Richard C. Shelton

Richard Shelton practices at University of Alabama at Birmingham in Birmingham, Alabama.

Richard Shelton's NPI, 1285726612, was assigned on September 30, 2006. Richard Shelton graduated from University of Louisville School of Medicine in 1979. Richard Shelton holds Alabama license L.3551DP.

Richard Shelton's primary practice is University of Alabama at Birmingham, at 618 19th N St, Birmingham, AL 35203 in Jefferson County. The practice phone is (205) 934-6600.

Richard Shelton's primary practice is University of Alabama at Birmingham in Birmingham, Alabama. The medical group on file is UAB Medicine. Dmand AI also links Richard Shelton to 1 more medical group, named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Richard Shelton practices. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Psychiatry is Richard Shelton's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 2084P0800X. Richard Shelton is licensed in Alabama.

CMS data shows 14 Medicare services from Richard Shelton across 1 procedure code in 2023, all of them office visits, for 11 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $931 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 11 Medicare patients who saw Richard Shelton in 2024. The largest group is 85 and over, with 0 patients. Their average risk score is 1.62, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Richard Shelton's median patient age at 59, with 100% women.

In 2024, Richard Shelton wrote 34 Medicare Part D claims for 13 patients. 85% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 12 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $651 in total drug cost. In 2021, CMS named 30 claims across 1 drug.

Dmand AI links 171 papers to Richard Shelton, published from 2008 to 2025. 2017 was the busiest year, with 17. The most frequent topics are Depressive Disorder, Major, Antidepressive Agents and Bipolar Disorder. Richard Shelton has published most often in J Clin Psychiatry. Richard Shelton's most frequent co-authors are Michael E. Thase, MD, Andrew Alan Nierenberg, MD and Mauricio Tohen, DRPH, MBA, MD.

Dmand AI links Richard Shelton to 5 clinical trials, 2 of them phase 4 studies. Conditions studied include Depressive Disorder, Treatment-Resistant, Smoking Cessation and Suicide, Attempted. University of Alabama at Birmingham sponsors the most, 2. Open Payments lists research payments to Richard Shelton that name 1 trial.

CMS Open Payments shows 115 general payments to Richard Shelton from 16 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 85% of the total. Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc paid the most, $38,834. It also lists 6 research payments totaling $16,362 from 2017 to 2019, naming 1 clinical trial.

Richard Shelton graduated from University of Louisville School of Medicine in 1979.