Karthik Dwarki, MD
Interventional Pain Medicine Physician · Pittsburgh, PA
Karthik Dwarki, MD is an interventional pain medicine physician with a practice address in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1982059648, issued on May 2, 2016. Check the license on the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS); the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Karthik Dwarki
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Interventional Pain Medicine Physician 208VP0014X
- Practice location
- 1145 Bower Hill RD Ste 105, Pittsburgh, PA 15243
- Phone
- (412) 866-7246
- Enumerated
- May 2, 2016
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 1145 Bower Hill RD Ste 105
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Katharine Cushma, PA-CPhysician Assistant1225588460
- Lucille Frank, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1386175362
- Andrew GentilinAnesthesiology Physician1275822157
- Shannon KaufmanPhysician Assistant1811411036
- Stacy Kelly, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1619514742
- Laurie Kilkenny, M.D.Pulmonary Disease Physician1497738496
Verify Karthik Dwarki in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersPennsylvania Department of State (PALS)Check the board
- 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS, AOA, NCCPA, AANPNot checked
40% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average interventional pain medicine physician in 2024
1,337 Medicare Part D claims for 283 beneficiaries, against an average of 2,221 among the 1,212 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 9% of claims. 428 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Gabapentin164 claims
- Topiramate116 claims
- Memantine Hcl113 claims
- Meloxicam87 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen81 claims
- Buprenorphine69 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: $1,362.98
51 payments, mostly food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 1,143 providers of this specialty with any payment received $2,949.58 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.
2 hospital and facility affiliations
- Keystone Anesthesia Consultants, LtdWashington, PA
- Keystone Pain Consultants And Interventional Spine Specialists PCWashington, PA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians affiliations; Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
Interventional Pain Medicine Physician providers in Pennsylvania
There are 47 interventional pain medicine physician records in Pennsylvania.
Other interventional pain medicine physician records in Pennsylvania
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- Sarfo Asiedu, MDPittsburgh, PA1013609007
- Mark Bell, M.D.Plains, PA1497755631
- Scott Brancolini, MD, MPHPittsburgh, PA1700090768
- Jason Bundy, M.D.Wyomissing, PA1164644548
- Kerstin Burman, MDPlains, PA1255585774
- Alberto Cabantog, M.D.Erie, PA1558351692
- Heather California, CRNP, FNP-CSaint Marys, PA1215657374
- Daniel Christian, M.D.Wilkes Barre, PA1942662085
- Todd Cousins, DOPort Matilda, PA1447300520
Common questions
What is Karthik Dwarki, MD's NPI number?
Karthik Dwarki, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1982059648, issued on May 2, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Karthik Dwarki, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1145 Bower Hill RD Ste 105, Pittsburgh, PA, 15243. Phone: (412) 866-7246. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Karthik Dwarki, MD's license?
Search the Pennsylvania Department of State (PALS) at https://www.pals.pa.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Karthik Dwarki, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Karthik Dwarki, MD had 1,337 Medicare Part D claims for 283 beneficiaries; the average among interventional pain medicine physician prescribers was 2,221. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), loaded Aug 27, 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.
Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 27, 2026.