Dr. Jerome Michael McDonald, MD

Dr. McDonald practices at Northport Medical Center in Northport, Alabama.

Dr. McDonald's NPI, 1740253301, was assigned on February 13, 2006. Dr. McDonald graduated from Perelman School of Medicine - Philadelphia in 1994. Dr. McDonald holds Missouri license 2000152166.

Dr. McDonald's primary practice is Northport Medical Center, at 2700 Hospital Dr, Northport, AL 35476 in Tuscaloosa County. The practice phone is (205) 759-7378.

Dr. McDonald's primary practice is Northport Medical Center in Northport, Alabama. Dr. McDonald is also affiliated with Dignity Health - St. Joseph's Medical Center. The medical group on file is DCH Regional Medical Center. Dmand AI also links Dr. McDonald to 1 more hospital, 2 group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. McDonald practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) is Dr. McDonald's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208G00000X. Dr. McDonald is board certified in thoracic and cardiac surgery by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. McDonald's licenses on file in 7 states: Missouri, California, Florida, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Washington.

Dmand AI lists heart bypass surgery, heart device and aorta surgery, heart valve surgery and lung resection among the conditions Dr. McDonald treats.

CMS data shows 11 Medicare services from Dr. McDonald across 1 procedure code in 2024, all of them office visits, for 41 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $1,911 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 41 Medicare patients who saw Dr. McDonald in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 19 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 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 Dr. McDonald's median patient age at 70, with 43% women.

In 2024, Dr. McDonald wrote 18 Medicare Part D claims. 100% of them were for generic drugs. They cover 4 drugs, with $603 in total drug cost. In 2020, CMS named 191 claims across 7 drugs.

Dr. McDonald accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 22 procedures of coronary artery bypass graft (cabg) by Dr. McDonald, more than 72% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Pacemaker insertion or repair: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 16 papers to Dr. McDonald, published from 2011 to 2017. The most frequent topics are Behavior, Animal, Adenoma and Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic. Dr. McDonald has published most often in Am J Surg. Dr. McDonald's most frequent co-authors are Ravi Moonka, MD, Marc R. Moon, MD and Richard James Battafarano, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 168 general payments to Dr. McDonald from 15 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 51% of the total. Edwards Lifesciences Corporation paid the most, $3,945.

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. McDonald.

Dr. McDonald graduated from Perelman School of Medicine - Philadelphia in 1994. Dr. McDonald is a member of ACS.

Dr. McDonald is in network with 10 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 8. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.