Top experts by indication / Cardiology
Most active experts in Coronary Artery Disease / ACS
2026 edition, data as of October 26, 2026
514 key opinion leaders in the directory are tagged to Coronary Artery Disease / ACS. The tables below rank them by one public measure each: registered trials, citations, NIH awards and congress contributions. Each is a count from a named source, not a judgment about the person, and every row links a profile where the count can be checked.
Most registered trials
Registered clinical trials in this indication on which the person is a listed investigator, counted from ClinicalTrials.gov. 260 of the 514 people tagged to this indication have this count on record; the 25 highest are listed. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov.
| # | Expert | trials |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dominick AngiolilloUniversity of Florida College of Medicine - Jacksonville, FL | 29 trials |
| 2 | Gregg StoneIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY | 28 trials |
| 3 | Ron WaksmanMedStar Washington Hospital Center, DC | 18 trials |
| 4 | David KandzariPiedmont Heart Institute, GA | 17 trials |
| 5 | Bo XuCleveland Clinic, OH | 15 trials |
| 6 | Antonio ColomboNY | 13 trials |
| 7 | Paul GurbelSinai Hospital of Baltimore, MD | 13 trials |
| 8 | Dean KereiakesThe Christ Hospital, OH | 12 trials |
| 9 | Binita ShahNYU Langone Health, NY | 12 trials |
| 10 | Harlan KrumholzYale School of Medicine, CT | 10 trials |
| 11 | Emmanouil BrilakisMinneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, MN | 10 trials |
| 12 | Roxana MehranIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY | 10 trials |
| 13 | Martin LeonColumbia University Irving Medical Center, NY | 9 trials |
| 14 | Jun LiUniversity Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute (Cleveland/Parma, OH); Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, OH | 9 trials |
| 15 | Harmony ReynoldsNYU Grossman School of Medicine, NY | 8 trials |
| 16 | Ajay KirtaneColumbia University Irving Medical Center, NY | 8 trials |
| 17 | Antonio AbbateUniversity of Virginia School of Medicine, VA | 8 trials |
| 18 | Bernardo CorteseUniversity Hospitals (Cleveland), OH | 8 trials |
| 19 | Mario GaudinoWeill Cornell Medicine, NY | 8 trials |
| 20 | Annapoorna KiniIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY | 7 trials |
| 21 | Todd VillinesUniversity of Virginia Health System, VA | 7 trials |
| 22 | Jeffrey MosesWeill Cornell Medicine, NY | 7 trials |
| 23 | Emerson PerinChrist Hospital, TX | 6 trials |
| 24 | Arshed QuyyumiEmory University, GA | 6 trials |
| 25 | John PuskasEmory University, GA | 6 trials |
Most cited
Citations to the person's whole published record in OpenAlex, not only their work in this indication, among the people with at least two registered trials in it. 80 of the 514 people tagged to this indication have at least 2 registered trials in it and this count on record; the 25 highest are listed. Source: OpenAlex.
