Joel Spear, MD
Infectious Disease Physician · Chicago, IL
Joel Spear, MD is an infectious disease physician with a practice address in Chicago, Illinois, and NPI 1679569859, issued on Sep 23, 2005. Check the license (Illinois 036070345, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the federal record below is the public data PlainDoctor holds for this provider.
- Name
- Joel Spear
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Infectious Disease Physician 207RI0200X
- License number
- 036070345 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2900 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60657
- Phone
- (773) 665-3261
- Enumerated
- Sep 23, 2005
- Record last updated
- Feb 5, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (773) 665-9435
- Medicaid ID
- 036070345 IL
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Joel Spear in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Search for license 036070345Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Joel Spear among 464 infectious disease physician records in Illinois
Joel Spear, MD is one of 464 infectious disease physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does not. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 84% newer
- In a Medicare fileNo · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 67% of these records are
- Record last updated2013 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RI0200X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Infectious Disease Physician providers in Illinois
There are 464 infectious disease physician records in Illinois. No Medicare prescribing, quality score, industry payment or hospital affiliation is published for this NPI.
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The 8 infectious disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Catherine Creticos, MDChicago, IL 606571356370233
- Roberta Luskin-Hawk, MDChicago, IL 606571023004108
- James Malow, M.D.Chicago, IL 606571538205349
- Robert Odrobina, M.D.Chicago, IL 606571265677454
- Payal Shah, M.D.Chicago, IL 606571760791198
- Monica Sharma, D.O.Chicago, IL 606571477710788
- James Sullivan, MDChicago, IL 606571346236379
- Mitchell Weinstein, M.D.Chicago, IL 606571447270475
Common questions
What is Joel Spear, MD's NPI number?
Joel Spear, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1679569859, issued on Sep 23, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joel Spear, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2900 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL, 60657. Phone: (773) 665-3261. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joel Spear, MD's license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 036070345, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. 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.