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Dr. John Thomas Kalafsky, MD

(Dr. John T. Kalafsky, M.D.)

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Specializes in: Otolaryngology (Ear, Nose, and Throat)

Temple University School of Medicine

Professional interests include: sinus problems

885 Kempsville Road Suite 221
Norfolk, VA 23502

(757) 623-0526

Dr. John Thomas Kalafsky, MD is an otolaryngologist in Norfolk, VA specializing in otolaryngology (ear, nose, and throat). He graduated from Temple University School of Medicine. Dr. John Thomas Kalafsky, MD is affiliated with Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, Sentara Health and EAR NOSE AND THROAT LTD.

Office Locations

Sentara Health

885 Kempsville Road Suite 221
Norfolk, VA 23502

(757) 623-0526

(757) 623-0609

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Noteworthy Medicare Patient Procedures Performed by Dr. John Thomas Kalafsky, MD in 2023

Click on any procedure below to see further details on volume and pricing among Medicare patients.

Top 25%

By Volume:

hearing evaluation

hearing test

pure-tone threshold audiometry

speech reception threshold

tympanometry

By Affordability:

ear procedures

In 2012, among providers in related specialties within Virginia, Dr. John Thomas Kalafsky, MD performed more hearing evaluation, hearing test, pure-tone threshold audiometry, speech reception threshold (SRT), and tympanometry procedures for Medicare patients than 75% of them and he also had a list price for ear procedures that was lower than the list prices billed to Medicare by 75% of them. Actual amounts paid by patients can vary widely depending on a number of factors, including insurance coverage. A lower list price, however, might mean lower fees when paying without insurance.

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Thomas Kalafsky, MD treated as an otolaryngologist in Norfolk, VA during 2012 were ear procedures, immunotherapy, injections and minimally invasive procedures.

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

debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	29
diagnostic procedures	29
doctor visit	632
ear procedures	318
excision	29
gynecologic procedures	29
immunotherapy	151
injections	151
laryngeal (voice box) procedures	61
minimally invasive procedures	90
nose surgery	29
removal of lesion (e.g. growth)	29

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Thomas Kalafsky, MD treated as an otolaryngologist in Norfolk, VA during 2013 were ear procedures, immunotherapy, injections and minimally invasive procedures.

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

debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	36
diagnostic procedures	36
doctor visit	642
ear procedures	315
excision	36
gynecologic procedures	36
immunotherapy	127
injections	127
laryngeal (voice box) procedures	46
minimally invasive procedures	82
nose surgery	36
removal of lesion (e.g. growth)	36

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Thomas Kalafsky, MD.

**Gender**
Male	160
Female	222

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	323
Black	46
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	163
From 75 to 84	122
85 and over	72
Less than 65	25

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

Hypertension	71
High Cholesterol	67
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	29
Depression	16
Chronic Kidney Disease	15
Asthma	11
Osteoperosis	13
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	14
Diabetes	29
Dementia	9
Cancer	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Thomas Kalafsky, MD treated as an otolaryngologist in Norfolk, VA during 2014 were ear procedures, immunotherapy, injections and minimally invasive procedures.

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

debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	32
diagnostic procedures	46
doctor visit	771
ear procedures	432
excision	32
gynecologic procedures	32
immunotherapy	159
injections	159
laryngeal (voice box) procedures	57
minimally invasive procedures	89
nose surgery	32
removal of lesion (e.g. growth)	32

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Thomas Kalafsky, MD.

**Gender**
Male	200
Female	260

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	383
Black	58
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	199
From 75 to 84	151
85 and over	81
Less than 65	29

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

Hypertension	68
High Cholesterol	67
Stroke	6
Ischemic Heart Disease	28
Depression	20
Chronic Kidney Disease	16
Asthma	11
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	13
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	14
Diabetes	26
Dementia	8
Cancer	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Thomas Kalafsky, MD treated as an otolaryngologist in Norfolk, VA during 2015 were ear procedures, immunotherapy, injections and minimally invasive procedures.

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

diagnostic procedures	14
doctor visit	816
ear procedures	492
immunotherapy	148
injections	148
laryngeal (voice box) procedures	69
minimally invasive procedures	69

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Thomas Kalafsky, MD.

