Dr. Harry D. Bear, MD

Dr. Bear practices at VCU Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia, part of Commonwealth of Virginia.

Dr. Bear's NPI, 1508950825, was assigned on October 3, 2006. Dr. Bear graduated from VCU School of Medicine in 1975. Dr. Bear holds Virginia license 0101027958.

Dr. Bear's primary practice is VCU Medical Center, at 1250 East Marshall Street, Richmond, VA 23298 in Richmond City. The practice phone is (804) 828-9000.

Dr. Bear's primary practice is VCU Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia, part of Commonwealth of Virginia. The medical group on file is MCV Physicians. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bear to 1 more urgent care center, named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Bear practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Surgery is Dr. Bear's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Bear is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Bear's licenses on file in 2 states: Virginia and Florida.

Dmand AI lists mastectomy among the conditions Dr. Bear treats.

CMS data shows 18 Medicare services from Dr. Bear across 1 procedure code in 2024, all of them office visits, for 42 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $1,826 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 42 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bear in 2026. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 23 patients. 75% of them have cancer, and 75% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 0.97, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Bear's median patient age at 73, with 97% women.

In 2026, Dr. Bear wrote 16 Medicare Part D claims. 94% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 12 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $347 in total drug cost. In 2018, CMS named 51 claims across 3 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 84 out of 100 for Dr. Bear for performance year 2026, reported as part of a group. Dr. Bear accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

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

Dmand AI links 147 papers to Dr. Bear, published from 2003 to 2025. 2019 was the busiest year, with 7. The most frequent topics are Breast Neoplasms, Immunotherapy, Adoptive and Lymphocyte Activation. Dr. Bear has published most often in J Clin Oncol. Dr. Bear's most frequent co-authors are Eleftherios P. Mamounas, MD, Norman Wolmark, MD and Catherine Margaret Kelly, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Bear to 14 clinical trials, 9 of them phase 3 studies. 8 are still active or recruiting. Conditions studied include Breast Neoplasms, Breast Diseases and Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating. National Cancer Institute (NCI) sponsors the most, 4. Open Payments lists research payments to Dr. Bear that name 1 trial.

CMS Open Payments shows 44 general payments to Dr. Bear from 13 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 80% of the total. Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation paid the most, $19,349. It also lists 1 research payment totaling $23,019 in 2019, naming 1 clinical trial.

Dmand AI lists 28 awards for Dr. Bear, most recently Greater Richmond’s Best Doctors in 2015.

Dr. Bear graduated from VCU School of Medicine in 1975. Dr. Bear is a member of ACS and ASCO.

Dr. Bear is in network with 16 carriers, including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, United Healthcare and Cigna. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.