Dr. Lucas John Witer, MD

Dr. Witer practices at MUSC University Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina.

Dr. Witer's NPI, 1134431281, was assigned on July 6, 2010. Dr. Witer graduated from Wayne State University School of Medicine in 2010. Dr. Witer holds South Carolina license 84003.

Dr. Witer's primary practice is MUSC University Hospital, at 171 Ashley Ave, Charleston, SC 29425 in Charleston County. The practice phone is (843) 792-1414.

Dr. Witer's primary practice is MUSC University Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Witer is also affiliated with MUSC Health University Medical Center. The medical group on file is MUSC Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Witer to 1 more hospital, 2 medical groups and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

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

Surgery is Dr. Witer's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Witer's licenses on file in 2 states: South Carolina and Michigan.

CMS data shows 142 Medicare services from Dr. Witer across 6 procedure codes in 2024, for 89 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $54,974 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 89 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Witer in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 40 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 1.94, 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. Witer's median patient age at 59, with 30% women.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 79 out of 100 for Dr. Witer for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Witer accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 12 procedures of coronary artery bypass graft (cabg) by Dr. Witer, more than 47% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 34 papers to Dr. Witer, published from 2015 to 2025. 2022 was the busiest year, with 7. The most frequent topics are Heart Transplantation, Heart Failure and Heart-Assist Devices. Dr. Witer has published most often in ASAIO J. Dr. Witer's most frequent co-authors are Arman Kilic, Brian Allan Houston, MD and Ryan James Tedford, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 197 general payments to Dr. Witer from 16 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 59% of the total. Abbott Laboratories paid the most, $6,173. It also lists 5 research payments totaling $718 in 2019.

Dr. Witer graduated from Wayne State University School of Medicine in 2010.