Dr. Clifford J. Gunthel, MD

Dr. Gunthel practices at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, part of The Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority.

Dr. Gunthel's NPI, 1609961184, was assigned on October 3, 2006. Dr. Gunthel graduated from Emory University School of Medicine in 1985. Dr. Gunthel holds Georgia license 031011.

Dr. Gunthel's primary practice is Grady Memorial Hospital, at 80 Jesse Hill, Jr Drive SE, Atlanta, GA 30303 in Fulton County. The practice phone is (404) 616-1000.

Dr. Gunthel's primary practice is Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, part of The Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority. The medical group on file is Emory Healthcare. Dmand AI also links Dr. Gunthel to 1 more ambulatory surgery center, named with a free account.

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

Infectious disease is Dr. Gunthel's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RI0200X. Dr. Gunthel is licensed in Georgia.

CMS data shows 105 Medicare services from Dr. Gunthel across 3 procedure codes in 2024, all of them office visits, for 83 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $5,436 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 83 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Gunthel in 2024. The largest group is under 65, with 51 patients. 63% of them have high blood pressure, and 53% have high cholesterol. 49% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.77, 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. Gunthel's median patient age at 59, with 21% women.

In 2024, Dr. Gunthel wrote 5,795 Medicare Part D claims for 390 patients. 63% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 5,210 of them, across 100 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $4,969,166 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 6,155 claims across 100 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 93 out of 100 for Dr. Gunthel for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Gunthel accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 15 papers to Dr. Gunthel, published from 2011 to 2025. 2011 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are HIV Infections, Viral Load and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. Dr. Gunthel has published most often in Cancer. Dr. Gunthel's most frequent co-authors are Bruce Michael Aldred, MD, Amalia Aldredge, MD and Olatunji B. Alese, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Gunthel to 1 clinical trial. Conditions studied include Sarcoma, Kaposi and Neoplasms, Vascular Tissue.

CMS Open Payments shows 1 general payment to Dr. Gunthel from 1 drug or device company in 2021. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. ViiV Healthcare Company paid the most, $122.

Dr. Gunthel graduated from Emory University School of Medicine in 1985.