William Zoghbi is a Cardiology physician affiliated with Houston Methodist. OpenAlex indexes 525 publications with 41,727 citations (h-index 95). By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 5% of Cardiovascular 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
6550 Fannin St
Smith Tower, Suite 1901
Houston, TX 770302717
Telephone
713-441-1100Registry record last updated 30 Jul 2014.
Industry payments
18 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Edwards Lifesciences CorporationProgram year20251 payment
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.Program year20251 payment
- Abbott LaboratoriesProgram year20251 payment
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
87.8%Statin25.5%Atorvastatin Calcium65%Rosuvastatin Calcium31%Simvastatin4%Part D<11 patientsBeta blocker16.4%Metoprolol Succinate62%Carvedilol33%Metoprolol Tartrate6%Part D<11 patients+ 9 more classes in this area
Blood & clotting
12.2%Factor Xa inhibitor8.9%Eliquis74%Xarelto26%Part D<11 patientsP2Y12 inhibitor2%Clopidogrel100%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
1 NIH research award on record, funded 1989–1993 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
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.
- Guidelines for the Use of Transesophageal Echocardiography to Assist with Surgical Decision-Making in the Operating Room: A Surgery-Based Approach
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
2020 - Guidelines for the Evaluation of Valvular Regurgitation After Percutaneous Valve Repair or Replacement
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
2019 - Myocardial Fibrosis in Patients With Primary Mitral Regurgitation With and Without Prolapse
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
2018
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