Dr. Brian D. Southern, MD

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

Dr. Southern's NPI, 1851509921, was assigned on May 20, 2007. Dr. Southern graduated from University of Alabama School of Medicine in 2003. Dr. Southern holds Ohio license 35-094966.

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

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

Pulmonary disease is Dr. Southern's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RP1001X. Dr. Southern is licensed in Ohio.

CMS data shows 287 Medicare services from Dr. Southern across 9 procedure codes in 2024, for 202 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $22,041 for them.

CMS counts 202 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Southern in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 102 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 8% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.19, 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. Southern's median patient age at 65, with 56% women.

In 2024, Dr. Southern wrote 846 Medicare Part D claims for 158 patients. 67% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 647 of them, across 16 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $729,004 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 344 claims across 13 drugs.

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

Dmand AI links 20 papers to Dr. Southern, published from 2013 to 2025. 2020 was the busiest year, with 3. The most frequent topics are Extracellular Matrix, Lung and Pulmonary Fibrosis. Dr. Southern has published most often in Front Immunol. Dr. Southern's most frequent co-authors are Mitchell A. Olman, MD, Rachel Greenberg Scheraga, MD and Daniel A. Culver, DO.

CMS Open Payments shows 81 general payments to Dr. Southern from 6 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 52% of the total. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. paid the most, $36,688.

Dr. Southern graduated from University of Alabama School of Medicine in 2003.