Kunal Jatinkumar Patel, MD, PHD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · Durham, NC
Kunal Jatinkumar Patel, MD, PHD is a thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Durham, North Carolina, and NPI 1447698642, issued on Jun 10, 2013. Check the license (North Carolina 2023-02411, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kunal Jatinkumar Patel
- Credential
- MD, PHD
- Primary taxonomy
- Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician 208G00000X
- License number
- 2023-02411 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Duke Cancer Center, Thoracic Clinic, Clinic 3-2, Durham, NC 27710
- Phone
- (919) 668-6688
- Enumerated
- Jun 10, 2013
- Record last updated
- Sep 11, 2023
- Fax
- (919) 613-4082
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230927001010); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Virginia School Of Medicine, 2013
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kunal Jatinkumar Patel in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2023-02411Check 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: $3,456.48
7 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was United Therapeutics Corporation. The 4,047 providers of this specialty with any payment received $7,828.84 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
- Duke Health Integrated Practice IncDurham, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kunal Jatinkumar Patel among 157 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in North Carolina
Kunal Jatinkumar Patel, MD, PHD is one of 157 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 71% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2013, is newer than 83% of them.
- NPI issued2013 · 83% of these records are older, 15% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 71% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated2013 · median 1998 among the 97 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 63% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208G00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician providers in North Carolina
There are 157 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in North Carolina.
All 157 in North Carolina → Every provider in Durham → Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician nationwide →
The 8 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Stafford BaldersonDurham, NC 277101801966635
- Kaitlin Bevers, MDDurham, NC 277101437578473
- Thomas D'Amico, M.D.Durham, NC 277101023171899
- Jeffrey Gaca, MDDurham, NC 277101821260431
- Herbert Lyerly, M.D.Durham, NC 277101427111202
- Charles Murphy, M.D.Durham, NC 277101770546772
- Gustavo Parrilla, MDDurham, NC 277101174872931
- Jennifer PernaDurham, NC 277101568545721
Common questions
What is Kunal Jatinkumar Patel, MD, PHD's NPI number?
Kunal Jatinkumar Patel, MD, PHD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1447698642, issued on Jun 10, 2013. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kunal Jatinkumar Patel, MD, PHD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Duke Cancer Center, Thoracic Clinic, Clinic 3-2, Durham, NC, 27710. Phone: (919) 668-6688. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kunal Jatinkumar Patel, MD, PHD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2023-02411, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.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.