NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Lara Schaheen, MD

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · Phoenix, AZ

Lara Schaheen, MD is a thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Phoenix, Arizona, and NPI 1720341803, issued on Jun 22, 2012. Check the license (Arizona 59094, as entered in NPPES) on the Arizona Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1720341803
Name
Lara Schaheen
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician 208G00000X
License number
59094 AZ
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
500 W Thomas RD Ste 500, Phoenix, AZ 85013
Phone
(602) 406-4000
Enumerated
Jun 22, 2012
Record last updated
Sep 12, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(602) 406-6498
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20190909004083); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Cincinnati College Of Medicine And Surgery, 2012
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 500 W Thomas RD Ste 500

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Hesham Abdelrazek, MDPulmonary Disease Physician1841266681
  2. Shair Ahmed, MDThoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician1629270749
  3. Cassandra Archer, AGACNP-BCAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1881145746
  4. Ashwini Arjuna, MDPulmonary Disease Physician1881909166
  5. Sreeja Biswas Roy, MDPulmonary Disease Physician1902218480
  6. Heather Boakye-Wenzel, MDCritical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician1023407483

Verify Lara Schaheen in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersArizona Medical Board
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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Industry payments in 2024: $823.81

8 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Paragonix Technologies, Inc. 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.

  1. Lara Schaheen$823.81
  2. Specialty average$7,828.84

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

  1. Sjhmc Physician ServicesPhoenix, AZ

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Lara Schaheen among 123 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in Arizona

Lara Schaheen, MD is one of 123 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with a practice address in Arizona. 78% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2012, is newer than 79% of them.

  • NPI issued2012 · 79% of these records are older, 17% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 78% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 65% of these records are
  • Graduated2012 · median 1999 among the 80 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2019 · 49% 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 Arizona 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 Arizona

There are 123 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in Arizona.

The 8 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Shair Ahmed, MDPhoenix, AZ 850131629270749
  2. Lishan Aklog, M.D.Phoenix, AZ 850131801817937
  3. Kevin Brady, MDPhoenix, AZ 850131154315810
  4. Ross Bremner, MDPhoenix, AZ 850131205849429
  5. Hsien-Chen ChiangPhoenix, AZ 850131902357676
  6. Abdul Samad Hashimi, MDPhoenix, AZ 850131588873715
  7. Jasmine Huang, MDPhoenix, AZ 850131487861241
  8. Ravi Koopot, M.D.Phoenix, AZ 850131205949211

Common questions

What is Lara Schaheen, MD's NPI number?

Lara Schaheen, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1720341803, issued on Jun 22, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Lara Schaheen, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 500 W Thomas RD Ste 500, Phoenix, AZ, 85013. Phone: (602) 406-4000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Lara Schaheen, MD's license?

NPPES lists Arizona license number 59094, as entered by the provider. Search the Arizona Medical Board at https://www.azmd.gov/. 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.