Dr. John Daniel Sheppard Jr., MD

Dr. Sheppard practices at Virginia Surgery Center in Norfolk, Virginia.

Dr. Sheppard's NPI, 1588663702, was assigned on July 19, 2005. Dr. Sheppard graduated from Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in 1976. Dr. Sheppard holds Virginia license 0101043383.

Dr. Sheppard's primary practice is Virginia Surgery Center, at 241 Corporate Blvd, Norfolk, VA 23502 in Norfolk City. The practice phone is (757) 965-4205.

Dr. Sheppard's primary practice is Virginia Surgery Center in Norfolk, Virginia. Dr. Sheppard is also affiliated with Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. Dmand AI also links Dr. Sheppard 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. Sheppard practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Ophthalmology is Dr. Sheppard's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dr. Sheppard is licensed in Virginia.

CMS data shows 3,602 Medicare services from Dr. Sheppard across 29 procedure codes in 2024, for 756 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $352,627 for them.

CMS counts 756 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Sheppard in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 318 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 73% have high blood pressure. 4% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.15, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Sheppard's median patient age at 68, with 59% women.

In 2024, Dr. Sheppard wrote 4,733 Medicare Part D claims for 804 patients. 57% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 4,547 of them, across 50 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,670,527 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 3,767 claims across 55 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 81 out of 100 for Dr. Sheppard for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Sheppard accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 148 procedures of cataract surgery by Dr. Sheppard, more than 80% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Removal or shaving of skin growth: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 65 papers to Dr. Sheppard, published from 2004 to 2025. 2022 was the busiest year, with 7. The most frequent topics are Ophthalmic Solutions, Dry Eye Syndromes and Double-Blind Method. Dr. Sheppard has published most often in Clin Ophthalmol. Dr. Sheppard's most frequent co-authors are Joseph Tauber, MD, Esen K. Akpek, MD and John A. Hovanesian, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Sheppard to 4 clinical trials, 2 of them phase 2 studies. Conditions studied include Dry Eye Syndromes, Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases and Eye Infections. Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. sponsors the most, 2.

CMS Open Payments shows 1,936 general payments to Dr. Sheppard from 51 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 34% of the total. Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. paid the most, $372,290. It also lists 1 research payment totaling $3,043 in 2022.

Dr. Sheppard graduated from Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in 1976.