Dr. David Lawrence Smith, MD

Dr. Smith practices at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital - Tyler in Tyler, Texas, part of CHRISTUS Health.

Dr. Smith's NPI, 1154355626, was assigned on July 10, 2006. Dr. Smith graduated from Uniformed Services University, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine in 1988. Dr. Smith's Texas license number on file is L2663.

Dr. Smith's primary practice is CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital - Tyler, at 800 East Dawson, Tyler, TX 75701 in Smith County. The practice phone is (903) 593-8441.

Dr. Smith's primary practice is CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital - Tyler in Tyler, Texas, part of CHRISTUS Health. Dr. Smith is also affiliated with CHRISTUS Good Shepherd Medical Center - Longview. The medical group on file is CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic. Dmand AI also links Dr. Smith to 1 more group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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

Surgical oncology is Dr. Smith's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 2086X0206X. Dr. Smith is board certified in surgical critical care by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Smith's licenses on file in 2 states: Texas and North Carolina.

Dmand AI lists abdominal adhesion surgery, abdominal hernia repair surgery, cancerous skin growth removal, colon removal, esophagus, stomach, or upper small intestine surgery, gallbladder removal, gastrointestinal bleeding and intestinal or bowel obstruction among the conditions Dr. Smith treats.

CMS data shows 271 Medicare services from Dr. Smith across 8 procedure codes in 2024, for 159 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $55,440 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 159 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Smith in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 77 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 7% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.80, 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. Smith's median patient age at 69, with 54% women.

In 2024, Dr. Smith wrote 263 Medicare Part D claims for 131 patients. 83% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 192 of them, across 6 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $56,243 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 151 claims across 6 drugs.

Dr. Smith accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 50 procedures of upper gastrointestinal (gi) endoscopy for acid reflux by Dr. Smith, more than 63% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Hernia repair - groin (open): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision: 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 34 papers to Dr. Smith, published from 2007 to 2009. The most frequent topics are Iraq, Surgical Wound Infection and Burns. Dr. Smith has published most often in J Trauma. Dr. Smith's most frequent co-authors are Donald Howard Jenkins, MD, Todd E. Rasmussen, MD and John D. Josephs, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 101 general payments to Dr. Smith from 21 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Education make up the largest share, 35% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $10,482.

Dmand AI lists 29 awards for Dr. Smith, most recently Legion of Merit in 2011.

Dr. Smith graduated from Uniformed Services University, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine in 1988. Dr. Smith is a member of AOA, ACS, ASCO, SSAT, SLS and SSO.

Dr. Smith is in network with 21 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 13. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.