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Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD

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Specializes in: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery

1109 Bellefonte Road
Flatwoods, KY 41139

(606) 836-8086

Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD is an orthopedist in Flatwoods, KY specializing in orthopedics/orthopedic surgery.

Office Locations

1109 Bellefonte Road
Flatwoods, KY 41139

(606) 836-8086

(606) 836-3743

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613 23rd Street Suite G30
Ashland, KY 41101

(606) 327-0036

(606) 326-1159

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In The News

“Orthopedic surgeons George Aitken, M.D., and Sinan Ozgur, M.D., will review results with participants.”—"Free shoulder screening set for June 17 - The Tribune", The Ironton Tribune, June 2019

Noteworthy Medicare Patient Procedures Performed by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD in 2023

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Top 25%

By Volume:

major joint aspiration

major joint injection

In 2012, Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD performed more major joint aspiration, and major joint injection procedures for Medicare patients than 75% of providers in related specialties within Kentucky.

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD treated as an orthopedist in Flatwoods, KY during 2012 were aspiration, injections, musculoskeletal imaging and X-rays.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	613
decompression surgery	25
doctor visit	897
hip imaging	84
hospital care	59
injections	613
inpatient care	59
joint surgery	84
lower extremity surgery	84
musculoskeletal imaging	394
nerve procedures	14
open surgery	39
reconstructive surgery	84
upper extremity surgery	39
X-rays	394

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD treated as an orthopedist in Flatwoods, KY during 2013 were aspiration, injections, musculoskeletal imaging and X-rays.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	552
closed (non-surgical) treatment of fracture	12
decompression surgery	16
doctor visit	1026
hip imaging	70
hospital care	58
injections	552
inpatient care	58
joint surgery	47
lower extremity surgery	47
musculoskeletal imaging	324
open surgery	40
reconstructive surgery	47
upper extremity surgery	40
X-rays	324

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD.

**Gender**
Male	273
Female	449

**Age**
From 65 to 74	291
From 75 to 84	231
85 and over	74
Less than 65	126

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD in 2013

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	67
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	48
Depression	23
Chronic Kidney Disease	26
Asthma	16
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	12
Heart Failure	23
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	27
Diabetes	39
Dementia	12
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD treated as an orthopedist in Flatwoods, KY during 2014 were aspiration, injections, musculoskeletal imaging and X-rays.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	588
decompression surgery	11
doctor visit	1019
fracture surgery	15
hip imaging	110
hospital care	68
injections	588
inpatient care	68
joint surgery	65
lower extremity surgery	80
musculoskeletal imaging	400
open surgery	11
reconstructive surgery	65
upper extremity surgery	11
X-rays	400

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD.

**Gender**
Male	288
Female	472

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	749
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	300
From 75 to 84	225
85 and over	71
Less than 65	164

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD in 2014

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	67
Stroke	6
Ischemic Heart Disease	45
Depression	30
Chronic Kidney Disease	25
Asthma	16
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	12
Heart Failure	21
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	26
Diabetes	39
Dementia	10
Cancer	10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD treated as an orthopedist in Flatwoods, KY during 2015 were aspiration, injections, X-rays and musculoskeletal imaging.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	519
decompression surgery	15
doctor visit	1150
fracture surgery	11
hip imaging	107
hospital care	80
injections	519
inpatient care	80
joint surgery	69
lower extremity surgery	80
musculoskeletal imaging	392
nerve procedures	15
open surgery	15
pelvic imaging	14
reconstructive surgery	69
upper extremity surgery	15
X-rays	430

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD.

**Gender**
Male	598
Female	994

**Age**
From 65 to 74	596
From 75 to 84	446
85 and over	182
Less than 65	368

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD in 2015

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	67
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	41
Depression	29
Chronic Kidney Disease	27
Asthma	20
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	21
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	22
Diabetes	40
Dementia	9
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD treated as an orthopedist in Flatwoods, KY during 2016 were aspiration, injections, X-rays and musculoskeletal imaging.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	601
closed (non-surgical) treatment of fracture	11
doctor visit	1173
hospital care	61
injections	601
inpatient care	61
joint surgery	79
lower extremity surgery	79
musculoskeletal imaging	333
reconstructive surgery	79
X-rays	333

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD.

**Gender**
Male	287
Female	497

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	771
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	317
From 75 to 84	211
85 and over	86
Less than 65	170

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD in 2016

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	65
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	42
Depression	28
Chronic Kidney Disease	34
Asthma	29
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	11
Heart Failure	21
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	25
Diabetes	37
Dementia	10
Cancer	10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD treated as an orthopedist in Flatwoods, KY during 2017 were aspiration, injections, X-rays and musculoskeletal imaging.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	512
doctor visit	1076
hospital care	36
injections	512
inpatient care	36
joint surgery	69
lower extremity surgery	69
musculoskeletal imaging	240
pelvic imaging	16
reconstructive surgery	69
X-rays	256

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD.

**Gender**
Male	279
Female	473

**Age**
From 65 to 74	324
From 75 to 84	215
85 and over	81
Less than 65	132

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD in 2017

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	61
Stroke	3
Ischemic Heart Disease	42
Depression	25
Chronic Kidney Disease	32
Asthma	14
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	12
Heart Failure	22
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	23
Diabetes	37
Dementia	11
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD treated as an orthopedist in Flatwoods, KY during 2018 were aspiration, injections, reconstructive surgery and joint surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	288
decompression surgery	12
doctor visit	861
hospital care	31
injections	288
inpatient care	31
joint surgery	41
lower extremity surgery	41
nerve procedures	12
open surgery	12
reconstructive surgery	41
upper extremity surgery	12

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD.

