Dr. Frank Carl Vandy, MD

Dr. Vandy practices at Sanford Medical Center - Unit in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Dr. Vandy's NPI, 1922219344, was assigned on May 25, 2007. Dr. Vandy graduated from Indiana University School of Medicine in 2007. Dr. Vandy holds Minnesota license 106830.

Dr. Vandy's primary practice is Sanford Medical Center - Unit, at 1305 W 18th Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57117 in Minnehaha County. The practice phone is (605) 328-6758.

Dr. Vandy's primary practice is Sanford Medical Center - Unit in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Dr. Vandy is also affiliated with Sanford USD Medical Center. The medical group on file is Edith Sanford Breast Center Sioux Falls. Dmand AI also links Dr. Vandy to 4 more hospitals, 3 medical groups and 1 imaging center, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Vandy practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Vascular surgery is Dr. Vandy's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 2086S0129X. Dr. Vandy is licensed in Minnesota.

CMS data shows 855 Medicare services from Dr. Vandy across 21 procedure codes in 2024, for 484 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $39,171 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 484 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Vandy in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 202 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 17% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.17, 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. Vandy's median patient age at 74, with 49% women.

In 2024, Dr. Vandy wrote 68 Medicare Part D claims for 28 patients. 79% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 11 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $140 in total drug cost. In 2022, CMS named 24 claims across 1 drug.

Dr. Vandy accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 33 procedures of leg revascularization (restoring blood flow) by Dr. Vandy, more than 90% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

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

Varicose vein removal: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 10 papers to Dr. Vandy, published from 2010 to 2017. 2011 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Abdominal Pain, Duodenum and Tomography, X-Ray Computed. Dr. Vandy has published most often in Ann Vasc Surg. Dr. Vandy's most frequent co-authors are Jonathan Lee Eliason, MD, Peter Kerr Henke, MD and Thomas W. Wakefield, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 627 general payments to Dr. Vandy from 38 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 40% of the total. Medtronic Vascular, Inc. paid the most, $161,478. It also lists 1 research payment totaling $500 in 2018.

Dr. Vandy graduated from Indiana University School of Medicine in 2007.