Ardalan Sharifi, MD
Cornea and External Diseases Specialist Physician · Galveston, TX
Ardalan Sharifi, MD is a cornea and external diseases specialist physician with a practice address in Galveston, Texas, and NPI 1245893866, issued on Apr 18, 2019. Check the license (Texas U4008, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ardalan Sharifi
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Cornea and External Diseases Specialist Physician 207WX0120X
- License number
- U4008 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 700 University Blvd, Galveston, TX 77550
- Phone
- (409) 747-5800
- Enumerated
- Apr 18, 2019
- Record last updated
- Oct 7, 2025
- Fax
- (409) 747-5825
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240720000331); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Texas Medical Branch At Galveston, 2019
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Ardalan Sharifi in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license U4008Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
17% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average cornea and external diseases specialist physician in 2024
1,049 Medicare Part D claims for 444 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,263 among the 330 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 53% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Prednisolone Acetate350 claims
- Moxifloxacin89 claims
- Ketorolac Tromethamine88 claims
- Restasis83 claims
- Erythromycin45 claims
- Ofloxacin40 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 74.4 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $97.61
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Sight Sciences, Inc. The 284 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,109.37 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 one group practice
- Utmb Faculty Group PracticeGalveston, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ardalan Sharifi among 33 cornea and external diseases specialist physician records in Texas
Ardalan Sharifi, MD is one of 33 cornea and external diseases specialist physician records with a practice address in Texas. 100% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2019, is newer than 79% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 79% of these records are older, 9% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 100% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 79% of these records are
- Graduated2019 · median 2013 among the 26 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 30% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207WX0120X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Cornea and External Diseases Specialist Physician providers in Texas
There are 33 cornea and external diseases specialist physician records in Texas.
All 33 in Texas → Every provider in Galveston → Cornea and External Diseases Specialist Physician nationwide →
The 8 cornea and external diseases specialist physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Kyle Kirkland, D.O.College Station, TX 778451013371038
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- Amar Bhat, M.D.Houston, TX 770701427443514
- Shazia Ali, M.D.Houston, TX 770301639515075
- Morgan Fredell, MDHouston, TX 770301669932307
- Stella Kim, M.D.Houston, TX 770301952409450
- Benjamin Park, MDHouston, TX 770301821677519
- Rohini Sigireddi, M.D.Houston, TX 770301457811440
Common questions
What is Ardalan Sharifi, MD's NPI number?
Ardalan Sharifi, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1245893866, issued on Apr 18, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ardalan Sharifi, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 700 University Blvd, Galveston, TX, 77550. Phone: (409) 747-5800. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ardalan Sharifi, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number U4008, 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 Ardalan Sharifi, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ardalan Sharifi, MD had 1,049 Medicare Part D claims for 444 beneficiaries; the average among cornea and external diseases specialist physician prescribers was 1,263. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Ardalan Sharifi, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 74.4 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.