Whitney Elks, MD
Surgery Physician · Nashville, TN
Whitney Elks, MD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Nashville, Tennessee, and NPI 1144859521, issued on Apr 7, 2020. Check the license (Tennessee 77170, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Whitney Elks
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- 77170 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1301 Medical Center Dr, Nashville, TN 37232
- Phone
- (615) 322-5000
- Enumerated
- Apr 7, 2020
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 1301 Medical Center Dr
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Whitney Elks in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 77170Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS, AOA, NCCPA, AANPNot checked
71% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
50 Medicare Part D claims for 18 beneficiaries, against an average of 174 among the 21,427 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Surgery Physician providers in Tennessee
There are 721 surgery physician records in Tennessee.
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Common questions
What is Whitney Elks, MD's NPI number?
Whitney Elks, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1144859521, issued on Apr 7, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Whitney Elks, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1301 Medical Center Dr, Nashville, TN, 37232. Phone: (615) 322-5000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Whitney Elks, MD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 77170, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.tn.gov/health/licensure/me.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Whitney Elks, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Whitney Elks, MD had 50 Medicare Part D claims for 18 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 174. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), loaded Aug 27, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 27, 2026.