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Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD

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Specializes in: Neurology (Brain & Spinal Cord Disease)

1221 Lee Street 4TH floor
Charlottesville, VA 22903

(434) 924-2706

Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD is a neurologist in Charlottesville, VA specializing in neurology (brain & spinal cord disease).

Office Locations

1221 Lee Street 4TH floor
Charlottesville, VA 22903

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In The News

“The only member to vote that the single study's evidence was convincing was the committee chairman, Dr. Nathan Fountain, a professor of neurology at the University of Virginia.”—"F.D.A. Panel Declines to Endorse Controversial Alzheimer's Drug", New York Times, November 2020

“Nathan Fountain, MD, of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, explained that patients, primary care physicians, and even neurologists may be satisfied when seizure frequency is reduced...”—"Satisfaction With Epilepsy Surgery Lasts Long Term", MedPage Today, December 2013

“It's an electrical storm in the brain," said Dr. Nathan Fountain, director of the F.E. Dreifuss Comprehensive Epilepsy Program at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va.”—"Source: Teresa Heinz Kerry suffered a grand mal seizure; evaluation ongoing", NBC News, July 2013

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD treated as a neurologist in Charlottesville, VA during 2012 were electroencephalography (EEG).

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	328
electroencephalography (EEG)	92

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD treated as a neurologist in Charlottesville, VA during 2013 were electroencephalography (EEG), hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	395
electroencephalography (EEG)	131
hospital care	13
inpatient care	13

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD.

**Gender**
Male	144
Female	161

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	255
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	49
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	218

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD in 2013

Hypertension	39
High Cholesterol	36
Stroke	10
Ischemic Heart Disease	14
Depression	31
Chronic Kidney Disease	15
Asthma	9
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	4
Heart Failure	7
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	9
Diabetes	22
Dementia	13
Cancer	4

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD treated as a neurologist in Charlottesville, VA during 2014 were electroencephalography (EEG).

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	362
electroencephalography (EEG)	124

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD.

**Gender**
Male	165
Female	144

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	253
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	57
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	217

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD in 2014

Hypertension	39
High Cholesterol	30
Stroke	12
Ischemic Heart Disease	18
Depression	33
Chronic Kidney Disease	19
Asthma	9
Osteoperosis	6
Atrial Fibrilation	6
Heart Failure	11
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	10
Diabetes	20
Dementia	13
Cancer	6

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD treated as a neurologist in Charlottesville, VA during 2015 were electroencephalography (EEG).

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	332
electroencephalography (EEG)	118

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD.

**Gender**
Male	300
Female	276

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	492
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	104
From 75 to 84	80
85 and over	24
Less than 65	368

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD in 2015

Hypertension	48
High Cholesterol	39
Stroke	13
Ischemic Heart Disease	19
Depression	32
Chronic Kidney Disease	19
Asthma	9
Osteoperosis	7
Atrial Fibrilation	6
Heart Failure	9
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	8
Diabetes	25
Dementia	17
Cancer	7

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD treated as a neurologist in Charlottesville, VA during 2016 were electroencephalography (EEG).

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	337
electroencephalography (EEG)	197

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD.

**Gender**
Male	175
Female	151

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	271
Black	44
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	68
From 75 to 84	43
85 and over	14
Less than 65	201

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD in 2016

Hypertension	49
High Cholesterol	34
Stroke	10
Ischemic Heart Disease	17
Depression	31
Chronic Kidney Disease	23
Asthma	18
Osteoperosis	6
Atrial Fibrilation	7
Heart Failure	12
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	13
Diabetes	25
Dementia	20
Cancer	7

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD treated as a neurologist in Charlottesville, VA during 2017 were electroencephalography (EEG).

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	337
electroencephalography (EEG)	139

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD.

**Gender**
Male	161
Female	122

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	239
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	64
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	184

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD in 2017

Hypertension	45
High Cholesterol	33
Stroke	12
Ischemic Heart Disease	19
Depression	29
Chronic Kidney Disease	24
Asthma	6
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	7
Heart Failure	14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	11
Diabetes	21
Dementia	20
Cancer	6

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD treated as a neurologist in Charlottesville, VA during 2018 were electroencephalography (EEG).

