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Dr. William Garretson, DO

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Specializes in: Vascular Surgery, General Surgery and Critical Care (Intensive Care Medicine)

1613 N Mckenzie Street
Foley, AL 36535

(251) 949-3920

Dr. William Garretson, DO is a vascular surgeon in Foley, AL specializing in vascular surgery, general surgery and critical care (intensive care medicine).

Office Locations

1613 N Mckenzie Street
Foley, AL 36535

(251) 949-3920

(251) 949-3930

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Noteworthy Medicare Patient Procedures Performed by Dr. William Garretson, DO in 2023

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Top 5%

By Volume:

chemical cautery for granulation tissue

excisional debridement

In 2023, Dr. William Garretson, DO performed more chemical cautery for granulation tissue, and excisional debridement procedures for Medicare patients than 95% of providers in related specialties within Alabama.

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William Garretson, DO treated as a vascular surgeon in Foley, AL during 2012 were hospital care, inpatient care, compression therapy and immobilization.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William Garretson, DO for Medicare patients.

catheterization	46
compression therapy	67
debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	50
doctor visit	456
excision	50
hospital care	312
immobilization	67
inpatient care	312
vascular procedures	15

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William Garretson, DO treated as a vascular surgeon in Foley, AL during 2013 were debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue), excision, hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy and hospital care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William Garretson, DO for Medicare patients.

debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	329
diagnostic procedures	13
doctor visit	604
excision	329
hospital care	193
hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy	228
inpatient care	193

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Garretson, DO.

**Gender**
Male	147
Female	135

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	270
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	101
From 75 to 84	96
85 and over	33
Less than 65	52

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Garretson, DO in 2013

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	59
Stroke	10
Ischemic Heart Disease	60
Depression	25
Chronic Kidney Disease	40
Asthma	9
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	25
Heart Failure	37
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	34
Diabetes	41
Dementia	20
Cancer	10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William Garretson, DO treated as a vascular surgeon in Foley, AL during 2014 were debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue), excision, hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy and hospital care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William Garretson, DO for Medicare patients.

debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	754
diagnostic procedures	21
doctor visit	1464
excision	754
hospital care	77
hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy	592
inpatient care	77
minor procedures	29

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Garretson, DO.

**Gender**
Male	124
Female	115

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	228
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	70
From 75 to 84	86
85 and over	52
Less than 65	31

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Garretson, DO in 2014

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	61
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	63
Depression	23
Chronic Kidney Disease	51
Asthma	13
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	32
Heart Failure	49
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	35
Diabetes	49
Dementia	24
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William Garretson, DO treated as a vascular surgeon in Foley, AL during 2015 were debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue), excision, hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy and hospital care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William Garretson, DO for Medicare patients.

debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	930
doctor visit	1547
excision	930
hospital care	126
hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy	518
inpatient care	126
minor procedures	25

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Garretson, DO.

**Gender**
Male	264
Female	264

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	498
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	170
From 75 to 84	162
85 and over	128
Less than 65	68

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Garretson, DO in 2015

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	60
Stroke	9
Ischemic Heart Disease	58
Depression	21
Chronic Kidney Disease	52
Asthma	22
Osteoperosis	7
Atrial Fibrilation	35
Heart Failure	45
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	35
Diabetes	58
Dementia	24
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William Garretson, DO treated as a vascular surgeon in Foley, AL during 2016 were debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue), excision, hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy and hospital care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William Garretson, DO for Medicare patients.

debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	808
diagnostic procedures	17
doctor visit	1503
excision	808
hospital care	121
hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy	305
inpatient care	121
minor procedures	41

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Garretson, DO.

**Gender**
Male	134
Female	133

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	250
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	81
From 75 to 84	69
85 and over	68
Less than 65	49

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Garretson, DO in 2016

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	65
Stroke	7
Ischemic Heart Disease	61
Depression	34
Chronic Kidney Disease	57
Asthma	38
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	33
Heart Failure	45
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	39
Diabetes	57
Dementia	26
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William Garretson, DO treated as a vascular surgeon in Foley, AL during 2017 were debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue), excision, hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy and hospital care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William Garretson, DO for Medicare patients.

debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	841
diagnostic procedures	12
doctor visit	1551
excision	841
hospital care	76
hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy	267
immobilization	69
inpatient care	76
minor procedures	30

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Garretson, DO.

**Gender**
Male	131
Female	119

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	235
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	82
From 75 to 84	80
85 and over	52
Less than 65	36

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Garretson, DO in 2017

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	64
Stroke	10
Ischemic Heart Disease	59
Depression	28
Chronic Kidney Disease	60
Asthma	8
Osteoperosis	12
Atrial Fibrilation	32
Heart Failure	44
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	33
Diabetes	56
Dementia	23
Cancer	15

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William Garretson, DO treated as a vascular surgeon in Foley, AL during 2018 were debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue), excision, hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William Garretson, DO for Medicare patients.

debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	706
diagnostic procedures	15
doctor visit	1546
excision	688
hospital care	80
inpatient care	80
minor procedures	34

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Garretson, DO.

