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Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD

Accepting New Patients
Specializes in: Spine Surgery and Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery
Creighton University School of Medicine (1996)
Professional interests include: spine problems
4515 Premier Drive
High Point, NC 27265

Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD is a spine surgeon in Clemmons, NC specializing in spine surgery and orthopedics/orthopedic surgery. He graduated from Creighton University School of Medicine in 1996 and has 30 years of experience. Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD is affiliated with Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist.

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Office Locations

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist

2341 Lewisville - Clemmons Road
Clemmons, NC 27012
(336) 713-2121
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Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist

4515 Premier Drive
High Point, NC 27265
(336) 802-2250
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Medical Center Boulevard
Winston-Salem, NC 27157
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Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD treated as a spine surgeon in Clemmons, NC during 2012 were spinal procedures, nerve procedures, decompression surgery and emergency care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD for Medicare patients.

decompression surgery 22
doctor visit 359
emergency care 18
hospital care 12
inpatient care 12
nerve procedures 22
spinal procedures 39

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD treated as a spine surgeon in Clemmons, NC during 2013 were hospital care, inpatient care, closed (non-surgical) treatment of fracture and emergency care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD for Medicare patients.

closed (non-surgical) treatment of fracture 18
doctor visit 315
emergency care 12
hospital care 18
inpatient care 18

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD.

Gender
Male 106
Female 163
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 238
Black 0
Hispanic 0
Asian 0
Other 0
Native American 0
Age
From 65 to 74 95
From 75 to 84 77
85 and over 20
Less than 65 77

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD in 2013

Hypertension 69
High Cholesterol 54
Stroke 7
Ischemic Heart Disease 30
Depression 33
Chronic Kidney Disease 20
Asthma 9
Osteoperosis 15
Atrial Fibrilation 12
Heart Failure 15
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 14
Diabetes 34
Dementia 12
Cancer 10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD treated as a spine surgeon in Clemmons, NC during 2014 were closed (non-surgical) treatment of fracture, emergency care, hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD for Medicare patients.

closed (non-surgical) treatment of fracture 20
doctor visit 297
emergency care 19
hospital care 18
inpatient care 18

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD.

Gender
Male 112
Female 143
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 220
Black 0
Hispanic 0
Asian 0
Other 0
Native American 0
Age
From 65 to 74 95
From 75 to 84 63
85 and over 24
Less than 65 73

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD in 2014

Hypertension 67
High Cholesterol 51
Stroke 5
Ischemic Heart Disease 32
Depression 37
Chronic Kidney Disease 27
Asthma 13
Osteoperosis 15
Atrial Fibrilation 10
Heart Failure 16
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 16
Diabetes 34
Dementia 10
Cancer 10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD treated as a spine surgeon in Clemmons, NC during 2015 were emergency care, closed (non-surgical) treatment of fracture, hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD for Medicare patients.

closed (non-surgical) treatment of fracture 20
doctor visit 302
emergency care 24
hospital care 15
inpatient care 15
spinal procedures 13

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD.

Gender
Male 232
Female 326
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 468
Black 0
Hispanic 0
Asian 0
Other 0
Native American 0
Age
From 65 to 74 222
From 75 to 84 166
85 and over 42
Less than 65 128

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD in 2015

Hypertension 71
High Cholesterol 54
Stroke 4
Ischemic Heart Disease 34
Depression 34
Chronic Kidney Disease 27
Asthma 16
Osteoperosis 14
Atrial Fibrilation 6
Heart Failure 19
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 21
Diabetes 34
Dementia 8
Cancer 11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD treated as a spine surgeon in Clemmons, NC during 2016 were spinal procedures, nerve procedures, decompression surgery and closed (non-surgical) treatment of fracture.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD for Medicare patients.

closed (non-surgical) treatment of fracture 13
decompression surgery 15
doctor visit 377
emergency care 11
nerve procedures 15
spinal procedures 30

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD.

