NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Alex Garson, MD

Emergency Medicine Physician · Rochester, NY

Alex Garson, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Rochester, New York, and NPI 1164051876, issued on Apr 4, 2020. Check the license (New York 316280, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1164051876
Name
Alex Garson
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License number
316280 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1425 Portland Ave, Rochester, NY 14621
Phone
(585) 922-5067
Enumerated
Apr 4, 2020
Record last updated
Jun 26, 2023
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20230718001594); accepts Medicare assignment
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 1425 Portland Ave

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Farrukh Abbas, MDHospitalist Physician1790124675
  2. Hassan Abbas, M.D.Hospitalist Physician1831643998
  3. Azza Abdalla, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1043053077
  4. Salman Abdul Basit, M.D.Hospitalist Physician1346987104
  5. Abdullah Abdullah, MDCardiovascular Disease Physician1073965042
  6. Mouhamed Yazan Abou-Ismail, M.D.Hematology & Oncology Physician1336553676

Verify Alex Garson in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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11% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

251 Medicare Part D claims for 196 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 6% of claims. 16 claims were for opioids.

  1. Alex Garson251
  2. Specialty average226

Most prescribed

  1. Cephalexin40 claims
  2. Methocarbamol21 claims
  3. Prednisone19 claims
  4. Doxycycline Monohydrate17 claims
  5. Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass16 claims
  6. Cefpodoxime Proxetil16 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: $24.47

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer Inc. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Alex Garson$24.47
  2. Specialty average$953.79

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. The Unity Hospital OF RochesterRochester, NY

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Alex Garson among 5,025 emergency medicine physician records in New York

Alex Garson, MD is one of 5,025 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in New York. 86% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 83% of them.

  • NPI issued2020 · 83% of these records are older, 12% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 86% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
  • Graduated2020 · median 2013 among the 3,232 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2023 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

232 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Rochester

They are 232 of the 20,520 NPPES records with a practice address in Rochester, and 5,025 emergency medicine physician records in New York.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Luke Cheung, MDRochester, NY 146211538253851
  2. Laura Church, MDRochester, NY 146211902911464
  3. Victoria Dickerson, M.D.Rochester, NY 146211235218868
  4. Bryan Gargano, M.D.Rochester, NY 146211548206253
  5. Robert Giambrone, M.D.Rochester, NY 146211891897914
  6. Keith Grams, M.D.Rochester, NY 146211225080385
  7. Kelly Huiatt, MDRochester, NY 146211144377052
  8. Deborah Kerley, M.D.Rochester, NY 146211932230174

Common questions

What is Alex Garson, MD's NPI number?

Alex Garson, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1164051876, issued on Apr 4, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Alex Garson, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1425 Portland Ave, Rochester, NY, 14621. Phone: (585) 922-5067. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Alex Garson, MD's license?

NPPES lists New York license number 316280, as entered by the provider. Search the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions at https://www.op.nysed.gov/services/verifications/online-verification-searches. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Alex Garson, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Alex Garson, MD had 251 Medicare Part D claims for 196 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.