Akram Shakhashiro, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Houston, TX
Akram Shakhashiro, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1033128665, issued on Aug 5, 2006. Check the license (Texas L1742, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Akram Shakhashiro
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License numbers
- L1742 TX
71077 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 915 Gessner RD, Houston, TX 77024
- Phone
- (713) 461-9194
- Enumerated
- Aug 5, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 29, 2026
- Fax
- (713) 461-7899
- Medicaid ID
- 142466507 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040428000508); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Akram Shakhashiro in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license L1742Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
31% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
2,196 Medicare Part D claims for 312 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 50 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Cefpodoxime Proxetil87 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass77 claims
- Biktarvy64 claims
- Cefadroxil58 claims
- Doxycycline Hyclate53 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate51 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Industry payments in 2024: $526.34
35 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Gilead Sciences, Inc. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through 2 group practices
- Franciscan Medical GroupTacoma, WA
- UT Regional One Physicians IncMemphis, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Akram Shakhashiro among 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas
Akram Shakhashiro, MD is one of 9,175 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 9% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 9% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated1992 · median 2004 among the 6,088 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
1,488 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Houston
They are 1,488 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 9,175 internal medicine physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Akram Shakhashiro, MD's NPI number?
Akram Shakhashiro, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1033128665, issued on Aug 5, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Akram Shakhashiro, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 915 Gessner RD, Houston, TX, 77024. Phone: (713) 461-9194. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Akram Shakhashiro, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number L1742, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Akram Shakhashiro, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Akram Shakhashiro, MD had 2,196 Medicare Part D claims for 312 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.