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Dr. John Marc Shellenberger, MD

General Surgery (Surgical Critical Care Physician)

  • Medicare participating

At a glance

Years since graduation
13
In the NPI registry since
2013
Medicare patients seen, 2024
281

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

  • 2013Medical school: University of Arkansas College of Medicine
  • 2013Registered 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

  • Surgical Critical Care Physician primary
    OK license 34961
  • Surgery Physician
    MO license 2013022036

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
281
Services billed
517
Patients’ average age
75
Most frequent Medicare services, 2023
ServiceTimesPatients
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes18189
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes8988
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day, if using time, at least 25 minutes5841
Critical care, first 30-74 minutes3913
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less3333
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes2615
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes2525
Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope1111

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.

Medicare prescriptions

Most prescribed drugs, Medicare Part D 2024
DrugPrescriptions
Oxycodone Hcl
Other prescribers in Tulsa, OK
19

Prescriptions filled under Medicare Part D, including refills. CMS leaves out drugs prescribed fewer than 11 times.

Payments from drug and device companies

In 2025, 5 companies reported 9 payments worth $453 in total to this clinician.

By company
Becton, Dickinson and Company$170
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.$144
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc.$73.40
Aroa Biosurgery Incorporated$37.87
Ethicon US, LLC$27.16
By type
Food and Beverage$434
Travel and Lodging$19.00

What the payments were for

Largest payments other than meals
DateCompanyWhat it was forAmount
Oct 30, 2025Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
Oct 30, 2025
Travel and Lodging
Da Vinci Surgical System · SURGERY · travel to AUSTIN, TX · in-kind
$19.00

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 Oklahoma →

Other General Surgery clinicians in Tulsa

Sources

NPI registry (CMS NPPES, November 2026; record last updated October 31, 2019), 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 1548600992. Official NPI registry record (opens in a new tab). Clinicians can correct their information in NPPES; changes appear here after our next monthly update.