| # | Expert | citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul RidkerBrigham and Women's Hospital, MA | 234,595 citations |
| 2 | Deepak BhattIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY | 223,866 citations |
| 3 | Harlan KrumholzYale School of Medicine, CT | 218,680 citations |
| 4 | Eric TopolScripps Research Institute (Scripps Research), CA | 184,218 citations |
| 5 | Gregg StoneIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY | 175,965 citations |
| 6 | Christie BallantyneBaylor College of Medicine, TX | 125,874 citations |
| 7 | Matthew BudoffUniversity of California, Los Angeles, CA | 111,573 citations |
| 8 | James JanuzziMassachusetts General Hospital, MA | 102,327 citations |
| 9 | Pamela DouglasDuke University, NC | 96,108 citations |
| 10 | Ronald CrystalWeill Cornell Medicine, NY | 86,411 citations |
| 11 | Daniel MarkDuke University Medical Center, NC | 85,035 citations |
| 12 | Raj MakkarCedars-Sinai Medical Center, CA | 81,521 citations |
| 13 | Robert HarringtonWeill Cornell Medicine, NY | 79,367 citations |
| 14 | Carl PepineUniversity of Florida College of Medicine, FL | 75,621 citations |
| 15 | Jeffrey MosesWeill Cornell Medicine, NY | 74,595 citations |
| 16 | Nanette WengerEmory University, GA | 68,894 citations |
| 17 | Ron WaksmanMedStar Washington Hospital Center, DC | 58,878 citations |
| 18 | Donald CutlipBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, MA | 57,277 citations |
| 19 | Arshed QuyyumiEmory University, GA | 56,665 citations |
| 20 | Dean KereiakesThe Christ Hospital, OH | 56,141 citations |
| 21 | William KrausDuke University School of Medicine, NC | 55,403 citations |
| 22 | Dominick AngiolilloUniversity of Florida College of Medicine - Jacksonville, FL | 54,501 citations |
| 23 | Ajay KirtaneColumbia University Irving Medical Center, NY | 54,029 citations |
| 24 | Joshua HareUniversity of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL | 53,927 citations |
| 25 | Cindy GrinesNorthside Hospital, GA | 53,124 citations |
Most NIH awards
NIH awards on the person's record in NIH RePORTER, across all of their funded work, among the people with at least two registered trials in this indication. 52 of the 514 people tagged to this indication have at least 2 registered trials in it and this count on record; the 25 highest are listed. Source: NIH RePORTER.
| # | Expert | awards |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ronald CrystalWeill Cornell Medicine, NY | 51 awards |
| 2 | Albert SinusasCT | 17 awards |
| 3 | David HerringtonAtrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, NC | 16 awards |
| 4 | Christie BallantyneBaylor College of Medicine, TX | 15 awards |
| 5 | Joshua HareUniversity of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL | 15 awards |
| 6 | Daniel MarkDuke University Medical Center, NC | 15 awards |
| 7 | Eric TopolScripps Research Institute (Scripps Research), CA | 14 awards |
| 8 | Michael YinColumbia University, NY | 13 awards |
| 9 | William KrausDuke University School of Medicine, NC | 12 awards |
| 10 | Antonio AbbateUniversity of Virginia School of Medicine, VA | 12 awards |
| 11 | Arshed QuyyumiEmory University, GA | 12 awards |
| 12 | Joao LimaJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine, MD | 10 awards |
| 13 | Carl PepineUniversity of Florida College of Medicine, FL | 9 awards |
| 14 | Harlan KrumholzYale School of Medicine, CT | 8 awards |
| 15 | Paul RidkerBrigham and Women's Hospital, MA | 7 awards |
| 16 | Horng ChenMayo Clinic, MN | 6 awards |
| 17 | Mario GaudinoWeill Cornell Medicine, NY | 6 awards |
| 18 | Valentin FusterNY | 5 awards |
| 19 | Jeffrey BergerNYU Grossman School of Medicine, NY | 5 awards |
| 20 | Matthew BudoffUniversity of California, Los Angeles, CA | 5 awards |
| 21 | William FearonStanford University School of Medicine, CA | 5 awards |
| 22 | Pamela DouglasDuke University, NC | 5 awards |
| 23 | James UdelsonTufts Medical Center, MA | 4 awards |
| 24 | David SchneiderUniversity of Vermont, VT | 4 awards |
| 25 | Emerson PerinChrist Hospital, TX | 3 awards |
Most congress contributions
Congress abstracts and presentations attributed to the person and verified by DOI, across every meeting the directory tracks, among the people with at least two registered trials in this indication. 21 of the 514 people tagged to this indication have at least 2 registered trials in it and this count on record; the 21 highest are listed. Source: Congress abstracts, DOI-verified.
