NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Derek R. Brinster, M.D.

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · New York, NY

Derek R. Brinster, M.D. is a thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in New York, New York, and NPI 1881628444, issued on Jul 10, 2006. Check the license (New York 273879, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1881628444
Name
Derek R. Brinster
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician 208G00000X
License numbers
273879 NY
0101239882 VA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
130 E 77TH St, New York, NY 10075
Phone
(212) 434-3000
Enumerated
Jul 10, 2006
Record last updated
Sep 11, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(212) 434-4559
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20140723001945); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Perelman School Of Med At The University Of Pennsylvania, 1996
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 130 E 77TH St

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

  1. Jermyn AddyStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1881155133
  2. Adil Afridi, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1457094823
  3. Chitra Ajodhia, PA-CPhysician Assistant1497514996
  4. Samir Alkabie, MD, MSCNeurology Physician1841643061
  5. Michelle Almaliah, NPAdult Health Nurse Practitioner1407913965
  6. Matthew Anderson, M.D.Emergency Medicine Physician1245458454

Verify Derek R. Brinster in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
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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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The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 91.3 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.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score74.9
  2. Costnot scored (reweighted)
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%91.7
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $32,230.98

39 payments; by number, the most common kind was travel and lodging; the largest payer was Bolton Medical Inc. 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.

  1. Derek Brinster$32,231
  2. Specialty average$7,829

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

  1. North Shore-Lij Medical PCNew York, NY

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Derek R. Brinster among 446 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in New York

Derek R. Brinster, M.D. 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 2006, is newer than 16% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 16% of these records are older, 50% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
  • Graduated1996 · median 1999 among the 294 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2014 · 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.

The 8 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Hagen Gorki, M.D.New York, NY 100751902037351
  2. Jonathan Hemli, M.D.New York, NY 100751942431754
  3. Omar Jarral, MD PHDNew York, NY 100751144840109
  4. Daniel Mansour, MDNew York, NY 100751841425592
  5. Joshua Newman, MDNew York, NY 100751023514205
  6. Nirav Patel, M.D.New York, NY 100751356322655
  7. Subroto Paul, MDNew York, NY 100751275648933
  8. Luigi Pirelli, M.D.New York, NY 100751376749606

Common questions

What is Derek R. Brinster, M.D.'s NPI number?

Derek R. Brinster, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1881628444, issued on Jul 10, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Derek R. Brinster, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 130 E 77TH St, New York, NY, 10075. Phone: (212) 434-3000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Derek R. Brinster, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists New York license number 273879, 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 Derek R. Brinster, M.D.'s MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 91.3 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.