Amar Safdar, M.D.
Infectious Disease Physician · Houston, TX
Amar Safdar, M.D. is an infectious disease physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1982700837, issued on Sep 16, 2006. Check the license (Texas M2066, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Amar Safdar
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Infectious Disease Physician 207RI0200X
- License numbers
- M2066 TX
200944 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 6560 Fannin St Ste 1014, Houston, TX 77030
- Phone
- (713) 485-0064
- Enumerated
- Sep 16, 2006
- Record last updated
- Apr 26, 2022
- Fax
- (713) 485-0685
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20161018002864); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest infectious disease physician records → All 674 in Texas → Look up another NPI →
Verify Amar Safdar in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license M2066Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
61% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average infectious disease physician in 2024
266 Medicare Part D claims for 46 beneficiaries, against an average of 689 among the 7,388 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Ertapenem35 claims
- Daptomycin22 claims
- Minocycline Hcl21 claims
- Meropenem16 claims
- Arikayce15 claims
- Clarithromycin14 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: $59,738.76
53 payments; by number, the most common kind was travel and lodging; the largest payer was Melinta Therapeutics, LLC. The 3,895 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,362.19 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.
Amar Safdar among 674 infectious disease physician records in Texas
Amar Safdar, M.D. is one of 674 infectious disease physician records with a practice address in Texas. 84% 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 7% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 7% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 76% of these records are
- Graduated1989 · median 2002 among the 510 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 46% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RI0200X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Infectious Disease Physician providers in Texas
There are 674 infectious disease physician records in Texas.
All 674 in Texas → Every provider in Houston → Infectious Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 infectious disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Lisa Armitige, M.D.Houston, TX 770301568480820
- Ben Barnett, M.D.Houston, TX 770301457379687
- Tanvir Bell, M.D.Houston, TX 770301720012644
- Victor Fainstein, MDHouston, TX 770301912985664
- Richard Harris, M.D.Houston, TX 770301851373039
- Rodrigo Hasbun, M.D., M.P.H.Houston, TX 770301659334100
- Jiejian Lin, M.D.Houston, TX 770301679533533
- Cezarina Mindru, MDHouston, TX 770301497780787
Common questions
What is Amar Safdar, M.D.'s NPI number?
Amar Safdar, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1982700837, issued on Sep 16, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Amar Safdar, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6560 Fannin St Ste 1014, Houston, TX, 77030. Phone: (713) 485-0064. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Amar Safdar, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number M2066, 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 Amar Safdar, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Amar Safdar, M.D. had 266 Medicare Part D claims for 46 beneficiaries; the average among infectious disease physician prescribers was 689. 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.