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Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD

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(123 Ratings)

Specializes in: Adult Nephrology

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

739 Thimble Shoals Boulevard 801
Newport News, VA 23606

(757) 873-1009

Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD is a nephrologist in Newport News, VA specializing in adult nephrology. She graduated from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD is affiliated with Riverside Medical Group and Riverside Health.

Office Locations

739 Thimble Shoals Boulevard 801
Newport News, VA 23606

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Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD treated as a nephrologist in Newport News, VA during 2012 were lab tests, hospital care, inpatient care and blood draw.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	615
dialysis	172
doctor visit	587
hospital care	824
inpatient care	824
lab tests	1589

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD treated as a nephrologist in Newport News, VA during 2013 were lab tests, hospital care, inpatient care and blood draw.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	586
dialysis	213
doctor visit	602
hospital care	882
inpatient care	882
lab tests	1875

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD.

**Gender**
Male	334
Female	347

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	280
Black	374
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	208
From 75 to 84	200
85 and over	73
Less than 65	200

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD in 2013

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	58
Stroke	10
Ischemic Heart Disease	53
Depression	25
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	9
Osteoperosis	5
Atrial Fibrilation	18
Heart Failure	52
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	17
Diabetes	59
Dementia	18
Cancer	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD treated as a nephrologist in Newport News, VA during 2014 were hospital care, inpatient care, dialysis and lab tests.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	32
dialysis	201
doctor visit	586
hospital care	1105
inpatient care	1105
lab tests	66

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD.

**Gender**
Male	337
Female	360

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	300
Black	367
Hispanic	13
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	219
From 75 to 84	200
85 and over	80
Less than 65	198

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD in 2014

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	62
Stroke	11
Ischemic Heart Disease	53
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	11
Osteoperosis	6
Atrial Fibrilation	20
Heart Failure	52
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	20
Diabetes	59
Dementia	19
Cancer	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD treated as a nephrologist in Newport News, VA during 2015 were hospital care, inpatient care and dialysis.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD for Medicare patients.

dialysis	165
doctor visit	556
hospital care	921
inpatient care	921

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD.

**Gender**
Male	666
Female	652

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	562
Black	696
Hispanic	28
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	402
From 75 to 84	390
85 and over	134
Less than 65	392

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD in 2015

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	65
Stroke	10
Ischemic Heart Disease	53
Depression	24
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	16
Osteoperosis	5
Atrial Fibrilation	18
Heart Failure	51
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	20
Diabetes	61
Dementia	20
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD treated as a nephrologist in Newport News, VA during 2016 were hospital care, inpatient care and dialysis.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD for Medicare patients.

dialysis	44
doctor visit	510
hospital care	931
inpatient care	931

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD.

**Gender**
Male	347
Female	316

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	262
Black	377
Hispanic	12
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	200
From 75 to 84	185
85 and over	77
Less than 65	201

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD in 2016

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	66
Stroke	10
Ischemic Heart Disease	55
Depression	22
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	25
Osteoperosis	6
Atrial Fibrilation	18
Heart Failure	53
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	23
Diabetes	61
Dementia	21
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD treated as a nephrologist in Newport News, VA during 2017 were hospital care, inpatient care and dialysis.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD for Medicare patients.

dialysis	167
doctor visit	363
hospital care	820
inpatient care	820

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD.

**Gender**
Male	318
Female	295

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	228
Black	353
Hispanic	12
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	188
From 75 to 84	176
85 and over	54
Less than 65	195

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD in 2017

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	58
Stroke	10
Ischemic Heart Disease	58
Depression	25
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	12
Osteoperosis	4
Atrial Fibrilation	19
Heart Failure	58
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	26
Diabetes	65
Dementia	24
Cancer	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD treated as a nephrologist in Newport News, VA during 2018 were hospital care, inpatient care and dialysis.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD for Medicare patients.

dialysis	146
doctor visit	403
hospital care	655
inpatient care	655

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD.

**Gender**
Male	282
Female	283

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	205
Black	342
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	183
From 75 to 84	154
85 and over	52
Less than 65	176

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD in 2018

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	67
Stroke	11
Ischemic Heart Disease	53
Depression	25
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	10
Osteoperosis	5
Atrial Fibrilation	17
Heart Failure	53
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	24
Diabetes	65
Dementia	22
Cancer	10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD treated as a nephrologist in Newport News, VA during 2019 were hospital care, inpatient care and dialysis.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD for Medicare patients.

dialysis	143
doctor visit	312
hospital care	833
inpatient care	833

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD.