**Gender**
Male	127
Female	113

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	226
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	76
From 75 to 84	81
85 and over	49
Less than 65	34

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Garretson, DO in 2018

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	67
Stroke	6
Ischemic Heart Disease	63
Depression	30
Chronic Kidney Disease	59
Asthma	8
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	27
Heart Failure	48
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	33
Diabetes	53
Dementia	25
Cancer	15

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William Garretson, DO treated as a vascular surgeon in Foley, AL during 2019 were debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue), excision, hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William Garretson, DO for Medicare patients.

debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	470
doctor visit	1056
excision	470
hospital care	47
inpatient care	47

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Garretson, DO.

**Gender**
Male	119
Female	97

**Age**
From 65 to 74	75
From 75 to 84	73
85 and over	42
Less than 65	26

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Garretson, DO in 2019

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	66
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	63
Depression	28
Chronic Kidney Disease	54
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	26
Heart Failure	40
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	31
Diabetes	45
Dementia	17
Cancer	15

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William Garretson, DO treated as a vascular surgeon in Foley, AL during 2020 were debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue), excision, hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy and hospital care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William Garretson, DO for Medicare patients.

debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	493
doctor visit	955
excision	480
hospital care	41
hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy	89
inpatient care	41
minor procedures	31

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Garretson, DO.

**Gender**
Male	111
Female	77

**Age**
From 65 to 74	64
From 75 to 84	61
85 and over	34
Less than 65	29

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Garretson, DO in 2020

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	69
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	57
Depression	29
Chronic Kidney Disease	61
Asthma	7
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	27
Heart Failure	46
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	37
Diabetes	53
Dementia	21
Cancer	15

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William Garretson, DO treated as a vascular surgeon in Foley, AL during 2021 were debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue), excision, hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy and hospital care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William Garretson, DO for Medicare patients.

debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	337
doctor visit	730
excision	337
hospital care	45
hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy	158
inpatient care	45

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Garretson, DO.

**Gender**
Male	108
Female	83

**Age**
From 65 to 74	65
From 75 to 84	62
85 and over	42
Less than 65	22

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Garretson, DO in 2021

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	70
Stroke	10
Ischemic Heart Disease	60
Depression	29
Chronic Kidney Disease	60
Asthma	10
Osteoperosis	14
Atrial Fibrilation	28
Heart Failure	42
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	30
Diabetes	54
Dementia	23
Cancer	15

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William Garretson, DO treated as a vascular surgeon in Foley, AL during 2022 were debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue), excision, hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy and hospital care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William Garretson, DO for Medicare patients.

debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	273
doctor visit	572
excision	273
hospital care	13
hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy	136
inpatient care	13

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Garretson, DO.

**Gender**
Male	71
Female	77

**Age**
From 65 to 74	44
From 75 to 84	56
85 and over	34
Less than 65	14

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Garretson, DO in 2022

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	10
Ischemic Heart Disease	45
Depression	22
Chronic Kidney Disease	41
Asthma	13
Osteoperosis	20
Atrial Fibrilation	39
Heart Failure	39
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	33
Diabetes	53
Dementia	11
Cancer	18

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William Garretson, DO for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. William Garretson, DO treated as a vascular surgeon in Foley, AL were debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue), excision, hospital care and inpatient care.

catheterization	46
compression therapy	67
debridement (removal of unhealthy tissue)	544
diagnostic procedures	15
doctor visit	1089
excision	541
hospital care	102
immobilization	68
inpatient care	102
minor procedures	31
vascular procedures	15

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Garretson, DO.

**Gender**
Male	121
Female	110

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	0
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	155
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	0
Other	0

**Age**
75 to 84	75
85 and over	48
Less than 65	32
65 to 74	75

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Garretson, DO From 2012 - 2022

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. William Garretson, DO treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, ischemic heart disease and chronic kidney disease.

Hypertension	68
High Cholesterol	59
Stroke	7
Ischemic Heart Disease	53
Depression	24
Chronic Kidney Disease	48
Asthma	11
Osteoporosis	10
Heart Failure	39
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	30
Diabetes	47
Atrial Fibrillation	27
Dementia	19
Cancer	12

Education & Training

He has a state license in Alabama.

Licensed In: Alabama

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General Payments

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

**Payments by Company**
Smith & Nephew, Inc.	$473 Regranex $270	Santyl $150	Pico $15	$38
Derma Sciences, Inc.	$281 None $211	$70
Organogenesis Inc.	$269 Puraply/Affinity/NuTech $125	PuraPly $123	Apligraf $21
Integra LifeSciences Corporation	$48 Omnigraft $19	PriMatrix $15	AMNIOEXCEL $14
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.	$35 VIABAHN Endoprosthesis with Hep $35
Other	$189 DALVANCE $39	Dermagraft $32	CVI $32	Vascular $22	TEFLARO $15	Other $49

**Types of Payments**
Food and Beverage	$1,295

Biography

Dr. William Garretson is a Foley, AL physician who specializes in general surgery, vascular surgery, and critical care (intensive care medicine). Dr. Garretson has obtained a license to practice in Alabama.