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Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD

(303 Ratings)

Specializes in: Sports Medicine and Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine (1993)

Professional interests include: elbow problems, shoulder problems, knee problems

170 Kimel Park Drive
Winston-Salem, NC 27103

(704) 323-2000

Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD is a sports medicine doctor in Winston-Salem, NC specializing in sports medicine and orthopedics/orthopedic surgery. He graduated from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine in 1993 and has 33 years of experience. Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD is affiliated with OrthoCarolina and ORTHOCAROLINA PA.

Office Locations

170 Kimel Park Drive
Winston-Salem, NC 27103

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3311 Jessie Village Drive
Clemmons, NC 27012

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Noteworthy Medicare Patient Procedures Performed by Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD in 2023

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joint X-ray

knee X-ray

X-rays

In 2012, Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD had a list price for joint X-ray, knee X-ray, and X-rays that was lower than the list prices billed to Medicare by 75% of providers in related specialties within North Carolina. 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. William Lewis Craig III, MD treated as a sports medicine doctor in Winston-Salem, NC during 2012 were aspiration, musculoskeletal imaging, injections and X-rays.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	117
doctor visit	378
hip imaging	30
hospital care	12
injections	117
inpatient care	12
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)	12
musculoskeletal imaging	117
X-rays	105

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD treated as a sports medicine doctor in Winston-Salem, NC during 2013 were aspiration, injections, musculoskeletal imaging and X-rays.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	147
decompression surgery	30
doctor visit	471
excision	11
hip imaging	23
hospital care	12
injections	147
inpatient care	12
joint surgery	42
minimally invasive procedures	42
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)	17
musculoskeletal imaging	136
nerve procedures	13
open surgery	13
upper extremity surgery	55
X-rays	119

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD.

**Gender**
Male	119
Female	242

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	302
Black	46
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	160
From 75 to 84	80
85 and over	43
Less than 65	78

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD in 2013

Hypertension	67
High Cholesterol	53
Stroke	6
Ischemic Heart Disease	26
Depression	31
Chronic Kidney Disease	18
Asthma	10
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	11
Heart Failure	14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	17
Diabetes	30
Dementia	12
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD treated as a sports medicine doctor in Winston-Salem, NC during 2014 were aspiration, injections, X-rays and musculoskeletal imaging.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	110
doctor visit	386
fracture surgery	15
hip imaging	25
injections	110
lower extremity surgery	15
musculoskeletal imaging	87
X-rays	87

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD.

**Gender**
Male	113
Female	198

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	274
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	120
From 75 to 84	83
85 and over	46
Less than 65	62

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD in 2014

Hypertension	61
High Cholesterol	54
Stroke	6
Ischemic Heart Disease	27
Depression	35
Chronic Kidney Disease	19
Asthma	10
Osteoperosis	12
Atrial Fibrilation	8
Heart Failure	15
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	18
Diabetes	27
Dementia	13
Cancer	10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD treated as a sports medicine doctor in Winston-Salem, NC during 2015 were aspiration, injections, X-rays and musculoskeletal imaging.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	98
doctor visit	430
hip imaging	25
injections	98
musculoskeletal imaging	88
X-rays	88

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD.

**Gender**
Male	196
Female	424

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	542
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	258
From 75 to 84	170
85 and over	76
Less than 65	116

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD in 2015

Hypertension	69
High Cholesterol	60
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	28
Depression	36
Chronic Kidney Disease	21
Asthma	15
Osteoperosis	13
Atrial Fibrilation	11
Heart Failure	12
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	13
Diabetes	29
Dementia	13
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD treated as a sports medicine doctor in Winston-Salem, NC during 2016 were musculoskeletal imaging, injections, X-rays and aspiration.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	89
doctor visit	485
injections	120
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)	21
musculoskeletal imaging	125
X-rays	104

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD.

**Gender**
Male	107
Female	236

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	301
Black	28
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	174
From 75 to 84	83
85 and over	35
Less than 65	51

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD in 2016

Hypertension	71
High Cholesterol	57
Stroke	6
Ischemic Heart Disease	24
Depression	36
Chronic Kidney Disease	27
Asthma	21
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	8
Heart Failure	16
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	16
Diabetes	29
Dementia	13
Cancer	10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD treated as a sports medicine doctor in Winston-Salem, NC during 2017 were musculoskeletal imaging, X-rays, aspiration and injections.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	126
decompression surgery	11
doctor visit	499
hip imaging	23
injections	126
joint surgery	11
minimally invasive procedures	11
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)	52
musculoskeletal imaging	188
spinal procedures	11
upper extremity surgery	11
X-rays	147

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD.

**Gender**
Male	137
Female	233

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	321
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	174
From 75 to 84	97
85 and over	41
Less than 65	58

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD in 2017

Hypertension	71
High Cholesterol	51
Stroke	6
Ischemic Heart Disease	28
Depression	31
Chronic Kidney Disease	26
Asthma	9
Osteoperosis	12
Atrial Fibrilation	14
Heart Failure	11
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	15
Diabetes	33
Dementia	15
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD treated as a sports medicine doctor in Winston-Salem, NC during 2018 were aspiration, injections, musculoskeletal imaging and X-rays.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	130
decompression surgery	12
doctor visit	495
hip imaging	21
injections	130
joint surgery	12
minimally invasive procedures	12
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)	41
musculoskeletal imaging	92
upper extremity surgery	12
X-rays	51

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD.

