Dr. William Starr Tierney, MD

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

Dr. Tierney's NPI, 1417303694, was assigned on May 6, 2016. Dr. Tierney holds Ohio license 35.145553.

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

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

Otolaryngology is Dr. Tierney's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207Y00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Tierney's licenses on file in 2 states: Ohio and Tennessee.

CMS data shows 655 Medicare services from Dr. Tierney across 8 procedure codes in 2024, for 228 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $50,259 for them.

CMS counts 228 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Tierney in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 110 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 10% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.73, 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. Tierney's median patient age at 63, with 62% women.

In 2024, Dr. Tierney wrote 173 Medicare Part D claims for 81 patients. 95% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 71 of them, across 3 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,213 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 246 claims across 10 drugs.

Dr. Tierney accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Tierney as offering telehealth.

Skin biopsy: 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)

Dmand AI links 36 papers to Dr. Tierney, published from 2015 to 2025. 2023 was the busiest year, with 9. The most frequent topics are Laryngoscopy, Laryngostenosis and Dysphonia. Dr. Tierney has published most often in Laryngoscope. Dr. Tierney's most frequent co-authors are Paul Bryson, MD, Michael S. Benninger, MD and Rebecca Chota Nelson.

CMS Open Payments shows 2 general payments to Dr. Tierney from 2 drug and device companies from 2023 to 2024. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Medtronic, Inc. paid the most, $71.