Jitendra S. Desai, MD
Psychiatry Physician · Roanoke, VA
Jitendra S. Desai, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Roanoke, Virginia, and NPI 1942281019, issued on Nov 7, 2005. Check the license (Virginia 0101031752, as entered in NPPES) on the Virginia Department of Health Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Jitendra S. Desai
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- 0101031752 VA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 16 Walnut Ave SW, Roanoke, VA 24016
- Phone
- (540) 345-6468
- Enumerated
- Nov 7, 2005
- Record last updated
- Feb 18, 2009 (not updated in 17 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (540) 345-3204
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070302000397); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 16 Walnut Ave SW
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Susan Albanowski, PA-CMedical Physician Assistant1821216078
- Jordana Anderson, LCSWClinical Social Worker1700073533
- Varsha Desai, M.D.Pediatrics Physician1588636971
- Puja GanjwalaFamily Nurse Practitioner1790188266
- Jessica Gillispie, PA-CPhysician Assistant1912244930
- Xiaofang IngramPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1912604737
Verify Jitendra S. Desai in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersVirginia Department of Health Professions
Search for license 0101031752Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
45% more Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
1,448 Medicare Part D claims for 194 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 2% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Alprazolam152 claims
- Clonazepam129 claims
- Lorazepam83 claims
- Duloxetine Hcl65 claims
- Trazodone Hcl59 claims
- Lurasidone Hcl58 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: $30.39
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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 2 group practices
- City OF Hope Medical Group OF Illinois PLLCZion, IL
- Walnut Avenue Associates PCRoanoke, VA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Jitendra S. Desai among 1,395 psychiatry physician records in Virginia
Jitendra S. Desai, MD is one of 1,395 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in Virginia. 66% 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, 93% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 66% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 41% of these records are
- Graduated1972 · median 2003 among the 567 with a school on file
- Record last updated2009 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a Virginia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
76 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in Roanoke
They are 76 of the 5,303 NPPES records with a practice address in Roanoke, and 1,395 psychiatry physician records in Virginia.
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Common questions
What is Jitendra S. Desai, MD's NPI number?
Jitendra S. Desai, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1942281019, issued on Nov 7, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Jitendra S. Desai, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 16 Walnut Ave SW, Roanoke, VA, 24016. Phone: (540) 345-6468. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Jitendra S. Desai, MD's license?
NPPES lists Virginia license number 0101031752, as entered by the provider. Search the Virginia Department of Health Professions at https://dhp.virginiainteractive.org/lookup/index. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Jitendra S. Desai, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Jitendra S. Desai, MD had 1,448 Medicare Part D claims for 194 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.