Christopher Helak, D.O.
Surgery Physician · Wilmington, NC
Christopher Helak, D.O. is a surgery physician with a practice address in Wilmington, North Carolina, and NPI 1275820987, issued on Jul 1, 2011. Check the license (North Carolina 2016-00425, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher Helak
- Credential
- D.O.
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License numbers
- 2016-00425 NC
5101019585 MI
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1717 Shipyard Blvd, Wilmington, NC 28403
- Phone
- (910) 262-1048
- Enumerated
- Jul 1, 2011
- Record last updated
- Jun 9, 2023
- Fax
- (910) 256-6039
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20160707002302); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Christopher Helak in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2016-00425Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
39% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
90 Medicare Part D claims for 39 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 14 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Pantoprazole Sodium30 claims
- Ondansetron Odt11 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: $547.31
10 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Intuitive Surgical, Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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.
Christopher Helak among 1,170 surgery physician records in North Carolina
Christopher Helak, D.O. is one of 1,170 surgery physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 77% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2011, is newer than 68% of them.
- NPI issued2011 · 68% of these records are older, 28% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
- Graduated2011 · median 2004 among the 773 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 48% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in North Carolina
There are 1,170 surgery physician records in North Carolina.
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The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Elizabeth Acquista, MDWilmington, NC 284031639353022
- Samuel Baughman, MDWilmington, NC 284031609122910
- Philip Brown, MDWilmington, NC 284031205941432
- Frederic Eckhauser, M.D.Wilmington, NC 284031265473896
- Colston Edgerton, MDWilmington, NC 284031194132084
- Sarah Fox, MDWilmington, NC 284031376988360
- Hormoze Goudarzi, M.D.Wilmington, NC 284031598724783
- William Hooks, MDWilmington, NC 284031225249253
Common questions
What is Christopher Helak, D.O.'s NPI number?
Christopher Helak, D.O.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1275820987, issued on Jul 1, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher Helak, D.O. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1717 Shipyard Blvd, Wilmington, NC, 28403. Phone: (910) 262-1048. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher Helak, D.O.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2016-00425, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Christopher Helak, D.O. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christopher Helak, D.O. had 90 Medicare Part D claims for 39 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. 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.