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Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM

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(Dr. Timothy Patrick Whelan, MD)

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Specializes in: Adult Pulmonology and Critical Care (Intensive Care Medicine)

SUNY, University at Buffalo School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (1995)

Professional interests include: lung transplant

171 Ashley Avenue
Charleston, SC 29425

(843) 792-1414

Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM is a pulmonologist in Greenville, SC specializing in adult pulmonology and critical care (intensive care medicine). He graduated from SUNY, University at Buffalo School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences in 1995 and has 31 years of experience. Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM is affiliated with MUSC Health and UNIVERSITY MEDICAL ASSOCIATES OF THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROL.

Office Locations

MUSC Health

1003 Grove Road Suite A
Greenville, SC 29605

(843) 985-0778

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171 Ashley Avenue
Charleston, SC 29425

(843) 792-1414

(843) 792-1729

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Some issues Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM can help you with:

Lung Transplant

Patients who have very severe lung disease may need a lung transplant. The diseased lung is entirely removed and replaced with a healthy lung, usually donated by a person who died. Either one or both lungs can be transplanted.

Contrary to popular belief, lung transplant is rarely used to treat lung cancer. It is a more common treatment for patients with other advanced lung diseases, such as cystic fibrosis, sarcoidosis, pulmonary fibrosis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Lung transplant is a serious operation and is generally used as a last resort for patients who have only a short time to live without surgery.

During a transplant, an incision is made on the side of the chest (for a single lung) or in the middle (for both lungs). Patients may be hooked up to a heart-lung bypass machine, which will do the work of moving blood and oxygen through the body during the procedure. After the diseased lung is cut away from the main airway and blood vessels, the donor lung is stitched into place. Surgery may take as long as twelve hours, and a hospital stay of two to three weeks after surgery is not uncommon. For the first hours or day after surgery, patients use a ventilator, or a machine to help them breathe. Tubes will be inserted into the chest to help drain excess air and fluid. During recovery, physical therapy and breathing exercises are used to help the new lung work as well as possible.

Lung capacity is carefully monitored for several months after surgery. Patients who have had a transplant will also have to take anti-rejection drugs for the rest of their lives. These drugs stop the body's immune system from attacking the new lung. The main risks after a transplant are infection and rejection (when the immune system attacks the 'foreign' lung). A healthy lifestyle, including maintaining a diet high in vegetables and lean protein, not smoking, and getting enough exercise, is important to keeping the lungs functioning as well as possible. With proper care, many patients can live ten or even twenty years after a lung transplant.

In The News

“In idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, for example, physicians should be aware that women tend to experience more shortness of breath than men and suffer more emotion-related disruptions of quality of...”—"Lung Disease in Women Getting Increased Scrutiny", MedPage Today, May 2018

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM treated as a pulmonologist in Greenville, SC during 2012 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	73
hospital care	85
inpatient care	85

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM treated as a pulmonologist in Greenville, SC during 2013 were hospital care, inpatient care, pulmonary testing and bronchoscopy.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM for Medicare patients.

bronchoscopy	18
doctor visit	113
hospital care	234
inpatient care	234
pulmonary testing	126

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM.

**Gender**
Male	176
Female	152

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	212
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	143
From 75 to 84	59
85 and over	19
Less than 65	107

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM in 2013

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	59
Stroke	7
Ischemic Heart Disease	52
Depression	31
Chronic Kidney Disease	57
Asthma	13
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	18
Heart Failure	45
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	48
Diabetes	43
Dementia	10
Cancer	14

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM treated as a pulmonologist in Greenville, SC during 2014 were hospital care, inpatient care and bronchoscopy.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM for Medicare patients.

bronchoscopy	25
doctor visit	197
hospital care	256
inpatient care	256

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM.

**Gender**
Male	136
Female	129

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

**Age**
From 65 to 74	116
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	96

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM in 2014

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	60
Stroke	6
Ischemic Heart Disease	51
Depression	33
Chronic Kidney Disease	58
Asthma	12
Osteoperosis	13
Atrial Fibrilation	15
Heart Failure	45
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	48
Diabetes	40
Dementia	7
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM treated as a pulmonologist in Greenville, SC during 2015 were hospital care, inpatient care and bronchoscopy.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM for Medicare patients.

bronchoscopy	23
doctor visit	241
hospital care	271
inpatient care	271

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM.