Gender
Male 120
Female 159
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 237
Black 31
Hispanic 0
Asian 0
Other 0
Native American 0
Age
From 65 to 74 114
From 75 to 84 74
85 and over 14
Less than 65 77

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD in 2016

Hypertension 71
High Cholesterol 56
Stroke 6
Ischemic Heart Disease 34
Depression 39
Chronic Kidney Disease 33
Asthma 28
Osteoperosis 11
Atrial Fibrilation 6
Heart Failure 21
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 23
Diabetes 34
Dementia 11
Cancer 10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD treated as a spine surgeon in Clemmons, NC during 2017 were spinal procedures, nerve procedures, decompression surgery and hospital care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD for Medicare patients.

closed (non-surgical) treatment of fracture 11
decompression surgery 21
doctor visit 312
hospital care 11
inpatient care 11
nerve procedures 21
spinal procedures 32

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD.

Gender
Male 108
Female 123
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 198
Black 0
Hispanic 0
Asian 0
Other 0
Native American 0
Age
From 65 to 74 94
From 75 to 84 54
85 and over 18
Less than 65 65

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD in 2017

Hypertension 75
High Cholesterol 48
Stroke 0
Ischemic Heart Disease 36
Depression 39
Chronic Kidney Disease 35
Asthma 15
Osteoperosis 11
Atrial Fibrilation 8
Heart Failure 20
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 21
Diabetes 37
Dementia 9
Cancer 10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD treated as a spine surgeon in Clemmons, NC during 2018 were nerve procedures, decompression surgery and spinal procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD for Medicare patients.

decompression surgery 18
doctor visit 314
nerve procedures 18
spinal procedures 18

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD.

Gender
Male 104
Female 132
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 205
Black 18
Hispanic 0
Asian 0
Other 0
Native American 0
Age
From 65 to 74 94
From 75 to 84 67
85 and over 13
Less than 65 62

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD in 2018

Hypertension 73
High Cholesterol 59
Stroke 6
Ischemic Heart Disease 39
Depression 40
Chronic Kidney Disease 29
Asthma 10
Osteoperosis 13
Atrial Fibrilation 8
Heart Failure 19
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 19
Diabetes 33
Dementia 11
Cancer 8

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD treated as a spine surgeon in Clemmons, NC during 2019 were nerve procedures, decompression surgery and spinal procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD for Medicare patients.

decompression surgery 22
doctor visit 336
nerve procedures 22
spinal procedures 22

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD.

Gender
Male 116
Female 133
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 0
Black 19
Hispanic 0
Asian 0
Other 0
Native American 0
Age
From 65 to 74 110
From 75 to 84 82
85 and over 0
Less than 65 0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD in 2019

Hypertension 72
High Cholesterol 55
Stroke 8
Ischemic Heart Disease 33
Depression 32
Chronic Kidney Disease 34
Asthma 9
Osteoperosis 13
Atrial Fibrilation 7
Heart Failure 14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 18
Diabetes 32
Dementia 8
Cancer 12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD treated as a spine surgeon in Clemmons, NC during 2020 were nerve procedures, decompression surgery and spinal procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD for Medicare patients.

decompression surgery 13
doctor visit 256
nerve procedures 13
spinal procedures 13

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD.

Gender
Male 89
Female 108
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 174
Black 0
Hispanic 0
Asian 0
Other 0
Native American 0
Age
From 65 to 74 108
From 75 to 84 48
85 and over 0
Less than 65 0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD in 2020

Hypertension 69
High Cholesterol 56
Stroke 0
Ischemic Heart Disease 32
Depression 38
Chronic Kidney Disease 36
Asthma 9
Osteoperosis 13
Atrial Fibrilation 8
Heart Failure 16
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 13
Diabetes 31
Dementia 7
Cancer 9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD treated as a spine surgeon in Clemmons, NC during 2021 were nerve procedures, decompression surgery and spinal procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD for Medicare patients.

decompression surgery 13
doctor visit 298
nerve procedures 13
spinal procedures 13

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD.

