Dr. Atilio Edgardo Palma Jr., MD

Dr. Palma practices at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem, North Carolina.

Dr. Palma's NPI, 1598183279, was assigned on March 31, 2014. Dr. Palma graduated from Loma Linda University School of Medicine in 2014. Dr. Palma holds Florida license ME149791.

Dr. Palma's primary practice is Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, at Medical Center Blvd, Winston Salem, NC 27157 in Forsyth County. The practice phone is (336) 716-2255.

Dr. Palma's primary practice is Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem, North Carolina. Dr. Palma is also affiliated with Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. The medical group on file is Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. Dmand AI also links Dr. Palma to 1 more hospital, 3 group practices and clinics and 3 medical groups, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Palma practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Neurological surgery is Dr. Palma's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207T00000X. Dr. Palma is licensed in Florida.

CMS data shows 972 Medicare services from Dr. Palma across 13 procedure codes in 2024, for 452 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $185,195 for them.

CMS counts 452 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Palma in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 225 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. 3% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.52, 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. Palma's median patient age at 71, with 59% women.

In 2024, Dr. Palma wrote 551 Medicare Part D claims for 220 patients. 99% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 474 of them, across 8 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $3,779 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 468 claims across 7 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 75 out of 100 for Dr. Palma for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Palma accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 25 procedures of spinal fusion by Dr. Palma, more than 41% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 6 papers to Dr. Palma, published from 2017 to 2019. 2018 was the busiest year, with 3. The most frequent topics are Biomechanical Phenomena, Cadaver and Internal Fixators. Dr. Palma has published most often in World Neurosurg. Dr. Palma's most frequent co-authors are Taro Kaibara, MD, Devika Malhotra, MD and Nicholas Theodore, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 227 general payments to Dr. Palma from 30 drug and device companies from 2021 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 58% of the total. Stryker Corporation paid the most, $7,298.

Dr. Palma graduated from Loma Linda University School of Medicine in 2014.