Karen Elizabeth Smith-Cook, MD
Pediatrics Physician · Houston, TX
Karen Elizabeth Smith-Cook, MD is a pediatrics physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1770579872, issued on Sep 23, 2005. Check the license (Texas M1357, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Karen Elizabeth Smith-Cook
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Pediatrics Physician 208000000X
- License number
- M1357 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 13711 Wallisville RD, Houston, TX 77049
- Phone
- (713) 455-7777
- Enumerated
- Sep 23, 2005
- Record last updated
- Oct 17, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (713) 453-7337
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Karen Elizabeth Smith-Cook in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license M1357Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $48.61
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Sanofi Pasteur Inc. The 21,580 providers of this specialty with any payment received $842.05 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.
Karen Elizabeth Smith-Cook among 5,641 pediatrics physician records in Texas
Karen Elizabeth Smith-Cook, MD is one of 5,641 pediatrics physician records with a practice address in Texas. 47% 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, 89% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 47% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 9% of these records are
- Record last updated2018 · 56% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208000000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
1,038 pediatrics physician records list a practice address in Houston
They are 1,038 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 5,641 pediatrics physician records in Texas.
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The 8 pediatrics physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Romita Almonte, MD MPHHouston, TX 770491356575187
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- Sogol Pahlavan, M.D.Houston, TX 770491154418804
- Silen Pahlavan, M.D.Houston, TX 770491053408716
- Nicola Brunetti-Pierri, MDHouston, TX 770461568609576
- Rhonda Dickey, M.D.Houston, TX 770531255446589
- Jorge Barer, M.D.Houston, TX 770541154323582
- Ellyn Hirsch, M.D.Houston, TX 770541275535619
Common questions
What is Karen Elizabeth Smith-Cook, MD's NPI number?
Karen Elizabeth Smith-Cook, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1770579872, issued on Sep 23, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Karen Elizabeth Smith-Cook, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 13711 Wallisville RD, Houston, TX, 77049. Phone: (713) 455-7777. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Karen Elizabeth Smith-Cook, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number M1357, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. 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. 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.