{"schema_version":"1","generated_at":"2026-11-01T09:06:12.854Z","data_as_of":null,"url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/zarife-sahenk","json_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/zarife-sahenk/profile.json","record_kind":"basic","profile_kind":"clinical","person":{"slug":"zarife-sahenk","name":"Zarife Sahenk","credential":"MD, PhD","specialty":"Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology","specialty_raw":"Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology","therapeutic_area":"Neurology","therapeutic_areas":["Neurology"],"institution":"Nationwide Children's Hospital","institution_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/institution/nationwide-children-s-hospital","city":"Columbus","state":"OH","region":{"label":"Midwest","url":"https://www.findmykol.com/region/midwest"}},"identifiers":{"npi":"1629060025","orcid":"0000-0003-2974-3943","openalex":"A5016629548"},"summary":"Zarife Sahenk is a Neurology physician affiliated with Nationwide Children's Hospital. OpenAlex indexes 225 publications with 11,510 citations (h-index 56); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 1 registered study matched to this name. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 5% of Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology profiles in the FindMyKOL directory.","overview":null,"focus":{"indications":[],"research_topics":["Neurology"]},"scholarship":{"works_count":225,"cited_by_count":11510,"h_index":56,"latest_activity_year":2018,"citation_standing":{"top_percent":5,"cohort":"Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology","method":"https://www.findmykol.com/about#citation-standing"},"source":"works"},"trials":{"count":1,"shown":2,"withheld":0,"matched_by":"investigator name, confirmed against institution and geography","rows":[{"nct":"NCT05011006","title":"NT-3 Levels and Function in Individuals With CMT","status":"TERMINATED","role":"Overall official","sponsor":"Zarife Sahenk","source_url":"https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05011006","trial_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/trial/NCT05011006"},{"nct":"NCT03520751","title":"Phase I/IIa Trial of scAAV1.tMCK.NTF3 for Treatment of CMT1A","phase":"PHASE1/PHASE2","status":"WITHDRAWN","role":"Overall official","sponsor":"Nationwide Children's Hospital","source_url":"https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03520751","trial_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/trial/NCT03520751"}],"source":"trials"},"funding":{"award_count":5,"fiscal_years":{"first":2007,"last":2018},"rows_total":15,"shown":3,"withheld":12,"matched_by":"principal investigator name at an organization in the practice state","rows":[{"project":"R01NS105986","title":"Neurotrophin-3 gene therapy for Charcot-Marie-Tooth 1A","fiscal_year":2018,"amount_usd":"1375170","organization":"RESEARCH INST NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSP","source_url":"https://reporter.nih.gov/quickSearch/R01NS105986"},{"project":"R21NS085278","title":"Lentivirus Transduced Tolerogenic Dendritic Cells For The Treatment Of CIDP","fiscal_year":2015,"amount_usd":"155318","organization":"RESEARCH INST NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSP","source_url":"https://reporter.nih.gov/quickSearch/R21NS085278"},{"project":"U54HD066409","title":"Histopathology core","fiscal_year":2014,"amount_usd":"160566","organization":"RESEARCH INST NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSP","source_url":"https://reporter.nih.gov/quickSearch/U54HD066409"}],"source":"grants"},"similar":[{"name":"Maryam Fouladi","slug":"maryam-fouladi","institution":"Nationwide Children's Hospital","specialty":"Hematology / Oncology","url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/maryam-fouladi","json_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/maryam-fouladi/profile.json"},{"name":"Toshiharu Shinoka","slug":"toshiharu-shinoka","institution":"Nationwide Children's Hospital","specialty":"Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)","url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/toshiharu-shinoka","json_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/toshiharu-shinoka/profile.json"},{"name":"William Smoyer","slug":"william-smoyer","institution":"Nationwide Children's Hospital","specialty":"Pediatric Nephrology","url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/william-smoyer","json_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/william-smoyer/profile.json"},{"name":"Mark Galantowicz","slug":"mark-galantowicz","institution":"Nationwide Children's Hospital","specialty":"Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)","url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/mark-galantowicz","json_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/mark-galantowicz/profile.json"},{"name":"Bruce Miller","slug":"bruce-miller","institution":"University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)","specialty":"Neurology","url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/bruce-miller","json_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/bruce-miller/profile.json"},{"name":"Brett Kissela","slug":"brett-kissela","institution":"Medical College of Wisconsin","specialty":"Neurology","url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/brett-kissela","json_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/brett-kissela/profile.json"},{"name":"Bradley Boeve","slug":"bradley-boeve","institution":"Mayo Clinic","specialty":"Neurology","url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/bradley-boeve","json_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/bradley-boeve/profile.json"},{"name":"Richard Lipton","slug":"richard-lipton","institution":"Albert Einstein College of Medicine","specialty":"Neurology","url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/richard-lipton","json_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/richard-lipton/profile.json"}],"coverage":{"note":"A basic record from the physician directory. Sections absent here were not yet checked for this person, so absence means not yet looked, never none found.","not_yet_checked":["congress","network","presence","recognition"]},"not_included":{"note":"This document is the public layer: neutral facts cited to their source. Judgments (influence tier, archetype, trajectory commentary) and the itemized rows past each section's public teaser are account features and are not served here or to crawlers.","withheld_rows":{"funding":12}},"sources":{"orcid":{"name":"ORCID","url":"https://orcid.org","provides":"The verified researcher identity that anchors authorship"},"identity":{"name":"NPPES (CMS)","url":"https://npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov","provides":"Identity, specialty and practice location for every U.S. clinician"},"works":{"name":"OpenAlex","url":"https://openalex.org","provides":"Citations, h-index, research topics, most-cited works and congress abstracts"},"trials":{"name":"ClinicalTrials.gov","url":"https://clinicaltrials.gov","provides":"Investigator roles on registered clinical studies"},"grants":{"name":"NIH RePORTER","url":"https://reporter.nih.gov","provides":"Federally funded research awards, by fiscal year"}},"methodology_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/about#methodology"}