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	360
electroencephalography (EEG)	133

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD.

**Gender**
Male	148
Female	135

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	226
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	67
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	177

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD in 2018

Hypertension	49
High Cholesterol	39
Stroke	11
Ischemic Heart Disease	20
Depression	28
Chronic Kidney Disease	22
Asthma	6
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	6
Heart Failure	15
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	7
Diabetes	21
Dementia	19
Cancer	5

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD treated as a neurologist in Charlottesville, VA during 2019 were electroencephalography (EEG).

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	347
electroencephalography (EEG)	134

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD.

**Gender**
Male	140
Female	129

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	229
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	63
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	167

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD in 2019

Hypertension	41
High Cholesterol	37
Stroke	10
Ischemic Heart Disease	21
Depression	32
Chronic Kidney Disease	22
Asthma	5
Osteoperosis	6
Atrial Fibrilation	6
Heart Failure	11
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	9
Diabetes	20
Dementia	20
Cancer	7

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	179

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD.

**Gender**
Male	118
Female	101

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	179
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	60
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	125

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD in 2020

Hypertension	43
High Cholesterol	42
Stroke	11
Ischemic Heart Disease	23
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	26
Asthma	6
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	8
Heart Failure	17
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	7
Diabetes	18
Dementia	24
Cancer	6

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	210

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD.

**Gender**
Male	118
Female	88

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	172
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	68
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	108

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD in 2021

Hypertension	47
High Cholesterol	43
Stroke	15
Ischemic Heart Disease	26
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	28
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	7
Heart Failure	17
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	10
Diabetes	19
Dementia	19
Cancer	5

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	194

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD.

**Gender**
Male	100
Female	88

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	165
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	63
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	86

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD in 2022

Hypertension	54
High Cholesterol	59
Stroke	26
Ischemic Heart Disease	17
Depression	28
Chronic Kidney Disease	15
Asthma	7
Osteoperosis	14
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	13
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	9
Diabetes	25
Dementia	16
Cancer	6

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD treated as a neurologist in Charlottesville, VA were electroencephalography (EEG), hospital care and inpatient care.

doctor visit	307
electroencephalography (EEG)	133
hospital care	13
inpatient care	13

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD.

**Gender**
Male	142
Female	126

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	4
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	225
Hispanic	0
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Other	0

**Age**
75 to 84	11
85 and over	3
Less than 65	168
65 to 74	60

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD From 2012 - 2022

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, depression and diabetes.

Hypertension	41
High Cholesterol	35
Stroke	11
Ischemic Heart Disease	17
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	19
Asthma	6
Osteoporosis	7
Heart Failure	11
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	8
Diabetes	19
Atrial Fibrillation	6
Cancer	5
Dementia	16

Education & Training

He completed residency at University of Virginia Affiliated Hospitals. He is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology: Clinical Neurophysiology and has a state license in Virginia.

Residency: University of Virginia Affiliated Hospitals (1993)

Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology: Clinical Neurophysiology

Licensed In: Virginia

Ratings & Reviews

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Overall Rating: 5.0 2024-06-08

Patient verified via Press Ganey

Resident very knowledgeable. He was very efficient.

General Payments

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

**Payments by Company**
Biogen, Inc.	$9,500 $9,500
H. Lundbeck A S	$9,000 $9,000
EISAI INC.	$8,750 Leqembi $8,750
UCB SA	$7,466 Vimpat $2,300	$5,166
Medtronic USA, Inc.	$2,667 ACTIVA $2,667
Other	$2,260 TROKENDI XR $141	RNS System $131	VNS Therapy $17	Nuedexta $12	$1,958

**Types of Payments**
Consulting Fee	$28,041
Honoraria	$9,000
Education	$2,300
Food and Beverage	$286
Travel and Lodging	$16

Research Payments

Dr. Nathan Benjamin Fountain, MD has received 128 research payments totaling $729,865.

Biography

Dr. Nathan Fountain is a physician who specializes in neurology (brain & spinal cord disease). After attending the University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine for medical school, he completed his residency training at a hospital affiliated with the University of Virginia. His practice in Charlottesville, VA is open to new patients as reported by Doctor.com.