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James Davies

(James Davies)

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Specializes in: Thoracic Surgery

1717 6th Avenue S
Birmingham, AL 35233

1-800-822-8816

James Davies is a thoracic surgeon in Birmingham, AL specializing in thoracic surgery.

Office Locations

1717 6th Avenue S
Birmingham, AL 35233

1-800-822-8816

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2000 6th Avenue S
Birmingham, AL 35233

(205) 801-8660

(205) 801-8120

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In The News

“The procedure, which was performed by Dr. James Davies, associate professor of surgery in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and chief of the UAB Section of Adult Cardiac Surgery, is for select...”—"WWII vet, three-time Purple Heart recipient back on his feet after ambitious heart treatments, procedures", The Gadsden Times, November 2015

Noteworthy Medicare Patient Procedures Performed by James Davies in 2023

Click on any procedure below to see further details on volume and pricing among Medicare patients.

Top 5%

By Volume:

cardiac procedures

fully percutaneous transfemoral TAVR

heart bypass surgery

mitral valve replacement

open-heart aortic valve replacement

In 2023, James Davies performed more cardiac procedures, fully percutaneous (incisionless) transfemoral TAVR, heart bypass surgery (CABG), mitral valve replacement, and open-heart aortic valve replacement procedures for Medicare patients than 95% of providers in related specialties within Alabama.

Top 25%

By Volume:

inpatient hospital care

minimally invasive procedures

In 2012, James Davies performed more inpatient hospital care (for patient admitted to hospital), and minimally invasive procedures procedures for Medicare patients than 75% of providers in related specialties within Alabama.

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that James Davies treated as a thoracic surgeon in Birmingham, AL during 2012 were cardiac procedures, thoracic (chest) surgery procedures, open surgery and hospital care.

Volume of procedures performed by James Davies for Medicare patients.

bypass surgery	68
cardiac procedures	218
doctor visit	107
hospital care	74
inpatient care	74
open surgery	136
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	136

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that James Davies treated as a thoracic surgeon in Birmingham, AL during 2013 were cardiac procedures, thoracic (chest) surgery procedures, open surgery and hospital care.

Volume of procedures performed by James Davies for Medicare patients.

bypass surgery	96
cardiac procedures	368
doctor visit	209
hospital care	97
inpatient care	97
minimally invasive procedures	14
open surgery	192
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	192
vascular procedures	27

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by James Davies.

**Gender**
Male	201
Female	137

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	281
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	132
From 75 to 84	95
85 and over	42
Less than 65	69

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by James Davies in 2013

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	9
Ischemic Heart Disease	75
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	52
Asthma	10
Osteoperosis	7
Atrial Fibrilation	28
Heart Failure	72
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	31
Diabetes	43
Dementia	9
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that James Davies treated as a thoracic surgeon in Birmingham, AL during 2014 were cardiac procedures, thoracic (chest) surgery procedures, open surgery and bypass surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by James Davies for Medicare patients.

bypass surgery	126
cardiac procedures	552
doctor visit	360
hospital care	117
inpatient care	117
minimally invasive procedures	64
open surgery	252
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	274
vascular procedures	60

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by James Davies.

**Gender**
Male	287
Female	225

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	416
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	204
From 75 to 84	158
85 and over	58
Less than 65	92

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by James Davies in 2014

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	11
Ischemic Heart Disease	75
Depression	25
Chronic Kidney Disease	56
Asthma	11
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	31
Heart Failure	75
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	35
Diabetes	46
Dementia	10
Cancer	15

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that James Davies treated as a thoracic surgeon in Birmingham, AL during 2015 were cardiac procedures, thoracic (chest) surgery procedures, open surgery and bypass surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by James Davies for Medicare patients.

bypass surgery	137
cardiac procedures	702
doctor visit	398
hospital care	129
inpatient care	129
minimally invasive procedures	114
open surgery	274
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	291
vascular procedures	122

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by James Davies.

**Gender**
Male	682
Female	498

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	966
Black	182
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	428
From 75 to 84	430
85 and over	126
Less than 65	196

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by James Davies in 2015

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	10
Ischemic Heart Disease	75
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	61
Asthma	24
Osteoperosis	7
Atrial Fibrilation	34
Heart Failure	75
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	36
Diabetes	42
Dementia	13
Cancer	14

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that James Davies treated as a thoracic surgeon in Birmingham, AL during 2016 were cardiac procedures, thoracic (chest) surgery procedures, open surgery and bypass surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by James Davies for Medicare patients.

bypass surgery	189
cardiac procedures	822
doctor visit	490
hospital care	151
inpatient care	151
minimally invasive procedures	83
open surgery	378
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	378
vascular procedures	99

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by James Davies.

