Ema Avdagic
Ophthalmology Physician · Chicago, IL
Ema Avdagic is an ophthalmology physician with a practice address in Chicago, Illinois, and NPI 1497287148, issued on Mar 31, 2017. Check the license (Illinois 036161226, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ema Avdagic
- Primary taxonomy
- Ophthalmology Physician 207W00000X
- License number
- 036161226 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 836 W Wellington Ave FL 5, Chicago, IL 60657
- Phone
- (773) 296-8000
- Enumerated
- Mar 31, 2017
- Record last updated
- Oct 26, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20221013000479); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- State University Of New York At Stony Brook, School Of Medicine, 2017
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Ema Avdagic in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Search for license 036161226Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
6.5 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average ophthalmology physician in 2024
9,885 Medicare Part D claims for 1,549 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,518 among the 16,459 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost2,213 claims
- Dorzolamide-Timolol1,265 claims
- Brimonidine Tartrate1,229 claims
- Prednisolone Acetate1,201 claims
- Ketorolac Tromethamine756 claims
- Moxifloxacin543 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: $13,509.11
51 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Glaukos Corporation. The 13,221 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,535.02 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
- Ocular Partners PLLCChicago, IL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ema Avdagic among 898 ophthalmology physician records in Illinois
Ema Avdagic is one of 898 ophthalmology physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 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 2017, is newer than 83% of them.
- NPI issued2017 · 83% of these records are older, 15% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
- Graduated2017 · median 1999 among the 551 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 60% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207W00000X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Ophthalmology Physician providers in Illinois
There are 898 ophthalmology physician records in Illinois.
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The 8 ophthalmology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Andrea Birnbaum, MD, PHDChicago, IL 606571912171364
- Kelley Bohm, M.D.Chicago, IL 606571609238443
- Gregory Doren, M.D.Chicago, IL 606571851411847
- Joseph Garber, MDChicago, IL 606571306910542
- Barry Herst, MDChicago, IL 606571295809259
- Brian Herst, M.D.Chicago, IL 606571801235734
- Gina Rogers, M.D.Chicago, IL 606571609042902
- Bryan Traubert, MDChicago, IL 606571336213495
Common questions
What is Ema Avdagic's NPI number?
Ema Avdagic's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497287148, issued on Mar 31, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ema Avdagic located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 836 W Wellington Ave FL 5, Chicago, IL, 60657. Phone: (773) 296-8000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ema Avdagic's license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 036161226, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Ema Avdagic prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ema Avdagic had 9,885 Medicare Part D claims for 1,549 beneficiaries; the average among ophthalmology physician prescribers was 1,518. 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.