Top experts by indication / Cardiology
Most active experts in Hypertension
2026 edition, data as of October 26, 2026
414 key opinion leaders in the directory are tagged to Hypertension. 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. 230 of the 414 people tagged to this indication have this count on record; the 25 highest are listed. Source: ClinicalTrials.gov.
| # | Expert | trials |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wanpen VongpatanasinUT Southwestern Medical Center, TX | 12 trials |
| 2 | David KandzariPiedmont Heart Institute, GA | 8 trials |
| 3 | Roham ZamanianStanford University School of Medicine, CA | 8 trials |
| 4 | Rajan SaggarUniversity of California, Los Angeles, CA | 7 trials |
| 5 | Rajiv AgarwalRichard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, TX | 6 trials |
| 6 | Ajay KirtaneColumbia University Irving Medical Center, NY | 6 trials |
| 7 | Carl PepineUniversity of Florida College of Medicine, FL | 6 trials |
| 8 | William StewartCleveland Clinic, OH | 6 trials |
| 9 | Naomi FisherBrigham and Women's Hospital, MA | 6 trials |
| 10 | Aaron WaxmanBrigham and Women's Hospital, MA | 5 trials |
| 11 | Pankaj AroraUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), AL | 5 trials |
| 12 | Marc SimonUniversity of California, San Francisco, CA | 5 trials |
| 13 | Sudarshan RajagopalNC | 4 trials |
| 14 | Eric AustinVanderbilt University Medical Center, TN | 4 trials |
| 15 | Anna HemnesVanderbilt University Medical Center, TN | 4 trials |
| 16 | Guillermo UmpierrezEmory University, GA | 4 trials |
| 17 | Maged CostantineThe Ohio State University, OH | 4 trials |
| 18 | Nicholas HillTufts Medical Center, MA | 4 trials |
| 19 | Elaine KuUniversity of California, San Francisco, CA | 4 trials |
| 20 | Michael WeberSUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, NY | 4 trials |
| 21 | Lisa MielniczukMayo Clinic, MN | 3 trials |
| 22 | Jing LiuTX | 3 trials |
| 23 | Yogesh ReddyMN | 3 trials |
| 24 | Steven HerrmannPA | 3 trials |
| 25 | Wen-Chih WuBrown University, RI | 3 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. 69 of the 414 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 | Gregg StoneIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY | 175,965 citations |
| 2 | Virend SomersMayo Clinic, MN | 77,896 citations |
| 3 | Carl PepineUniversity of Florida College of Medicine, FL | 75,621 citations |
| 4 | Suzanne OparilUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham, AL | 68,716 citations |
| 5 | Jay CohnUniversity of Minnesota, MN | 66,248 citations |
| 6 | Baha SibaiMcGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, TX | 57,170 citations |
| 7 | Arshed QuyyumiEmory University, GA | 56,665 citations |
| 8 | Barry BorlaugMayo Clinic, MN | 55,517 citations |
| 9 | Victor TapsonInari Medical, CA | 55,237 citations |
| 10 | Ajay KirtaneColumbia University Irving Medical Center, NY | 54,029 citations |
| 11 | Sadiya KhanNorthwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, IL | 52,994 citations |
| 12 | Mark HuffmanWashington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO | 50,763 citations |
| 13 | Michael WeberSUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, NY | 49,925 citations |
| 14 | Guillermo UmpierrezEmory University, GA | 48,528 citations |
| 15 | Adnan QureshiUniversity of Missouri Columbia School of Medicine, MO | 45,302 citations |
| 16 | Rajiv AgarwalRichard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, TX | 45,260 citations |
| 17 | Brahmajee NallamothuUniversity of Michigan, MI | 40,575 citations |
| 18 | Steven AbmanUniversity of Colorado School of Medicine, CO | 36,146 citations |
| 19 | Robert TotoUT Southwestern Medical Center, TX | 33,663 citations |
| 20 | Jeffrey BurnsUniversity of Kansas Medical Center, KS | 32,650 citations |
| 21 | Don RockeyMedical University of South Carolina, SC | 31,774 citations |
| 22 | William StewartCleveland Clinic, OH | 30,760 citations |
| 23 | David KandzariPiedmont Heart Institute, GA | 29,091 citations |
| 24 | Paul HassounJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine, MD | 28,706 citations |
| 25 | Nicholas HillTufts Medical Center, MA | 28,650 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. 54 of the 414 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 | Robert TotoUT Southwestern Medical Center, TX | 22 awards |