**Gender**
Male	359
Female	261

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	510
Black	95
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	240
From 75 to 84	207
85 and over	66
Less than 65	107

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by James Davies in 2016

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	10
Ischemic Heart Disease	75
Depression	25
Chronic Kidney Disease	64
Asthma	37
Osteoperosis	7
Atrial Fibrilation	31
Heart Failure	70
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	35
Diabetes	45
Dementia	13
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that James Davies treated as a thoracic surgeon in Birmingham, AL during 2017 were cardiac procedures, open surgery, thoracic (chest) surgery procedures and bypass surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by James Davies for Medicare patients.

bypass surgery	158
cardiac procedures	622
doctor visit	356
hospital care	109
inpatient care	109
minimally invasive procedures	66
open surgery	327
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	316
vascular procedures	98
wound repair (e.g. stitches)	13

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by James Davies.

**Gender**
Male	315
Female	218

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	429
Black	92
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	193
From 75 to 84	164
85 and over	64
Less than 65	112

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by James Davies in 2017

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	14
Ischemic Heart Disease	75
Depression	28
Chronic Kidney Disease	65
Asthma	12
Osteoperosis	7
Atrial Fibrilation	33
Heart Failure	75
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	34
Diabetes	43
Dementia	15
Cancer	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that James Davies treated as a thoracic surgeon in Birmingham, AL during 2018 were cardiac procedures, thoracic (chest) surgery procedures, open surgery and bypass surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by James Davies for Medicare patients.

bypass surgery	164
cardiac procedures	698
doctor visit	403
hospital care	133
inpatient care	133
minimally invasive procedures	70
open surgery	328
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	328
vascular procedures	92
wound repair (e.g. stitches)	16

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by James Davies.

**Gender**
Male	324
Female	245

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	449
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	235
From 75 to 84	165
85 and over	52
Less than 65	117

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by James Davies in 2018

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	11
Ischemic Heart Disease	75
Depression	28
Chronic Kidney Disease	66
Asthma	11
Osteoperosis	7
Atrial Fibrilation	29
Heart Failure	75
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	35
Diabetes	45
Dementia	15
Cancer	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that James Davies treated as a thoracic surgeon in Birmingham, AL during 2019 were cardiac procedures, thoracic (chest) surgery procedures, open surgery and bypass surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by James Davies for Medicare patients.

bypass surgery	214
cardiac procedures	854
doctor visit	410
hospital care	152
inpatient care	152
minimally invasive procedures	72
open surgery	428
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	428
vascular procedures	90
wound repair (e.g. stitches)	13

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by James Davies.

**Gender**
Male	342
Female	259

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	475
Black	115
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	244
From 75 to 84	188
85 and over	60
Less than 65	109

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by James Davies in 2019

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	11
Ischemic Heart Disease	75
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	64
Asthma	9
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	31
Heart Failure	75
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	34
Diabetes	43
Dementia	19
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that James Davies treated as a thoracic surgeon in Birmingham, AL during 2020 were cardiac procedures, hospital care, inpatient care and thoracic (chest) surgery procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by James Davies for Medicare patients.

bypass surgery	147
cardiac procedures	644
doctor visit	375
hospital care	337
inpatient care	337
minimally invasive procedures	85
open surgery	294
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	294
vascular procedures	85
wound repair (e.g. stitches)	18

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by James Davies.

**Gender**
Male	294
Female	214

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	419
Black	78
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	229
From 75 to 84	159
85 and over	56
Less than 65	64

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by James Davies in 2020

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	9
Ischemic Heart Disease	75
Depression	22
Chronic Kidney Disease	62
Asthma	9
Osteoperosis	7
Atrial Fibrilation	28
Heart Failure	75
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	26
Diabetes	43
Dementia	13
Cancer	16

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that James Davies treated as a thoracic surgeon in Birmingham, AL during 2021 were cardiac procedures, thoracic (chest) surgery procedures, open surgery and hospital care.

Volume of procedures performed by James Davies for Medicare patients.

bypass surgery	139
cardiac procedures	522
doctor visit	367
hospital care	202
inpatient care	202
minimally invasive procedures	50
open surgery	278
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	278
vascular procedures	50

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by James Davies.

**Gender**
Male	280
Female	165

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	363
Black	65
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	192
From 75 to 84	158
85 and over	36
Less than 65	59

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by James Davies in 2021

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	11
Ischemic Heart Disease	75
Depression	28
Chronic Kidney Disease	63
Asthma	9
Osteoperosis	6
Atrial Fibrilation	32
Heart Failure	75
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	26
Diabetes	44
Dementia	12
Cancer	15

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that James Davies treated as a thoracic surgeon in Birmingham, AL during 2022 were cardiac procedures, thoracic (chest) surgery procedures, open surgery and hospital care.

