Ghulam Dastgir
Ophthalmology Physician · Rego Park, NY
Ghulam Dastgir is an ophthalmology physician with a practice address in Rego Park, New York, and NPI 1215297338, issued on May 22, 2012. Check the license (New York 277798, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ghulam Dastgir
- Primary taxonomy
- Ophthalmology Physician 207W00000X
- License number
- 277798 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 9229 Queens Blvd Ste 2I, Rego Park, NY 11374
- Phone
- (718) 261-7007
- Enumerated
- May 22, 2012
- Record last updated
- Jul 21, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20170913003853); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- State University Of New York Downstate Medical Center, 2012
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Ghulam Dastgir in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
Search for license 277798Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.6 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average ophthalmology physician in 2024
3,945 Medicare Part D claims for 779 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,518 among the 16,459 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 44% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost1,057 claims
- Dorzolamide-Timolol437 claims
- Prednisolone Acetate298 claims
- Timolol Maleate275 claims
- Restasis249 claims
- Lumigan204 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 100 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $2,515.03
34 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Biotissue Holdings Inc. 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
- Ophthalmic Consultants OF Long IslandAstoria, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ghulam Dastgir among 1,822 ophthalmology physician records in New York
Ghulam Dastgir is one of 1,822 ophthalmology physician records with a practice address in New York. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2012, is newer than 85% of them.
- NPI issued2012 · 85% of these records are older, 13% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Graduated2012 · median 1995 among the 1,215 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 71% 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 New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Ophthalmology Physician providers in New York
There are 1,822 ophthalmology physician records in New York.
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The 8 ophthalmology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Allen Fishman, M.D.Rego Park, NY 113741730100595
- Gulshan Malhotra, M.D.Rego Park, NY 113741023179629
- Panus Romsaitong, MDRego Park, NY 113741801825096
- Zornitza Vezenkov, D.ORego Park, NY 113741669622114
- Raphael Aharon, MDForest Hills, NY 113751679543235
- Malvika Arya, MDElmhurst, NY 113731659935096
- Alice Ballesteros Gomez, O.D.Elmhurst, NY 113731578662136
- Mark Bitton, M. D.Forest Hills, NY 113751336122654
Common questions
What is Ghulam Dastgir's NPI number?
Ghulam Dastgir's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1215297338, issued on May 22, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ghulam Dastgir located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 9229 Queens Blvd Ste 2I, Rego Park, NY, 11374. Phone: (718) 261-7007. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ghulam Dastgir's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 277798, 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.
How much does Ghulam Dastgir prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ghulam Dastgir had 3,945 Medicare Part D claims for 779 beneficiaries; the average among ophthalmology physician prescribers was 1,518. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Ghulam Dastgir's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 100 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.