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Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD

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(Paul J. Waguespack, MD)

(3 Ratings)

Specializes in: Neurosurgery

Tulane University School of Medicine - GME (1996)

Professional interests include: minimally invasive surgery, spinal arthritis, spondylosis (degenerative spine disease), and more.

10101 Park Rowe Avenue #200
Baton Rouge, LA 70810

(225) 769-2200

Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD is a neurosurgeon in Baton Rouge, LA specializing in neurosurgery. He graduated from Tulane University School of Medicine - GME in 1996 and has 30 years of experience. Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD is affiliated with Ochsner Health, Woman's Hospital , The NeuroMedical Center and NEUROMEDICAL CENTER.

Office Locations

10310 The Grove Boulevard
Baton Rouge, LA 70836

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Woman's Hospital

10101 Park Rowe Avenue #200
Baton Rouge, LA 70810

(225) 769-2200

(225) 768-2185

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Some issues Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD can help you with:

Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a procedure performed to help treat neurological conditions such as Parkinson's disease and epilepsy. Electrode leads are surgically implanted in the brain and connected to a device, called a neurostimulator (deep brain stimulator), that is placed underneath the skin (subcutaneously). The deep brain stimulator can send electrical signals through the electrodes to the brain to restore normal rhythms, or it can block electrical signals in specific areas of the brain to restore functioning. Although not a cure, DBS can treat symptoms of movement disorders such as pain and tremor when medication fails to work.

DBS surgery may be completed in one operating session, but it is more commonly performed in two parts. In the first stage of the procedure, the surgeon will map targets in the brain using CT or MRI imaging to determine where to place the electrodes. Then, by drilling holes into the skull, the surgeon will place the electrodes into specific areas in the brain. The holes will be closed, and patients will require 1-2 days to recover in the hospital. After about two weeks, patients will undergo another surgery to have the deep brain stimulator implanted. The stimulator is usually placed under the skin around the collarbone, chest, or abdomen, and it will be connected to the DBS electrodes through a subcutaneous wire. No component of the DBS system will be visible from outside. Following stimulator implantation, patients may need to recover in the hospital for 1-2 days.

Within 2-4 weeks of the operation, doctors will program the stimulator using a wireless device. Patients will work with their doctor to determine the most effective settings for the stimulator during follow-up visits. Patients will be given a handheld device so that they can turn the stimulator on or off and adjust its settings themselves. The stimulator may have a rechargeable battery, in which case patients will be given a charging unit. Stimulator batteries generally need to be replaced in 3-5 years.

Noteworthy Medicare Patient Procedures Performed by Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD in 2023

Click on any procedure below to see further details on volume and pricing among Medicare patients.

Top 5%

By Volume:

deep brain stimulation lead implantation

In 2023, Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD performed more deep brain stimulation (DBS) lead implantation procedures for Medicare patients than 95% of providers in related specialties within Louisiana.

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD treated as a neurosurgeon in Baton Rouge, LA during 2012 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	346
hospital care	93
inpatient care	93

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD treated as a neurosurgeon in Baton Rouge, LA during 2013 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	396
hospital care	38
inpatient care	38

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD.

**Gender**
Male	114
Female	156

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	211
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	107
From 75 to 84	89
85 and over	20
Less than 65	54

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD in 2013

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	51
Stroke	17
Ischemic Heart Disease	33
Depression	30
Chronic Kidney Disease	17
Asthma	4
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	8
Heart Failure	14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	11
Diabetes	32
Dementia	14
Cancer	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD treated as a neurosurgeon in Baton Rouge, LA during 2014 were hospital care, inpatient care, neurostimulator replacement and implant surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	287
hospital care	70
implant surgery	17
inpatient care	70
neurostimulator replacement	17

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD.

