NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Max Kitaj

Psychiatry Physician · New York, NY

Max Kitaj is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in New York, New York, and NPI 1851979850, issued on Mar 31, 2021. Check the license (New York 317892, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; 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
1851979850
Name
Max Kitaj
Primary taxonomy
Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
License numbers
317892 NY
A203244 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
21 Allen St Uppr Right, New York, NY 10002
Phone
(917) 261-2177
Enumerated
Mar 31, 2021
Record last updated
Nov 18, 2025
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20250806000639); may accept Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Warren Alpert Medical School Of Brown University, 2021
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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Verify Max Kitaj in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
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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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93% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024

72 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of claims.

  1. Max Kitaj72
  2. Specialty average1,000

Most prescribed

  1. Clozapine28 claims
  2. Gabapentin16 claims
  3. Buspirone Hcl13 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.

Max Kitaj among 6,589 psychiatry physician records in New York

Max Kitaj is one of 6,589 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in New York. 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 2021, is newer than 94% of them.

  • NPI issued2021 · 94% of these records are older, 3% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 39% of these records are
  • Graduated2021 · median 2002 among the 2,559 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2025 · 65% 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 New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

2,604 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in New York

They are 2,604 of the 98,468 NPPES records with a practice address in New York, and 6,589 psychiatry physician records in New York.

The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Pura Castillo, MDNew York, NY 100021558301143
  2. Daniel Chen, MDNew York, NY 100021285710038
  3. Kah Hong Goh, M.D.New York, NY 100021538326806
  4. Anuj Gupta, M.D.New York, NY 100021295948057
  5. Deborah Iarussi, LMSWNew York, NY 100021417285271
  6. Glenn Jeffery, MDNew York, NY 100021841381373
  7. Qiuxia Lan, M.D.New York, NY 100021336195452
  8. John Lines, M.D.New York, NY 100021487607834

Common questions

What is Max Kitaj's NPI number?

Max Kitaj's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1851979850, issued on Mar 31, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Max Kitaj located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 21 Allen St Uppr Right, New York, NY, 10002. Phone: (917) 261-2177. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Max Kitaj's license?

NPPES lists New York license number 317892, as entered by the provider. Search the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions at https://www.op.nysed.gov/services/verifications/online-verification-searches. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Max Kitaj prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Max Kitaj had 72 Medicare Part D claims; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.