Dr. Luke Oiva Pesonen, MD

Dr. Pesonen practices at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center - Dialysis in La Crosse, Wisconsin.

Dr. Pesonen's NPI, 1689092652, was assigned on April 6, 2014. Dr. Pesonen holds Wisconsin license 75784.

Dr. Pesonen's primary practice is Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center - Dialysis, at 1910 South Ave, Heritage Building 2 West, La Crosse, WI 54601 in La Crosse County. The practice phone is (608) 775-3176.

Dr. Pesonen's primary practice is Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center - Dialysis in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Dr. Pesonen is also affiliated with Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center. The medical group on file is Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center. Dmand AI also links Dr. Pesonen to 3 more hospitals, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account. Dr. Pesonen's employer is on file too: a dialysis center.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Pesonen practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Vascular surgery is Dr. Pesonen's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 2086S0129X. Dr. Pesonen is licensed in Wisconsin.

CMS data shows 318 Medicare services from Dr. Pesonen across 11 procedure codes in 2024, for 194 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $12,067 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 194 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Pesonen in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 85 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 27% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.63, 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. Pesonen's median patient age at 70, with 37% women.

In 2024, Dr. Pesonen wrote 224 Medicare Part D claims for 74 patients. 84% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 129 of them, across 7 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,248 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 76 claims across 5 drugs.

Dr. Pesonen accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 30 procedures of removal of tissue by Dr. Pesonen, more than 73% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Leg revascularization (restoring blood flow): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

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

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

Varicose vein removal: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 3 papers to Dr. Pesonen, published from 2017 to 2022. 2022 was the busiest year, with 2. Dr. Pesonen has published most often in Vascular. Dr. Pesonen's most frequent co-authors are Abdulhameed Aziz, MD, Michael J. Heidenreich, MD and Brian G. Halloran, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 38 general payments to Dr. Pesonen from 7 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 46% of the total. W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. paid the most, $1,842.