**Gender**
Male	104
Female	129

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	187
Black	34
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	95
From 75 to 84	79
85 and over	19
Less than 65	40

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD in 2014

Hypertension	69
High Cholesterol	55
Stroke	19
Ischemic Heart Disease	39
Depression	34
Chronic Kidney Disease	22
Asthma	7
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	9
Heart Failure	18
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	15
Diabetes	34
Dementia	13
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD treated as a neurosurgeon in Baton Rouge, LA during 2015 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	329
hospital care	44
inpatient care	44

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD.

**Gender**
Male	214
Female	268

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	368
Black	86
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	242
From 75 to 84	112
85 and over	54
Less than 65	74

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD in 2015

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	66
Stroke	17
Ischemic Heart Disease	46
Depression	27
Chronic Kidney Disease	24
Asthma	11
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	9
Heart Failure	17
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	14
Diabetes	33
Dementia	15
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD treated as a neurosurgeon in Baton Rouge, LA during 2016 were hospital care, inpatient care, neurostimulator lead placement and neurostimulator replacement.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD for Medicare patients.

cranial surgery	17
doctor visit	326
hospital care	72
implant surgery	17
inpatient care	72
neurostimulator lead placement	17
neurostimulator replacement	17

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD.

**Gender**
Male	119
Female	125

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

**Age**
From 65 to 74	118
From 75 to 84	74
85 and over	14
Less than 65	38

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD in 2016

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	60
Stroke	15
Ischemic Heart Disease	42
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	30
Asthma	17
Osteoperosis	6
Atrial Fibrilation	9
Heart Failure	19
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	18
Diabetes	33
Dementia	19
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD treated as a neurosurgeon in Baton Rouge, LA during 2017 were hospital care, inpatient care, neurostimulator replacement and implant surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD for Medicare patients.

cranial surgery	14
doctor visit	345
hospital care	61
implant surgery	16
inpatient care	61
neurostimulator lead placement	14
neurostimulator replacement	16

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD.

**Gender**
Male	125
Female	119

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	184
Black	48
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	112
From 75 to 84	70
85 and over	14
Less than 65	48

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD in 2017

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	55
Stroke	17
Ischemic Heart Disease	36
Depression	28
Chronic Kidney Disease	27
Asthma	6
Osteoperosis	6
Atrial Fibrilation	11
Heart Failure	14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	13
Diabetes	34
Dementia	18
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	344

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD.

**Gender**
Male	113
Female	124

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	183
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	105
From 75 to 84	85
85 and over	14
Less than 65	33

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD in 2018

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	61
Stroke	14
Ischemic Heart Disease	36
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	27
Asthma	5
Osteoperosis	6
Atrial Fibrilation	8
Heart Failure	12
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	14
Diabetes	28
Dementia	17
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD treated as a neurosurgeon in Baton Rouge, LA during 2019 were neurostimulator replacement, implant surgery, neurostimulator lead placement and cranial surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD for Medicare patients.

cranial surgery	19
doctor visit	304
implant surgery	28
neurostimulator lead placement	19
neurostimulator replacement	28

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD.

**Gender**
Male	94
Female	114

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	168
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	100
From 75 to 84	65
85 and over	16
Less than 65	27

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD in 2019

Hypertension	69
High Cholesterol	59
Stroke	11
Ischemic Heart Disease	34
Depression	29
Chronic Kidney Disease	29
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	10
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	6
Diabetes	26
Dementia	18
Cancer	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD treated as a neurosurgeon in Baton Rouge, LA during 2020 were neurostimulator lead placement, cranial surgery, neurostimulator replacement and implant surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD for Medicare patients.

cranial surgery	14
doctor visit	178
implant surgery	12
neurostimulator lead placement	14
neurostimulator replacement	12

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD.

**Gender**
Male	61
Female	89

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	119
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	68
From 75 to 84	50
85 and over	18
Less than 65	14

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD in 2020

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	63
Stroke	10
Ischemic Heart Disease	33
Depression	31
Chronic Kidney Disease	33
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	11
Heart Failure	13
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	8
Diabetes	29
Dementia	21
Cancer	16

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	225

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD.

