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Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD

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Specializes in: Cardiac Surgery, General Surgery and Thoracic Surgery

Wake Forest University School of Medicine

2525 Cherry Avenue Suite 340
Signal Hill, CA 90755

(562) 595-8646

Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD is a cardiac surgeon in LONG BEACH, CA specializing in cardiac surgery, general surgery and thoracic surgery. He graduated from Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD is affiliated with Dignity Health, MemorialCare and St Mary Medical Center Long Beach.

Office Locations

2888 LONG BEACH BOULEVARD SUITE 165
LONG BEACH, CA 90806

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St Mary Medical Center Long Beach

2525 Cherry Avenue Suite 340
Signal Hill, CA 90755

(562) 595-8646

(562) 426-7053

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Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD treated as a cardiac surgeon in LONG BEACH, CA during 2012 were bronchoscopy, minimally invasive procedures, hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD for Medicare patients.

bronchoscopy	48
doctor visit	79
endarterectomy	17
excision	11
hospital care	35
inpatient care	35
lobectomy	12
minimally invasive procedures	48
neck surgery	17
open surgery	12
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	23
vascular procedures	17

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD treated as a cardiac surgeon in LONG BEACH, CA during 2013 were hospital care, inpatient care, bronchoscopy and minimally invasive procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD for Medicare patients.

bronchoscopy	41
doctor visit	54
hospital care	42
inpatient care	42
minimally invasive procedures	41

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD.

**Gender**
Male	46
Female	48

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	66
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	43
From 75 to 84	32
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD in 2013

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	64
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	56
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	38
Asthma	21
Osteoperosis	17
Atrial Fibrilation	20
Heart Failure	38
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	54
Diabetes	45
Dementia	0
Cancer	53

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD treated as a cardiac surgeon in LONG BEACH, CA during 2014 were bronchoscopy, minimally invasive procedures, hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD for Medicare patients.

bronchoscopy	40
dissection	14
doctor visit	46
excision	14
hospital care	32
inpatient care	32
lobectomy	15
lymph node procedures	14
minimally invasive procedures	40
open surgery	15
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	29

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD.

**Gender**
Male	56
Female	50

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	68
Black	11
Hispanic	12
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	37
From 75 to 84	44
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD in 2014

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	12
Ischemic Heart Disease	70
Depression	33
Chronic Kidney Disease	41
Asthma	19
Osteoperosis	17
Atrial Fibrilation	25
Heart Failure	51
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	50
Diabetes	45
Dementia	13
Cancer	49

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD treated as a cardiac surgeon in LONG BEACH, CA during 2015 were hospital care, inpatient care, bronchoscopy and minimally invasive procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD for Medicare patients.

bronchoscopy	41
dissection	16
doctor visit	44
excision	27
hospital care	78
inpatient care	78
lymph node procedures	16
minimally invasive procedures	41
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	27

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD.

**Gender**
Male	134
Female	82

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	152
Black	0
Hispanic	30
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	94
From 75 to 84	68
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD in 2015

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	15
Ischemic Heart Disease	73
Depression	37
Chronic Kidney Disease	50
Asthma	29
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	24
Heart Failure	54
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	46
Diabetes	44
Dementia	19
Cancer	44

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD treated as a cardiac surgeon in LONG BEACH, CA during 2016 were hospital care, inpatient care, bronchoscopy and minimally invasive procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD for Medicare patients.

bronchoscopy	30
doctor visit	42
hospital care	86
inpatient care	86
minimally invasive procedures	30

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD.

**Gender**
Male	48
Female	49

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	69
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	13
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	37
From 75 to 84	40
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD in 2016

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	66
Stroke	11
Ischemic Heart Disease	66
Depression	31
Chronic Kidney Disease	51
Asthma	42
Osteoperosis	12
Atrial Fibrilation	34
Heart Failure	41
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	40
Diabetes	41
Dementia	19
Cancer	39

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD treated as a cardiac surgeon in LONG BEACH, CA during 2017 were hospital care, inpatient care, bronchoscopy and minimally invasive procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD for Medicare patients.

bronchoscopy	25
doctor visit	27
hospital care	31
inpatient care	31
minimally invasive procedures	25

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD.

