Nirmal Shyam Sharma, MD
Pulmonary Disease Physician · Houston, TX
Nirmal Shyam Sharma, MD is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1003115478, issued on Mar 24, 2011. Check the license (Texas V8023, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nirmal Shyam Sharma
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
- License numbers
- V8023 TX
ME132739 FL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7200 Cambridge St FL 8, Houston, TX 77030
- Phone
- (713) 798-2400
- Enumerated
- Mar 24, 2011
- Record last updated
- Oct 6, 2025
- Medicaid ID
- 021490100 FL
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20250624000326); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Nirmal Shyam Sharma in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license V8023Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
92% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024
113 Medicare Part D claims for 49 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Azithromycin13 claims
- Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim13 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $8,149.07
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC. The 8,806 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,159.88 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 2 group practices
- Baylor College OF MedicineHouston, TX
- Brigham And Womens Physicians Organization IncBoston, MA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Nirmal Shyam Sharma among 967 pulmonary disease physician records in Texas
Nirmal Shyam Sharma, MD is one of 967 pulmonary disease physician records with a practice address in Texas. 88% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2011, is newer than 72% of them.
- NPI issued2011 · 72% of these records are older, 25% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 88% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 80% of these records are
- Graduated2008 · median 2001 among the 773 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 48% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RP1001X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in Texas
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The 8 pulmonary disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Khalid Almoosa, M.D.Houston, TX 770301578528956
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- Prasad Manian, M.D.Houston, TX 770301194777318
- Dipaben Modi, MDHouston, TX 770301114971850
- Shahram Moghtader, M.D.Houston, TX 770301356398531
- Jayasimha Murthy, MDHouston, TX 770301477543122
- Phuong-Dung Nguyen, MDHouston, TX 770301962486878
Common questions
What is Nirmal Shyam Sharma, MD's NPI number?
Nirmal Shyam Sharma, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1003115478, issued on Mar 24, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nirmal Shyam Sharma, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7200 Cambridge St FL 8, Houston, TX, 77030. Phone: (713) 798-2400. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nirmal Shyam Sharma, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number V8023, 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 Nirmal Shyam Sharma, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nirmal Shyam Sharma, MD had 113 Medicare Part D claims for 49 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. 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.