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Dr. John Derosimo, MD

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(John DeRosimo, MD)

(200 Ratings)

Specializes in: Thoracic Surgery, General Practice and Surgical Oncology (Cancer Surgery)

8900 North Kendall Drive
Miami, FL 33176

(786) 596-2000

Dr. John Derosimo, MD is a thoracic surgeon in Miami, FL specializing in thoracic surgery, general practice and surgical oncology (cancer surgery). Dr. John Derosimo, MD is affiliated with Baptist Health and BHMG Thoracic Surgery.

Office Locations

8900 North Kendall Drive
Miami, FL 33176

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Baptist Health

1228 South Pine Island Road Suite 410
Plantation, FL 33324

(786) 596-2000

(305) 279-7778

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In The News

“Bosh will be evaluated this month and, if cleared, can begin exercise immediately and start strength training in April, according to thoracic surgeon Dr. John DeRosimo and team cardiologist Dr. Ed...”—"Sports briefs for March 9, 2015", Bangor Daily News, March 2015

“The Heat released that timetable through team thoracic surgeon John DeRosimo and team cardiologist Ed Neff.”—"Miami's Bosh recovery continues, with eye on next season", The Washington Times, March 2015

“The Heat released the statement from team thoracic surgeon John DeRosimo and team cardiologist Ed Neff.”—"Heat expects Bosh to return in September", Philadelphia Inquirer, March 2015

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Derosimo, MD treated as a thoracic surgeon in Miami, FL during 2012 were hospital care, inpatient care, thoracostomy and catheterization.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Derosimo, MD for Medicare patients.

catheterization	16
doctor visit	23
hospital care	81
inpatient care	81
minimally invasive procedures	13
open surgery	15
pleural drainage	13
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	15
thoracostomy	28

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Derosimo, MD treated as a thoracic surgeon in Miami, FL during 2013 were hospital care, inpatient care, thoracic (chest) surgery procedures and minimally invasive procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Derosimo, MD for Medicare patients.

catheterization	14
dissection	17
doctor visit	79
excision	17
hospital care	76
inpatient care	76
lobectomy	14
lymph node procedures	17
minimally invasive procedures	31
open surgery	15
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	46
thoracostomy	15

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Derosimo, MD.

**Gender**
Male	70
Female	75

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	72
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	59
From 75 to 84	46
85 and over	20
Less than 65	20

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Derosimo, MD in 2013

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	70
Stroke	9
Ischemic Heart Disease	63
Depression	36
Chronic Kidney Disease	49
Asthma	15
Osteoperosis	19
Atrial Fibrilation	28
Heart Failure	39
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	58
Diabetes	56
Dementia	19
Cancer	46

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Derosimo, MD treated as a thoracic surgeon in Miami, FL during 2014 were hospital care, inpatient care, catheterization and thoracostomy.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Derosimo, MD for Medicare patients.

catheterization	18
doctor visit	154
hospital care	94
inpatient care	94
open surgery	14
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	14
thoracostomy	14

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Derosimo, MD.

**Gender**
Male	77
Female	84

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	76
Black	0
Hispanic	73
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	82
From 75 to 84	46
85 and over	16
Less than 65	17

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Derosimo, MD in 2014

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	65
Stroke	11
Ischemic Heart Disease	63
Depression	37
Chronic Kidney Disease	48
Asthma	16
Osteoperosis	14
Atrial Fibrilation	25
Heart Failure	44
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	61
Diabetes	50
Dementia	21
Cancer	53

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Derosimo, MD treated as a thoracic surgeon in Miami, FL during 2015 were hospital care, inpatient care, thoracostomy and thoracic (chest) surgery procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Derosimo, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	172
hospital care	89
inpatient care	89
open surgery	11
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	11
thoracostomy	11

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Derosimo, MD.

**Gender**
Male	174
Female	170

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	182
Black	0
Hispanic	140
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	162
From 75 to 84	92
85 and over	56
Less than 65	34

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Derosimo, MD in 2015

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	70
Stroke	10
Ischemic Heart Disease	56
Depression	31
Chronic Kidney Disease	47
Asthma	26
Osteoperosis	15
Atrial Fibrilation	28
Heart Failure	38
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	51
Diabetes	44
Dementia	15
Cancer	52

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Derosimo, MD treated as a thoracic surgeon in Miami, FL during 2016 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Derosimo, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	224
hospital care	58
inpatient care	58

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Derosimo, MD.

**Gender**
Male	77
Female	102

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	78
Black	0
Hispanic	90
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	78
From 75 to 84	55
85 and over	28
Less than 65	18

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Derosimo, MD in 2016

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	65
Stroke	10
Ischemic Heart Disease	54
Depression	28
Chronic Kidney Disease	39
Asthma	48
Osteoperosis	16
Atrial Fibrilation	20
Heart Failure	35
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	47
Diabetes	41
Dementia	18
Cancer	59

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Derosimo, MD treated as a thoracic surgeon in Miami, FL during 2017 were hospital care, inpatient care, thoracostomy and thoracic (chest) surgery procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Derosimo, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	130
hospital care	95
inpatient care	95
open surgery	12
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	12
thoracostomy	12

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Derosimo, MD.

