Dr. Russell Ryan Kempker, MD

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

Dr. Kempker's NPI, 1750566865, was assigned on January 8, 2008. Dr. Kempker holds Georgia license 841478.

Dr. Kempker'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. Kempker'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 tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Kempker practices. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

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

CMS data shows 32 Medicare services from Dr. Kempker across 1 procedure code in 2023, for 12 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $3,064 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 12 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kempker in 2024. The largest group is 85 and over, with 0 patients. Their average risk score is 2.04, 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. Kempker's median patient age at 64, with 13% women.

In 2024, Dr. Kempker wrote 484 Medicare Part D claims for 33 patients. 69% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 243 of them, across 12 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $272,680 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 538 claims across 25 drugs.

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

Dmand AI links 156 papers to Dr. Kempker, published from 2009 to 2025. 2022 was the busiest year, with 14. The most frequent topics are Antitubercular Agents, Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant and Tuberculosis, Pulmonary. Dr. Kempker has published most often in Open Forum Infect Dis. Dr. Kempker's most frequent co-authors are Henry M. Blumberg, MD, Neel Rajnikant Gandhi, MD and Susan M. Ray, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Kempker to 1 clinical trial. Conditions studied include Latent Infection and Latent Tuberculosis.

CMS Open Payments shows 1 general payment to Dr. Kempker from 1 drug or device company in 2016. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation paid the most, $100.