**Gender**
Male	304
Female	278

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	188
Black	369
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	11
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	198
From 75 to 84	137
85 and over	68
Less than 65	179

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD in 2019

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	69
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	55
Depression	25
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	8
Osteoperosis	5
Atrial Fibrilation	19
Heart Failure	58
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	22
Diabetes	65
Dementia	20
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD treated as a nephrologist in Newport News, VA during 2020 were hospital care, inpatient care and dialysis.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD for Medicare patients.

dialysis	72
doctor visit	233
hospital care	679
inpatient care	679

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD.

**Gender**
Male	253
Female	259

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	169
Black	321
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	168
From 75 to 84	128
85 and over	60
Less than 65	156

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD in 2020

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	69
Stroke	9
Ischemic Heart Disease	56
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	9
Osteoperosis	6
Atrial Fibrilation	18
Heart Failure	59
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	21
Diabetes	66
Dementia	20
Cancer	10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD treated as a nephrologist in Newport News, VA during 2021 were hospital care, inpatient care and dialysis.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD for Medicare patients.

dialysis	16
doctor visit	278
hospital care	674
inpatient care	674

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD.

**Gender**
Male	231
Female	239

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	181
Black	264
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	11
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	154
From 75 to 84	129
85 and over	61
Less than 65	126

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD in 2021

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	72
Stroke	9
Ischemic Heart Disease	56
Depression	24
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	10
Osteoperosis	7
Atrial Fibrilation	19
Heart Failure	57
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	18
Diabetes	67
Dementia	21
Cancer	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD treated as a nephrologist in Newport News, VA during 2022 were hospital care, inpatient care and dialysis.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD for Medicare patients.

dialysis	16
doctor visit	224
hospital care	599
inpatient care	599

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD.

**Gender**
Male	211
Female	207

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	173
Black	224
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	134
From 75 to 84	136
85 and over	54
Less than 65	94

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD in 2022

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	20
Ischemic Heart Disease	49
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	14
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	30
Heart Failure	51
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	23
Diabetes	67
Dementia	18
Cancer	20

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD treated as a nephrologist in Newport News, VA were lab tests, hospital care, inpatient care and blood draw.

blood draw	411
dialysis	123
doctor visit	423
hospital care	811
inpatient care	811
lab tests	1176

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD.

**Gender**
Male	298
Female	294

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	335
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	231
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	5
Other	2

**Age**
75 to 84	166
85 and over	64
Less than 65	174
65 to 74	186

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD From 2012 - 2022

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

Hypertension	68
High Cholesterol	60
Stroke	9
Ischemic Heart Disease	49
Depression	22
Chronic Kidney Disease	68
Asthma	11
Osteoporosis	5
Heart Failure	49
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	19
Diabetes	57
Atrial Fibrillation	17
Dementia	18
Cancer	11

Education & Training

Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD graduated from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. She completed residency at University of Virginia Affiliated Hospitals. She is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine - Nephrology and has a state license in Virginia.

Medical School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

Residency: University of Virginia Affiliated Hospitals

Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine - Nephrology

Licensed In: Virginia

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

Riverside Medical Group

Riverside Health

Ratings & Reviews

Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD has an exceptional overall rating with an average of 4.9 out of 5 stars based on 123 ratings. We collect ratings and reviews of Dr. Melisha Bissram, MD from all over the web to help you find the right in Newport News, VA.

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General Payments

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

**Payments by Company**
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.	$290 JYNARQUE $168	SAMSCA $122
Daiichi Sankyo Inc.	$65 Injectafer $53	Tribenzor $12
Mallinckrodt LLC	$57 ACTHAR $57
SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC	$44 RENVELA $44
Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.	$37 ACTHAR $37
Other	$239 ACTHAR $49	System One $35	LUPKYNIS $34	LOKELMA $33	Zemplar $25	Other $64

**Types of Payments**
Food and Beverage	$495
Education	$238

Biography

Dr. Melisha Bissram is an adult nephrology specialist. Dr. Bissram is professionally affiliated with Riverside Medical Group and Riverside Health. She attended medical school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. She completed her residency training at a hospital affiliated with the University of Virginia. On average, patients gave her a rating of 5.0 stars (out of 5). Doctor.com reports that she is accepting new patients at her office in Newport News, VA.