**Gender**
Male	236
Female	218

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	338
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	206
From 75 to 84	76
85 and over	24
Less than 65	148

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM in 2015

Hypertension	74
High Cholesterol	57
Stroke	9
Ischemic Heart Disease	46
Depression	28
Chronic Kidney Disease	46
Asthma	24
Osteoperosis	13
Atrial Fibrilation	16
Heart Failure	30
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	46
Diabetes	34
Dementia	7
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM treated as a pulmonologist in Greenville, SC during 2016 were hospital care, inpatient care, pulmonary testing and bronchoscopy.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM for Medicare patients.

bronchoscopy	16
doctor visit	239
hospital care	227
inpatient care	227
pulmonary testing	45

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM.

**Gender**
Male	133
Female	146

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	193
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	119
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	96

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM in 2016

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	59
Stroke	9
Ischemic Heart Disease	46
Depression	33
Chronic Kidney Disease	61
Asthma	40
Osteoperosis	12
Atrial Fibrilation	15
Heart Failure	36
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	43
Diabetes	42
Dementia	12
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM treated as a pulmonologist in Greenville, SC during 2017 were hospital care, inpatient care, pulmonary testing and bronchoscopy.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM for Medicare patients.

bronchoscopy	22
doctor visit	279
hospital care	210
inpatient care	210
pulmonary testing	100

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM.

**Gender**
Male	155
Female	144

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	230
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	123
From 75 to 84	68
85 and over	15
Less than 65	93

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM in 2017

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	57
Stroke	6
Ischemic Heart Disease	47
Depression	34
Chronic Kidney Disease	50
Asthma	13
Osteoperosis	12
Atrial Fibrilation	20
Heart Failure	38
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	45
Diabetes	42
Dementia	13
Cancer	14

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM treated as a pulmonologist in Greenville, SC during 2018 were hospital care, inpatient care, pulmonary testing and bronchoscopy.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM for Medicare patients.

bronchoscopy	21
doctor visit	250
hospital care	167
inpatient care	167
pulmonary testing	28

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM.

**Gender**
Male	146
Female	117

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	202
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	137
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	65

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM in 2018

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	63
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	49
Depression	34
Chronic Kidney Disease	55
Asthma	11
Osteoperosis	14
Atrial Fibrilation	16
Heart Failure	37
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	43
Diabetes	44
Dementia	10
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM treated as a pulmonologist in Greenville, SC during 2019 were pulmonary testing, hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	212
hospital care	154
inpatient care	154
pulmonary testing	219

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM.

**Gender**
Male	193
Female	187

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	297
Black	70
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	198
From 75 to 84	82
85 and over	12
Less than 65	88

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM in 2019

Hypertension	74
High Cholesterol	63
Stroke	6
Ischemic Heart Disease	48
Depression	35
Chronic Kidney Disease	49
Asthma	13
Osteoperosis	16
Atrial Fibrilation	18
Heart Failure	36
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	44
Diabetes	37
Dementia	7
Cancer	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM treated as a pulmonologist in Greenville, SC during 2020 were hospital care, inpatient care and bronchoscopy.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM for Medicare patients.

bronchoscopy	17
doctor visit	174
hospital care	132
inpatient care	132

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM.

**Gender**
Male	89
Female	75

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	131
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	93
From 75 to 84	33
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM in 2020

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	69
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	42
Depression	37
Chronic Kidney Disease	57
Asthma	12
Osteoperosis	19
Atrial Fibrilation	21
Heart Failure	38
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	45
Diabetes	46
Dementia	13
Cancer	15

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM treated as a pulmonologist in Greenville, SC during 2021 were hospital care, inpatient care, pulmonary testing and bronchoscopy.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM for Medicare patients.

bronchoscopy	40
diagnostic procedures	14
doctor visit	173
hospital care	252
inpatient care	252
minimally invasive procedures	14
pulmonary testing	46

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM.

**Gender**
Male	119
Female	122

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	199
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	128
From 75 to 84	61
85 and over	11
Less than 65	41

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM in 2021

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	73
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	47
Depression	27
Chronic Kidney Disease	55
Asthma	12
Osteoperosis	20
Atrial Fibrilation	17
Heart Failure	33
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	39
Diabetes	42
Dementia	10
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM treated as a pulmonologist in Greenville, SC during 2022 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	133
hospital care	167
inpatient care	167

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM.

**Gender**
Male	65
Female	46

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	96
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	61
From 75 to 84	30
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM in 2022

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	13
Ischemic Heart Disease	36
Depression	33
Chronic Kidney Disease	43
Asthma	17
Osteoperosis	32
Atrial Fibrilation	30
Heart Failure	27
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	59
Diabetes	44
Dementia	0
Cancer	14

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM treated as a pulmonologist in Greenville, SC were hospital care, inpatient care, pulmonary testing and bronchoscopy.

bronchoscopy	22
diagnostic procedures	14
doctor visit	189
hospital care	195
inpatient care	195
minimally invasive procedures	14
pulmonary testing	94

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM.

