Dr. Thomas E. Shuler, MD

  • Christiansburg, VA
  • Orthopedic surgeon
NPI1588638332PAC ID7315128147
Medicare services, 2024
310
Medicare patients, 2024
292
Part D claims, 2024
83
Publications
3
Hospital affiliations
4
Practice address
2900 Lamb Circle, Christiansburg, VA 24073
Practice phone
Call (540) 731-2000
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Primary practice

Carilion New River Valley Medical Center

Hospital · Christiansburg, Virginia

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Dr. Thomas E. Shuler is an orthopedic surgeon in Christiansburg, Virginia

Dr. Shuler practices at Carilion New River Valley Medical Center in Christiansburg, Virginia, part of Carilion Clinic.

Dr. Shuler's NPI, 1588638332, was assigned on February 16, 2006. Dr. Shuler graduated from University of South Carolina School of Medicine in 1986. Dr. Shuler holds Virginia license 0101-051564.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
7315128147
NPI enumeration date
February 16, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(540) 731-2000
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
66
Medical school graduation
1986

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Thomas E. Shuler practices at Carilion New River Valley Medical Center in Christiansburg, Virginia

Dr. Shuler's primary practice is Carilion New River Valley Medical Center, at 2900 Lamb Circle, Christiansburg, VA 24073 in Montgomery County. The practice phone is (540) 731-2000.

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Dr. Thomas E. Shuler is affiliated with 8 sites of care and 4 medical groups

Dr. Shuler's primary practice is Carilion New River Valley Medical Center in Christiansburg, Virginia, part of Carilion Clinic. Dr. Shuler is also affiliated with Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. The medical group on file is Carilion Clinic. Dmand AI also links Dr. Shuler to 2 more hospitals, 4 group practices and clinics and 3 medical groups, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Thomas E. Shuler's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Carilion New River Valley Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+7 more sites and 3 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Thomas E. Shuler is one of 498 orthopedic surgeons in Virginia

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Shuler's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Shuler is licensed in Virginia.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Orthopaedic surgery, VirginiaPrimaryLicense 0101-051564 · taxonomy 207X00000X

Orthopedic surgeons near Dr. Shuler

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Dr. Thomas E. Shuler billed Medicare for 310 services in 2024

CMS data shows 310 Medicare services from Dr. Shuler across 9 procedure codes in 2024, for 292 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $67,745 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 2024310
Medicare patients292
Paid by Medicare$67,745
Procedure codes9

Dr. Shuler's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 4232024: 24542%
Surgery
2023: 1222024: 6547%

Dr. Shuler compared with the Virginia median for orthopedic surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Shuler
  • Virginia median
Medicare services
310vs 1,17074% below
Medicare patients
292vs 37021% below
Part D claims
43vs 12164% below

Medians across 475 orthopedic surgeons in Virginia with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Shuler's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Thomas E. Shuler treated 292 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 78

CMS counts 292 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Shuler in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 119 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 13% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.73, 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. Shuler's median patient age at 72, with 58% women.

Medicare patients, 2024292
Average age78
Average risk score1.73
Also on Medicaid13%

Dr. Shuler's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Shuler's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women19567%
  • Men9733%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Shuler's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis63%
  4. Osteoporosis52%
  5. Anxiety49%
  6. Mood disorders49%
  7. Depression45%
  8. Chronic kidney disease38%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Shuler's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 72

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women58%
  • Men42%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Thomas E. Shuler wrote 83 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Shuler wrote 83 Medicare Part D claims for 53 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 43 of them, across 3 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $96 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 54 claims across 2 drugs.

