Musculoskeletal KOLs
About this list
12,018 key opinion leaders work in Musculoskeletal. All 12,018 are basic profiles built from NPPES, OpenAlex and ClinicalTrials.gov.
Hospital for Special Surgery, Mayo Clinic and NYU Langone Health have the largest Musculoskeletal groups. They are spread across 774 institutions; the five largest account for 3%.
7,562 have reported industry payments.
202 carry the Emerging badge for the trajectory of recent publications. The most cited are Robert Meehan, Thomas Wright and David Kao. Every count comes from public federal and open sources and was last published on November 8, 2026.
- 12,018
- Key opinion leaders
- 7,562
- Reported industry payments
- 202
- Emerging
- November 8, 2026
- Data as of
How these numbers are counted: sources and methodology.
By the numbers
- $534.6M
- Industry payments reported, program year 2025Source: CMS Open Payments
Where the work is
The institutions with the most profiles on this list. Each links to its own page.
How this list is built
Who is listed: every profile whose published research or registered trial activity places them in Musculoskeletal, read from OpenAlex topics, PubMed and ClinicalTrials.gov. This KOL finder lists the area as a whole, sub-areas included.
How the grid is ordered: enriched profiles first, then by citations on OpenAlex. The directory lists the same people with every filter and sort it offers, including recent and rising activity, and exports the result.
What is never here: scraped contact details, prescription claims data, or a judgment of anyone's influence. Every count on this page is read from a public registry and republished with its source and the date it was last published.
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The 24 most cited
Robert Meehan, MD
Wayne State University
- 19
- publications
- 8
- h-index
Thomas Wright, MD
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- publications
- —
- h-index
- 8
- companies
David Kao
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- publications
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- h-index
- 8
- companies
Christopher Larson, MD
- —
- publications
- —
- h-index
- 4
- companies
Richard Levine, MD
- —
- publications
- —
- h-index
- 5
- companies
Aaron Freilich, MD
- —
- publications
- —
- h-index
- 8
- companies
Michael Burton, MD
- —
- publications
- —
- h-index
- 20
- companies
Michael Chen
- —
- publications
- —
- h-index
- 10
- companies
Andrew Luu, MD
- —
- publications
- —
- h-index
- 4
- companies
Richard Sweet, MD
- —
- publications
- —
- h-index
- 19
- companies
Stephen Howell, MD
- —
- publications
- —
- h-index
- 5
- companies
Mark Hallett, MD
- 1,925
- publications
- 206
- h-index
Javad Parvizi, MD
- 1,646
- publications
- 136
- h-index
- 26
- companies
Michael Prados, MD
University of California, San Francisco
- 597
- publications
- 124
- h-index
Lawrence Lenke, MD
NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital
- 1,280
- publications
- 129
- h-index
- 5
- companies
Russell Warren, MD
Hospital for Special Surgery
- 692
- publications
- 134
- h-index
Selina Deiparine
University of Miami
- 38
- publications
- 19
- h-index
Keith Bridwell, MD
Washington University in St. Louis
- 590
- publications
- 122
- h-index
Thomas Einhorn, MD
Boston University
- 398
- publications
- 105
- h-index
David Ring, MD
The University of Texas at Austin
- 1,366
- publications
- 103
- h-index
- 6
- companies
Arlen Hanssen, MD
Mayo Clinic
- 387
- publications
- 103
- h-index
Melanie Boly, MD
University of Wisconsin–Madison
- 317
- publications
- 87
- h-index
Craig Della Valle, MD
Rush University Medical Center
- 621
- publications
- 95
- h-index
- 13
- companies
Scott Rodeo, MD
Hospital for Special Surgery
- 600
- publications
- 90
- h-index
- 7
- companies
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