Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Aaron William Pickens, MD

Individual provider Internal Medicine Physician · NPI 1821484650

Aaron William Pickens, MD is registered under Pulmonary Disease in Winston Salem, North Carolina. Qualified in 2015, 11 years ago. Practices with Wake Forest University Health Sciences, a 2,621-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in North Carolina.

Years since qualifying
11
Licensed in
NC
In the registry since
2015
Specialties on file
4
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Partly verified

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Medical Center Blvd Watlington Hall 3rd Fl
Winston Salem, NC 27157-0001
Phone: (336) 716-4305
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Specialties & licences

Pulmonary Disease Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207RP1001X · Licence 2019-02227 (NC)
Internal Medicine Physician Taxonomy 207R00000X · Licence 2019-02227 (NC)
Hospitalist Physician Taxonomy 208M00000X · Licence 2019-02227 (NC)
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program Taxonomy 390200000X

Record details

NPI number1821484650
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedApril 8, 2015
Last updated in NPPESJuly 28, 2021
Certification dateJuly 28, 2021

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyPULMONARY DISEASE
Also practisesINTERNAL MEDICINE
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2015 (11 years in practice)
Group practice Wake Forest University Health Sciences — 2621 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients231
Services billed 493 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age72

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Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

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Education $4,000 2 payments · educational material or training, not a fee
Travel and Lodging $1,292 5 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Food and Beverage $17 1 payment · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

Colleagues at Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 2621 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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