Overview
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Pankaj Arora, MD, is Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Disease at University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Disease. The public record shows 346 publications with 17,859 citations (h-index 43), centered on Heart Failure Treatment and Management, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors. It also documents an investigator role on 11 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 8 companies, 7 NIH-funded awards (2019–2026).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Journal of the American Heart Association
- Top research focus: Heart Failure Treatment and Management
- 11 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 8 companies
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Indications focusfrom trials led + research topics
Research focusOpenAlex concept fingerprint
Drugs & moleculesacross trials, industry payments and publications
Works withtrial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Scholarshipindexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
View publications ↓Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 25 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 118.
Clinical & industrytrials, payments and federal funding
Clinical trials
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Listed as an investigator on 11 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Genetic Architecture of Natriuretic Peptides and Blood Pressure Response
Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham
InvestigatorNot, yet, recruitingNCT07118592 - Polygenic Risk Score Implementation and Stratification for Managing Blood Pressure
Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham
InvestigatorRecruitingNCT06962488 - VITAL-IMPACT: Improving Cardiometabolic Health in Black Individuals Through Therapeutic Augmentation of Cyclic Guanosine Mono-Phosphate Signaling Pathway
Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham
InvestigatorPhase 2Not, yet, recruitingNCT06320951
Industry payments
Updated 14 Jul 2026
8 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2022–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.Program year202531 payments$27,755openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.Program year202520 payments
- Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.Program year20251 payment
NIH funding
Updated 14 Jul 2026
7 NIH research awards on record, funded 2019–2026 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Population Genomic Screening in Primary Care
University of Alabama at Birmingham
FY2026$831,462U01HG014610 - Clinical Implementation of Blood Pressure Polygenic Risk Score: A Randomized Clinical Trial
University of Alabama at Birmingham
FY2026$726,809R01HL176882 - The Effects of Neprilysin Inhibition on Cardiometabolic Health in Black Individuals
University of Alabama at Birmingham
FY2026$723,849R01HL163852
Publications
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Cardiovascular Health Characterization Using Life's Essential 8 Score in Perimenopausal Women: An Analysis of the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey.
Journal of the American Heart Association
2026 - Genetic Architecture of N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide in a Multiancestry Study Population.
Circulation. Genomic and precision medicine
2026 - Mavacamten Monotherapy in Real-World Patients With Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Evidence From COLLIGO-HCM.
Circulation. Genomic and precision medicine
2026 - Inhaled nitric oxide at 300 ppm treats multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas pneumonia in swine and is safe in humans.
Science translational medicine
2026 - Precision Medicine and the FDA Modernization Act 2.0: Catalyzing Innovation in Cardiovascular Therapy.
Circulation. Genomic and precision medicine
2025
Most-cited worksby citation count (OpenAlex)
Contact
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Office address
1201 11th Avenue South, Suite 450, Birmingham, AL 35205
Network
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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Background & recognition
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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Educationdegrees and training on record
- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →providerdirectory.uabmedicine.org ↗
- Research Fellowship
Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School / Broad Institute (complex-trait genetics)
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- Board Certified
Cardiovascular Disease (American Board of Internal Medicine)
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Editorial & leadership rolesjournal and society appointments
- Director
Cardiovascular Clinical and Translational Research Program, UAB
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Cardiovascular Genomics Clinic (Cardiogenomics Clinic Program), UAB
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Arora Translational Lab, UAB
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Awards & honorshonors on the public record
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Media & interviewspress, podcasts and appearances
- Cholesterol levels commentary
The New York Times
- Heart attack commentary
Health magazine
- Dietary supplement analysis segment
ABC 33/40
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Online presence
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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- Doximity
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linkedin.com/in/pankaj-arora-bbba4841
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sites.uab.edu/aroratranslationallab
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- LinkedIn
LinkedIn: Director, Cardiovascular Genomics Clinic / Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine editorial mention
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