Dr. James Joseph Brennan, MD

Dr. Brennan practices at Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital in Virginia Beach, Virginia, part of Sentara Health.

Dr. Brennan's NPI, 1447217666, was assigned on May 1, 2006. Dr. Brennan graduated from Albany Medical College of Union University in 1993. Dr. Brennan holds Virginia license 0101261872.

Dr. Brennan's primary practice is Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital, at 1060 First Colonial Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23454 in Virginia Beach City. The practice phone is (757) 395-8000.

Dr. Brennan's primary practice is Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital in Virginia Beach, Virginia, part of Sentara Health. Dr. Brennan is also affiliated with Sentara Princess Anne Hospital. The medical group on file is Sentara Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Brennan to 3 more hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics, 1 home health agency and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Brennan practices, 8 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Neurological surgery is Dr. Brennan's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207T00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Brennan's licenses on file in 2 states: Virginia and South Carolina.

CMS data shows 1,093 Medicare services from Dr. Brennan across 9 procedure codes in 2024, for 517 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $87,071 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 517 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Brennan in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 206 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. 6% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.79, 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. Brennan's median patient age at 64, with 52% women.

In 2024, Dr. Brennan wrote 93 Medicare Part D claims for 41 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 83 of them, across 5 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,092 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 30 claims across 2 drugs.

Dr. Brennan accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Brennan as offering telehealth. CMS counts 64 procedures of spinal fusion by Dr. Brennan, more than 62% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 2 papers to Dr. Brennan, published from 2018 to 2023. Dr. Brennan's most frequent co-authors are Shakil Ahmed, MD, Kamyar Assil, MD and Joseph N. Atallah, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 224 general payments to Dr. Brennan from 18 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Royalties and licenses make up the largest share, 74% of the total. Seaspine Orthopedics Corporation paid the most, $223,315. It also lists 31 research payments totaling $38,358 from 2016 to 2017.

Dr. Brennan graduated from Albany Medical College of Union University in 1993.