NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Najib El Tecle, MD, MS

Neurological Surgery Physician · Chicago, IL

Najib El Tecle, MD, MS is a neurological surgery physician with a practice address in Chicago, Illinois, and NPI 1982022471, issued on Apr 1, 2014. Check the license (Illinois 036160099, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1982022471
Name
Najib El Tecle
Credential
MD, MS
Primary taxonomy
Neurological Surgery Physician 207T00000X
License number
036160099 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
259 E Erie St Ste 1450, Chicago, IL 60611
Phone
(312) 695-7746
Enumerated
Apr 1, 2014
Record last updated
Sep 6, 2022
Fax
(312) 694-6387
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20220707003914); accepts Medicare assignment
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 259 E Erie St Ste 1450

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

  1. James Boddu, MDNeurological Surgery Physician1669979027
  2. Gregory Bowman, APRN, CNPNurse Practitioner1346832334
  3. Claire Davies, PTPhysical Therapist1437200656
  4. Karen Ferkau, P.A.Physician Assistant1013082809
  5. Khrystyna Kostryba, APRN, FNP-BC, FNP-CNurse Practitioner1760284038
  6. Rebecca Mladucky, PT, DPTPhysical Therapist1518635580

Verify Najib El Tecle in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
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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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The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 94.1 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score82.6
  2. Costnot scored (reweighted)
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $7,128.41

26 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Orthofix Medical, Inc. The 5,377 providers of this specialty with any payment received $14,925.58 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Najib El Tecle$7,128
  2. Specialty average$14,926

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. Northwestern Medical Faculty FoundationChicago, IL

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

Najib El Tecle among 375 neurological surgery physician records in Illinois

Najib El Tecle, MD, MS is one of 375 neurological surgery physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 77% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2014, is newer than 63% of them.

  • NPI issued2014 · 63% of these records are older, 34% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 53% of these records are
  • Graduated2011 · median 2004 among the 199 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2022 · 50% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207T00000X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Neurological Surgery Physician providers in Illinois

There are 375 neurological surgery physician records in Illinois.

The 8 neurological surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. James Chandler, MDChicago, IL 606111881656411
  2. George Cybulski, MDChicago, IL 606111336107937
  3. Nader Dahdaleh, M.D.Chicago, IL 606111831307339
  4. Sunit Das, M.D., PH.D.Chicago, IL 606111114173804
  5. Aruna Ganju, MDChicago, IL 606111366487969
  6. Amy Heimberger, M.D.Chicago, IL 606111235220955
  7. Babak Jahromi, MDChicago, IL 606111467616193
  8. Michel Kliot, M.D.Chicago, IL 606111952411001

Common questions

What is Najib El Tecle, MD, MS's NPI number?

Najib El Tecle, MD, MS's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1982022471, issued on Apr 1, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Najib El Tecle, MD, MS located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 259 E Erie St Ste 1450, Chicago, IL, 60611. Phone: (312) 695-7746. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Najib El Tecle, MD, MS's license?

NPPES lists Illinois license number 036160099, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

What is Najib El Tecle, MD, MS's MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 94.1 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

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.