Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.

Dr. Douglas A. Shields, MD

Individual provider Emergency Medicine Physician · NPI 1891717815

Dr. Douglas A. Shields, MD practises Emergency Medicine in Spruce Pine, North Carolina. Qualified in 1989, 37 years ago. Practices with Wake Forest Emergency Providers, a 489-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Tennessee.

Years since qualifying
37
Licensed in
TN
In the registry since
2006
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

125 Hospital Dr
Spruce Pine, NC 28777-3035 Not confirmed with CMS for 14 years — call before visiting
Phone: (828) 765-4201
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Pin is approximate — placed at the ZIP-code centre, not the exact door.

Specialties & licences

Emergency Medicine Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207P00000X · Licence E4736 (TN)

Record details

NPI number1891717815
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJuly 25, 2006
Last updated in NPPESMay 2, 2012

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyEMERGENCY MEDICINE
Also practisesFAMILY PRACTICE
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 1989 (37 years in practice)
Group practice Wake Forest Emergency Providers — 489 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

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 patients98
Services billed 118 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age74

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.

Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Colleagues at Wake Forest Emergency Providers

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 489 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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