Berhane Worku
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · Brooklyn, NY
Berhane Worku is a thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Brooklyn, New York, and NPI 1740467950, issued on Jan 30, 2008. Check the license (New York 244559, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Berhane Worku
- Primary taxonomy
- Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician 208G00000X
- License number
- 244559 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 506 Sixth Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215
- Phone
- (212) 780-1000
- Enumerated
- Jan 30, 2008
- Record last updated
- Jul 11, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20120905000532); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Harvard Medical School, 2003
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 506 Sixth Street
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Rebecca Altschul, M.D.Cardiovascular Disease Physician1235371881
- Sydney Baker, PAPhysician Assistant1801976469
- Natalie Bersamin, RPACPhysician Assistant1265648406
- Joseph Bove, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1679528624
- Michael Cabezon, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1306893367
- Dawn Calliste, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1740595651
Verify Berhane Worku in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
Search for license 244559Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 100 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $504.15
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 4,047 providers of this specialty with any payment received $7,828.84 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
- Kings Physician Services PCBrooklyn, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Berhane Worku among 446 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in New York
Berhane Worku is one of 446 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with a practice address in New York. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 59% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 59% of these records are older, 36% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated2003 · median 1999 among the 294 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 63% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208G00000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician providers in New York
There are 446 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in New York.
All 446 in New York → Every provider in Brooklyn → Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician nationwide →
The 8 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Sandhya BalaramBrooklyn, NY 112151215926837
- Lev Khitin, MDBrooklyn, NY 112151043293798
- Angelo Reyes, MDBrooklyn, NY 112151497730048
- Robert Tranbaugh, MDBrooklyn, NY 112151801870993
- Anthony Tortolani, MDBrooklyn, NY 112121053408120
- Sunil Abrol, MDBrooklyn, NY 112191639134513
- Antony Delliturri, D.O.Brooklyn, NY 112191780116640
- Shanique Evans, NPBrooklyn, NY 112191528987245
Common questions
What is Berhane Worku's NPI number?
Berhane Worku's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1740467950, issued on Jan 30, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Berhane Worku located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 506 Sixth Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11215. Phone: (212) 780-1000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Berhane Worku's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 244559, 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.
What is Berhane Worku's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 100 of 100. 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.