Dr. Benjamin Philosophe, MD

Dr. Philosophe practices at Johns Hopkins Hospital Nelson/Harvey Building in Baltimore, Maryland.

Dr. Philosophe's NPI, 1578585683, was assigned on July 25, 2006. Dr. Philosophe graduated from Boston University School of Medicine in 1983. Dr. Philosophe holds Maryland license D53061.

Dr. Philosophe's primary practice is Johns Hopkins Hospital Nelson/Harvey Building, at 600 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21287 in Baltimore City. The practice phone is (855) 662-3017.

Dr. Philosophe's primary practice is Johns Hopkins Hospital Nelson/Harvey Building in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Philosophe is also affiliated with The Johns Hopkins Hospital. The medical group on file is Johns Hopkins University. Dmand AI also links Dr. Philosophe to 2 more medical groups, each named with a free account.

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

Transplant surgery is Dr. Philosophe's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 204F00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Philosophe's licenses on file in 2 states: Maryland and Massachusetts.

CMS data shows 289 Medicare services from Dr. Philosophe across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 98 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $85,014 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 98 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Philosophe in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 39 patients. 75% of them have chronic kidney disease, and 75% have high blood pressure. 30% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 6.69, 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. Philosophe's median patient age at 66, with 38% women.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 83 out of 100 for Dr. Philosophe for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. CMS lists Dr. Philosophe as offering telehealth.

Hernia repair (minimally invasive): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 69 papers to Dr. Philosophe, published from 2012 to 2024. 2019 was the busiest year, with 9. The most frequent topics are Liver Transplantation, Graft Survival and Liver. Dr. Philosophe has published most often in Clin Transplant. Dr. Philosophe's most frequent co-authors are Ahmet O. Gurakar, MD, Andrew MacGregor Cameron, MD and Shane E. Ottmann, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 56 general payments to Dr. Philosophe from 10 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Travel and lodging make up the largest share, 63% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $2,949. It also lists 2 research payments totaling $363 in 2018.

Dr. Philosophe graduated from Boston University School of Medicine in 1983.