**Gender**
Male	107
Female	87

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	98
Black	0
Hispanic	82
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	61
From 75 to 84	69
85 and over	39
Less than 65	25

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Derosimo, MD in 2017

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	65
Stroke	10
Ischemic Heart Disease	57
Depression	28
Chronic Kidney Disease	47
Asthma	8
Osteoperosis	12
Atrial Fibrilation	22
Heart Failure	36
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	46
Diabetes	40
Dementia	22
Cancer	54

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Derosimo, MD treated as a thoracic surgeon in Miami, FL during 2018 were hospital care, inpatient care, thoracostomy and minimally invasive procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Derosimo, MD for Medicare patients.

catheterization	15
doctor visit	194
hospital care	141
inpatient care	141
minimally invasive procedures	15
pleural drainage	15
thoracostomy	15

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Derosimo, MD.

**Gender**
Male	96
Female	97

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	100
Black	0
Hispanic	81
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	85
From 75 to 84	60
85 and over	21
Less than 65	27

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Derosimo, MD in 2018

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	65
Stroke	7
Ischemic Heart Disease	53
Depression	28
Chronic Kidney Disease	48
Asthma	9
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	19
Heart Failure	39
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	45
Diabetes	39
Dementia	17
Cancer	53

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Derosimo, MD treated as a thoracic surgeon in Miami, FL during 2019 were hospital care, inpatient care, dissection and thoracic (chest) surgery procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Derosimo, MD for Medicare patients.

dissection	13
doctor visit	219
excision	13
hospital care	142
inpatient care	142
lymph node procedures	13
minimally invasive procedures	13
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	13

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Derosimo, MD.

**Gender**
Male	88
Female	104

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	88
Black	0
Hispanic	93
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	73
From 75 to 84	62
85 and over	36
Less than 65	21

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Derosimo, MD in 2019

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	67
Stroke	11
Ischemic Heart Disease	54
Depression	28
Chronic Kidney Disease	53
Asthma	14
Osteoperosis	17
Atrial Fibrilation	21
Heart Failure	31
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	47
Diabetes	39
Dementia	23
Cancer	58

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Derosimo, MD treated as a thoracic surgeon in Miami, FL during 2020 were hospital care, inpatient care, dissection and thoracic (chest) surgery procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Derosimo, MD for Medicare patients.

dissection	11
doctor visit	177
excision	11
hospital care	118
inpatient care	118
lymph node procedures	11
minimally invasive procedures	11
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	11

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Derosimo, MD.

**Gender**
Male	83
Female	92

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	0
Black	0
Hispanic	86
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	75
From 75 to 84	57
85 and over	26
Less than 65	17

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Derosimo, MD in 2020

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	70
Stroke	12
Ischemic Heart Disease	62
Depression	32
Chronic Kidney Disease	48
Asthma	13
Osteoperosis	17
Atrial Fibrilation	15
Heart Failure	30
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	41
Diabetes	35
Dementia	19
Cancer	53

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Derosimo, MD treated as a thoracic surgeon in Miami, FL during 2021 were hospital care, inpatient care, thoracic (chest) surgery procedures and minimally invasive procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Derosimo, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	159
hospital care	112
inpatient care	112
minimally invasive procedures	13
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	13

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Derosimo, MD.

**Gender**
Male	80
Female	87

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	91
Black	0
Hispanic	65
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	69
From 75 to 84	53
85 and over	25
Less than 65	20

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Derosimo, MD in 2021

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	62
Stroke	9
Ischemic Heart Disease	57
Depression	31
Chronic Kidney Disease	43
Asthma	9
Osteoperosis	17
Atrial Fibrilation	17
Heart Failure	29
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	37
Diabetes	32
Dementia	16
Cancer	58

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Derosimo, MD treated as a thoracic surgeon in Miami, FL during 2022 were hospital care, inpatient care, minimally invasive procedures and thoracostomy.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Derosimo, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	129
hospital care	100
inpatient care	100
minimally invasive procedures	24
pleural drainage	12
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	12
thoracostomy	12

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Derosimo, MD.

**Gender**
Male	84
Female	75

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	78
Black	0
Hispanic	69
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	71
From 75 to 84	56
85 and over	20
Less than 65	12

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Derosimo, MD in 2022

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	18
Ischemic Heart Disease	50
Depression	23
Chronic Kidney Disease	28
Asthma	14
Osteoperosis	19
Atrial Fibrilation	30
Heart Failure	24
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	52
Diabetes	32
Dementia	11
Cancer	60

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. John Derosimo, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. John Derosimo, MD treated as a thoracic surgeon in Miami, FL were hospital care, inpatient care, minimally invasive procedures and thoracic (chest) surgery procedures.

catheterization	15
dissection	13
doctor visit	150
excision	13
hospital care	100
inpatient care	100
lobectomy	14
lymph node procedures	13
minimally invasive procedures	17
open surgery	13
pleural drainage	13
thoracic (chest) surgery procedures	16
thoracostomy	15

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Derosimo, MD.

