Dr. Lauren Claire Smith Kole, MD

Dr. Kole practices at University of Alabama Birmingham Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama.

Dr. Kole's NPI, 1750601696, was assigned on June 2, 2010. Dr. Kole graduated from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine in 2010. Dr. Kole holds Alabama license 31207.

Dr. Kole's primary practice is University of Alabama Birmingham Hospital, at 619 19th S St, Birmingham, AL 35211 in Jefferson County. The practice phone is (205) 731-9770.

Dr. Kole's primary practice is University of Alabama Birmingham Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. Dr. Kole is also affiliated with UAB Hospital. The medical group on file is UAB Medicine. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kole to 1 more group practice or clinic, named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Kole practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Dermatology is Dr. Kole's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207N00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Kole's licenses on file in 2 states: Alabama and Connecticut.

CMS data shows 1,713 Medicare services from Dr. Kole across 13 procedure codes in 2024, for 435 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $45,169 for them.

CMS counts 435 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kole in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 173 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 74% have high cholesterol. 15% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.58, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Kole's median patient age at 65, with 59% women.

In 2024, Dr. Kole wrote 426 Medicare Part D claims for 115 patients. 40% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 238 of them, across 9 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,234,608 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 163 claims across 8 drugs.

Dr. Kole accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 358 procedures of removal of skin lesions by Dr. Kole, more than 83% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Removal of nail tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 15 papers to Dr. Kole, published from 2015 to 2023. 2023 was the busiest year, with 3. Dr. Kole has published most often in JAAD Case Rep. Dr. Kole's most frequent co-authors are Boni E. Elewski, Timothy Jay Orlowski, MD and Peter George Pavlidakey, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 57 general payments to Dr. Kole from 16 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 64% of the total. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc paid the most, $7,881.

Dr. Kole graduated from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine in 2010.