**Gender**
Male	124
Female	220

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	301
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	150
From 75 to 84	96
85 and over	49
Less than 65	49

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD in 2018

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	60
Stroke	3
Ischemic Heart Disease	28
Depression	35
Chronic Kidney Disease	30
Asthma	8
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	12
Heart Failure	13
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	17
Diabetes	32
Dementia	10
Cancer	10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD treated as a sports medicine doctor in Winston-Salem, NC during 2019 were aspiration, injections, musculoskeletal imaging and X-rays.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	114
doctor visit	365
hip imaging	14
injections	114
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)	33
musculoskeletal imaging	102
X-rays	69

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD.

**Gender**
Male	91
Female	184

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	238
Black	21
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	132
From 75 to 84	75
85 and over	31
Less than 65	37

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD in 2019

Hypertension	74
High Cholesterol	66
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	28
Depression	35
Chronic Kidney Disease	31
Asthma	11
Osteoperosis	15
Atrial Fibrilation	13
Heart Failure	12
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	15
Diabetes	32
Dementia	12
Cancer	10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD treated as a sports medicine doctor in Winston-Salem, NC during 2020 were aspiration, injections, musculoskeletal imaging and X-rays.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	98
doctor visit	304
hip imaging	19
injections	98
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)	37
musculoskeletal imaging	83
X-rays	46

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD.

**Gender**
Male	81
Female	145

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	201
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	107
From 75 to 84	65
85 and over	26
Less than 65	28

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD in 2020

Hypertension	69
High Cholesterol	62
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	25
Depression	33
Chronic Kidney Disease	38
Asthma	8
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	14
Diabetes	33
Dementia	11
Cancer	7

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD treated as a sports medicine doctor in Winston-Salem, NC during 2021 were aspiration, injections, musculoskeletal imaging and X-rays.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	117
doctor visit	290
hip imaging	15
injections	117
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)	36
musculoskeletal imaging	106
X-rays	70

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD.

**Gender**
Male	70
Female	143

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	192
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	108
From 75 to 84	67
85 and over	21
Less than 65	17

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD in 2021

Hypertension	69
High Cholesterol	63
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	27
Depression	29
Chronic Kidney Disease	36
Asthma	6
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	9
Heart Failure	11
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	12
Diabetes	28
Dementia	11
Cancer	7

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD treated as a sports medicine doctor in Winston-Salem, NC during 2022 were aspiration, injections, musculoskeletal imaging and X-rays.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	123
doctor visit	341
injections	123
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)	12
musculoskeletal imaging	54
X-rays	42

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD.

**Gender**
Male	105
Female	131

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	200
Black	21
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	116
From 75 to 84	61
85 and over	36
Less than 65	23

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD in 2022

Hypertension	71
High Cholesterol	74
Stroke	6
Ischemic Heart Disease	17
Depression	25
Chronic Kidney Disease	26
Asthma	13
Osteoperosis	12
Atrial Fibrilation	18
Heart Failure	7
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	17
Diabetes	22
Dementia	7
Cancer	14

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD treated as a sports medicine doctor in Winston-Salem, NC were injections, aspiration, musculoskeletal imaging and X-rays.

aspiration	115
decompression surgery	17
doctor visit	404
excision	11
fracture surgery	15
hip imaging	21
hospital care	12
injections	118
inpatient care	12
joint surgery	21
lower extremity surgery	15
minimally invasive procedures	21
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)	29
musculoskeletal imaging	107
nerve procedures	13
open surgery	13
spinal procedures	11
upper extremity surgery	26
X-rays	84

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD.

**Gender**
Male	103
Female	196

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	10
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	261
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	0
Other	0

**Age**
75 to 84	79
85 and over	36
Less than 65	47
65 to 74	136

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD From 2012 - 2022

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, depression and diabetes.

Hypertension	63
High Cholesterol	54
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	23
Depression	29
Chronic Kidney Disease	24
Asthma	10
Osteoporosis	10
Heart Failure	11
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	14
Diabetes	26
Atrial Fibrillation	10
Dementia	10
Cancer	9

Education & Training

Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD graduated from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine in 1993. He completed residency at UNC Hospitals. He has a state license in North Carolina.

Medical School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine (1993)

Residency: UNC Hospitals

Licensed In: North Carolina

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

OrthoCarolina

ORTHOCAROLINA PA

Ratings & Reviews

Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD has an exceptional overall rating with an average of 4.8 out of 5 stars based on 303 ratings. We collect ratings and reviews of Dr. William Lewis Craig III, MD from all over the web to help you find the right in Winston-Salem, NC.

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General Payments

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

**Payments by Company**
Southtech Orthopedics	$1,200 $1,200
Hospira, Inc.	$16 PAXLOVID $16
Allergan Inc.	$15 BYSTOLIC $15
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated	$11 Exparel $11

**Types of Payments**
Education	$1,200
Food and Beverage	$42

Biography

Dr. William Craig is a physician who specializes in orthopedics/orthopedic surgery and sports medicine. He is rated highly by his patients. Areas of expertise for Dr. Craig include knee problems, shoulder problems, and elbow problems. He obtained his medical school training at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and performed his residency at UNC Hospitals. Dr. Craig has received professional recognition including the following: Named a 2023 Top Doctor by Charlotte Magazine and OrthoCarolina Craig Brigham Power of the Group Award Recipient. He is professionally affiliated with OrthoCarolina.

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