Dr. Sandeep Kathju, MD, PhD

Dr. Kathju practices at WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital in Wheeling, West Virginia, part of West Virginia University Health System.

Dr. Kathju's NPI, 1700887767, was assigned on August 2, 2005. Dr. Kathju holds Pennsylvania license MD417702.

Dr. Kathju's primary practice is WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital, at 1 Medical Park, Wheeling, WV 26003 in Ohio County. The practice phone is (304) 243-3000.

Dr. Kathju's primary practice is WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital in Wheeling, West Virginia, part of West Virginia University Health System. Dr. Kathju is also affiliated with Allegheny General Hospital. The medical group on file is University of Pittsburgh Physicians, Department of Radiology. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kathju to 3 more medical groups and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Kathju practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Otolaryngology is Dr. Kathju's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207Y00000X. Dr. Kathju is licensed in Pennsylvania.

CMS data shows 72 Medicare services from Dr. Kathju across 2 procedure codes in 2024, all of them office visits, for 64 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $3,680 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 64 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kathju in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 28 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 20% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.77, 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. Kathju's median patient age at 54, with 57% women.

In 2024, Dr. Kathju wrote 93 Medicare Part D claims for 54 patients. 99% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 78 of them, across 2 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $263 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 73 claims across 2 drugs.

Dr. Kathju accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 14 procedures of melanoma (skin cancer) excision by Dr. Kathju, more than 69% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

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

Dmand AI links 35 papers to Dr. Kathju, published from 2009 to 2018. 2011 was the busiest year, with 7. The most frequent topics are Biofilms, Fibroblasts and Microscopy, Confocal. Dr. Kathju has published most often in FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol. Dr. Kathju's most frequent co-authors are Mark E. Baratz, Nicholas George Sotereanos, MD and Anne Elizabeth Argenta, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 7 general payments to Dr. Kathju from 3 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Smith & Nephew, Inc. paid the most, $73.