Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Dr. Christopher Wellington Towe, MD

Individual provider Surgery Physician · NPI 1750529111

Dr. Christopher Wellington Towe, MD practises General Surgery in Cleveland, Ohio. Qualified in 2004, 22 years ago. Practices with University Hospitals Medical Group Inc, a 2,242-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in New York and Ohio.

Years since qualifying
22
Licensed in
NY, OH
In the registry since
2009
Specialties on file
2
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

11100 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, OH 44106-1716
Phone: (216) 844-5770
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Specialties & licences

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208G00000X · Licence 35.124543 (OH)
Surgery Physician Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence 242774-1 (NY)

Record details

NPI number1750529111
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJanuary 22, 2009
Last updated in NPPESJanuary 8, 2021
Certification dateJanuary 8, 2021

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyGENERAL SURGERY
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2004 (22 years in practice)
Group practice University Hospitals Medical Group Inc — 2242 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux 16 times · 47th percentile

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

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 patients281
Services billed 530 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age73

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Royalty or License $61,990 3 payments · paid for the use of something the clinician owns or invented, such as a patent; not a fee for care or for time
Food and Beverage $947 20 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Travel and Lodging $490 2 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Education $430 1 payment · educational material or training, not a fee

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

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

  • Parma Community General Hospital Hospital · Parma, OH · listed as Parma Community General Hospital Association
  • Uh Cleveland Medical Center Hospital · Cleveland, OH · listed as Cleveland VA Medical Center
  • University Hospital Home Care Services, Inc Home health agency · Warrensville Hts, OH · listed as University Hospitals Home Care Services Inc
  • University Hospitals - Elyria Medical Center Hospital · Elyria, OH
  • University Hospitals Portage Medical Center Hospital · Ravenna, OH
  • University Hospitals Samaritan Medical Center Hospital · Ashland, OH

Colleagues at University Hospitals Medical Group Inc

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 2242 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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