**Gender**
Male	424
Female	570

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	826
Black	114
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	24
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	450
From 75 to 84	302
85 and over	186
Less than 65	56

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

Hypertension	74
High Cholesterol	70
Stroke	7
Ischemic Heart Disease	28
Depression	21
Chronic Kidney Disease	20
Asthma	16
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	11
Heart Failure	13
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	16
Diabetes	30
Dementia	9
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Thomas Kalafsky, MD treated as an otolaryngologist in Norfolk, VA during 2016 were ear procedures, immunotherapy, injections and minimally invasive procedures.

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

doctor visit	832
ear procedures	483
immunotherapy	173
injections	173
laryngeal (voice box) procedures	55
minimally invasive procedures	55

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Thomas Kalafsky, MD.

**Gender**
Male	216
Female	291

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	412
Black	64
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	16
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	232
From 75 to 84	156
85 and over	91
Less than 65	28

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

Hypertension	73
High Cholesterol	65
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	25
Depression	21
Chronic Kidney Disease	24
Asthma	21
Osteoperosis	14
Atrial Fibrilation	11
Heart Failure	12
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	17
Diabetes	32
Dementia	10
Cancer	14

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Thomas Kalafsky, MD treated as an otolaryngologist in Norfolk, VA during 2017 were ear procedures, immunotherapy, injections and minimally invasive procedures.

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

debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	29
diagnostic procedures	41
doctor visit	879
ear procedures	538
excision	29
gynecologic procedures	29
immunotherapy	189
injections	189
laryngeal (voice box) procedures	71
minimally invasive procedures	100
nose surgery	29
removal of lesion (e.g. growth)	29

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Thomas Kalafsky, MD.

**Gender**
Male	221
Female	315

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	456
Black	59
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	243
From 75 to 84	177
85 and over	90
Less than 65	26

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

Hypertension	70
High Cholesterol	53
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	29
Depression	22
Chronic Kidney Disease	26
Asthma	11
Osteoperosis	12
Atrial Fibrilation	14
Heart Failure	15
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	13
Diabetes	31
Dementia	9
Cancer	15

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Thomas Kalafsky, MD treated as an otolaryngologist in Norfolk, VA during 2018 were ear procedures, immunotherapy, injections and minimally invasive procedures.

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

debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	31
diagnostic procedures	31
doctor visit	883
ear procedures	550
excision	31
gynecologic procedures	31
immunotherapy	192
injections	192
laryngeal (voice box) procedures	57
minimally invasive procedures	88
nose surgery	31
removal of lesion (e.g. growth)	31

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Thomas Kalafsky, MD.

**Gender**
Male	257
Female	298

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	483
Black	50
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	237
From 75 to 84	184
85 and over	106
Less than 65	28

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

Hypertension	70
High Cholesterol	70
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	28
Depression	22
Chronic Kidney Disease	25
Asthma	10
Osteoperosis	16
Atrial Fibrilation	16
Heart Failure	15
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	15
Diabetes	29
Dementia	8
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Thomas Kalafsky, MD treated as an otolaryngologist in Norfolk, VA during 2019 were ear procedures, immunotherapy, injections and minimally invasive procedures.

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

debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	29
diagnostic procedures	29
doctor visit	946
ear procedures	637
excision	29
gynecologic procedures	29
immunotherapy	127
injections	127
laryngeal (voice box) procedures	62
minimally invasive procedures	91
nose surgery	29
removal of lesion (e.g. growth)	29

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Thomas Kalafsky, MD.

**Gender**
Male	252
Female	292

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	465
Black	59
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	241
From 75 to 84	183
85 and over	92
Less than 65	28

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

Hypertension	69
High Cholesterol	65
Stroke	3
Ischemic Heart Disease	28
Depression	23
Chronic Kidney Disease	26
Asthma	9
Osteoperosis	12
Atrial Fibrilation	13
Heart Failure	14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	13
Diabetes	28
Dementia	7
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Thomas Kalafsky, MD treated as an otolaryngologist in Norfolk, VA during 2020 were ear procedures, diagnostic procedures, immunotherapy and injections.

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

diagnostic procedures	245
doctor visit	711
ear procedures	761
immunotherapy	127
injections	127
laryngeal (voice box) procedures	31
minimally invasive procedures	31

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Thomas Kalafsky, MD.

