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Dr. Paul R. Whitwam, MD

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Specializes in: Surgery

601 W Country Club Road Suite #102
Roswell, NM 88201

(575) 623-3333

Dr. Paul R. Whitwam, MD is a surgeon in Roswell, NM specializing in surgery.

Office Locations

601 W Country Club Road Suite #102
Roswell, NM 88201

(575) 623-3333

(575) 624-4781

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In The News

“After a career in the high-stress field of thoracic surgery, Paul Whitwam was looking for something fun - something different.”—"Variety of work at Student Art Show at UNM-Valencia", Valencia County News-Bulletin, April 2019

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Paul R. Whitwam, MD treated as a surgeon in Roswell, NM during 2012 were hospital care, inpatient care, open surgery and abdominal surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Paul R. Whitwam, MD for Medicare patients.

abdominal surgery	17
doctor visit	246
gastrointestinal procedures	17
hospital care	20
inpatient care	20
open surgery	17
plastic surgery procedures	14
reconstructive surgery	14
tissue transfer	14
wound repair (e.g. stitches)	14

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Paul R. Whitwam, MD treated as a surgeon in Roswell, NM during 2013 were open surgery, gastrointestinal procedures, abdominal surgery and neck surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Paul R. Whitwam, MD for Medicare patients.

abdominal surgery	27
breast procedures	11
catheterization	12
diagnostic procedures	11
doctor visit	218
endarterectomy	14
excision	11
gastrointestinal procedures	27
neck surgery	14
open surgery	38
plastic surgery procedures	11
reconstructive surgery	11
tissue transfer	11
vascular procedures	14
wound repair (e.g. stitches)	11

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul R. Whitwam, MD.

**Gender**
Male	124
Female	122

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	189
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	96
From 75 to 84	75
85 and over	34
Less than 65	41

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul R. Whitwam, MD in 2013

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	54
Stroke	6
Ischemic Heart Disease	43
Depression	21
Chronic Kidney Disease	21
Asthma	8
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	11
Heart Failure	24
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	23
Diabetes	34
Dementia	8
Cancer	19

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Paul R. Whitwam, MD treated as a surgeon in Roswell, NM during 2014 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Paul R. Whitwam, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	189
hospital care	37
inpatient care	37

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul R. Whitwam, MD.

**Gender**
Male	95
Female	116

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	159
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	84
From 75 to 84	62
85 and over	30
Less than 65	35

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul R. Whitwam, MD in 2014

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	55
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	38
Depression	25
Chronic Kidney Disease	25
Asthma	8
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	9
Heart Failure	27
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	20
Diabetes	32
Dementia	11
Cancer	15

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Paul R. Whitwam, MD treated as a surgeon in Roswell, NM during 2015 were hospital care, inpatient care, open surgery and abdominal surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Paul R. Whitwam, MD for Medicare patients.

abdominal surgery	12
doctor visit	238
gastrointestinal procedures	12
hospital care	108
inpatient care	108
open surgery	12

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul R. Whitwam, MD.

**Gender**
Male	222
Female	290

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	342
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	198
From 75 to 84	146
85 and over	70
Less than 65	98

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul R. Whitwam, MD in 2015

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	61
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	41
Depression	27
Chronic Kidney Disease	31
Asthma	14
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	11
Heart Failure	28
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	23
Diabetes	38
Dementia	13
Cancer	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Paul R. Whitwam, MD treated as a surgeon in Roswell, NM during 2016 were hospital care, inpatient care, open surgery and abdominal surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Paul R. Whitwam, MD for Medicare patients.

abdominal surgery	16
doctor visit	244
gastrointestinal procedures	16
hospital care	64
inpatient care	64
open surgery	16

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul R. Whitwam, MD.

**Gender**
Male	126
Female	119

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	168
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	92
From 75 to 84	73
85 and over	42
Less than 65	38

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul R. Whitwam, MD in 2016

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	62
Stroke	9
Ischemic Heart Disease	50
Depression	25
Chronic Kidney Disease	37
Asthma	29
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	14
Heart Failure	26
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	24
Diabetes	38
Dementia	17
Cancer	14

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Paul R. Whitwam, MD treated as a surgeon in Roswell, NM during 2017 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Paul R. Whitwam, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	102
hospital care	67
inpatient care	67

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul R. Whitwam, MD.

**Gender**
Male	71
Female	67

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

**Age**
From 65 to 74	52
From 75 to 84	45
85 and over	17
Less than 65	24

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul R. Whitwam, MD in 2017

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	65
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	54
Depression	30
Chronic Kidney Disease	43
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	12
Atrial Fibrilation	9
Heart Failure	28
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	28
Diabetes	43
Dementia	16
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Paul R. Whitwam, MD treated as a surgeon in Roswell, NM during 2018 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Paul R. Whitwam, MD for Medicare patients.

hospital care	54
inpatient care	54

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul R. Whitwam, MD.

**Gender**
Male	19
Female	22

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	24
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	13
From 75 to 84	12
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul R. Whitwam, MD in 2018

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	68
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	56
Depression	34
Chronic Kidney Disease	61
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	41
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	44
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2018

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Paul R. Whitwam, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Paul R. Whitwam, MD treated as a surgeon in Roswell, NM were inpatient care, hospital care, open surgery and gastrointestinal procedures.

abdominal surgery	18
breast procedures	11
catheterization	12
diagnostic procedures	11
doctor visit	206
endarterectomy	14
excision	11
gastrointestinal procedures	18
hospital care	58
inpatient care	58
neck surgery	14
open surgery	20
plastic surgery procedures	12
reconstructive surgery	12
tissue transfer	12
vascular procedures	14
wound repair (e.g. stitches)	12

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2018

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul R. Whitwam, MD.

**Gender**
Male	93
Female	105

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	0
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	139
Hispanic	0
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Other	0

**Age**
75 to 84	59
85 and over	27
Less than 65	33
65 to 74	76

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul R. Whitwam, MD From 2012 - 2018

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

Hypertension	64
High Cholesterol	52
Stroke	3
Ischemic Heart Disease	40
Depression	23
Chronic Kidney Disease	31
Asthma	8
Osteoporosis	7
Heart Failure	24
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	16
Diabetes	32
Atrial Fibrillation	7
Cancer	10
Dementia	9

Education & Training

He has a state license in New Mexico.

Licensed In: New Mexico

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General Payments

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