Ghulam Murtaza Shaikh, M.D.
Internal Medicine Physician · Garner, NC
Ghulam Murtaza Shaikh, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Garner, North Carolina, and NPI 1073571733, issued on May 3, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 9501091, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ghulam Murtaza Shaikh
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 9501091 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 171 Mast Dr, Garner, NC 27529
- Phone
- (919) 771-0503
- Enumerated
- May 3, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 23, 2009 (not updated in 17 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (919) 771-0504
- Medicaid ID
- 8975303 NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20081021000160); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 171 Mast Dr
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Joy Linkous, APNPNurse Practitioner1205521630
Verify Ghulam Murtaza Shaikh in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 9501091Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5.3 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average internal medicine physician in 2024
16,976 Medicare Part D claims for 617 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims. 215 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium636 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium626 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate529 claims
- Furosemide439 claims
- Losartan Potassium422 claims
- Gabapentin399 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: $1,589.16
92 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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
- Legacy Healthcare Services IncDurham, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
11 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Garner
They are 11 of the 862 NPPES records with a practice address in Garner, and 4,056 internal medicine physician records in North Carolina.
All 11 in Garner → All 4,056 in North Carolina → Every provider in Garner →
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Common questions
What is Ghulam Murtaza Shaikh, M.D.'s NPI number?
Ghulam Murtaza Shaikh, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1073571733, issued on May 3, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ghulam Murtaza Shaikh, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 171 Mast Dr, Garner, NC, 27529. Phone: (919) 771-0503. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ghulam Murtaza Shaikh, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 9501091, 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 Ghulam Murtaza Shaikh, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ghulam Murtaza Shaikh, M.D. had 16,976 Medicare Part D claims for 617 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.