| # | Expert | contributions |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deepak BhattIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY | 21 contributions |
| 2 | David HerringtonAtrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, NC | 8 contributions |
| 3 | Pamela DouglasDuke University, NC | 6 contributions |
| 4 | William KrausDuke University School of Medicine, NC | 5 contributions |
| 5 | Antonio AbbateUniversity of Virginia School of Medicine, VA | 5 contributions |
| 6 | Paul RidkerBrigham and Women's Hospital, MA | 5 contributions |
| 7 | Harmony ReynoldsNYU Grossman School of Medicine, NY | 4 contributions |
| 8 | James JanuzziMassachusetts General Hospital, MA | 3 contributions |
| 9 | Jeffrey BergerNYU Grossman School of Medicine, NY | 3 contributions |
| 10 | Ronald CrystalWeill Cornell Medicine, NY | 3 contributions |
| 11 | Binita ShahNYU Langone Health, NY | 3 contributions |
| 12 | Bo XuCleveland Clinic, OH | 2 contributions |
| 13 | Ron WaksmanMedStar Washington Hospital Center, DC | 2 contributions |
| 14 | Carl PepineUniversity of Florida College of Medicine, FL | 2 contributions |
| 15 | Joshua HareUniversity of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL | 2 contributions |
| 16 | Matthew PriceScripps Clinic, CA | 1 contribution |
| 17 | Robert SafianCorewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital, MI | 1 contribution |
| 18 | Dominick AngiolilloUniversity of Florida College of Medicine - Jacksonville, FL | 1 contribution |
| 19 | Todd VillinesUniversity of Virginia Health System, VA | 1 contribution |
| 20 | Nanette WengerEmory University, GA | 1 contribution |
| 21 | Koen NiemanStanford University School of Medicine, CA | 1 contribution |
Emerging
20 of the 514 carry the Emerging flag: publication and trial activity rising over the recent three years, in the top ten percent for growth among specialty peers at a similar career stage. Listed A to Z, not ranked; the flag is a yes or nothing, never a score. How the flag is computed.
| Joe AounHouston Methodist, TX |
| Natalia BerryDartmouth College, NH |
| Indrajit ChoudhuriWI |
| Deepakraj GajananaNY |
| Kishore HarjaiGA |
| Uzoma IbebuoguTN |
| Vikrant JagadeesanPA |
| Santhosh KoshyMI |
| Charles LuiTX |
| Steven ManoukianHCA Healthcare, TN |
| Hursh NaikCreighton University, AZ |
| Shriram NallamshettyVA Palo Alto Health Care System, CA |
| Mattheus RamsisUniversity of California, San Diego, CA |
| Andrew RassiMA |
| Chanwit RoongsritongNV |
| Anne SchottUniversity of Michigan, MI |
| Kimberly SkeldingWA |
| Seth SokolAlbert Einstein College of Medicine, NY |
| Naeem TahirkheliOK |
| Anene UkaigweWV |
How these tables are computed
The cohort is every profile in the directory tagged to Coronary Artery Disease / ACS, from the person's registered trials and published research. Only indications with at least 200 tagged people get a page; a smaller cohort would say more about the tag than about the people in it. Each table sorts the cohort by one count, highest first, with no weighting, no blending and no editorial pass. Ties are broken by the profile's stable internal id so the same counts always give the same order. A person with no count on record is left out of that table, not ranked last.
Citations, NIH awards and congress contributions are counts over a person's whole record, not their work in this indication alone, so those three tables are limited to the indication's investigators: people with at least 2 registered trials in it. Without that rule the most cited people in a cohort are the ones whose careers span many diseases, which is a fact about their careers, not about this field. The registered-trials table is the indication-scoped count itself and has no such limit.
The counts are recomputed on every publish and the page carries the date of the publish it was built from. Previous editions are superseded, not archived.
What is deliberately absent
Reported industry payments are on every profile but are not a table here: a count of payers is a fact, and ranking people by it reads as a judgment. Prescribing volume is part of the paid workspace. The directory's influence tier is a judgment and never orders a public page. Sources and methodology.
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