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

Individual provider Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · NPI 1952379521

Dr. John Shirk Kirchner, MD practises Orthopedic Surgery in Hoover, Alabama. Graduated from Hahnemann University College of Medicine in 1992, 34 years ago. Practices with Champion Sports Medicine Birmingham, LLC, a 187-clinician group, works from 2 locations and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Alabama.

Years since qualifying
34
Trained at
Hahnemann University College of Medicine
Licensed in
AL
In the registry since
2006
Specialties on file
2
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

4517 Southlake Pkwy
Hoover, AL 35244-3280
Phone: (205) 985-4111
Fax: (205) 985-4326
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Additional practice locations (1)

  • 3686 Grandview Pkwy Ste 430, Birmingham, AL 35243-3404 — (205) 605-8180

Specialties & licences

Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207XX0004X · Licence 20938 (AL)
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician Taxonomy 207X00000X · Licence 20938 (AL)

Record details

NPI number1952379521
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedMarch 9, 2006
Last updated in NPPESMay 9, 2023
Certification dateMarch 14, 2022

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Medical schoolHAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
Graduated 1992 (34 years in practice)
Group practice Champion Sports Medicine Birmingham, Llc — 187 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations3 on file with Medicare

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) 1–10 times
Removal of nail tissue 1–10 times
Removal of tissue 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

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 patients252
Services billed 1,007 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age72

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.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Royalty or License $798 4 payments · paid for the use of something the clinician owns or invented, such as a patent; not a fee for care or for time
Food and Beverage $417 12 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

  • Grandview Medical Center Hospital · Birmingham, AL · listed as Affinity Hospital LLC
  • Aveanna Home Health Home health agency · Hoover, AL

Colleagues at Champion Sports Medicine Birmingham, LLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 187 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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