Kirit A. Desai, MD
Interventional Cardiology Physician · Houston, TX
Kirit A. Desai, MD is an interventional cardiology physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1487761961, issued on Aug 23, 2006. Check the license (Texas F5889, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kirit A. Desai
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Interventional Cardiology Physician 207RI0011X
- License number
- F5889 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7737 Southwest Fwy, Houston, TX 77074
- Phone
- (713) 988-6850
- Enumerated
- Aug 23, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 16, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (713) 988-6840
- Medicaid ID
- 122077403 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20120522001178); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kirit A. Desai in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license F5889Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
41% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average interventional cardiology physician in 2024
1,864 Medicare Part D claims for 170 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,179 among the 6,605 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 25 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Losartan Potassium138 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate133 claims
- Carvedilol121 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium103 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium79 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium79 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: $193.40
8 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The 6,394 providers of this specialty with any payment received $7,062.29 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.
Kirit A. Desai among 724 interventional cardiology physician records in Texas
Kirit A. Desai, MD is one of 724 interventional cardiology physician records with a practice address in Texas. 97% 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 15% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 15% of these records are older, 57% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 97% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 90% of these records are
- Graduated1972 · median 2003 among the 653 with a school on file
- Record last updated2015 · 31% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RI0011X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Interventional Cardiology Physician providers in Texas
There are 724 interventional cardiology physician records in Texas.
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The 8 interventional cardiology physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Hassan Kamran, M.D.Houston, TX 770741871903484
- Rohini Manaktala, D.O.Houston, TX 770741508253402
- Mohammad Rana, M.D.Houston, TX 770741083902241
- Mandeep Randhawa, M.D.Houston, TX 770741255562138
- Jose Soto, MDHouston, TX 770741497756449
- Bashir Al Kaddoumi, M.B, B.S, M.D.Houston, TX 770701194996702
Common questions
What is Kirit A. Desai, MD's NPI number?
Kirit A. Desai, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1487761961, issued on Aug 23, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kirit A. Desai, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7737 Southwest Fwy, Houston, TX, 77074. Phone: (713) 988-6850. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kirit A. Desai, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number F5889, 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.
How much does Kirit A. Desai, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kirit A. Desai, MD had 1,864 Medicare Part D claims for 170 beneficiaries; the average among interventional cardiology physician prescribers was 3,179. 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.