NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Ramez Azzam

Infectious Disease Physician · Gainesville, FL

Ramez Azzam is an infectious disease physician with a practice address in Gainesville, Florida, and NPI 1598493074, issued on Aug 11, 2022. Check the license (Florida ME170130, as entered in NPPES) on the Florida health license search; 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
1598493074
Name
Ramez Azzam
Primary taxonomy
Infectious Disease Physician 207RI0200X
License numbers
ME170130 FL
RTL22-0451 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1600 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32610
Phone
(352) 273-9804
Enumerated
Aug 11, 2022
Record last updated
Jun 23, 2025
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20241108003239); 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 1600 SW Archer Road

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

  1. Sewar AbuarqobRheumatology Physician1720690688
  2. Judith Adams, ARNPPediatric Nurse Practitioner1487698379
  3. James Alexander, MDSurgical Critical Care Physician1992741003
  4. Myra Alfino, MDPediatrics Physician1609817014
  5. Lloyd Alford, MSSpeech-Language Pathologist1831200567
  6. Lily Allin, ARNPNurse Practitioner1366474116

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  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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69% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average infectious disease physician in 2024

211 Medicare Part D claims for 27 beneficiaries, against an average of 689 among the 7,388 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 74% of claims.

  1. Ramez Azzam211
  2. Specialty average689

Most prescribed

  1. Biktarvy71 claims
  2. Dovato26 claims
  3. Prezcobix17 claims
  4. Azithromycin13 claims
  5. Rifabutin11 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: $124.99

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Gilead Sciences, Inc. The 3,895 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,362.19 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Ramez Azzam$124.99
  2. Specialty average$4,362.19

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. Florida Clinical Practice Association IncGainesville, FL

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

Ramez Azzam among 760 infectious disease physician records in Florida

Ramez Azzam is one of 760 infectious disease physician records with a practice address in Florida. 87% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2022, is newer than 99% of them.

  • NPI issued2022 · 99% of these records are older, under 1% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 87% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 77% of these records are
  • Graduated2010 · median 2001 among the 581 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2025 · 51% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RI0200X and a Florida practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Infectious Disease Physician providers in Florida

There are 760 infectious disease physician records in Florida.

The 8 infectious disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Bradley Bender, MDGainesville, FL 326101023053097
  2. Anthony Cannella, MDGainesville, FL 326101861604027
  3. Cornelius Clancy, MDGainesville, FL 326101326075094
  4. Asmita Gupte, MDGainesville, FL 326101992900476
  5. Nicole Iovine, MDGainesville, FL 326101043312556
  6. Shehla Islam, MDGainesville, FL 326101538194402
  7. Jennifer Janelle, MDGainesville, FL 326101750491403
  8. Awewura Kwara, MDGainesville, FL 326101679538110

Common questions

What is Ramez Azzam's NPI number?

Ramez Azzam's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1598493074, issued on Aug 11, 2022. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Ramez Azzam located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1600 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, FL, 32610. Phone: (352) 273-9804. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Ramez Azzam's license?

NPPES lists Florida license number ME170130, as entered by the provider. Search the Florida health license search at https://mqa-internet.doh.state.fl.us/mqasearchservices/healthcareproviders. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Ramez Azzam prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Ramez Azzam had 211 Medicare Part D claims for 27 beneficiaries; the average among infectious disease physician prescribers was 689. 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.