Volume of procedures performed by James Davies for Medicare patients.

bypass surgery	143
cardiac procedures	524
doctor visit	381
hospital care	145
inpatient care	145
minimally invasive procedures	58
open surgery	286
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	286
vascular procedures	58

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by James Davies.

**Gender**
Male	283
Female	178

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	378
Black	64
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	182
From 75 to 84	170
85 and over	38
Less than 65	71

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by James Davies in 2022

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	18
Ischemic Heart Disease	75
Depression	29
Chronic Kidney Disease	41
Asthma	12
Osteoperosis	12
Atrial Fibrilation	53
Heart Failure	62
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	31
Diabetes	45
Dementia	10
Cancer	18

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2023 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that James Davies treated as a thoracic surgeon in Birmingham, AL during 2023 were cardiac procedures, thoracic (chest) surgery procedures, open surgery and bypass surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by James Davies for Medicare patients.

bypass surgery	140
cardiac procedures	522
doctor visit	385
hospital care	135
inpatient care	135
minimally invasive procedures	51
open surgery	280
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	280
vascular procedures	51

2023 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by James Davies.

**Gender**
Male	295
Female	191

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	406
Black	62
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	202
From 75 to 84	181
85 and over	42
Less than 65	61

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by James Davies in 2023

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	17
Ischemic Heart Disease	75
Depression	25
Chronic Kidney Disease	42
Asthma	9
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	56
Heart Failure	64
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	29
Diabetes	42
Dementia	8
Cancer	17

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2023

Volume of procedures performed by James Davies for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that James Davies treated as a thoracic surgeon in Birmingham, AL were cardiac procedures, thoracic (chest) surgery procedures, open surgery and hospital care.

bypass surgery	143
cardiac procedures	587
doctor visit	353
hospital care	148
inpatient care	148
minimally invasive procedures	66
open surgery	287
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	290
vascular procedures	75
wound repair (e.g. stitches)	15

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2023

Information about Medicare patients treated by James Davies.

**Gender**
Female	215
Male	305

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	62
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	424
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	0
Other	0

**Age**
75 to 84	172
85 and over	53
Less than 65	88
65 to 74	206

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by James Davies From 2012 - 2023

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that James Davies treated were high cholesterol, hypertension, ischemic heart disease and heart failure.

Hypertension	68
High Cholesterol	68
Stroke	10
Ischemic Heart Disease	68
Depression	24
Chronic Kidney Disease	53
Asthma	12
Osteoporosis	7
Heart Failure	66
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	29
Diabetes	40
Atrial Fibrillation	32
Dementia	11
Cancer	13

Education & Training

He has a state license in Alabama.

Licensed In: Alabama

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by James Davies. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation	$134,088 Transcatheter Heart Valves $29,551	Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve $14,197	EDWARDS INTUITY Elite valve system $9,990	Edwards SAPIEN 3 Ultra Transcatheter Heart Valve $6,094	EDWARDS SAPIEN 3 TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE (THV) $4,200	Other $70,057
Medtronic Vascular, Inc.	$27,195 Avalus $5,050	Heart Valves $2,547	CoreValve Evolut $2,516	Mosaic $2,510	Hancock $1,074	Other $13,498
Medtronic, Inc.	$11,621 Avalus $8,199	CoreValve Evolut $3,020	Mosaic $296	COREVALVE EVOLUT R $44	APOLLOTM $42	Other $20
Abbott Laboratories	$8,622 Mitra Clip system $4,409	MitraClip System $3,500	MitraClip $465	Vascular $117	Portico Transcatheter Aortic HV $79	Other $52
CryoLife, Inc.	$374 SynerGraft $185	On-X $167	$23
Other	$704 STERNALOCK BLU SYSTEM $139	ECM Patch,Pouch $135	FLOSEAL $125	ON-X AORTIC HEART VALVE WITH CONFORM-X SEWING RING AND EXTENDED HOLDER $119	GENERAL STRUCTURAL HEART $119	Other $68

**Types of Payments**
Consulting Fee	$123,315
Travel and Lodging	$32,988
Food and Beverage	$13,257
Honoraria	$7,250
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program	$5,750
Other	$43

Research Payments

James Davies has received 56 research payments totaling $211,052.

Biography

Dr. James Davies is a Birmingham, AL physician who specializes in thoracic surgery. He is a graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine.