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Dr. John E. Whalen, MD

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(Dr. John Emmett Whalen, M.D.)

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Specializes in: Adult Nephrology

University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine

Professional interests include: kidney problems

1410 North 4th Street
Clinton, IA 52732

(563) 244-5555

Dr. John E. Whalen, MD is a nephrologist in Clinton, IA specializing in adult nephrology. He graduated from University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine. Dr. John E. Whalen, MD is affiliated with UnityPoint Health, MercyOne, DUBUQUE INTERNAL MEDICINE PC and Finley Hospital.

Office Locations

MercyOne

1410 North 4th Street
Clinton, IA 52732

(563) 244-5555

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MercyOne

1500 Delhi Street Suite 2100a
Dubuque, IA 52001

(563) 589-4835

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Noteworthy Medicare Patient Procedures Performed by Dr. John E. Whalen, MD in 2023

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Top 25%

By Volume:

phlebotomy for lab tests

In 2012, Dr. John E. Whalen, MD performed more blood draw, flu shot, hemodialysis, lab tests, and phlebotomy for lab tests procedures for Medicare patients than 75% of providers in related specialties within Iowa.

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John E. Whalen, MD treated as a nephrologist in Clinton, IA during 2012 were lab tests, blood draw, inpatient care and hospital care.

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

abdominal imaging	19
blood draw	880
breast procedures	11
breathing treatment	61
diabetes management	36
dialysis	224
doctor visit	1741
hospital care	804
inpatient care	804
lab tests	2695
minimally invasive procedures	82
preventive care	190
pulmonary testing	11
thyroid function tests	20
ultrasound (sonogram)	19
vaccines	92
women's imaging	11
X-rays	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John E. Whalen, MD treated as a nephrologist in Clinton, IA during 2013 were lab tests, hospital care, inpatient care and blood draw.

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

abdominal imaging	37
blood draw	833
breast procedures	12
breathing treatment	47
diabetes management	24
dialysis	243
doctor visit	1718
hospital care	1114
inpatient care	1084
lab tests	2784
minimally invasive procedures	65
outpatient care	30
preventive care	152
pulmonary testing	16
thoracic (chest) imaging	26
ultrasound (sonogram)	37
vaccines	75
women's imaging	12
X-rays	38

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John E. Whalen, MD.

**Gender**
Male	537
Female	453

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	951
Black	19
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	281
From 75 to 84	365
85 and over	151
Less than 65	193

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

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	59
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	46
Depression	21
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	6
Osteoperosis	5
Atrial Fibrilation	15
Heart Failure	36
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	20
Diabetes	60
Dementia	10
Cancer	10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John E. Whalen, MD treated as a nephrologist in Clinton, IA during 2014 were lab tests, inpatient care, hospital care and blood draw.

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

abdominal imaging	28
blood draw	784
breast procedures	13
breathing treatment	40
diabetes management	21
dialysis	221
doctor visit	1628
hospital care	851
inpatient care	851
lab tests	2497
minimally invasive procedures	39
preventive care	129
pulmonary testing	16
thoracic (chest) imaging	24
ultrasound (sonogram)	28
vaccines	60
women's imaging	13
X-rays	37

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John E. Whalen, MD.

**Gender**
Male	530
Female	449

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	940
Black	16
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	11
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	296
From 75 to 84	336
85 and over	159
Less than 65	188

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

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	61
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	45
Depression	21
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	5
Osteoperosis	5
Atrial Fibrilation	17
Heart Failure	37
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	21
Diabetes	57
Dementia	9
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John E. Whalen, MD treated as a nephrologist in Clinton, IA during 2015 were lab tests, hospital care, inpatient care and blood draw.

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

abdominal imaging	26
blood draw	766
breathing treatment	39
diabetes management	16
dialysis	157
doctor visit	1740
hospital care	801
inpatient care	784
lab tests	2519
outpatient care	17
preventive care	121
pulmonary testing	14
thoracic (chest) imaging	14
ultrasound (sonogram)	26
vaccines	92
X-rays	14

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John E. Whalen, MD.

**Gender**
Male	1044
Female	914

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	1886
Black	24
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	22
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	570
From 75 to 84	686
85 and over	312
Less than 65	390

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

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	61
Stroke	6
Ischemic Heart Disease	45
Depression	23
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	13
Osteoperosis	6
Atrial Fibrilation	18
Heart Failure	38
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	20
Diabetes	58
Dementia	9
Cancer	10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John E. Whalen, MD treated as a nephrologist in Clinton, IA during 2016 were lab tests, hospital care, inpatient care and blood draw.

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

abdominal imaging	25
blood draw	525
breathing treatment	82
dialysis	158
doctor visit	1364
hospital care	918
inpatient care	918
lab tests	1846
nursing home care	40
preventive care	47
ultrasound (sonogram)	25
vaccines	34

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John E. Whalen, MD.

**Gender**
Male	438
Female	396

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	790
Black	21
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	263
From 75 to 84	275
85 and over	113
Less than 65	183

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

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	57
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	44
Depression	22
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	21
Osteoperosis	4
Atrial Fibrilation	16
Heart Failure	38
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	19
Diabetes	55
Dementia	13
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John E. Whalen, MD treated as a nephrologist in Clinton, IA during 2017 were lab tests, hospital care, inpatient care and blood draw.

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

abdominal imaging	22
blood draw	514
breathing treatment	83
dialysis	200
doctor visit	1336
hospital care	841
inpatient care	841
lab tests	1897
preventive care	38
thyroid function tests	14
ultrasound (sonogram)	22
vaccines	38

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John E. Whalen, MD.

**Gender**
Male	454
Female	387

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	786
Black	24
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	11
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	269
From 75 to 84	262
85 and over	110
Less than 65	200

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

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	56
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	47
Depression	25
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	6
Osteoperosis	5
Atrial Fibrilation	16
Heart Failure	39
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	19
Diabetes	56
Dementia	11
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John E. Whalen, MD treated as a nephrologist in Clinton, IA during 2018 were lab tests, hospital care, inpatient care and blood draw.

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

blood draw	509
breathing treatment	36
dialysis	95
doctor visit	1234
hospital care	709
inpatient care	709
lab tests	1811
preventive care	52
thyroid function tests	13
vaccines	52

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John E. Whalen, MD.

**Gender**
Male	428
Female	376

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	762
Black	14
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	11
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	268
From 75 to 84	255
85 and over	102
Less than 65	179

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

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	64
Stroke	6
Ischemic Heart Disease	49
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	6
Osteoperosis	5
Atrial Fibrilation	16
Heart Failure	40
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	18
Diabetes	55
Dementia	11
Cancer	8

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John E. Whalen, MD treated as a nephrologist in Clinton, IA during 2019 were lab tests, hospital care, inpatient care and blood draw.

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

abdominal imaging	26
blood draw	520
breathing treatment	42
dialysis	124
doctor visit	1412
hospital care	897
inpatient care	897
lab tests	1883
preventive care	56
thyroid function tests	12
ultrasound (sonogram)	26
vaccines	56

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John E. Whalen, MD.

**Gender**
Male	507
Female	437

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	894
Black	22
Hispanic	0
Asian	12
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	314
From 75 to 84	309
85 and over	138
Less than 65	183

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

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	61
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	45
Depression	23
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	7
Osteoperosis	5
Atrial Fibrilation	17
Heart Failure	40
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	18
Diabetes	54
Dementia	11
Cancer	8

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John E. Whalen, MD treated as a nephrologist in Clinton, IA during 2020 were lab tests, hospital care, inpatient care and blood draw.

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

blood draw	455
dialysis	111
doctor visit	1150
hospital care	738
inpatient care	738
lab tests	1602
preventive care	51
vaccines	51

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John E. Whalen, MD.

**Gender**
Male	456
Female	404

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	817
Black	17
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	11
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	297
From 75 to 84	277
85 and over	133
Less than 65	153

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

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	59
Stroke	4
Ischemic Heart Disease	41
Depression	27
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	6
Osteoperosis	5
Atrial Fibrilation	13
Heart Failure	37
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	14
Diabetes	55
Dementia	12
Cancer	8

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John E. Whalen, MD treated as a nephrologist in Clinton, IA during 2021 were lab tests, hospital care, inpatient care and blood draw.

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

abdominal imaging	12
blood draw	434
dialysis	77
doctor visit	1081
hospital care	685
inpatient care	685
lab tests	1534
preventive care	31
ultrasound (sonogram)	12
vaccines	31

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John E. Whalen, MD.

**Gender**
Male	384
Female	340

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	680
Black	15
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	13
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	251
From 75 to 84	219
85 and over	115
Less than 65	139

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

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	67
Stroke	6
Ischemic Heart Disease	44
Depression	25
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	6
Osteoperosis	6
Atrial Fibrilation	16
Heart Failure	41
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	16
Diabetes	57
Dementia	12
Cancer	10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. John E. Whalen, MD treated as a nephrologist in Clinton, IA during 2022 were lab tests, hospital care, inpatient care and blood draw.

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

blood draw	442
dialysis	102
doctor visit	990
hospital care	784
inpatient care	784
lab tests	1492
preventive care	22
vaccines	22

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John E. Whalen, MD.

**Gender**
Male	321
Female	313

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	598
Black	11
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	14
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	215
From 75 to 84	196
85 and over	104
Less than 65	119

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

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	12
Ischemic Heart Disease	35
Depression	27
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	11
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	26
Heart Failure	38
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	21
Diabetes	56
Dementia	8
Cancer	16

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

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

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. John E. Whalen, MD treated as a nephrologist in Clinton, IA were lab tests, hospital care, inpatient care and blood draw.

abdominal imaging	24
blood draw	605
breast procedures	12
diabetes management	24
dialysis	155
doctor visit	1399
hospital care	831
inpatient care	826
lab tests	2050
minimally invasive procedures	62
nursing home care	40
outpatient care	23
preventive care	80
pulmonary testing	14
thoracic (chest) imaging	21
thyroid function tests	14
ultrasound (sonogram)	24
vaccines	54
women's imaging	12
X-rays	25

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. John E. Whalen, MD.

**Gender**
Male	463
Female	406

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	16
Asian / Pacific Islander	1
Non-Hispanic White	827
Hispanic	0
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Other	8

**Age**
75 to 84	289
85 and over	130
Less than 65	175
65 to 74	274

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

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. John E. Whalen, MD treated were chronic kidney disease, hypertension, high cholesterol and diabetes.

Hypertension	68
High Cholesterol	56
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	40
Depression	21
Chronic Kidney Disease	68
Asthma	7
Osteoporosis	5
Heart Failure	34
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	16
Diabetes	51
Atrial Fibrillation	15
Cancer	8
Dementia	9

Education & Training

Dr. John E. Whalen, MD graduated from University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine. He completed residency at University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics. He is certified by the Nephrology, American Board of Internal Medicine (Nephrology) and has a state license in Wisconsin.

Medical School: University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine

Residency: University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics

Board Certification: Nephrology, American Board of Internal Medicine (Nephrology)

Licensed In: Wisconsin

Affiliations & Hospitals

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

UnityPoint Health

MercyOne

DUBUQUE INTERNAL MEDICINE PC

Finley Hospital

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General Payments

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

**Payments by Company**
NxStage Medical, Inc.	$76 Fluids $49	System One $27
Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.	$24 Auryxia $24
Questcor Pharmaceuticals	$17 ACTHAR $17
Baxter Healthcare	$15 Renal - PD $15
Travere Therapeutics, Inc.	$10 (815) Thiola $8	Thiola $2
Other	$2 (815) Thiola $2

**Types of Payments**
Food and Beverage	$116
Education	$29

Biography

Dr. John Whalen's area of specialization is adult nephrology. His clinical interests include kidney problems. He is affiliated with UnityPoint Health and MercyOne. According to MercyOne, Dr. Whalen is currently accepting new patients at his office in Clinton, IA. Before completing his residency at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Dr. Whalen attended medical school at the University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine.

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