Kedarnath Krishnamurthy Challakere, MD
Psychiatry Physician · Colton, CA
Kedarnath Krishnamurthy Challakere, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Colton, California, and NPI 1972610335, issued on Aug 23, 2006. Check the license (California A45337, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kedarnath Krishnamurthy Challakere
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- A45337 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 400 N Pepper Ave, Colton, CA 92324
- Phone
- (415) 305-7019
- Enumerated
- Aug 23, 2006
- Record last updated
- Feb 17, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (415) 366-2025
- Medicaid ID
- 00A453370 CA
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kedarnath Krishnamurthy Challakere in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A45337Check 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: $29.29
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. 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.
Kedarnath Krishnamurthy Challakere among 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California
Kedarnath Krishnamurthy Challakere, MD is one of 8,673 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in California. 67% 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 2% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 2% of these records are older, 67% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 38% of these records are
- Record last updated2020 · 54% 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
35 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in Colton
They are 35 of the 2,459 NPPES records with a practice address in Colton, and 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California.
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The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Keith Gordon, M.D.Colton, CA 923241053473629
- Johannes Ndlela, M.D.Colton, CA 923241699837898
- Doan Nguyen, MDColton, CA 923241457493405
- Mailan Pham, M.D.Colton, CA 923241255531687
- Stoyan Rusev, M.D.,PH.D.Colton, CA 923241902978760
Common questions
What is Kedarnath Krishnamurthy Challakere, MD's NPI number?
Kedarnath Krishnamurthy Challakere, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1972610335, issued on Aug 23, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kedarnath Krishnamurthy Challakere, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 400 N Pepper Ave, Colton, CA, 92324. Phone: (415) 305-7019. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kedarnath Krishnamurthy Challakere, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A45337, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.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.