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Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS

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Specializes in: Transplant Surgery and General Surgery

Armed Forces Medical College

Professional interests include: kidney transplant, liver transplant, pancreas transplant

1225 South Grand Boulevard 2L
St. Louis, MO 63104

(314) 268-4010

Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS is a transplant surgeon in St. Louis, MO specializing in transplant surgery and general surgery. He graduated from Armed Forces Medical College. Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS is affiliated with SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, SSM Health, SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis, SLUCare Physician Group and SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital.

Office Locations

1225 South Grand Boulevard 2L
St. Louis, MO 63104

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1465 S. Grand Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63104

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1540 E. Evergreen Street
Springfield, MO 65803

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3250 Gordonville Road Suite 250
Cape Girardeau, MO 63703

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In The News

“SLUCare transplant surgeon Dr. Chintalapati Varma physically grabs the kidney from the body of living organ donor Robyn Rosenberger during surgery at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital in...”—"Hepatitis C-infected organs can now be transplanted", Newsday, September 2018

“In this Jan. 17, 2018, file photo, SLUCare transplant surgeon Dr. Chintalapati Varma physically grabs the kidney from the body of living organ donor Robyn Rosenberger during surgery at SSM Health...”—"Push to better track living kidney donors' long-term health", American Press, January 2018

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS treated as a transplant surgeon in St. Louis, MO during 2012 were hospital care, inpatient care, transplant procedures and abdominal surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS for Medicare patients.

abdominal surgery	12
doctor visit	241
hospital care	23
inpatient care	23
transplant procedures	12
urologic procedures	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS treated as a transplant surgeon in St. Louis, MO during 2013 were hospital care, inpatient care, transplant procedures and abdominal surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS for Medicare patients.

abdominal surgery	11
doctor visit	260
hospital care	38
inpatient care	38
transplant procedures	11
urologic procedures	11

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS.

**Gender**
Male	88
Female	58

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	134
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	40
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	89

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS in 2013

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	50
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	40
Depression	20
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	26
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	12
Diabetes	50
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS treated as a transplant surgeon in St. Louis, MO during 2014 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	276
hospital care	16
inpatient care	16

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS.

**Gender**
Male	86
Female	49

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	121
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	40
From 75 to 84	17
85 and over	0
Less than 65	78

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS in 2014

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	47
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	39
Depression	19
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	9
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	24
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	18
Diabetes	49
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	116

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS.

**Gender**
Male	118
Female	90

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	178
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	130

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS in 2015

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	61
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	40
Depression	18
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	13
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	17
Heart Failure	25
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	13
Diabetes	57
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS.

**Gender**
Male	17
Female	14

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	20
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS in 2016

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	0
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	45
Depression	39
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	35
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	61
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS treated as a transplant surgeon in St. Louis, MO during 2017 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS for Medicare patients.

hospital care	19
inpatient care	19

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS.

**Gender**
Male	44
Female	13

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	37
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	33

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS in 2017

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	54
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	49
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	39
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	44
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS treated as a transplant surgeon in St. Louis, MO during 2018 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS for Medicare patients.

hospital care	34
inpatient care	34

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS.

**Gender**
Male	31
Female	18

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	25
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	28

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS in 2018

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	71
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	65
Depression	22
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	57
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	57
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS treated as a transplant surgeon in St. Louis, MO during 2019 were hospital care, inpatient care, transplant procedures and abdominal surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS for Medicare patients.

abdominal surgery	13
hospital care	51
inpatient care	51
transplant procedures	13
urologic procedures	13

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS.

**Gender**
Male	38
Female	26

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	34
Black	19
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	37

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS in 2019

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	66
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	55
Depression	27
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	42
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	59
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS.

**Gender**
Male	21
Female	20

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	21
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	29

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS in 2020

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	66
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	63
Depression	37
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	41
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	59
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS treated as a transplant surgeon in St. Louis, MO during 2021 were transplant procedures, abdominal surgery and urologic procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS for Medicare patients.

abdominal surgery	11
transplant procedures	11
urologic procedures	11

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS.

**Gender**
Male	23
Female	19

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	28
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	29

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS in 2021

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	69
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	50
Depression	29
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	38
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	62
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	12

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS.

**Gender**
Male	21
Female	13

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	18
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	22

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS in 2022

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	50
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	35
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	62
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS treated as a transplant surgeon in St. Louis, MO were hospital care, inpatient care, transplant procedures and abdominal surgery.

abdominal surgery	11
doctor visit	181
hospital care	30
inpatient care	30
transplant procedures	11
urologic procedures	11

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS.

**Gender**
Male	44
Female	29

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	1
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	56
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	0
Other	0

**Age**
75 to 84	1
85 and over	0
Less than 65	43
65 to 74	7

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS From 2012 - 2022

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS treated were chronic kidney disease, hypertension, diabetes and high cholesterol.

Hypertension	68
High Cholesterol	50
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	45
Depression	21
Chronic Kidney Disease	68
Asthma	2
Osteoporosis	0
Heart Failure	32
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	3
Diabetes	50
Atrial Fibrillation	3
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Education & Training

Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS graduated from Armed Forces Medical College. He completed residency at The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York. He is certified by the Drug Enforcement Administration Missouri Dept of Health/Narcotics&Dangerous Drugs Missouri State Board of Registration and has a state license in Missouri.

Medical School: Armed Forces Medical College

Residency: The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York

Board Certification: Drug Enforcement Administration Missouri Dept of Health/Narcotics&Dangerous Drugs Missouri State Board of Registration

Licensed In: Missouri

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital

SSM Health

SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis

SLUCare Physician Group

SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.	$6,508 Da Vinci Surgical System $3,508	DAVINCI XI $3,000
Davol Inc.	$926 PHASIX $926
GENZYME CORPORATION	$221 THYMOGLOBULIN $221
Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	$174 Envarsus $174
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.	$140 TERLIVAZ $140
Other	$614 VARITHENA $131	TISSEEL $120	EVICEL Fibrin Sealant (Human) $88	SPYGLASS DIRECT VISUALIZATION SYSTEM $87	Cellcept $68	Other $121

**Types of Payments**
Education	$6,000
Food and Beverage	$1,611
Travel and Lodging	$971

Biography

Dr. Chintalapati Varma is a general surgery and transplant surgery specialist in Saint Louis, MO, Springfield, MO, and Cape Girardeau, MO. Dr. Varma attended Armed Forces Medical College for medical school and subsequently trained at The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York for residency. His areas of expertise include the following: pancreas transplant, kidney transplant, and liver transplant. Dr. Varma (or staff) speaks the following foreign languages: Telugu and Hindi. He is affiliated with SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis and SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital. He welcomes new patients at his office inSt. Louis, MO as reported by Yext.

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2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

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2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS in 2013

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2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS in 2014

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2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS in 2015

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2016 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS in 2016

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS in 2017

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2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS in 2018

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS in 2019

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2020 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS in 2020

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS in 2021

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS in 2022

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Chintalapati Varma, MD, FRCS From 2012 - 2022

Education & Training

Affiliations & Hospitals

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General Payments

Biography

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