Gender
Male 101
Female 108
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 188
Black 0
Hispanic 0
Asian 0
Other 0
Native American 0
Age
From 65 to 74 103
From 75 to 84 61
85 and over 12
Less than 65 33

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD in 2021

Hypertension 66
High Cholesterol 57
Stroke 7
Ischemic Heart Disease 30
Depression 34
Chronic Kidney Disease 32
Asthma 9
Osteoperosis 11
Atrial Fibrilation 12
Heart Failure 12
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 16
Diabetes 26
Dementia 0
Cancer 10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD treated as a spine surgeon in Clemmons, NC during 2022 were nerve procedures, decompression surgery and spinal procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD for Medicare patients.

decompression surgery 17
doctor visit 277
nerve procedures 17
spinal procedures 17

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD.

Gender
Male 90
Female 96
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 162
Black 11
Hispanic 0
Asian 0
Other 0
Native American 0
Age
From 65 to 74 89
From 75 to 84 60
85 and over 0
Less than 65 0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD in 2022

Hypertension 75
High Cholesterol 75
Stroke 8
Ischemic Heart Disease 25
Depression 37
Chronic Kidney Disease 26
Asthma 15
Osteoperosis 19
Atrial Fibrilation 16
Heart Failure 11
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 17
Diabetes 28
Dementia 0
Cancer 19

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD treated as a spine surgeon in Clemmons, NC were spinal procedures, nerve procedures, decompression surgery and emergency care.

closed (non-surgical) treatment of fracture 16
decompression surgery 17
doctor visit 313
emergency care 16
hospital care 14
inpatient care 14
nerve procedures 17
spinal procedures 21

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD.

Gender
Male 107
Female 135
Ethnicity
Black / African American 7
Asian / Pacific Islander 0
Non-Hispanic White 190
Native American / Alaskan Native 0
Hispanic 0
Other 0
Age
75 to 84 68
85 and over 13
Less than 65 46
65 to 74 102

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD From 2012 - 2022

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, depression and ischemic heart disease.

Hypertension 64
High Cholesterol 51
Stroke 4
Ischemic Heart Disease 29
Depression 33
Chronic Kidney Disease 27
Asthma 12
Osteoporosis 12
Heart Failure 14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 16
Diabetes 29
Atrial Fibrillation 8
Dementia 6
Cancer 9

Education & Training

Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD graduated from Creighton University School of Medicine in 1996. He completed residency at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. He is certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and has a state license in North Carolina.

Medical School: Creighton University School of Medicine (1996)

Residency: Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center (2001)

Board Certification: American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Licensed In: North Carolina

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist

Ratings & Reviews

Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD has an exceptional overall rating with an average of 4.6 out of 5 stars based on 236 ratings. We collect ratings and reviews of Dr. John Peter Birkedal, MD from all over the web to help you find the right in Clemmons, NC. 

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General Payments

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

Payments by Company
Synthes GmbH $2,085
$2,085
DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. $1,090 Spine
$1,090
Mazor Robotics Inc. $1,026
$1,026
7D Surgical Inc. $353
$353
NUVASIVE, INC. $138
$138
Other $176 Vertebral Motion Analysis
$82 		Spine
$61 		MazorX - Renaissance
$33
Types of Payments
Travel and Lodging $1,555
Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for an accredited or certified continuing education program $1,500
Consulting Fee $1,000
Food and Beverage $813

Biography

Dr. John Birkedal's areas of specialization are spine surgery and orthopedics/orthopedic surgery. Dr. Birkedal is especially interested in spine problems. He is professionally affiliated with Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. He attended Creighton University School of Medicine and subsequently trained at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center for residency. He is rated 4.5 stars (out of 5) by his patients. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist reports that he is accepting new patients at his office in Clemmons, NC.

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