Russell Mars Howerton, MD

Primary specialty

Surgery PhysicianTaxonomy code 208600000X

License

35924 Issued in NC

Practice address

Medical Center Blvd
Winston Salem, NC 27157-0001

Phone

(336) 716-2255

Fax

(336) 716-6637

NPI assigned

Dec 13, 2005

Last updated

Jul 27, 2026By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Other identifiers 8

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in NC

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

General SurgeryAlso: Surgical Oncology

Education

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 1983

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Wake Forest University Health SciencesGroup PAC ID 4486564952, 2,633 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• North Carolina Baptist Hospital Hospital, Winston-Salem, NC, CCN 340047
• Wilkes Regional Medical Center Hospital, North Wilkesboro, NC, CCN 340064

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: rhowerton2754275@carolinashealthcaresystem.direct-ci.com

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships, National Provider Directory roles and organizations whose NPPES authorized official is this provider.

• Wake Forest University Health Sciences

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Winston Salem, NC
  • NPI 1003803032
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Wake Forest Health Network LLC

  dba LiveWell Clinics

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Winston Salem, NC
  • NPI 1245006311
  Authorized official Same address or phone
• North Davidson Dialysis Center of Wake Forest University

  dba North Davidson Dialysis Center

  • End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Treatment Clinic/Center
  • Winston Salem, NC
  • NPI 1821695164
  NPD (past)
• North Randolph Dialysis Center of Wake Forest University

  dba North Randolph Dialysis Center

  • End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Treatment Clinic/Center
  • Archdale, NC
  • NPI 1699129627
  NPD (past)

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• North Carolina Baptist Hospital

  • Psychiatric Hospital Unit
  • Winston Salem, NC
  • NPI 1063480531
  Care Compare affiliation
• North Carolina Baptist Hospital

  • Rehabilitation Hospital Unit
  • Winston Salem, NC
  • NPI 1114995677
  Care Compare affiliation
• North Carolina Baptist Hospital

  dba Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Winston Salem, NC
  • NPI 1144211301
  Care Compare affiliation
• North Carolina Baptist Hospital

  dba Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

  • Clinical Medical Laboratory
  • Winston Salem, NC
  • NPI 1609162098

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• North Carolina Baptist Hospital

  dba Winston East Pediatrics

  • Pediatric Adolescent Medicine Physician
  • Winston Salem, NC
  • NPI 1912179219

  Hospital

  Care Compare affiliation
• WRMC Hospital Operating Corporation

  dba Wilkes Regional Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • North Wilkesboro, NC
  • NPI 1881614071
  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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• Jennifer Woodall Howell, PA
• Jeremy Howell, PHARM D
• Sybilla Ridenhour Howell, CNM
• Elizabeth Amburn Howerton, MA, CCC-SLP
• Melissa Lea Howerton, MS CCC/SLP
• Monique Sheran Howlett, RN
• Margarete Josephine Hoyle, MD
• Darling Hoyos
• Allie Karine Nornes Hrabovsky, PA-C
• Dawn Margaret Hrelic, M.D.

• Surgery Physician in Winston Salem, NC
• Providers in Winston Salem, NC by specialty
• Surgery Physician in North Carolina

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jul 27, 2026; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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