NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Brooke Watanabe

Emergency Medicine Physician · Austin, TX

Brooke Watanabe is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Austin, Texas, and NPI 1083063077, issued on Jun 9, 2016. Check the license (Texas R8681, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; 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
1083063077
Name
Brooke Watanabe
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License number
R8681 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1500 Red River St, Austin, TX 78701
Phone
(512) 324-7000
Enumerated
Jun 9, 2016
Record last updated
Oct 25, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 1500 Red River St

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

  1. Sara Abdollahi, PA-CPhysician Assistant1710818240
  2. Mohamad AbouelnaajInternal Medicine Physician1497507156
  3. Mark Adkins, RNCritical Care Medicine Registered Nurse1790313963
  4. Joel Adler, M.D., M.P.H.Transplant Surgery Physician1518279199
  5. Daniel Ahle, MDInternal Medicine Physician1922674068
  6. Abdulhamid Al-DouriInternal Medicine Physician1093205197

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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
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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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74% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

58 Medicare Part D claims for 36 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Brooke Watanabe58
  2. Specialty average226

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.

Brooke Watanabe among 4,885 emergency medicine physician records in Texas

Brooke Watanabe is one of 4,885 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 83% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2016, is newer than 70% of them.

  • NPI issued2016 · 70% of these records are older, 26% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 57% of these records are
  • Record last updated2021 · 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 Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Emergency Medicine Physician providers in Texas

There are 4,885 emergency medicine physician records in Texas.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Milton Anderson, M.D.Austin, TX 787011912962713
  2. John Cottey, M.D.Austin, TX 787011194780130
  3. Patrick Crocker, D.O.Austin, TX 787011184689077
  4. Megan Hood, MDAustin, TX 787011588638050
  5. Keith Hurst, D.O.Austin, TX 787011275598393
  6. James Kempema, M.D.Austin, TX 787011235194077
  7. William Lindsey, M.D.Austin, TX 787011396700332
  8. Sharon Long, M.D.Austin, TX 787011720042930

Common questions

What is Brooke Watanabe's NPI number?

Brooke Watanabe's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1083063077, issued on Jun 9, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Brooke Watanabe located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1500 Red River St, Austin, TX, 78701. Phone: (512) 324-7000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Brooke Watanabe's license?

NPPES lists Texas license number R8681, 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 Brooke Watanabe prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Brooke Watanabe had 58 Medicare Part D claims for 36 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.