Karen Wu, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · Maywood, IL
Karen Wu, MD is an orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in Maywood, Illinois, and NPI 1891735536, issued on Jun 8, 2006. Check the license (Illinois 036118647, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Karen Wu
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Orthopaedic Surgery Physician 207X00000X
- License number
- 036118647 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2160 S 1St Ave, Maywood, IL 60153
- Phone
- (708) 216-3280
- Enumerated
- Jun 8, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 22, 2022
- Fax
- (708) 216-5858
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Karen Wu 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 036118647Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
95% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average orthopaedic surgery physician in 2024
17 Medicare Part D claims for 11 beneficiaries, against an average of 346 among the 16,516 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of 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.
Karen Wu among 995 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Illinois
Karen Wu, MD is one of 995 orthopaedic surgery physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 77% 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 14% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 14% of these records are older, 49% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 56% of these records are
- Record last updated2022 · 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 207X00000X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
46 orthopaedic surgery physician records list a practice address in Maywood
They are 46 of the 2,572 NPPES records with a practice address in Maywood, and 995 orthopaedic surgery physician records in Illinois.
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- Nickolas Garbis, MDMaywood, IL 601531750537452
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Common questions
What is Karen Wu, MD's NPI number?
Karen Wu, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1891735536, issued on Jun 8, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Karen Wu, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2160 S 1St Ave, Maywood, IL, 60153. Phone: (708) 216-3280. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Karen Wu, MD's license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 036118647, 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.
How much does Karen Wu, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Karen Wu, MD had 17 Medicare Part D claims for 11 beneficiaries; the average among orthopaedic surgery physician prescribers was 346. 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.