HOSPITAL · CCN 240019

SMDC MEDICAL CENTER

Physician affiliations & referral network
DULUTH, MN123 bedsFY 2025
Affiliated physicians
258
External referring physicians
667
Top affiliated specialty
Nurse Practitioner
Shared beneficiaries (top referrers)
40,650
SPECIALTY MIX

Specialties among affiliated physicians

Nurse Practitioner
43
Physician Assistant
30
Family Practice
26
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)
21
Unknown
18
Hospitalist
15
Internal Medicine
10
Diagnostic Radiology
8
Anesthesiology
7
Obstetrics & Gynecology
7
Pathology
6
Psychiatry
6
AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS

Physicians affiliated with SMDC MEDICAL CENTER (258 total)

From CMS Physician-Facility Affiliations. Showing the first 50 of 258.

PhysicianAffiliation type
WAMUNYIMA AKAKULUHospital
MICHAEL ANICKHospital
CHRISTOPHER BAYLEYHospital
CHENA BEAUDUYHospital
GARY BEAVERHospital
ERIN BESTEHospital
HANNAH BIESIADAHospital
MARTIN BIRCHHospital
NATHAN BIRNOHospital
ERIC BOEHMERHospital
TIMOTHY BORDENHospital
GEORGIA BRUNETTEHospital
MEGAN COYLEWRIGHTHospital
KEVIN DALPIAZHospital
LEAH DAVISHospital
BRUCE DERAUFHospital
MOLLY DWYERHospital
MATTHEW EVINGSONHospital
BRENT FISHERHospital
EMILY GILBERTSONHospital
AARON HEASLETHospital
ALIX HEINSHospital
JENNIFER HEITZMANHospital
JULIE HENDRICKSHospital
YONATAN HILLMANHospital
SAMUEL HOXIEHospital
JACLYN HUGHLEYHospital
KIRSTEN INDRELIEHospital
ALA ADDIN KANDEELHospital
KIMBERLY LAKHANHospital
AMY LARSONHospital
ANDREA LAYSHospital
LUIZ FERNANDO LEONAVICIUS GUIMARAES FRANCOHospital
MEGAN MARKESHospital
CAITLYN MEEHANHospital
ANNE MEYERHospital
ASHTON MIERITZHospital
SARAH NELSONHospital
REBECCA NGALINGHospital
KELSEY O'NEILHospital
WENDY OLSONHospital
JULIE OTTOSENHospital
PANAGIOTIS PANAGIOTAKISHospital
GRATIA PITCHERHospital
ROBERT PUERINGERHospital
JESSICA ROBINSONHospital
TROY ROWEKAMPHospital
GINA SLIPKA-MARINOSHospital
REED SMITHHospital
MICHAEL SPERLHospital
REFERRAL NETWORK

Who refers patients here

External physicians who share patients into this hospital's affiliated providers, ranked by shared Medicare beneficiaries.

Referring physicianSpecialtyShared beneficiaries
SMDC MEDICAL CENTER14,031
ST MARYS MEDICAL CENTER7,042
ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL OF SUPERIOR3,421
LUCCA, MICHAEL2,229
Michael RyanDiagnostic Radiology2,168
Nizar SalehCardiology1,534
ESSENTIA HEALTH VIRGINIA, LLC1,351
Daniel ZelenDiagnostic Radiology1,137
St. Mary's Duluth Clinic Health SystemClinical Laboratory1,117
Cristian JurauDiagnostic Radiology674
Bernard EricksonCardiology656
DEER RIVER HEALTHCARE CENTER, INC.538
MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER INC533
EDWARD W SPARROW HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION480
FAIRVIEW HEALTH SERVICES412
RANGE REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES402
NEUSTEL, MARK397
PIERPONT, ROBERT366
INNOVIS HEALTH, LLC349
James MohnCardiology340
MARY HITCHCOCK MEMORIAL HOSPITAL320
Steven KurossInternal Medicine314
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION286
Bret FridayHematology-Oncology279
Disha MookherjeeCardiology274
Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). A directional edge is a proxy for referral, not a documented referral; pairs below 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.
CASE MIX

Top procedures by volume

Highest-volume MS-DRGs from CMS inpatient claims (latest reporting year per code).

MS-DRGDischarges
885PSYCHOSES138
951OTHER FACTORS INFLUENCING HEALTH STATUS40
871SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITH MCC37
291HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC20
189PULMONARY EDEMA AND RESPIRATORY FAILURE17
640MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS OF NUTRITION, METABOLISM, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES WITH MCC16
392ESOPHAGITIS, GASTROENTERITIS AND MISCELLANEOUS DIGESTIVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC15
470MAJOR HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT MCC15