**Gender**
Male	43
Female	29

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	53
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	27
From 75 to 84	28
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD in 2017

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	64
Stroke	18
Ischemic Heart Disease	67
Depression	19
Chronic Kidney Disease	54
Asthma	17
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	36
Heart Failure	49
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	38
Diabetes	46
Dementia	18
Cancer	39

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD treated as a cardiac surgeon in LONG BEACH, CA during 2018 were bronchoscopy, minimally invasive procedures, hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD for Medicare patients.

bronchoscopy	21
doctor visit	25
hospital care	20
inpatient care	20
minimally invasive procedures	21

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD.

**Gender**
Male	30
Female	23

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	37
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	18
From 75 to 84	22
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD in 2018

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	23
Ischemic Heart Disease	62
Depression	28
Chronic Kidney Disease	58
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	21
Heart Failure	45
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	45
Diabetes	47
Dementia	21
Cancer	36

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD.

**Gender**
Male	16
Female	16

**Age**
From 65 to 74	16
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD in 2019

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	75
Depression	41
Chronic Kidney Disease	69
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	47
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	34
Diabetes	63
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD in 2020

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	75
Depression	50
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	68
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	73
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD treated as a cardiac surgeon in LONG BEACH, CA during 2021 were thoracic (chest) surgery procedures, open surgery, cardiac procedures and bypass surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD for Medicare patients.

bypass surgery	12
cardiac procedures	24
open surgery	24
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	24

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD.

**Gender**
Male	17
Female	13

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	13
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	14
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD in 2021

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	75
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	70
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	47
Heart Failure	75
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	67
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD in 2022

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	71
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	71
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	71
Heart Failure	75
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	0
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD treated as a cardiac surgeon in LONG BEACH, CA were inpatient care, hospital care, bronchoscopy and minimally invasive procedures.

bronchoscopy	35
bypass surgery	12
cardiac procedures	24
dissection	15
doctor visit	45
endarterectomy	17
excision	17
hospital care	46
inpatient care	46
lobectomy	13
lymph node procedures	15
minimally invasive procedures	35
neck surgery	17
open surgery	17
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	25
vascular procedures	17

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD.

**Gender**
Male	35
Female	28

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	1
Asian / Pacific Islander	1
Non-Hispanic White	41
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	3
Other	0

**Age**
75 to 84	21
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0
65 to 74	26

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD From 2012 - 2022

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, ischemic heart disease and chronic kidney disease.

Hypertension	68
High Cholesterol	65
Stroke	7
Ischemic Heart Disease	62
Depression	24
Chronic Kidney Disease	52
Asthma	11
Osteoporosis	4
Heart Failure	49
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	27
Diabetes	42
Atrial Fibrillation	25
Dementia	8
Cancer	23

Education & Training

Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD graduated from Wake Forest University School of Medicine. He completed residency at University of Chicago Medical Center. He is certified by the Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery and has a state license in California.

Medical School: Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Residency: University of Chicago Medical Center

Board Certification: Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Licensed In: California

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

Dignity Health

MemorialCare

St Mary Medical Center Long Beach

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. Robert Luther Shuman, MD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation	$718 Edwards SAPIEN 3 Transcatheter Heart Valve $697	INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve $20
Medical Device Business Services, Inc.	$499 ECHELON ENDOPATH Stapler $499
Abbott Laboratories	$426 Trifecta GT Tissue Heart Valve $183	Epic Stented Tissue Valve $180	EPIC $62
Ethicon US, LLC	$294 Endoscopy Endocutters $166	Biosurgicals $49	Advanced Wound care $36	ECHELON FLEX Stapler $25	Endoscopy: Endocutters $10	Other $8
ABIOMED	$264 Impella $264
Other	$1,020 STERNALOCK 360 SYSTEM $188	SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM $178	Avalus $168	Da Vinci Surgical System $127	TAGRISSO $119	Other $239

**Types of Payments**
Food and Beverage	$2,666
Travel and Lodging	$555

Biography

Dr. Robert Shuman's medical specialty is cardiac surgery, general surgery, and thoracic surgery. Dr. Shuman graduated from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and then he performed his residency at the University of Chicago Medical Center, Rush University Medical Center, and a hospital affiliated with the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). His professional affiliations include MemorialCare and Dignity Health. He welcomes new patients at his office inLONG BEACH, CA as reported by Doctor.com.