20251 payment
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.Program year20231 payment
Payment records matched to this physician's NPI in CMS Open Payments, program years 2021 onward.
Medicare prescribing footprint (2022)
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
100%gamma-Aminobutyric Acid A Receptor Positive Modulator53.1%Zolpidem Tartrate54%Zolpidem Tartrate Er46%Part D<11 patientsTricyclic Antidepressant24.5%Doxepin Hcl100%Part D<11 patients+ 1 more class 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
5 NIH research awards on record, funded 2020–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Repurposing FDA-approved oxytocin to treat opioid-induced respiratory depression
George Washington University
FY2026$1,958,864UG3DA062506 - Melanocortin 4 receptor agonists to treat sleep disordered breathing in obesity
George Washington University
FY2026$791,217R01HL174409 - Leptin and intermittent hypoxia interactions in the carotid bodies: mechanisms and consequences
George Washington University
FY2026$698,306R01HL133100
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.
Publications
Matched to this physician's OpenAlex author record; most-cited works shown first.
- Connecting insufficient sleep and insomnia with metabolic dysfunction
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
2022 - Metabolic Effects of Late Dinner in Healthy Volunteers—A Randomized Crossover Clinical Trial
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
2020 - Leptin and Leptin Resistance in the Pathogenesis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Possible Link to Oxidative Stress and Cardiovascular Complications
Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
2018 - Intranasal Leptin Relieves Sleep-disordered Breathing in Mice with Diet-induced Obesity
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
2018
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