Gideon Besson, MD
Pulmonary Disease Physician · Shelby, NC
Gideon Besson, MD is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Shelby, North Carolina, and NPI 1164415584, issued on Aug 31, 2005. Check the license (North Carolina 9701249, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Gideon Besson
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
- License number
- 9701249 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 711 N Dekalb St, Shelby, NC 28150
- Phone
- (704) 482-1482
- Enumerated
- Aug 31, 2005
- Record last updated
- Mar 21, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (704) 480-6012
- Medicaid ID
- 891087L NC
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20091208000145); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Albert Einstein College Of Medicine Of Yeshiva University, 1990
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 711 N Dekalb St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Gideon Besson in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 9701249Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
62% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024
547 Medicare Part D claims for 189 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Lisinopril32 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium31 claims
- Metformin Hcl25 claims
- Omeprazole24 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate22 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium21 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Shelby Medical Associates PAShelby, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Gideon Besson among 429 pulmonary disease physician records in North Carolina
Gideon Besson, MD is one of 429 pulmonary disease physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 84% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 87% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 78% of these records are
- Graduated1990 · median 2001 among the 333 with a school on file
- Record last updated2011 · 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 207RP1001X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in North Carolina
There are 429 pulmonary disease physician records in North Carolina.
All 429 in North Carolina → Every provider in Shelby → Pulmonary Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 pulmonary disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Barry Coalson, MDShelby, NC 281501275526683
- Michael Dearment, MDShelby, NC 281521770671950
- Stephen Grinton, MDShelby, NC 281521962590166
- Gina Merritt, DOShelby, NC 281521740403468
- Zeeshan Ahmad, MDSalisbury, NC 281441235392994
- Nilesh Patel, M.D.Salisbury, NC 281441053397562
- Stephen Proctor, MDSalisbury, NC 281441780769885
- M Yousuf Siddiqui, M.D.Salisbury, NC 281441205898087
Common questions
What is Gideon Besson, MD's NPI number?
Gideon Besson, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1164415584, issued on Aug 31, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Gideon Besson, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 711 N Dekalb St, Shelby, NC, 28150. Phone: (704) 482-1482. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Gideon Besson, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 9701249, 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 Gideon Besson, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Gideon Besson, MD had 547 Medicare Part D claims for 189 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. 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.