Willie L. Gilford, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Birmingham, AL
Willie L. Gilford, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Birmingham, Alabama, and NPI 1578545810, issued on Nov 14, 2005. Check the license (Alabama MD.23317, as entered in NPPES) on the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Willie L. Gilford
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License numbers
- MD.23317 AL
23317 AL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1806 Sixth Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35249
- Phone
- (205) 975-7389
- Enumerated
- Nov 14, 2005
- Record last updated
- Jun 29, 2023
- Fax
- (205) 975-4662
- Medicaid IDs
- 051559731 AL
009938590 AL - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040406000558); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Meharry Medical College School Of Medicine, 1997
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1806 Sixth Avenue South
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Willie L. Gilford in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersAlabama Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license MD.23317Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.9 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
892 Medicare Part D claims for 616 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 203 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen70 claims
- Cefdinir57 claims
- Ondansetron Odt56 claims
- Tizanidine Hcl53 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen47 claims
- Methylprednisolone40 claims
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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Alteon Health Alabama, LLCTalladega, AL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Willie L. Gilford among 678 emergency medicine physician records in Alabama
Willie L. Gilford, MD is one of 678 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Alabama. 84% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 91% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated1997 · median 2011 among the 399 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 53% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Alabama practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
238 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Birmingham
They are 238 of the 15,795 NPPES records with a practice address in Birmingham, and 678 emergency medicine physician records in Alabama.
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The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Kevin Barlotta, MDBirmingham, AL 352491508872235
- Kathleen Bowen, MDBirmingham, AL 352491952382202
- Robert Buckingham, MDBirmingham, AL 352491558342824
- Michael Catenacci, MDBirmingham, AL 352491326000639
- Andrew Edwards, MDBirmingham, AL 352491578545802
- William Fialkowski, MDBirmingham, AL 352491619962347
- James Galbraith, MDBirmingham, AL 352491164508214
- Betty Howton, MDBirmingham, AL 352491497737779
Common questions
What is Willie L. Gilford, MD's NPI number?
Willie L. Gilford, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1578545810, issued on Nov 14, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Willie L. Gilford, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1806 Sixth Avenue South, Birmingham, AL, 35249. Phone: (205) 975-7389. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Willie L. Gilford, MD's license?
NPPES lists Alabama license number MD.23317, as entered by the provider. Search the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.albme.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Willie L. Gilford, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Willie L. Gilford, MD had 892 Medicare Part D claims for 616 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 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.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.