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Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD

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(Dr. William J Zimmer, MD)

(47 Ratings)

Specializes in: Primary Care and Internal Medicine (Adult Medicine)

Medical College of Wisconsin (1986)

1107A Brookdale Street
Martinsville, VA 24112

(276) 670-3300

Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD is a primary care doctor in Martinsville, VA specializing in primary care and internal medicine (adult medicine). He graduated from Medical College of Wisconsin in 1986 and has 40 years of experience. Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD is affiliated with Carilion Giles Community Hospital, Carilion Clinic and OANDW ENTERPRISES.

Office Locations

1107A Brookdale Street
Martinsville, VA 24112

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Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD treated as a primary care doctor in Martinsville, VA during 2012 were lab tests, preventive care, blood draw and vaccines.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	1015
diabetes management	208
doctor visit	3222
lab tests	3245
musculoskeletal imaging	28
nursing home care	245
preventive care	1040
spinal procedures	20
thoracic (chest) imaging	62
thyroid function tests	225
vaccines	314
X-rays	110

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD treated as a primary care doctor in Martinsville, VA during 2013 were lab tests, preventive care, blood draw and vaccines.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	968
diabetes management	193
doctor visit	3137
hip imaging	11
lab tests	3200
musculoskeletal imaging	27
nursing home care	250
preventive care	1070
spinal procedures	25
thoracic (chest) imaging	76
thyroid function tests	238
vaccines	352
X-rays	128

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD.

**Gender**
Male	405
Female	629

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	933
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	390
From 75 to 84	350
85 and over	186
Less than 65	108

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD in 2013

Hypertension	71
High Cholesterol	56
Stroke	7
Ischemic Heart Disease	32
Depression	19
Chronic Kidney Disease	19
Asthma	6
Osteoperosis	4
Atrial Fibrilation	11
Heart Failure	16
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	13
Diabetes	29
Dementia	10
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD treated as a primary care doctor in Martinsville, VA during 2014 were lab tests, preventive care, blood draw and vaccines.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	901
diabetes management	214
doctor visit	2910
hip imaging	11
lab tests	2969
musculoskeletal imaging	43
nursing home care	273
preventive care	1051
spinal procedures	30
thoracic (chest) imaging	63
thyroid function tests	208
vaccines	337
X-rays	136

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD.

**Gender**
Male	379
Female	601

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	879
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	332
From 75 to 84	365
85 and over	172
Less than 65	111

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD in 2014

Hypertension	71
High Cholesterol	56
Stroke	7
Ischemic Heart Disease	29
Depression	18
Chronic Kidney Disease	21
Asthma	6
Osteoperosis	4
Atrial Fibrilation	12
Heart Failure	17
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	12
Diabetes	29
Dementia	11
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD treated as a primary care doctor in Martinsville, VA during 2015 were lab tests, preventive care, blood draw and vaccines.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	956
chronic care	15
diabetes management	249
doctor visit	2747
lab tests	3195
musculoskeletal imaging	69
nursing home care	253
preventive care	1250
spinal procedures	37
thoracic (chest) imaging	59
thyroid function tests	199
vaccines	473
X-rays	165

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD.

**Gender**
Male	712
Female	1002

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	1552
Black	138
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	594
From 75 to 84	614
85 and over	310
Less than 65	196

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD in 2015

Hypertension	72
High Cholesterol	59
Stroke	7
Ischemic Heart Disease	30
Depression	19
Chronic Kidney Disease	20
Asthma	8
Osteoperosis	4
Atrial Fibrilation	12
Heart Failure	15
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	11
Diabetes	27
Dementia	11
Cancer	10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD treated as a primary care doctor in Martinsville, VA during 2016 were lab tests, preventive care, blood draw and vaccines.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	940
chronic care	41
diabetes management	250
doctor visit	2747
lab tests	3163
musculoskeletal imaging	32
nursing home care	256
preventive care	1167
spinal procedures	27
thoracic (chest) imaging	74
thyroid function tests	204
vaccines	399
X-rays	133

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD.

**Gender**
Male	397
Female	562

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	867
Black	79
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	335
From 75 to 84	353
85 and over	172
Less than 65	99

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD in 2016

Hypertension	72
High Cholesterol	54
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	31
Depression	18
Chronic Kidney Disease	26
Asthma	14
Osteoperosis	4
Atrial Fibrilation	13
Heart Failure	17
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	13
Diabetes	31
Dementia	12
Cancer	10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD treated as a primary care doctor in Martinsville, VA during 2017 were lab tests, preventive care, blood draw and vaccines.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	989
diabetes management	267
doctor visit	2656
lab tests	3508
musculoskeletal imaging	23
nursing home care	194
preventive care	1249
spinal procedures	33
thoracic (chest) imaging	73
thyroid function tests	245
vaccines	368
X-rays	129

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD.

**Gender**
Male	405
Female	558

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	867
Black	84
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	330
From 75 to 84	378
85 and over	153
Less than 65	102

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD in 2017

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	31
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	29
Depression	19
Chronic Kidney Disease	25
Asthma	4
Osteoperosis	4
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	15
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	12
Diabetes	29
Dementia	12
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD treated as a primary care doctor in Martinsville, VA during 2018 were lab tests, preventive care, blood draw and vaccines.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	1026
diabetes management	314
doctor visit	2623
lab tests	3456
musculoskeletal imaging	17
nursing home care	110
preventive care	1334
spinal procedures	22
thyroid function tests	214
vaccines	369
X-rays	39

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD.

**Gender**
Male	403
Female	540

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	843
Black	89
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	336
From 75 to 84	358
85 and over	152
Less than 65	97

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD in 2018

Hypertension	74
High Cholesterol	61
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	30
Depression	20
Chronic Kidney Disease	28
Asthma	4
Osteoperosis	4
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	16
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	13
Diabetes	29
Dementia	12
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD treated as a primary care doctor in Martinsville, VA during 2019 were lab tests, preventive care, blood draw and diabetes management.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	895
diabetes management	303
doctor visit	2243
lab tests	3064
musculoskeletal imaging	14
nursing home care	65
preventive care	1149
spinal procedures	30
thyroid function tests	188
vaccines	290
X-rays	44

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD.

**Gender**
Male	355
Female	472

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	740
Black	76
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	288
From 75 to 84	328
85 and over	131
Less than 65	80

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD in 2019

Hypertension	73
High Cholesterol	60
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	29
Depression	20
Chronic Kidney Disease	29
Asthma	5
Osteoperosis	5
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	17
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	13
Diabetes	31
Dementia	10
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD treated as a primary care doctor in Martinsville, VA during 2020 were lab tests, preventive care, blood draw and diabetes management.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	375
diabetes management	124
doctor visit	699
lab tests	1285
preventive care	402
thyroid function tests	79
vaccines	41

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD.

**Gender**
Male	227
Female	324

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	491
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	198
From 75 to 84	225
85 and over	89
Less than 65	39

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD in 2020

Hypertension	74
High Cholesterol	56
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	27
Depression	15
Chronic Kidney Disease	24
Asthma	4
Osteoperosis	2
Atrial Fibrilation	8
Heart Failure	15
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	10
Diabetes	30
Dementia	11
Cancer	10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2020

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD treated as a primary care doctor in Martinsville, VA were lab tests, preventive care, blood draw and vaccines.

blood draw	896
chronic care	28
diabetes management	235
doctor visit	2553
hip imaging	11
lab tests	3009
musculoskeletal imaging	31
nursing home care	205
preventive care	1079
spinal procedures	28
thoracic (chest) imaging	67
thyroid function tests	200
vaccines	327
X-rays	110

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2020

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD.

**Gender**
Male	364
Female	520

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	51
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	796
Hispanic	0
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Other	0

**Age**
75 to 84	330
85 and over	151
Less than 65	92
65 to 74	311

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD From 2012 - 2020

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes and ischemic heart disease.

Hypertension	64
High Cholesterol	48
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	26
Depression	16
Chronic Kidney Disease	21
Asthma	5
Osteoporosis	3
Heart Failure	14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	10
Diabetes	26
Atrial Fibrillation	9
Cancer	9
Dementia	9

Education & Training

Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD graduated from Medical College of Wisconsin in 1986. He completed residency at Duke University Hospital. He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and has a state license in Virginia.

Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin (1986)

Residency: Duke University Hospital

Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine

Licensed In: Virginia

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

Carilion Giles Community Hospital

Carilion Clinic

OANDW ENTERPRISES

Ratings & Reviews

Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD has an exceptional overall rating with an average of 4.96 out of 5 stars based on 47 ratings. We collect ratings and reviews of Dr. William J. Zimmer, MD from all over the web to help you find the right in Martinsville, VA.

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General Payments

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

**Payments by Company**
Abbott Laboratories	$19 Mitra Clip system $19

**Types of Payments**
Food and Beverage	$19

Biography

Dr. William Zimmer practices primary care. He is professionally affiliated with Carilion Giles Community Hospital. After completing medical school at Medical College of Wisconsin, Dr. Zimmer performed his residency at Duke University Hospital. Patients gave him an average rating of 5.0 stars (out of 5). His practice in Martinsville, VA is open to new patients as reported by Doctor.com.