NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Minal Patel, MD

Emergency Medicine Physician · Houston, TX

Minal Patel, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1356035935, issued on Jun 6, 2023. Check the license (Texas W3591, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas 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
1356035935
Name
Minal Patel
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
License number
W3591 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
18500 Katy Fwy, Houston, TX 77094
Phone
(832) 522-1000
Enumerated
Jun 6, 2023
Record last updated
Jun 23, 2026
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 18500 Katy Fwy

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

  1. Olajumoke Akinwumi, CNPNurse Practitioner1508608233
  2. Boura Al AliPharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist1285467175
  3. Zaman AliPharmacist1942789896
  4. Sunil Aradhya, M.D.Emergency Medicine Physician1902164163
  5. Aamer Attaar, PHARMDPharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist1457125379
  6. Ricardo Barroso, CSASurgical Assistant1588321954

Verify Minal Patel in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas 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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86% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024

32 Medicare Part D claims for 22 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Minal Patel32
  2. Specialty average226

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.

Minal Patel among 4,885 emergency medicine physician records in Texas

Minal Patel, MD is one of 4,885 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 83% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2023, is newer than 96% of them.

  • NPI issued2023 · 96% of these records are older, 2% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 57% of these records are
  • Record last updated2026 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

818 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Houston

They are 818 of the 61,221 NPPES records with a practice address in Houston, and 4,885 emergency medicine physician records in Texas.

The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Sunil Aradhya, M.D.Houston, TX 770941902164163
  2. Tamara Beckford, MDHouston, TX 770941578761243
  3. Ashish Narang, DOHouston, TX 770941841458304
  4. Serah Oyewole, MDHouston, TX 770941194286401
  5. Victor Hugo Arellano, MDHouston, TX 770951033146865
  6. Samuel Adesoba, MDHouston, TX 770961023122371
  7. Yakira Alford, MD, MPHHouston, TX 770901326667205
  8. Phu CaoHouston, TX 770901497179626

Common questions

What is Minal Patel, MD's NPI number?

Minal Patel, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1356035935, issued on Jun 6, 2023. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Minal Patel, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 18500 Katy Fwy, Houston, TX, 77094. Phone: (832) 522-1000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Minal Patel, MD's license?

NPPES lists Texas license number W3591, 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 Minal Patel, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Minal Patel, MD had 32 Medicare Part D claims for 22 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.