Dr. Benjamin Thomas Whigham, MD

Dr. Whigham practices at Sight Medical Doctors in Hauppauge, New York.

Dr. Whigham's NPI, 1396183240, was assigned on June 12, 2013. Dr. Whigham graduated from Duke University School Of Medicine in 2013. Dr. Whigham holds New York license 287412.

Dr. Whigham's primary practice is Sight Medical Doctors, at 100 Motor Pkwy, Hauppauge, NY 11788 in Suffolk County. The practice phone is (855) 295-4144.

Dr. Whigham's primary practice is Sight Medical Doctors in Hauppauge, New York. The medical group on file is ColumbiaDoctors. Dmand AI also links Dr. Whigham to 2 more group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Whigham practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Ophthalmology is Dr. Whigham's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dr. Whigham is licensed in New York.

CMS data shows 848 Medicare services from Dr. Whigham across 13 procedure codes in 2024, for 326 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $50,985 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 326 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Whigham in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 129 patients. 70% of them have high cholesterol, and 56% have high blood pressure. 12% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.00, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Whigham's median patient age at 47, with 53% women.

In 2024, Dr. Whigham wrote 1,115 Medicare Part D claims for 249 patients. 56% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,032 of them, across 21 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $138,882 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,046 claims across 22 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 92 out of 100 for Dr. Whigham for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Whigham accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Cataract surgery: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 8 papers to Dr. Whigham, published from 2011 to 2019. 2011 was the busiest year, with 3. The most frequent topics are DNA Mutational Analysis and Eye Proteins. Dr. Whigham has published most often in Asia Pac J Ophthalmol (Phila). Dr. Whigham's most frequent co-authors are Joshua Riley Wheeler, MD, PhD, Lama Al-Aswad, MD and Pratap Challa, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 70 general payments to Dr. Whigham from 15 drug and device companies from 2019 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Tarsus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. paid the most, $302.

Dr. Whigham graduated from Duke University School Of Medicine in 2013.