**Gender**
Male	208
Female	239

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	396
Black	35
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	198
From 75 to 84	146
85 and over	85
Less than 65	18

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

Hypertension	68
High Cholesterol	67
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	27
Depression	24
Chronic Kidney Disease	23
Asthma	9
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	14
Heart Failure	14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	14
Diabetes	27
Dementia	10
Cancer	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Thomas Kalafsky, MD treated as an otolaryngologist in Norfolk, VA during 2021 were ear procedures, diagnostic procedures, immunotherapy and injections.

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

diagnostic procedures	477
doctor visit	805
ear procedures	895
immunotherapy	154
injections	154
laryngeal (voice box) procedures	39
minimally invasive procedures	39

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Thomas Kalafsky, MD.

**Gender**
Male	220
Female	256

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	414
Black	40
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	11
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	193
From 75 to 84	185
85 and over	87
Less than 65	11

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

Hypertension	71
High Cholesterol	71
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	27
Depression	20
Chronic Kidney Disease	26
Asthma	10
Osteoperosis	15
Atrial Fibrilation	13
Heart Failure	14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	10
Diabetes	26
Dementia	9
Cancer	14

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John Thomas Kalafsky, MD treated as an otolaryngologist in Norfolk, VA during 2022 were diagnostic procedures, ear procedures, immunotherapy and injections.

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

debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	25
diagnostic procedures	473
doctor visit	732
ear procedures	448
excision	25
gynecologic procedures	25
immunotherapy	146
injections	146
laryngeal (voice box) procedures	30
minimally invasive procedures	55
nose surgery	25
removal of lesion (e.g. growth)	25

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Thomas Kalafsky, MD.

**Gender**
Male	200
Female	248

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	388
Black	39
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	186
From 75 to 84	180
85 and over	67
Less than 65	15

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

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	21
Depression	18
Chronic Kidney Disease	17
Asthma	13
Osteoperosis	19
Atrial Fibrilation	16
Heart Failure	10
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	14
Diabetes	24
Dementia	4
Cancer	20

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

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

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. John Thomas Kalafsky, MD treated as an otolaryngologist in Norfolk, VA were ear procedures, immunotherapy, injections and diagnostic procedures.

debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	30
diagnostic procedures	142
doctor visit	786
ear procedures	533
excision	30
gynecologic procedures	30
immunotherapy	153
injections	153
laryngeal (voice box) procedures	52
minimally invasive procedures	71
nose surgery	30
removal of lesion (e.g. growth)	30

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John Thomas Kalafsky, MD.

**Gender**
Male	214
Female	271

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	51
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	413
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	0
Other	4

**Age**
75 to 84	162
85 and over	87
Less than 65	24
65 to 74	212

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

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

Hypertension	64
High Cholesterol	60
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	24
Depression	18
Chronic Kidney Disease	19
Asthma	11
Osteoporosis	12
Heart Failure	12
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	12
Diabetes	25
Atrial Fibrillation	11
Dementia	7
Cancer	12

Education & Training

Dr. John Thomas Kalafsky, MD graduated from Temple University School of Medicine. He completed residency at Eastern Virginia Medical School Affiliated Hospitals. He is certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology - Otolaryngology and has a state license in Virginia.

Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine

Residency: Eastern Virginia Medical School Affiliated Hospitals

Board Certification: American Board of Otolaryngology - Otolaryngology

Licensed In: Virginia

Affiliations & Hospitals

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

Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters

Sentara Health

EAR NOSE AND THROAT LTD

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General Payments

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

**Payments by Company**
BIOTRONIK INC.	$1,400 $1,400
Intersect ENT, Inc.	$658 Propel $658
Regeneron Healthcare Solutions, Inc.	$254 DUPIXENT $254
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC.	$125 NUCALA $125
Acclarent, Inc	$123 TruDi $123
Other	$715 XOLAIR $119	Nerve Monitoring Products $116	Oralair $96	Otovel $82	XprESS Multi-Sinus Dilation System $67	Other $236

**Types of Payments**
Food and Beverage	$1,874
Grant	$1,400

Biography

Dr. John Kalafsky is a physician who specializes in otolaryngology (ear, nose, and throat). He has indicated that his clinical interests include sinus problems and ear problems. Before performing his residency at a hospital affiliated with Eastern Virginia Medical School, Dr. Kalafsky attended Temple University School of Medicine. He has received the following distinction: Coastal Virginia Magazine "Top Doc". His hospital/clinic affiliations include Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters and Sentara Health.