Christopher Eric McGowan
- Medicare services, 2020
- 204
- Part D claims, 2024
- 42
- Publications
- 31
- Hospital affiliations
- 2
- Industry payments
- $225,095
- Practice address
- 420 N Center St, Hickory, NC 28601
- Practice phone
- Call (828) 322-6070
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
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Christopher Eric McGowan is a gastroenterologist in Hickory, North Carolina
Christopher McGowan practices at Frye Regional Medical Center in Hickory, North Carolina, part of Lifepoint Health.
Christopher McGowan's NPI, 1720204241, was assigned on April 17, 2007. Christopher McGowan graduated from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in 2006. Christopher McGowan holds North Carolina license 2010-00436.
- NPI
- 1720204241NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 4183802820
- NPI enumeration date
- April 17, 2007
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (828) 322-6070
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 46
- Medical school graduation
- 2006
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Christopher Eric McGowan practices at Frye Regional Medical Center in Hickory, North Carolina
Christopher McGowan's primary practice is Frye Regional Medical Center, at 420 N Center St, Hickory, NC 28601 in Catawba County. The practice phone is (828) 322-6070.
- Frye Regional Medical Center420 N Center St, Hickory, NC 28601 · Catawba CountyPhone(828) 322-6070
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Christopher Eric McGowan is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 4 medical groups
Christopher McGowan's primary practice is Frye Regional Medical Center in Hickory, North Carolina, part of Lifepoint Health. Christopher McGowan is also affiliated with WakeMed Cary Hospital. The medical group on file is FryeCare Lincolnton Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Christopher McGowan to 3 more medical groups and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Christopher Eric McGowan's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Christopher McGowan practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Frye Regional Medical Center | Available with a free account |
| +2 more sites and 3 medical groups | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Christopher Eric McGowan is one of 590 gastroenterologists in North Carolina
Gastroenterology is Christopher McGowan's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RG0100X. Dmand AI has Christopher McGowan's licenses on file in 13 states: North Carolina, Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.
Specialties and state licenses
- Gastroenterology, North CarolinaPrimary
- Alabama license
- California license
- Florida license
- Georgia license
- Illinois license
- Maryland license
- New Jersey license
- New York license
- South Carolina license
- Tennessee license
- Texas license
- Virginia license
Gastroenterologists near Christopher McGowan
Counts of gastroenterologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Christopher Eric McGowan billed Medicare for 204 services in 2020
CMS data shows 204 Medicare services from Christopher McGowan across 8 procedure codes in 2020. Medicare paid $12,643 for them.
Christopher McGowan's Medicare services by type, 2019 to 2020
- 2019
- 2020
- Office and hospital visits
- 2019: 4252020: 12471%
- Lab and pathology
- 2019: 2212020: 4281%
- Surgery
- 2019: 3342020: 3889%
- Tests and treatments
- 2019: 242020: 0100%
- Other services
- 2019: 372020: 0100%
Where Christopher McGowan's Medicare services took place, 2020
- In an office16681%
- In a facility3819%
Christopher McGowan compared with the North Carolina median for gastroenterologists, 2020
- Christopher McGowan
- North Carolina median
- Medicare services
- 204vs 43853% below
- Part D claims
- 13vs 40297% below
Medians across 567 gastroenterologists in North Carolina with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Christopher McGowan's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2020
CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.
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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Christopher Eric McGowan's patients have a median age of 63
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Christopher McGowan's median patient age at 63, with 42% women.
Christopher McGowan's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 63
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women42%
- Men57%
Source: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data
Christopher Eric McGowan wrote 42 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Christopher McGowan wrote 42 Medicare Part D claims for 13 patients. 98% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 13 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $216 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 34 claims across 2 drugs.
Christopher McGowan's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic41 claims98%
- Brand-name and other1 claims2%
Christopher McGowan's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024
CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 342024: 1362%
Drugs named by CMS: 1 in 2024, 2 in 2023.
Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
How Christopher Eric McGowan takes part in Medicare
Christopher McGowan accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Colonoscopy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Christopher Eric McGowan has 31 publications on record
Dmand AI links 31 papers to Christopher McGowan, published from 2011 to 2025. 2024 was the busiest year, with 11. The most frequent topics are Gastroplasty, Obesity, Morbid and Obesity. Christopher McGowan has published most often in VideoGIE. Christopher McGowan's most frequent co-authors are Daniel Barry Maselli, MD, Brian Stuart Coan, MD and Reem Z. Sharaiha, MD, MS.
Christopher McGowan's papers by year, 2011 to 2025
Topics Christopher McGowan writes about most
- Gastroplasty
- Obesity, Morbid
- Obesity
- Antiviral Agents
- Weight Loss
- Endoscopy
- Gastroenterology
- Gastroscopy
Christopher McGowan's most frequent co-authors
- Daniel Barry Maselli, MD17 shared papers
- Brian Stuart Coan, MD7 shared papers
- Reem Z. Sharaiha, MD, MS6 shared papers
Recent publications by Christopher McGowan
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Christopher Eric McGowan received $225,095 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 372 general payments to Christopher McGowan from 31 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 43% of the total. Boston Scientific Corporation paid the most, $97,035. It also lists 1 research payment totaling $375 in 2021.
General payments to Christopher McGowan by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Christopher McGowan by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Speaker and faculty fees$96,84543%
- Consulting fees$94,92342%
- Travel and lodging$18,9578%
- Honoraria$8,3254%
- Food and beverage$6,0453%
Companies that paid Christopher McGowan the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Christopher Eric McGowan graduated from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University
Christopher McGowan graduated from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in 2006.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Christopher Eric McGowan's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel Data |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Christopher Eric McGowan's NPI number?
Christopher Eric McGowan's NPI number is 1720204241. It was assigned on April 17, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What does Christopher Eric McGowan specialize in?
Christopher Eric McGowan is a gastroenterologist in Hickory, North Carolina. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Gastroenterology Physician (taxonomy code 207RG0100X).
Where does Christopher Eric McGowan practice?
Christopher McGowan practices at 420 N Center St, Hickory, NC 28601. Christopher McGowan's primary practice is Frye Regional Medical Center in Hickory, North Carolina, part of Lifepoint Health. Dmand AI also links Christopher McGowan to 3 medical groups and 1 group practice or clinic.
What is Christopher Eric McGowan's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Christopher McGowan is (828) 322-6070.
What is Christopher Eric McGowan's medical license number?
Christopher McGowan holds North Carolina license 2010-00436, one of the licenses on file in 13 states.
Which states has Christopher Eric McGowan been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Christopher McGowan in North Carolina, Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.
Which hospitals is Christopher Eric McGowan affiliated with?
Christopher McGowan practices at Frye Regional Medical Center in Hickory, North Carolina. Christopher McGowan is also affiliated with WakeMed Cary Hospital.
What medical group is Christopher Eric McGowan part of?
Christopher McGowan is linked to FryeCare Lincolnton Medical Group. Dmand AI links Christopher McGowan to 3 more medical groups.
Does Christopher Eric McGowan accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Christopher McGowan billed Medicare for 204 services in 2020, and Christopher McGowan accepts Medicare assignment.
What services does Christopher Eric McGowan bill to Medicare?
In 2020, Christopher McGowan's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99213), lab and pathology test (88305) and surgery: digestive system (45385).
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Where did Christopher Eric McGowan go to medical school?
Christopher McGowan graduated from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in 2006.
What drugs does Christopher Eric McGowan prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Christopher McGowan's most prescribed drugs by claims were Omeprazole.
Has Christopher Eric McGowan received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $225,095 in general payments to Christopher McGowan from 31 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Boston Scientific Corporation.
How long has Christopher Eric McGowan been practicing?
Christopher McGowan graduated from medical school in 2006, 20 years ago.
Does Christopher Eric McGowan do research?
Dmand AI links 31 publications to Christopher McGowan, published from 2011 to 2025.
Who does Christopher Eric McGowan publish with?
Christopher McGowan's most frequent co-authors are Daniel Barry Maselli, MD (17 shared papers), Brian Stuart Coan, MD (7 shared papers) and Reem Z. Sharaiha, MD, MS (6 shared papers).
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