**Gender**
Male	81
Female	84

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	137
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	86
From 75 to 84	53
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD in 2021

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	67
Stroke	12
Ischemic Heart Disease	34
Depression	35
Chronic Kidney Disease	33
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	13
Heart Failure	19
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	10
Diabetes	37
Dementia	17
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	255

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD.

**Gender**
Male	68
Female	111

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	147
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	96
From 75 to 84	56
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD in 2022

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	73
Stroke	13
Ischemic Heart Disease	23
Depression	36
Chronic Kidney Disease	22
Asthma	10
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	12
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	12
Diabetes	31
Dementia	0
Cancer	20

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD treated as a neurosurgeon in Baton Rouge, LA were hospital care, inpatient care, neurostimulator replacement and implant surgery.

cranial surgery	16
doctor visit	303
hospital care	63
implant surgery	18
inpatient care	63
neurostimulator lead placement	16
neurostimulator replacement	18

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD.

**Gender**
Male	99
Female	119

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	15
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	172
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	0
Other	0

**Age**
75 to 84	66
85 and over	15
Less than 65	29
65 to 74	102

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD From 2012 - 2022

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

Hypertension	67
High Cholesterol	55
Stroke	13
Ischemic Heart Disease	32
Depression	27
Chronic Kidney Disease	24
Asthma	5
Osteoporosis	7
Heart Failure	13
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	11
Diabetes	28
Atrial Fibrillation	8
Dementia	13
Cancer	11

Education & Training

Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD graduated from Tulane University School of Medicine - GME in 1996. He completed residency at Tulane University School of Medicine - GME. He is certified by the Neurosurgery: American Board of Neurological Surgery and has a state license in Louisiana.

Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine - GME (1996)

Residency: Tulane University School of Medicine - GME (2002)

Board Certification: Neurosurgery: American Board of Neurological Surgery

Licensed In: Louisiana

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

Ochsner Health

Woman's Hospital

The NeuroMedical Center

NEUROMEDICAL CENTER

Ratings & Reviews

Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD has an exceptional overall rating with an average of 5.0 out of 5 stars based on 3 ratings. We collect ratings and reviews of Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD from all over the web to help you find the right in Baton Rouge, LA.

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General Payments

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

**Payments by Company**
Medtronic USA, Inc.	$22,658 ACTIVA $17,315	Deep Brain Neurostimulation $3,210	MazorX Renaissance $930	S7 $878	PlasmaBlade $135	Other $191
Medtronic, Inc.	$14,142 ACTIVA $8,337	NEXDRIVE $2,500	PERCEPT PC BRAINSENSE $1,331	SENSIGHT $1,233	Percept $711	Other $29
Abbott Laboratories	$4,923 Infinity $4,883	Neuromodulation Dspsbls and Accs $15	Proclaim XR IPG $14	PROCLAIM $12
Mazor Robotics Inc.	$1,855 $1,855
SI-Bone, Inc.	$1,017 iFuse Implant $1,017
Other	$1,394 Deep Brain Neurostimulation $608	ROI C $154	VERCISE $72	SPINEJACK $69	Advanced Energy Cutting Device $60	Other $430

**Types of Payments**
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program	$22,375
Food and Beverage	$17,189
Travel and Lodging	$6,414
Entertainment	$11

Research Payments

Dr. Paul J. Waguespack, MD has received 5 research payments totaling $251,550.

Biography

Dr. Paul Waguespack's specialty is neurosurgery. He studied medicine at Tulane University School of Medicine. For his residency, Dr. Waguespack trained at a hospital affiliated with Tulane University. Areas of expertise for Dr. Waguespack include pituitary tumor, bulging disc, and herniated disc. The average patient rating for Dr. Waguespack is 5.0 stars (out of 5). Dr. Waguespack is affiliated with Ochsner Health, The NeuroMedical Center, and Woman's Hospital. He welcomes new patients at his office in as reported by The NeuroMedical Center.