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Dr. David Ford, MD

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Specializes in: General Surgery

Howard University College of Medicine (1990)

1201 Nott Street Suite 104
Schenectady, NY 12308

(518) 370-1814

Dr. David Ford, MD is a general surgeon in Schenectady, NY specializing in general surgery. He graduated from Howard University College of Medicine in 1990 and has 36 years of experience. Dr. David Ford, MD is affiliated with Albany Medical Center.

Office Locations

1201 Nott Street Suite 104
Schenectady, NY 12308

(518) 370-1814

(518) 370-1830

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1769 Union Street Floor 2
Niskayuna, NY 12309

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375 Golf Course Road
Amsterdam, NY 12010

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Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. David Ford, MD treated as a general surgeon in Schenectady, NY during 2012 were abdominal surgery, gastrointestinal procedures, hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. David Ford, MD for Medicare patients.

abdominal surgery	23
anastomosis	11
catheterization	11
doctor visit	241
gastrointestinal procedures	23
hospital care	14
inpatient care	14
minimally invasive procedures	12
open surgery	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. David Ford, MD treated as a general surgeon in Schenectady, NY during 2013 were hospital care, inpatient care, minimally invasive procedures and abdominal surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. David Ford, MD for Medicare patients.

abdominal surgery	12
doctor visit	270
gastrointestinal procedures	12
hospital care	33
inpatient care	33
minimally invasive procedures	12

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Ford, MD.

**Gender**
Male	109
Female	135

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	217
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	80
From 75 to 84	68
85 and over	39
Less than 65	57

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Ford, MD in 2013

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	66
Stroke	7
Ischemic Heart Disease	37
Depression	24
Chronic Kidney Disease	25
Asthma	11
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	18
Heart Failure	25
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	19
Diabetes	34
Dementia	12
Cancer	20

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. David Ford, MD treated as a general surgeon in Schenectady, NY during 2014 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. David Ford, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	199
hospital care	40
inpatient care	40

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Ford, MD.

**Gender**
Male	114
Female	102

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	188
Black	0
Hispanic	11
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	82
From 75 to 84	46
85 and over	32
Less than 65	56

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Ford, MD in 2014

Hypertension	74
High Cholesterol	56
Stroke	7
Ischemic Heart Disease	41
Depression	25
Chronic Kidney Disease	26
Asthma	10
Osteoperosis	7
Atrial Fibrilation	16
Heart Failure	21
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	20
Diabetes	29
Dementia	8
Cancer	20

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. David Ford, MD treated as a general surgeon in Schenectady, NY during 2015 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. David Ford, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	146
hospital care	20
inpatient care	20

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Ford, MD.

**Gender**
Male	140
Female	172

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	288
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	130
From 75 to 84	66
85 and over	46
Less than 65	70

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Ford, MD in 2015

Hypertension	69
High Cholesterol	62
Stroke	11
Ischemic Heart Disease	35
Depression	33
Chronic Kidney Disease	29
Asthma	21
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	17
Heart Failure	17
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	19
Diabetes	34
Dementia	13
Cancer	20

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. David Ford, MD treated as a general surgeon in Schenectady, NY during 2016 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. David Ford, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	200
hospital care	13
inpatient care	13

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Ford, MD.

**Gender**
Male	71
Female	106

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	155
Black	11
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	62
From 75 to 84	43
85 and over	31
Less than 65	41

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Ford, MD in 2016

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	70
Stroke	11
Ischemic Heart Disease	35
Depression	25
Chronic Kidney Disease	32
Asthma	31
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	18
Heart Failure	22
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	24
Diabetes	32
Dementia	16
Cancer	19

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. David Ford, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	191

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Ford, MD.

**Gender**
Male	62
Female	90

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	128
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	55
From 75 to 84	37
85 and over	25
Less than 65	35

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Ford, MD in 2017

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	60
Stroke	7
Ischemic Heart Disease	32
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	35
Asthma	16
Osteoperosis	7
Atrial Fibrilation	19
Heart Failure	25
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	16
Diabetes	36
Dementia	10
Cancer	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. David Ford, MD treated as a general surgeon in Schenectady, NY during 2018 were minimally invasive procedures, hospital care, inpatient care and abdominal surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. David Ford, MD for Medicare patients.

abdominal surgery	12
doctor visit	181
gastrointestinal procedures	12
hospital care	12
inpatient care	12
minimally invasive procedures	12

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Ford, MD.

