Overview
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Robert M. Carney, MD, is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at Washington University in St. Louis (Department of Psychiatry, WashU Medicine). The public record shows 300 publications with 28,694 citations (h-index 78), centered on Cardiac Health and Mental Health, Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control, Heart Failure Treatment and Management. It also documents an investigator role on 4 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 35 companies.
- Most recent indexed publication: 2020 · CNS drugs
- Top research focus: Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- 4 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 35 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; 1 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 197.
Clinical & industrytrials, payments and federal funding
Federally funded research awards.
Clinical trials
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Listed as an investigator on 4 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Omega-3 for Depression and Other Cardiac Risk Factors - 2
Sponsor: Washington University School of Medicine
InvestigatorPhase 2CompletedNCT02021669 - Depression Outpatient Cardiology Screening Study
Sponsor: Washington University School of Medicine
InvestigatorCompletedNCT01552889 - Comparison of Depression Interventions After Acute Coronary Syndrome
Sponsor: Columbia University
InvestigatorPhase 1/PHASE2CompletedNCT01032018
Industry payments
Updated 14 Jul 2026
35 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCProgram year20258 payments
- Shockwave Medical, IncProgram year202514 payments
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals CorporationProgram year20259 payments
NIH funding
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Publications
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
Most-cited worksby citation count (OpenAlex)
Contact
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Network
Updated 14 Jul 2026
The people this person publishes with most, by number of co-authored papers. Names link to their own profile when we have one.
Background & recognition
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
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 →psychiatry.wustl.edu ↗
- 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 →psychiatry.wustl.edu ↗
- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →psychiatry.wustl.edu ↗
Editorial & leadership rolesjournal and society appointments
- Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry
Washington University School of Medicine
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 →psychiatry.wustl.edu ↗ - Faculty member
Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis
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Awards & honorshonors on the public 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 →psychiatry.wustl.edu ↗
- 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 →psychiatry.wustl.edu ↗
- 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 →psychiatry.wustl.edu ↗
Media & interviewspress, podcasts and appearances
- Quoted in NHLBI/NIH feature "Heart disease and depression: A two-way relationship" (2017) as professor of psychiatry
Washington University School of Medicine
2017verifiedCorroborated 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 →nhlbi.nih.gov ↗ - 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 →medicine.washu.edu ↗
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Online presence
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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Owned accountspublic accounts run by this person
- ResearchGate
researchgate.net/profile/Robert-Carney-2
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Mentions by otherswhere others cite or feature them
- Other
medicine.washu.edu/news/tag/robert-m-carney
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ResearchGate profile listing him as Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychiatry, Washington University in St. Louis
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →researchgate.net ↗ - Doximity
Doximity profile: Dr. Robert Carney, MD, St. Louis, MO (note: Doximity credential listed as MD appears to be a data-quality artifact/possible conflation, since all primary sources list him as PhD, not MD)
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →doximity.com ↗
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