Dr. Patrick Richard Vargo, MD

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

Dr. Vargo's NPI, 1629413950, was assigned on April 30, 2013. Dr. Vargo graduated from Clvlnd Clinic Lerner College of Med of Case Wstn Rsv University in 2013. Dr. Vargo holds Ohio license 35.135927.

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

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Vargo practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) is Dr. Vargo's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208G00000X. Dr. Vargo is licensed in Ohio.

CMS data shows 416 Medicare services from Dr. Vargo across 17 procedure codes in 2024, for 201 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $188,967 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 201 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Vargo in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 109 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 7% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.58, 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. Vargo's median patient age at 65, with 30% women.

In 2024, Dr. Vargo wrote 26 Medicare Part D claims for 20 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 20 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $18 in total drug cost. In 2022, CMS named 12 claims across 1 drug.

Dr. Vargo accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Vargo as offering telehealth. CMS counts 15 procedures of coronary artery bypass graft (cabg) by Dr. Vargo, more than 56% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Pacemaker insertion or repair: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 48 papers to Dr. Vargo, published from 2011 to 2025. 2023 was the busiest year, with 9. The most frequent topics are Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic, Aortic Dissection and Reoperation. Dr. Vargo has published most often in J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. Dr. Vargo's most frequent co-authors are Eric E. Roselli, MD, Lars G. Svensson, MD and Faisal Ghazi Bakaeen, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Vargo to 1 clinical trial. 1 is still active or recruiting. Conditions studied include Aortic Dissection and Dissection, Blood Vessel.

CMS Open Payments shows 137 general payments to Dr. Vargo from 16 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 49% of the total. Edwards Lifesciences Corporation paid the most, $16,415.

Dr. Vargo graduated from Clvlnd Clinic Lerner College of Med of Case Wstn Rsv University in 2013.