**Gender**
Female	88
Male	85

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	0
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	78
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	70
Other	0

**Age**
85 and over	26
75 to 84	54
Less than 65	19
65 to 74	74

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Derosimo, MD From 2012 - 2022

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. John Derosimo, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, ischemic heart disease and cancer.

Hypertension	68
High Cholesterol	61
Stroke	9
Ischemic Heart Disease	51
Depression	27
Chronic Kidney Disease	40
Asthma	15
Osteoporosis	14
Heart Failure	31
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	44
Diabetes	37
Atrial Fibrillation	20
Dementia	16
Cancer	49

Education & Training

He completed residency at Albany Medical Center. He is certified by the Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery American Board of Thoracic Surgery and has a state license in Florida.

Residency: Albany Medical Center (2001)

Board Certification: Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery American Board of Thoracic Surgery (2005)

Licensed In: Florida

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. John Derosimo, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

Baptist Health

BHMG Thoracic Surgery

Insurance Information

Please note: Insurance information may change at any time, and the provider may accept your insurance plan even if it is not listed below. Please contact the provider's office to confirm that your insurance is accepted.

Dr. John Derosimo, MD appears to accept the following insurance providers: Medicare HMO, Quality Health Management, United Healthcare: PPO, Great West, Medicare, Medicaid, Humana: All LOB, Cigna: HMO, Molina Healthcare: Medicaid, Tricare: Select, CarePlus Health Plans, First Health Network, Multiplan/Beechstreet, POS, Avmed: HMO, United HlthCare:HMO, HAA Preferred Partners, Select, Aetna: Medicare - Med Adv HMO, FL Blue: MyBlue, Devoted Health, Florida Community Care, Global Medical Mgmt/Europ Assist, Preferred Care Network fka Medica, Options, Aetna: Medicare - Med Adv PPO, Global Excel, Leon Medical Center, FL Blue: PPO, Medicare: Railroad, NHP, FL Blue: BlueCare, Dimension International, Entrust, PPO, Aetna Better Health/Healthy Kids, Aetna: HMO, Doctors HealthCare Plans, Dimension Health, MultiPlan, Aetna, AvMed, Leon Health, United HlthCare, Oscar Health Plan and FL Blue.

Insurance Accepted by Provider includes:

According to our sources, Dr. John Derosimo, MD accepts the following insurance providers:

Medicare HMO

Quality Health Management

United Healthcare: PPO

Great West

Medicare

Medicaid

Humana: All LOB

Cigna: HMO

Molina Healthcare: Medicaid

Tricare: Select

CarePlus Health Plans

First Health Network

Multiplan/Beechstreet

POS

Avmed: HMO

United HlthCare:HMO

HAA Preferred Partners

Select

Aetna: Medicare - Med Adv HMO

FL Blue: MyBlue

Devoted Health

Florida Community Care

Global Medical Mgmt/Europ Assist

Preferred Care Network fka Medica

Options

Aetna: Medicare - Med Adv PPO

Global Excel

Leon Medical Center

FL Blue: PPO

Medicare: Railroad

NHP

FL Blue: BlueCare

Dimension International

Entrust

PPO

Aetna Better Health/Healthy Kids

Aetna: HMO

Doctors HealthCare Plans

Dimension Health

MultiPlan

Aetna

AvMed

Leon Health

United HlthCare

Oscar Health Plan

FL Blue

Ratings & Reviews

Dr. John Derosimo, MD has an exceptional overall rating with an average of 4.91 out of 5 stars based on 200 ratings. We collect ratings and reviews of Dr. John Derosimo, MD from all over the web to help you find the right in Miami, FL.

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Overall Rating: 5.0 2022-06-09

truly awesome in my opinion the best surgeon out there

General Payments

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

**Payments by Company**
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.	$54,603 Da Vinci Surgical System $48,603	DAVINCI XI $6,000
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.	$1,587 RIBFIX BLU ADVANTAGE $180	AdvantageRib $120	$1,288
Davol Inc.	$864 ARISTA AH $342	Progel Applicator Spray Tips $247	Progel $233	ARISTA AH FLEXITIP $42
Neomend, Inc.	$699 DAV-Progel $412	DAV-Arista AH $287
Ethicon Inc.	$140 Endoscopy# Endocutters $140
Other	$313 Endoscopy: Endocutters $117	GeneFx Colon $50	XALKORI $19	Vessel Sealing $12	$115

**Types of Payments**
Education	$54,000
Food and Beverage	$2,919
Travel and Lodging	$1,288

Biography

Dr. John Derosimo is a specialist in general practice, surgical oncology (cancer surgery), and thoracic surgery in Plantation, FL and Miami, FL. His patients gave him an average rating of 5.0 stars (out of 5). He is affiliated with South Miami Hospital, Baptist Hospital of Miami, and Doctors Hospital. Dr. Derosimo usually honors AvMed, Coventry, and Viant, in addition to other insurance carriers. According to Yext, new patients are welcome to contact his office in Plantation, FL. He is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Derosimo completed his residency training at UH Case Medical Center and Albany Medical Center.