Dr. William Elton Clifton, MD

Dr. Clifton practices at Cleveland Clinic Main Campus in Cleveland, Ohio, part of The Cleveland Clinic Foundation.

Dr. Clifton's NPI, 1376953729, was assigned on May 6, 2014. Dr. Clifton graduated from University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine in 2014. Dr. Clifton holds Ohio license 35.145644.

Dr. Clifton's primary practice is Cleveland Clinic Main Campus, at 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195 in Cuyahoga County. The practice phone is (216) 952-9829.

Dr. Clifton's primary practice is Cleveland Clinic Main Campus in Cleveland, Ohio, part of The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Dr. Clifton is also affiliated with Hillcrest Hospital. The medical group on file is Cleveland Clinic. Dmand AI also links Dr. Clifton to 1 more hospital, 2 clinical labs and 1 home health agency, each named with a free account. Dr. Clifton's employer is on file too: a hospital.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Clifton practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Neurological surgery is Dr. Clifton's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207T00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Clifton's licenses on file in 3 states: Ohio, Florida and New York.

CMS data shows 459 Medicare services from Dr. Clifton across 9 procedure codes in 2024, for 239 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $81,355 for them.

CMS counts 239 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Clifton in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 134 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. 6% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.36, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Clifton's median patient age at 63, with 56% women.

In 2024, Dr. Clifton wrote 14 Medicare Part D claims for 11 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. They cover 3 drugs, with $1,683 in total drug cost.

Dr. Clifton accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Clifton as offering telehealth. CMS counts 142 procedures of spinal fusion by Dr. Clifton, more than 82% 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 75 papers to Dr. Clifton, published from 2014 to 2025. 2019 was the busiest year, with 27. The most frequent topics are Spinal Fusion, Cervical Vertebrae and Printing, Three-Dimensional. Dr. Clifton has published most often in Cureus. Dr. Clifton's most frequent co-authors are Mark A. Pichelmann, MD, Eric William Nottmeier, MD and Selby G. Chen, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 31 general payments to Dr. Clifton from 7 drug and device companies from 2019 to 2024. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 74% of the total. Medtronic USA, Inc. paid the most, $2,139.

Dr. Clifton graduated from University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine in 2014.