| 2 | Steven AbmanUniversity of Colorado School of Medicine, CO | 17 awards |
| 3 | Suzanne OparilUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham, AL | 16 awards |
| 4 | Jeffrey BurnsUniversity of Kansas Medical Center, KS | 16 awards |
| 5 | Virend SomersMayo Clinic, MN | 15 awards |
| 6 | Anna HemnesVanderbilt University Medical Center, TN | 12 awards |
| 7 | Arshed QuyyumiEmory University, GA | 12 awards |
| 8 | Rajesh VedanthanNYU Grossman School of Medicine, NY | 10 awards |
| 9 | Paul HassounJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine, MD | 9 awards |
| 10 | Sadiya KhanNorthwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, IL | 9 awards |
| 11 | Carl PepineUniversity of Florida College of Medicine, FL | 9 awards |
| 12 | Elaine KuUniversity of California, San Francisco, CA | 9 awards |
| 13 | Ellen SeelyBrigham and Women's Hospital, MA | 9 awards |
| 14 | Wanpen VongpatanasinUT Southwestern Medical Center, TX | 9 awards |
| 15 | Brahmajee NallamothuUniversity of Michigan, MI | 8 awards |
| 16 | Pankaj AroraUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), AL | 8 awards |
| 17 | Anand VaidyaBrigham and Women's Hospital, MA | 7 awards |
| 18 | Don RockeyMedical University of South Carolina, SC | 7 awards |
| 19 | Jay CohnUniversity of Minnesota, MN | 6 awards |
| 20 | Eric AustinVanderbilt University Medical Center, TN | 6 awards |
| 21 | Peter LearyUniversity of Washington Medical Center, WA | 6 awards |
| 22 | Kerri CavanaughVanderbilt University Medical Center, TN | 6 awards |
| 23 | Harrison FarberTufts Medical Center, MA | 6 awards |
| 24 | Naomi FisherBrigham and Women's Hospital, MA | 6 awards |
| 25 | Sudarshan RajagopalNC | 5 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. 18 of the 414 people tagged to this indication have at least 2 registered trials in it and this count on record; the 18 highest are listed. Source: Congress abstracts, DOI-verified.
| # | Expert | contributions |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guillermo UmpierrezEmory University, GA | 109 contributions |
| 2 | Anand VaidyaBrigham and Women's Hospital, MA | 33 contributions |
| 3 | Ellen SeelyBrigham and Women's Hospital, MA | 17 contributions |
| 4 | Roberto MachadoUniversity of Maryland School of Medicine, IN | 8 contributions |
| 5 | Robert TotoUT Southwestern Medical Center, TX | 6 contributions |
| 6 | Sadiya KhanNorthwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, IL | 4 contributions |
| 7 | Kerri CavanaughVanderbilt University Medical Center, TN | 2 contributions |
| 8 | Yuchi HanThe Ohio State University, OH | 2 contributions |
| 9 | Carl PepineUniversity of Florida College of Medicine, FL | 2 contributions |
| 10 | Don RockeyMedical University of South Carolina, SC | 2 contributions |
| 11 | Phyllis AugustWeill Cornell Medicine, NY | 1 contribution |
| 12 | Keith FerdinandTulane University School of Medicine, LA | 1 contribution |
| 13 | Maged CostantineThe Ohio State University, OH | 1 contribution |
| 14 | Nicholas HillTufts Medical Center, MA | 1 contribution |
| 15 | Pankaj AroraUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), AL | 1 contribution |
| 16 | Virend SomersMayo Clinic, MN | 1 contribution |
| 17 | Rajan SaggarUniversity of California, Los Angeles, CA | 1 contribution |
| 18 | Marc SimonUniversity of California, San Francisco, CA | 1 contribution |
Emerging
14 of the 414 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.
| Amier AhmadHonorHealth, WA |
| Naomi FisherBrigham and Women's Hospital, MA |
| Seth FurgesonDenver Health Medical Center, CO |
| Michael LipkowitzGeorgetown University, DC |
| Shriram NallamshettyVA Palo Alto Health Care System, CA |
| Prema RamaswamyNY |
| Chanwit RoongsritongNV |
| Douglas SchockenDuke University, NC |
| Stacey SchottJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine, MD |
| Jared SpitzInova Health System, VA |
| Anand VaidyaBrigham and Women's Hospital, MA |
| Joseph VassalottiNational Kidney Foundation, NY |
| Eugene YangWA |
| David ZismanCleveland Clinic, FL |
How these tables are computed
The cohort is every profile in the directory tagged to Hypertension, 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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