Dara Chafik, MD, PHD
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · Tucson, AZ
Dara Chafik, MD, PHD is an orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in Tucson, Arizona, and NPI 1740458181, issued on Feb 19, 2008. Check the license (Arizona 42276, as entered in NPPES) on the Arizona Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Dara Chafik
- Credential
- MD, PHD
- Primary taxonomy
- Orthopaedic Surgery Physician 207X00000X
- License number
- 42276 AZ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4727 E Camp Lowell Dr, Tucson, AZ 85712
- Phone
- (520) 290-4263
- Enumerated
- Feb 19, 2008
- Record last updated
- Feb 23, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (520) 290-6300
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090930000517); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Un Of California, Irvine, College Of Medicine, 2003
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Dara Chafik in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersArizona Medical Board
Search for license 42276Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
66% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average orthopaedic surgery physician in 2024
117 Medicare Part D claims for 90 beneficiaries, against an average of 346 among the 16,516 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of claims. 90 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen56 claims
- Tramadol Hcl22 claims
- Methylprednisolone13 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Southwest Shoulder Elbow And Hand Center PCTucson, AZ
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Dara Chafik among 462 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Arizona
Dara Chafik, MD, PHD is one of 462 orthopaedic surgery physician records with a practice address in Arizona. 76% 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 61% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 61% of these records are older, 36% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
- Graduated2003 · median 2003 among the 281 with a school on file
- Record last updated2020 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207X00000X and a Arizona practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in Arizona
There are 462 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Arizona.
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The 8 orthopaedic surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Bryn Berens, MDTucson, AZ 857121639632243
- Bradley Brainard, M.D.Tucson, AZ 857121356342224
- Mark Frankel, MDTucson, AZ 857121700054863
- Ernest Gradillas, M.D.Tucson, AZ 857121699776328
- Chad Hills, DOTucson, AZ 857121801058656
- James Levi, MDTucson, AZ 857121306847041
- John Meaney, M.D.Tucson, AZ 857121669551784
- Shaun Peterson, MDTucson, AZ 857121861472656
Common questions
What is Dara Chafik, MD, PHD's NPI number?
Dara Chafik, MD, PHD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1740458181, issued on Feb 19, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Dara Chafik, MD, PHD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4727 E Camp Lowell Dr, Tucson, AZ, 85712. Phone: (520) 290-4263. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Dara Chafik, MD, PHD's license?
NPPES lists Arizona license number 42276, as entered by the provider. Search the Arizona Medical Board at https://www.azmd.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Dara Chafik, MD, PHD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Dara Chafik, MD, PHD had 117 Medicare Part D claims for 90 beneficiaries; the average among orthopaedic surgery physician prescribers was 346. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Dara Chafik, MD, PHD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.