Dr. William Warren Sheaffer, MD

Dr. Sheaffer practices at Essentia Health-St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth, Minnesota, part of Essentia Health.

Dr. Sheaffer's NPI, 1750768388, was assigned on May 4, 2015. Dr. Sheaffer holds Minnesota license 71045.

Dr. Sheaffer's primary practice is Essentia Health-St. Mary's Medical Center, at 402 East Second Street, Duluth, MN 55805 in St. Louis County. The practice phone is (218) 786-3574. Dr. Sheaffer also practices at Essentia Health St Marys Medical Center, 407 E 3rd St, Duluth, MN 55805.

Dr. Sheaffer's primary practice is Essentia Health-St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth, Minnesota, part of Essentia Health. Dr. Sheaffer is also affiliated with Essentia Health-Duluth (Miller-Dwan, Building D). The medical group on file is Essentia Health-Duluth Clinic. Dmand AI also links Dr. Sheaffer to 3 more hospitals, 3 group practices and clinics, 3 medical groups and 1 urgent care center, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Sheaffer practices, 9 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Vascular surgery is Dr. Sheaffer's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 2086S0129X. Dmand AI has Dr. Sheaffer's licenses on file in 2 states: Minnesota and Arizona.

CMS data shows 478 Medicare services from Dr. Sheaffer across 20 procedure codes in 2024, for 315 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $22,296 for them.

CMS counts 315 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Sheaffer in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 120 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 21% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.14, 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. Sheaffer's median patient age at 74, with 43% women.

In 2024, Dr. Sheaffer wrote 286 Medicare Part D claims for 128 patients. 97% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 225 of them, across 4 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $2,640 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 287 claims across 4 drugs.

Dr. Sheaffer accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Sheaffer as offering telehealth. CMS counts 21 procedures of leg revascularization (restoring blood flow) by Dr. Sheaffer, more than 81% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 12 papers to Dr. Sheaffer, published from 2017 to 2022. 2018 was the busiest year, with 3. The most frequent topics are Medicare, Surgeons and Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation. Dr. Sheaffer has published most often in Am J Surg. Dr. Sheaffer's most frequent co-authors are Victor Davila, MD, Andrew Jason Meltzer, MD and Ina Soh, MD, MS.

CMS Open Payments shows 61 general payments to Dr. Sheaffer from 11 drug and device companies from 2018 to 2025. Travel and lodging make up the largest share, 38% of the total. W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. paid the most, $2,678.