Dr. Dirk Michael Elston, MD

Dr. Elston practices at MUSC Physicians in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.

Dr. Elston's NPI, 1669449161, was assigned on March 2, 2006. Dr. Elston graduated from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in 1982. Dr. Elston holds South Carolina license 35527.

Dr. Elston's primary practice is MUSC Physicians, at 1208 2 Island Ct, Mount Pleasant, SC 29466 in Charleston County. The practice phone is (803) 286-4666.

Dr. Elston's primary practice is MUSC Physicians in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Dr. Elston is also affiliated with MUSC Health University Medical Center. The medical group on file is MUSC Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Elston to 2 more hospitals, 3 group practices and clinics and 3 medical groups, each named with a free account.

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

Dermatology is Dr. Elston's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207N00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Elston's licenses on file in 3 states: South Carolina, New York and Pennsylvania.

CMS data shows 5,320 Medicare services from Dr. Elston across 28 procedure codes in 2024, for 1,632 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $257,577 for them.

CMS counts 1,632 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Elston in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 767 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 67% have high blood pressure. 2% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.03, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Elston's median patient age at 65, with 58% women.

In 2024, Dr. Elston wrote 1,772 Medicare Part D claims for 421 patients. 65% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,580 of them, across 45 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $4,628,765 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,792 claims across 46 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 79 out of 100 for Dr. Elston for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Elston accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Elston as offering telehealth. CMS counts 591 procedures of removal of skin lesions by Dr. Elston, more than 88% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Removal of nail tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 165 papers to Dr. Elston, published from 2018 to 2025. 2023 was the busiest year, with 18. The most frequent topics are Diagnosis, Differential, Skin Neoplasms and Alopecia. Dr. Elston has published most often in Cutis. Dr. Elston's most frequent co-authors are John Garrett Plante, MD, Catherine Shirer Barker, MD and Tammie C. Ferringer, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 12 general payments to Dr. Elston from 5 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2024. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 97% of the total. Pfizer Inc. paid the most, $334.

Dr. Elston graduated from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in 1982.