**Gender**
Male	218
Female	394

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	599
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	272
From 75 to 84	165
85 and over	64
Less than 65	111

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD in 2018

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	63
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	45
Depression	28
Chronic Kidney Disease	36
Asthma	13
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	13
Heart Failure	20
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	22
Diabetes	35
Dementia	9
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD treated as an orthopedist in Flatwoods, KY during 2019 were aspiration, injections, reconstructive surgery and joint surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	275
decompression surgery	14
doctor visit	813
fracture surgery	13
hospital care	41
injections	275
inpatient care	41
joint surgery	66
lower extremity surgery	66
nerve procedures	14
open surgery	27
reconstructive surgery	66
upper extremity surgery	14

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD.

**Gender**
Male	213
Female	362

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	564
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	251
From 75 to 84	179
85 and over	64
Less than 65	81

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD in 2019

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	69
Stroke	3
Ischemic Heart Disease	46
Depression	31
Chronic Kidney Disease	38
Asthma	13
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	13
Heart Failure	21
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	24
Diabetes	36
Dementia	11
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD treated as an orthopedist in Flatwoods, KY during 2020 were aspiration, injections, hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	274
decompression surgery	11
doctor visit	625
fracture surgery	26
hospital care	48
injections	274
inpatient care	48
joint surgery	32
lower extremity surgery	45
nerve procedures	11
open surgery	24
reconstructive surgery	32
upper extremity surgery	11

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD.

**Gender**
Male	188
Female	318

**Age**
From 65 to 74	245
From 75 to 84	128
85 and over	45
Less than 65	88

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD in 2020

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	63
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	45
Depression	33
Chronic Kidney Disease	38
Asthma	12
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	13
Heart Failure	20
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	22
Diabetes	39
Dementia	10
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD treated as an orthopedist in Flatwoods, KY during 2021 were aspiration, injections, reconstructive surgery and joint surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	298
decompression surgery	18
doctor visit	700
hospital care	17
injections	298
inpatient care	17
joint surgery	45
lower extremity surgery	45
nerve procedures	18
open surgery	18
reconstructive surgery	45
upper extremity surgery	18

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD.

**Gender**
Male	205
Female	329

**Age**
From 65 to 74	247
From 75 to 84	153
85 and over	64
Less than 65	70

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD in 2021

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	67
Stroke	3
Ischemic Heart Disease	39
Depression	25
Chronic Kidney Disease	35
Asthma	13
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	13
Heart Failure	17
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	19
Diabetes	35
Dementia	9
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD treated as an orthopedist in Flatwoods, KY during 2022 were aspiration, injections, reconstructive surgery and joint surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD for Medicare patients.

aspiration	268
doctor visit	521
hospital care	15
injections	268
inpatient care	15
joint surgery	25
lower extremity surgery	25
reconstructive surgery	25

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD.

**Gender**
Male	144
Female	268

**Age**
From 65 to 74	210
From 75 to 84	122
85 and over	40
Less than 65	40

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD in 2022

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	7
Ischemic Heart Disease	32
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	26
Asthma	17
Osteoperosis	13
Atrial Fibrilation	19
Heart Failure	17
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	25
Diabetes	36
Dementia	6
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD treated as an orthopedist in Flatwoods, KY were aspiration, injections, X-rays and musculoskeletal imaging.

aspiration	435
closed (non-surgical) treatment of fracture	11
decompression surgery	15
doctor visit	896
fracture surgery	16
hip imaging	92
hospital care	46
injections	435
inpatient care	46
joint surgery	56
lower extremity surgery	60
musculoskeletal imaging	347
nerve procedures	14
open surgery	23
pelvic imaging	15
reconstructive surgery	56
upper extremity surgery	20
X-rays	356

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD.

**Gender**
Male	244
Female	414

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	0
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	243
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	0
Other	0

**Age**
75 to 84	188
85 and over	70
Less than 65	122
65 to 74	277

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD From 2012 - 2022

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

Hypertension	68
High Cholesterol	60
Stroke	3
Ischemic Heart Disease	38
Depression	25
Chronic Kidney Disease	28
Asthma	14
Osteoporosis	8
Heart Failure	18
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	21
Diabetes	33
Atrial Fibrillation	11
Dementia	8
Cancer	8

Education & Training

He has a state license in Kentucky.

Licensed In: Kentucky

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General Payments

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

**Payments by Company**
Stryker Corporation	$1,851 Mako $640	KNEES $502	HIPS $100	Tritanium $68	Variax $4	Other $537
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.	$1,028 ROSA $878	Avenir $150
ORTHALIGN INC	$77 Orthalign Plus $77
Abbott Laboratories	$14 CardioMEMS HF System $14
BIOVENTUS LLC	$13 GELSYN 3 $13
Other	$12 DUEXIS-800mg Ibuprofen- 26.6mg Famotidine $12

**Types of Payments**
Travel and Lodging	$1,535
Food and Beverage	$1,449
Education	$12

Biography

Dr. George Aitken specializes in orthopedics/orthopedic surgery and practices in Flatwoods, KY and Ashland, KY. Dr. Aitken has obtained a license to practice in Kentucky.

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Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD in 2014

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Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD in 2016

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Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD in 2017

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2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD in 2018

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2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

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Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD in 2019

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2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD in 2020

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Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD in 2021

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Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD in 2022

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Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

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Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. George Kenneth Aitken, MD From 2012 - 2022

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