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Dr. Patrick D. Melmer, MD

General Surgery (Surgery Physician)

  • Medicare participating

At a glance

Years since graduation
9
In the NPI registry since
2017
Medicare patients seen, 2024
151

The NPI date is when this clinician registered for a National Provider Identifier, the billing number used on health claims. It is not a license, graduation or board-certification date. What an NPI is

Education and training

  • 2017Medical school: University of Virginia School of Medicine
  • 2017Registered with an NPI (national billing number; not a license date)

Undergraduate school, residency, fellowship, licensing exams and board certification aren’t in public federal data. Board certification can be confirmed with the certifying board (ABMS member boards for MDs, AOA boards for DOs).

Specialties and state licenses

  • Surgery Physician primary
    VA license 0101275149

As reported to the NPI registry. To confirm a license is current, check the state medical board.

Map: General Surgery per capita by county →

Where they work

Hospitals

Medical groups

Hospitals this clinician lists with Medicare, and groups they bill Medicare through (Care Compare). Affiliation doesn’t mean they see patients at every location.

Medicare patients and services

Medicare patients, 2024
151
Services billed
357
Patients’ average age
73
Most frequent Medicare services, 2023
ServiceTimesPatients
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes3415

Medicare fee-for-service only. CMS leaves out services billed for fewer than 11 patients. These figures describe a practice’s Medicare work; they aren’t a measure of quality.

Payments from drug and device companies

In 2025, 2 companies reported 7 payments worth $1,027 in total to this clinician.

By type
Travel and Lodging$968
Food and Beverage$58.63

What the payments were for

Largest payments other than meals
DateCompanyWhat it was forAmount
Mar 17, 2025Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
Mar 17, 2025
Travel and Lodging
Da Vinci Surgical System · SURGERY · travel to ATLANTA, GA · in-kind
$445
Apr 17, 2025Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
Apr 17, 2025
Travel and Lodging
Da Vinci Surgical System · SURGERY · travel to NORCROSS, GA · in-kind
$208
Apr 18, 2025Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
Apr 18, 2025
Travel and Lodging
Da Vinci Surgical System · SURGERY · travel to ATLANTA, GA · in-kind
$143
Apr 17, 2025Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
Apr 17, 2025
Travel and Lodging
Da Vinci Surgical System · SURGERY · travel to ATLANTA, GA · in-kind
$143
Mar 17, 2025Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
Mar 17, 2025
Travel and Lodging
Da Vinci Surgical System · SURGERY · travel to ATLANTA, GA · in-kind
$30.00

Each payment as the company reported it, with the products it named. Meals are counted in the totals above but not listed one by one.

From CMS Open Payments. A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing; many are for consulting, teaching or meals. Clinicians can review and dispute their records with CMS.

Who received the most in Virginia →

Other General Surgery clinicians in Richmond

Sources

NPI registry (CMS NPPES, November 2026; record last updated January 8, 2024), Medicare Care Compare, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), Medicare Part D Prescribers (2024) and Open Payments (2025). Information is self-reported or billed data and may be out of date; call before visiting.

NPI 1366973471. Official NPI registry record (opens in a new tab). Clinicians can correct their information in NPPES; changes appear here after our next monthly update.