Dr. Christopher Charles Schmidt , MD
Orthopaedic Surgery • Pittsburgh, PA
9104 Babcock Blvd, Suite 5113
Pittsburgh, PA 152375818
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Dr. Christopher Schmidt is listed in NPPES under Orthopaedic Surgery.
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NPI assigned on August 10, 2005; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 1,690 Original Medicare Part B services in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part B service records, 2024:
- 73030 — X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views: 430 service units.
- J3301 — Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg: 428 service units.
- 99214 — Established patient outpatient office visit: 331 service units.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Units differ by code; these are not visits or a measure of quality.
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See all 16 records in the table · Guide: How to read Medicare Part B data
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Published CMS data list 45 Medicare Part D prescriptions, including refills, in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers – by Provider and Drug, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part D records, 2024:
- Amoxicillin — 33 prescription fills, including refills.
- Cephalexin — 12 prescription fills, including refills.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers – by Provider and Drug, 2024. Drug names come from pharmacy claims. Listing a drug here is not an endorsement or a recommendation.
See the full table · Guide: How to read Medicare Part D prescriber data
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More Medicare Part B services than 60% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Pittsburgh, PA (2024, 81 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 1,212. Middle half: 343 to 3,113.
Close to the middle for Medicare Part B services among clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Pennsylvania (2024, 714 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 1,409. Middle half: 423 to 3,828.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
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Medicare Part B services went from 1,434 in 2020 to 1,690 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2020–2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
9104 Babcock Blvd
Suite 5113
Pittsburgh, PA 152375818
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
CMS Doctors and Clinicians lists 3 distinct group names: Keystone Rehabilitation Systems Inc; Novacare Outpatient Rehabilitation East, Inc.; Upmc Community Medicine Inc. See the list
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, release date unavailable.
Listings do not confirm current availability, employment or a shared ownership network.
Medicare Profile & Education
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File
University Of Wisconsin School Of Medicine
1989
What Public CMS Data Show
Orthopaedic Surgery: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
274 people with Original Medicare in 2024
It gives a sense of how many people with Medicare this clinician treated that year.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider, 2024.
Medicare-allowed amount
About $195,674 in 2024
The total amount Medicare approved for these services in 2024. It includes what Medicare paid and what patients or their other insurance owed, such as the deductible and coinsurance.
It shows the total cost of this clinician's Original Medicare services under Medicare's fee rules.
What this does not show: Medicare-allowed amount
This is not the clinician's income. Part of it can go to a clinic or group practice, staff, equipment or drugs. It is not the price you will pay.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024.
Paid by Medicare
About $150,370 in 2024
The part of the Medicare-allowed amount that Medicare itself paid in 2024, after patients' deductibles and coinsurance.
The gap between the allowed amount and this number is roughly what patients and their other insurance paid.
What this does not show: Paid by Medicare
This is not the clinician's income and not a measure of quality.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024.
30-day fills
45 standardized 30-day fills in 2024
CMS converts prescriptions to 30-day supplies so they can be compared. A 90-day prescription counts as about three 30-day fills.
What this does not show: 30-day fills
It is not a count of patients and not a measure of quality.
Part D drug cost
$92 in 2024
The total cost of these prescriptions in 2024, paid by Medicare drug plans, patients and other payers together.
It shows the total spending on drugs this clinician prescribed, not what any one patient paid.
What this does not show: Part D drug cost
A higher cost often reflects the type of medicines a specialty uses. It is not your out-of-pocket cost and not a measure of quality.
Source: CMS, Medicare Part D Prescribers – by Provider and Drug, 2024.
Open Payments general payments, program year 2025
All general payments: $8,556.34 across 9 records.
By nature of payment
- Royalty or License: $8,407.51 across 4 records.
- Food and Beverage: $148.83 across 5 records.
Reporting-company totals (3 largest of 4)
- Arthrex, Inc.: $8,407.51 across 4 records.
- Mid-Atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC: $66.14 across 3 records.
- Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.: $59.63 across 1 record.
A reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper and is not a measure of care quality. Clinicians can review and dispute these records.
Source: Calculated by T-MedInfo from CMS Open Payments general-payment records for program year 2025 (published June 30, 2026).
Years since graduation
37 years (graduated 1989)
CMS Doctors and Clinicians data list 1989 as the year this clinician finished professional school.
It tells you roughly how long ago the clinician finished school.
What this does not show: Years since graduation
It is not the number of years in practice, and more years does not mean better care.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File.
NPI first issued
2005
The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.
What this does not show: NPI first issued
NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
Accepts Medicare assignment
CMS data list this clinician as accepting Medicare assignment. This means agreeing to take the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for covered services.
With Original Medicare, you usually pay only your deductible and coinsurance, and the office sends the claim to Medicare for you.
Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians; Medicare.gov, “Does your provider accept Medicare as full payment?”
No telehealth indicator
CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.
Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians.
Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)
Dr. Schmidt has a Medicare enrollment record in PECOS, the CMS system clinicians use to enroll so they can bill Medicare or order services for people with Medicare.
It does not show whether the clinician accepts assignment, is in your plan's network, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Can order Medicare-covered services
CMS lists Dr. Schmidt as eligible to order or refer Medicare Part B clinical laboratory and imaging services, durable medical equipment (DME) and home health services for people with Medicare.
Medicare pays for these items and services only when they are ordered by an eligible clinician.
What this does not show: Can order Medicare-covered services
It does not mean the clinician offers these services directly.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Compared with the same specialty in Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
More Medicare Part B services than 60% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Pittsburgh, PA (2024, 81 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 1,212. Middle half: 343 to 3,113.
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Pennsylvania (2024, 714 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 1,409. Middle half: 423 to 3,828.
Medicare-allowed amount
A higher Medicare-allowed amount than 85% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Pittsburgh, PA (2024, 81 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $61,626. Middle half: $26,321 to $129,908.
A higher Medicare-allowed amount than 75% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Pennsylvania (2024, 714 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $79,921. Middle half: $29,713 to $179,136.
Paid by Medicare
A higher Medicare payment amount than 85% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Pittsburgh, PA (2024, 81 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $45,002. Middle half: $20,311 to $96,695.
A higher Medicare payment amount than 75% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Pennsylvania (2024, 714 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $59,301. Middle half: $21,954 to $135,040.
Medicare Part D prescriptions
Fewer Part D prescriptions than 75% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Pittsburgh, PA (2024, 86 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 138. Middle half: 50 to 408.
Fewer Part D prescriptions than 75% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Pennsylvania (2024, 670 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 160. Middle half: 61 to 411.
Part D drug cost
A lower Part D drug cost than 85% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Pittsburgh, PA (2024, 86 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $1,038. Middle half: $257 to $2,829.
A lower Part D drug cost than 85% of clinicians listed under Orthopaedic Surgery in Pennsylvania (2024, 670 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $1,010. Middle half: $302 to $2,838.
140 active clinicians are listed under Orthopaedic Surgery with a practice address in Pittsburgh, PA (1,254 in Pennsylvania).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Pittsburgh
3.6% of these 140 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
70% of these 140 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.
CMS data by year
Changes may reflect reporting, coverage or privacy limits, not changes in care quality.
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Medicare Part B services
Medicare Part B services increased 18% from 1,434 in 2020 to 1,690 in 2024.
- 2020: 1,434
- 2021: 1,967
- 2022: 1,933
- 2023: 1,865
- 2024: 1,690
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount increased 25% from $156,153 in 2020 to $195,674 in 2024.
- 2020: $156,153
- 2021: $232,552
- 2022: $220,217
- 2023: $204,047
- 2024: $195,674
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare increased 23% from $122,033 in 2020 to $150,370 in 2024.
- 2020: $122,033
- 2021: $181,237
- 2022: $171,073
- 2023: $158,437
- 2024: $150,370
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Medicare Part D prescriptions
Medicare Part D prescriptions went from 12 in 2020 to 45 in 2024.
- 2020: 12
- 2021: 32
- 2022: 37
- 2023: 12
- 2024: 45
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30-day fills
30-day fills went from 12 in 2020 to 45 in 2024.
- 2020: 12
- 2021: 32
- 2022: 37
- 2023: 12
- 2024: 45
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Part D drug cost
Part D drug cost went from $36 in 2020 to $92 in 2024.
- 2020: $36
- 2021: $87
- 2022: $70
- 2023: $11
- 2024: $92
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
Industry payments (Open Payments) decreased 61% from $22,140.69 in 2021 to $8,556.34 in 2025.
- 2021: $22,140.69
- 2022: $5,642.47
- 2023: $5,970.24
- 2024: $5,718.86
- 2025: $8,556.34
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers (2024), CMS Open Payments (2025), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Pharma & Medical Device Financial Disclosures
Payments and other transfers of value that drug and medical device companies reported to CMS Open Payments
Program year 2025 (payments made January 1 – December 31, 2025): fewer than 11 records totaling $8,556.34.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
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| Arthrex, Inc. |
Royalty or License
Cash or cash equivalent
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Arthrex | General | $2,349.64 |
| Arthrex, Inc. |
Royalty or License
Cash or cash equivalent
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Arthrex | General | $2,347.61 |
| Arthrex, Inc. |
Royalty or License
Cash or cash equivalent
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Arthrex | General | $2,210.11 |
| Arthrex, Inc. |
Royalty or License
Cash or cash equivalent
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Arthrex | General | $1,500.15 |
| Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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Tapestry | General | $59.63 |
| Mid-Atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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— | General | $26.17 |
| Mid-Atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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— | General | $25.12 |
| DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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INHANCE | General | $23.06 |
| Mid-Atlantic Surgical Systems, LLC |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
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— | General | $14.85 |
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2025, released June 30, 2026.
Performed Procedures & Service Volume
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| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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73030
X-ray of shoulder, minimum of 2 views
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430 | 208 | $48.28 | $20.35 |
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J3301
Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg
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428 | 83 | $8.00 | $0.98 |
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99214
Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more
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331 | 195 | $229.34 | $121.76 |
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99204
New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more
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104 | 104 | $356.38 | $158.46 |
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20610
Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint
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73 | 64 | $223.62 | $63.26 |
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99213
Established patient office or other outpatient visit with low level od decision making, if using time, 20 minutes or more
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70 | 65 | $152.80 | $84.43 |
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24400
Incision or partial removal of upper arm bone
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51 | 50 | $2119.00 | $401.53 |
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23472
Prosthetic repair of shoulder joint, total shoulder
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48 | 47 | $4409.00 | $1355.37 |
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73070
X-ray of elbow, 2 views
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38 | 19 | $51.95 | $18.93 |
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29823
Removal of extensive shoulder joint tissue using an endoscope
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19 | 19 | $3461.00 | $143.18 |
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29826
Shaving of part of shoulder bone and repair of ligament using an endoscope
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18 | 18 | $3090.00 | $162.07 |
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73020
X-ray of shoulder, 1 view
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18 | 18 | $49.00 | $15.78 |
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29827
Repair of shoulder rotator cuff using an endoscope
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17 | 17 | $3064.00 | $1017.87 |
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23430
Anchoring of biceps tendon
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16 | 16 | $2069.00 | $356.01 |
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20605
Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from medium joint
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15 | 13 | $172.80 | $52.26 |
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29824
Partial removal of collar bone at shoulder using an endoscope
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14 | 14 | $1737.00 | $230.90 |
Source: CMS Part B by Provider and Service, 2024; services under 11 beneficiaries omitted by CMS. Privacy limits
Submitted charges are billed amounts, not a price quote for your visit.
Medicare Part D Prescribing Profile & Medications
Medicare Part D prescriptions filled, including refills, in 2024.
| Brand Name | Generic Name | Prescriptions | Day Supply | Total Cost | Patients |
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| Amoxicillin | Amoxicillin | 33 | 46 | $48.78 | 18 |
| Cephalexin | Cephalexin | 12 | 83 | $43.63 | — |
Source: CMS Part D by Provider and Drug, 2024; rows below 11 claims omitted by CMS; volume isn’t quality. Privacy limits
Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 207X00000X
An orthopaedic surgeon is trained in the preservation, investigation and restoration of the form and function of the extremities, spine and associated structures by medical, surgical and physical means. An orthopaedic surgeon is involved with the care of patients whose musculoskeletal problems include congenital deformities, trauma, infections, tumors, metabolic disturbances of the musculoskeletal system, deformities, injuries and degenerative diseases of the spine, hands, feet, knee, hip, shoulder and elbow in children and adults. An orthopaedic surgeon is also concerned with primary and secondary muscular problems and the effects of central or peripheral nervous system lesions of the musculoskeletal system.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 207XS0106X
An orthopaedic surgeon trained in the investigation, preservation and restoration by medical, surgical and rehabilitative means of all structures of the upper extremity directly affecting the form and function of the hand and wrist.
Additional State Medicaid & Healthcare Payer Identifiers
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
I20091217000222
PA
3971499849
Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.
Medicare Group Practice Enrollments
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File
Keystone Rehabilitation Systems Inc
203 High Pointe Dr, Seven Fields, PA 160467921
Phone: 7247421250
Upmc Community Medicine Inc
875 N Hermitage Rd, Hermitage, PA 161483278
Keystone Rehabilitation Systems Inc
203 High Pointe Dr, Seven Fields, PA 160467921
Phone: 7247421250
Upmc Community Medicine Inc
2 Hot Metal St, Pittsburgh, PA 152032348
Upmc Community Medicine Inc
100 Trich Dr, Washington, PA 153015990
Phone: 8774710935
Upmc Community Medicine Inc
9104 Babcock Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 152375866
Phone: 4123665454
Novacare Outpatient Rehabilitation East, Inc.
2175 Mcclellandtown Rd, Masontown, PA 154612593
Phone: 7244915220
Upmc Community Medicine Inc
1300 Oxford Dr, Bethel Park, PA 151021896
Phone: 7247722711
Upmc Community Medicine Inc
1300 Oxford Dr, Bethel Park, PA 151021800
Phone: 4128512126
Novacare Outpatient Rehabilitation East, Inc.
2175 Mcclellandtown Rd, Masontown, PA 154612593
Phone: 7244915220
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Orthopaedic Surgery
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Physician Assistant - Medical
Physician Assistant (Certified)
Orthopaedic Surgery
Physician Assistant
Physician Assistant (Certified)
Orthopaedic Surgery
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Orthopaedic Surgery
Career & Practice History
NPI enumerated August 10, 2005.
No changes to the name, practice address, taxonomy or NPI status in this record have been observed in the monthly NPPES data files from January 2017 to August 2026.
NPI Administrative Meta
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Mailing Address
9104 Babcock Boulevard, Suite 5113
Pittsburgh, PA 15237
Phone: 4127487412