Part D claims, 202483
Drugs named by CMS3
Total drug cost$96
Part D patients53

Dr. Shuler's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Shuler's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids36%30 of 83 claims
  • Antibiotics41%34 of 83 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 542024: 4320%

Drugs named by CMS: 3 in 2024, 2 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Thomas E. Shuler ranks in the 67th percentile for removal of tissue in Medicare

Dr. Shuler accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Shuler as offering telehealth. CMS counts 16 procedures of removal of tissue by Dr. Shuler, more than 67% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Where Dr. Shuler ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Removal of tissue
67th percentile16 procedures
Hip replacement
55th percentile13 procedures

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Skin biopsy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Thomas E. Shuler has 3 publications on record

Dmand AI links 3 papers to Dr. Shuler, published from 2019 to 2025. Dr. Shuler's most frequent co-authors are Franco M. Coniglione, DO, Pratik Kanabur and John Michael Martino, MD.

Papers3
Years published2019 to 2025

Dr. Shuler's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Shuler

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Thomas E. Shuler received $91,802 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 105 general payments to Dr. Shuler from 6 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 58% of the total. Globus Medical, Inc. paid the most, $91,043.

General payments to Dr. Shuler by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Shuler by kind, 2016 to 2025

$91.8Kin total
  • Consulting fees$53,31358%
  • Royalties and licenses$18,08420%
  • Speaker and faculty fees$14,40016%
  • Travel and lodging$4,4185%
  • Food and beverage$1,5882%

Companies that paid Dr. Shuler the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Thomas E. Shuler graduated from University of South Carolina School of Medicine

Dr. Shuler graduated from University of South Carolina School of Medicine in 1986.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of South Carolina School of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Thomas E. Shuler's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Thomas E. Shuler's NPI number?

Dr. Thomas E. Shuler's NPI number is 1588638332. It was assigned on February 16, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Thomas E. Shuler?

Dr. Thomas E. Shuler is an orthopedic surgeon in Christiansburg, Virginia. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).

Where does Dr. Thomas E. Shuler practice?

Dr. Shuler practices at 2900 Lamb Circle, Christiansburg, VA 24073. Dr. Shuler's primary practice is Carilion New River Valley Medical Center in Christiansburg, Virginia, part of Carilion Clinic. Dmand AI also links Dr. Shuler to 2 hospitals, 4 group practices and clinics and 3 medical groups.

What is Dr. Thomas E. Shuler's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Shuler is (540) 731-2000.

What is Dr. Thomas E. Shuler's medical license number?

Dr. Shuler holds Virginia license 0101-051564.

Which hospitals is Dr. Thomas E. Shuler affiliated with?

Dr. Shuler practices at Carilion New River Valley Medical Center in Christiansburg, Virginia. Dr. Shuler is also affiliated with Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Shuler to 2 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Thomas E. Shuler part of?

Dr. Shuler is linked to Carilion Clinic. Dmand AI links Dr. Shuler to 3 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Thomas E. Shuler accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Shuler billed Medicare for 310 services in 2024, and Dr. Shuler accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Thomas E. Shuler offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Shuler as offering telehealth services.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Thomas E. Shuler see?

CMS counts 292 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Shuler in 2024, with an average age of 78.

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What services does Dr. Thomas E. Shuler bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Shuler's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99213), office visit, established patient (99214) and hospital inpatient care (99222).

Where did Dr. Thomas E. Shuler go to medical school?

Dr. Shuler graduated from University of South Carolina School of Medicine in 1986.

What drugs does Dr. Thomas E. Shuler prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Shuler's most prescribed drugs by claims were Oxycodone HCl, Amoxicillin and Cephalexin.

Has Dr. Thomas E. Shuler received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $91,802 in general payments to Dr. Shuler from 6 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Globus Medical, Inc.

How long has Dr. Thomas E. Shuler been practicing?

Dr. Shuler graduated from medical school in 1986, 40 years ago.

Does Dr. Thomas E. Shuler do research?

Dmand AI links 3 publications to Dr. Shuler, published from 2019 to 2025.

Who does Dr. Thomas E. Shuler publish with?

Dr. Shuler's most frequent co-authors are Franco M. Coniglione, DO (1 shared paper), Pratik Kanabur (1 shared paper) and John Michael Martino, MD (1 shared paper).

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