**Gender**
Male	69
Female	91

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	125
Black	15
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	59
From 75 to 84	41
85 and over	23
Less than 65	37

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Ford, MD in 2018

Hypertension	74
High Cholesterol	66
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	38
Depression	32
Chronic Kidney Disease	38
Asthma	11
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	17
Heart Failure	22
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	20
Diabetes	38
Dementia	0
Cancer	22

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. David Ford, MD treated as a general surgeon in Schenectady, NY during 2019 were minimally invasive procedures, abdominal surgery and gastrointestinal procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. David Ford, MD for Medicare patients.

abdominal surgery	19
doctor visit	161
gastrointestinal procedures	19
minimally invasive procedures	19

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Ford, MD.

**Gender**
Male	70
Female	78

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	124
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	61
From 75 to 84	45
85 and over	20
Less than 65	22

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Ford, MD in 2019

Hypertension	74
High Cholesterol	66
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	50
Depression	24
Chronic Kidney Disease	38
Asthma	12
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	15
Heart Failure	22
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	22
Diabetes	35
Dementia	11
Cancer	22

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. David Ford, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	119

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Ford, MD.

**Gender**
Male	47
Female	48

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	82
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	39
From 75 to 84	26
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Ford, MD in 2020

Hypertension	69
High Cholesterol	59
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	31
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	37
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	19
Diabetes	35
Dementia	0
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. David Ford, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	157

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Ford, MD.

**Gender**
Male	53
Female	55

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	93
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	39
From 75 to 84	33
85 and over	11
Less than 65	25

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Ford, MD in 2021

Hypertension	74
High Cholesterol	65
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	39
Depression	28
Chronic Kidney Disease	35
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	15
Heart Failure	13
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	13
Diabetes	30
Dementia	0
Cancer	14

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. David Ford, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	116

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Ford, MD.

**Gender**
Male	39
Female	41

**Age**
From 65 to 74	32
From 75 to 84	26
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Ford, MD in 2022

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	74
Stroke	14
Ischemic Heart Disease	28
Depression	29
Chronic Kidney Disease	15
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	24
Heart Failure	14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	24
Diabetes	29
Dementia	0
Cancer	16

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. David Ford, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. David Ford, MD treated as a general surgeon in Schenectady, NY were hospital care, inpatient care, abdominal surgery and gastrointestinal procedures.

abdominal surgery	16
anastomosis	11
catheterization	11
doctor visit	180
gastrointestinal procedures	16
hospital care	22
inpatient care	22
minimally invasive procedures	13
open surgery	11

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Ford, MD.

**Gender**
Female	83
Male	70

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	2
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	127
Hispanic	1
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Other	0

**Age**
85 and over	20
75 to 84	39
Less than 65	31
65 to 74	58

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Ford, MD From 2012 - 2022

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. David Ford, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, ischemic heart disease and diabetes.

Hypertension	66
High Cholesterol	58
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	33
Depression	24
Chronic Kidney Disease	28
Asthma	10
Osteoporosis	3
Heart Failure	17
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	17
Diabetes	30
Atrial Fibrillation	14
Dementia	6
Cancer	16

Education & Training

Dr. David Ford, MD graduated from Howard University College of Medicine in 1990. He completed residency at North Shore University Hospital. He is certified by the Surgery (General Surgery) American Board of Surgery and has a state license in New York.

Medical School: Howard University College of Medicine (1990)

Residency: North Shore University Hospital (1996)

Board Certification: Surgery (General Surgery) American Board of Surgery (1998)

Licensed In: New York

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. David Ford, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

Albany Medical Center

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General Payments

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

**Payments by Company**
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.	$7,454 Da Vinci Surgical System $7,454
Davol Inc.	$2,093 SURGICAL $1,743	Phasix Mesh $237	Phasix Plug and Patch $113
Transenterix, Inc.	$485 Senhance Surgical Robotics System $485
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.	$456 C3 Delivery System $248	BIO A Tissue Reinforcement $187	EXCLUDER Conformable AAA Endoprosthesis with Active Control $20
Ethicon Inc.	$454 ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY Curved Intraluminal Stapler $358	Adhesion Prevention $96
Other	$1,022 ECHELON ENDOPATH Stapler $110	CYTAL $109	Trulance $109	Energy: Harmonic $107	Auto Suture $107	Other $480

**Types of Payments**
Travel and Lodging	$6,031
Food and Beverage	$3,374
Education	$2,544
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program	$15

Biography

Dr. David Ford practices general surgery. Dr. Ford is affiliated with Albany Medical College. He attended medical school at Howard University College of Medicine. He trained at North Shore University Hospital for his residency.