Dr. William Alexander Vandergrift III, MD

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

Dr. Vandergrift's NPI, 1841377348, was assigned on November 1, 2006. Dr. Vandergrift graduated from Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine in 2001. Dr. Vandergrift holds South Carolina license LL24146.

Dr. Vandergrift'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. Vandergrift's primary practice is MUSC Physicians in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Dr. Vandergrift is also affiliated with MUSC Health University Medical Center. The medical group on file is MUSC Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Vandergrift to 1 more hospital, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Vandergrift practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Neurological surgery is Dr. Vandergrift's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207T00000X. Dr. Vandergrift is licensed in South Carolina.

CMS data shows 253 Medicare services from Dr. Vandergrift across 8 procedure codes in 2024, for 206 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $50,201 for them.

CMS counts 206 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Vandergrift in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 89 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 10% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.29, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Vandergrift's median patient age at 60, with 58% women.

In 2024, Dr. Vandergrift wrote 11 Medicare Part D claims. 100% of them were for generic drugs. They cover 5 drugs, with $7,791 in total drug cost. In 2018, CMS named 148 claims across 4 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 79 out of 100 for Dr. Vandergrift for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Vandergrift accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Vandergrift as offering telehealth. CMS counts 28 procedures of spinal fusion by Dr. Vandergrift, more than 43% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 17 papers to Dr. Vandergrift, published from 2013 to 2025. 2016 was the busiest year, with 3. The most frequent topics are Brain, Drug Resistant Epilepsy and Electroencephalography. Dr. Vandergrift has published most often in Epilepsia. Dr. Vandergrift's most frequent co-authors are Leonardo Fator Gouvea Bonilha, MD, PhD, Ezequiel Leonardo Gleichgerrcht, MD, PhD and Tiffany Gray Baker, MD, PhD.

CMS Open Payments shows 44 general payments to Dr. Vandergrift from 8 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2022. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. paid the most, $184.

Dr. Vandergrift graduated from Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine in 2001.