**Gender**
Male	131
Female	121

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	6
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	187
Hispanic	0
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Other	0

**Age**
75 to 84	37
85 and over	7
Less than 65	66
65 to 74	120

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM From 2012 - 2022

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, chronic kidney disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Hypertension	68
High Cholesterol	57
Stroke	6
Ischemic Heart Disease	42
Depression	29
Chronic Kidney Disease	48
Asthma	15
Osteoporosis	14
Heart Failure	33
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	41
Diabetes	37
Atrial Fibrillation	16
Cancer	11
Dementia	8

Education & Training

Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM graduated from SUNY, University at Buffalo School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences in 1995. He has a state license in South Carolina.

Medical School: SUNY, University at Buffalo School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (1995)

Residency: (1998)

Licensed In: South Carolina

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

MUSC Health

UNIVERSITY MEDICAL ASSOCIATES OF THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROL

Insurance Information

Please note: Insurance information may change at any time, and the provider may accept your insurance plan even if it is not listed below. Please contact the provider's office to confirm that your insurance is accepted.

Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM appears to accept the following insurance providers: CIGNA Medicare, Aetna Medicare, Great-West Healthcare, WellCare, Community Care Network (CCN), United Healthcare, TRICARE, Employers Health Network, Medicaid, Humana, Cigna, Coventry, Blue Choice, First Health, MedCost, Molina Healthcare, Group Health Plan (GHP), Blue Cross Blue Shield State Health Plan for South Carolina, Medicare A & B (Traditional Medicare), Blue Cross Blue Shield Preferred Blue (PPC), BCBS Blue Essentials (Marketplace), Aetna (Preferred Provider Organization), Blue Cross Blue Shield Planned Administrators, First Choice/Select Health (NEIC), Absolute Total Care (NEIC), Clover Health, Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare, Aetna (Open Choice), AllWell by Absolute Total Care, Aetna (Managed Choice), Blue Cross Blue Shield Federal (FEP), Ambetter from Absolute Total Care (Marketplace), First Choice Next and Aetna (Exclusive Choice).

Insurance Accepted by Provider includes:

According to our sources, Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM accepts the following insurance providers:

CIGNA Medicare

Aetna Medicare

Great-West Healthcare

WellCare

Community Care Network (CCN)

United Healthcare

TRICARE

Employers Health Network

Medicaid

Humana

Cigna

Coventry

Blue Choice

First Health

MedCost

Molina Healthcare

Group Health Plan (GHP)

Blue Cross Blue Shield State Health Plan for South Carolina

Medicare A & B (Traditional Medicare)

Blue Cross Blue Shield Preferred Blue (PPC)

BCBS Blue Essentials (Marketplace)

Aetna (Preferred Provider Organization)

Blue Cross Blue Shield Planned Administrators

First Choice/Select Health (NEIC)

Absolute Total Care (NEIC)

Clover Health

Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare

Aetna (Open Choice)

AllWell by Absolute Total Care

Aetna (Managed Choice)

Blue Cross Blue Shield Federal (FEP)

Ambetter from Absolute Total Care (Marketplace)

First Choice Next

Aetna (Exclusive Choice)

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General Payments

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

**Payments by Company**
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	$95,268 OFEV $21,824	$73,443
Genentech USA, Inc.	$11,088 Esbriet $6,458	XOLAIR $280	$4,350
Kadmon Corporation LLC	$1,320 $1,320
Gilead Sciences Inc	$1,200 $1,200
United Therapeutics Corporation	$640 TYVASO $436	$204
Other	$477 GIAPREZA $200	VENTAVIS ILOPROST $137	Proleukin $118	$23

**Types of Payments**
Consulting Fee	$76,808
Travel and Lodging	$13,254
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program	$12,494
Food and Beverage	$6,187
Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a non-accredited and noncertified continuing education program	$1,250

Research Payments

Dr. Timothy P. Whelan, MD, PM has received 76 research payments totaling $1,577,513.

Biography

Dr. Timothy Whelan specializes in critical care (intensive care medicine) and adult pulmonology and practices in Charleston, SC and Greenville, SC. He has a special interest in lung transplant. Dr. Whelan is affiliated with MUSC Health. Blue California, Coventry, and Employers Health Network appears to be the insurance carriers that Dr. Whelan takes. MUSC Health reports that he is accepting new patients at his office in Greenville, SC. He is a graduate of SUNY, University at Buffalo School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences.