Kimberly Dawn Ponnuru, M.D.
Surgery Physician · Merriam, KS
Kimberly Dawn Ponnuru, M.D. is a surgery physician with a practice address in Merriam, Kansas, and NPI 1689766230, issued on Sep 29, 2006. Check the license (Kansas 0429857, as entered in NPPES) on the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kimberly Dawn Ponnuru
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- 0429857 KS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7450 Kessler St, Merriam, KS 66204
- Phone
- (913) 632-9200
- Enumerated
- Sep 29, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 5, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (913) 632-9209
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110824000947); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Kansas School Of Med (Kc/Wich/Sal), 2000
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 7450 Kessler St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Kimberly Dawn Ponnuru in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersKansas State Board of Healing Arts
Search for license 0429857Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
141 Medicare Part D claims for 76 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 63 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone Hcl60 claims
- Ondansetron Hcl54 claims
- Tamsulosin Hcl16 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: $24,041.25
43 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Intuitive Surgical, Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Shawnee Mission Medical Center IncMerriam, KS
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kimberly Dawn Ponnuru among 349 surgery physician records in Kansas
Kimberly Dawn Ponnuru, M.D. is one of 349 surgery physician records with a practice address in Kansas. 72% 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 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 60% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 52% of these records are
- Graduated2000 · median 2006 among the 180 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 50% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a Kansas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in Kansas
There are 349 surgery physician records in Kansas.
All 349 in Kansas → Every provider in Merriam → Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Elizabeth Bennett, M.D.Merriam, KS 662041396988879
- Joshua Langert, MDShawnee Mission, KS 662041447495387
- Bettina Lowe, M.D.Overland Park, KS 662041174529572
- Joseph Petelin, M.D.Shawnee Mission, KS 662041982658639
- Lynn Rawson, M.D.Shawnee Mission, KS 662041285836023
- Jay Richardson, MDOverland Park, KS 662041205921806
- Kelsey LarsonWestwood, KS 662051851680847
- Mark Reintjes, MDWestwood, KS 662051417058868
Common questions
What is Kimberly Dawn Ponnuru, M.D.'s NPI number?
Kimberly Dawn Ponnuru, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1689766230, issued on Sep 29, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kimberly Dawn Ponnuru, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7450 Kessler St, Merriam, KS, 66204. Phone: (913) 632-9200. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kimberly Dawn Ponnuru, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Kansas license number 0429857, as entered by the provider. Search the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts at https://www.ksbha.ks.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Kimberly Dawn Ponnuru, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kimberly Dawn Ponnuru, M.D. had 141 Medicare Part D claims for 76 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. 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.