Gopal Chandru Kowdley, M.D., PHD, FACS
Surgery Physician · Salisbury, MD
Gopal Chandru Kowdley, M.D., PHD, FACS is a surgery physician with a practice address in Salisbury, Maryland, and NPI 1972531952, issued on Jun 29, 2006. Check the license (Maryland D64173, as entered in NPPES) on the Maryland Board of Physicians; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Gopal Chandru Kowdley
- Credential
- M.D., PHD, FACS
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- D64173 MD
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 145 E Carroll St Ste B202, Salisbury, MD 21801
- Phone
- (410) 548-2600
- Enumerated
- Jun 29, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 14, 2022
- Fax
- (410) 548-2607
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060717000220); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Virginia School Of Medicine, 1996
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 145 E Carroll St Ste B202
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Carrie Hager, CRNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1922618677
Verify Gopal Chandru Kowdley in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMaryland Board of Physicians
Search for license D64173Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
72% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
41 Medicare Part D claims for 31 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 16 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen15 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: $1,359.28
13 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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
- Tidalhealth Specialty Care LLCSalisbury, MD
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Gopal Chandru Kowdley among 672 surgery physician records in Maryland
Gopal Chandru Kowdley, M.D., PHD, FACS is one of 672 surgery physician records with a practice address in Maryland. 69% 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 10% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 10% of these records are older, 55% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 69% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
- Graduated1996 · median 2003 among the 385 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 208600000X and a Maryland practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in Maryland
There are 672 surgery physician records in Maryland.
All 672 in Maryland → Every provider in Salisbury → Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- John Bartkovich, MDSalisbury, MD 218011932181450
- Jarrod Buzalewski, DOSalisbury, MD 218011134546955
- Nicholas Dudas, MDSalisbury, MD 218011780668913
- Tashara Jones, MDSalisbury, MD 218011437618709
- John Reilly, M.D.Salisbury, MD 218011285628693
- John Routenberg, MDSalisbury, MD 218011154490886
- David Sechler, MDSalisbury, MD 218011386626869
- David Winston, DOSalisbury, MD 218011770070773
Common questions
What is Gopal Chandru Kowdley, M.D., PHD, FACS's NPI number?
Gopal Chandru Kowdley, M.D., PHD, FACS's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1972531952, issued on Jun 29, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Gopal Chandru Kowdley, M.D., PHD, FACS located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 145 E Carroll St Ste B202, Salisbury, MD, 21801. Phone: (410) 548-2600. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Gopal Chandru Kowdley, M.D., PHD, FACS's license?
NPPES lists Maryland license number D64173, as entered by the provider. Search the Maryland Board of Physicians at https://www.mbp.state.md.us/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Gopal Chandru Kowdley, M.D., PHD, FACS prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Gopal Chandru Kowdley, M.D., PHD, FACS had 41 Medicare Part D claims for 31 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. 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.