Robert Ezra Merritt, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · Columbus, OH
Robert Ezra Merritt, MD is a thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Columbus, Ohio, and NPI 1508051319, issued on Sep 14, 2007. Check the license (Ohio 35122572, as entered in NPPES) on the State Medical Board of Ohio; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Robert Ezra Merritt
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician 208G00000X
- License number
- 35122572 OH
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 300 W 10TH Ave FL 2, Columbus, OH 43210
- Phone
- (614) 293-9059
- Enumerated
- Sep 14, 2007
- Record last updated
- Oct 23, 2024
- Fax
- (614) 293-0201
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20131226001637); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Js Weill Medical College, Cornell University, 1998
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Robert Ezra Merritt in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersState Medical Board of Ohio
Search for license 35122572Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 95.3 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.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $10,640.38
19 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Intuitive Surgical, Inc. The 4,047 providers of this specialty with any payment received $7,828.84 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 one group practice
- Osu Surgery, LLCColumbus, OH
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Robert Ezra Merritt among 310 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in Ohio
Robert Ezra Merritt, MD is one of 310 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with a practice address in Ohio. 71% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 45% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 45% of these records are older, 47% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 71% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 1998 among the 188 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 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 208G00000X and a Ohio practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician providers in Ohio
There are 310 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in Ohio.
All 310 in Ohio → Every provider in Columbus → Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician nationwide →
The 8 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Ioana Baiu, MDColumbus, OH 432101598007544
- Jovan Bozinovski, MDColumbus, OH 432101184704512
- Desmond D'Souza, M.DColumbus, OH 432101841472842
- Christian Ghincea, MDColumbus, OH 432101699139618
- Matthew Henn, MDColumbus, OH 432101346536984
- Robert Higgins, MDColumbus, OH 432101154434496
- Maziar Khorsandi, MDColumbus, OH 432101013449404
Common questions
What is Robert Ezra Merritt, MD's NPI number?
Robert Ezra Merritt, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1508051319, issued on Sep 14, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Robert Ezra Merritt, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 300 W 10TH Ave FL 2, Columbus, OH, 43210. Phone: (614) 293-9059. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Robert Ezra Merritt, MD's license?
NPPES lists Ohio license number 35122572, as entered by the provider. Search the State Medical Board of Ohio at https://elicense.ohio.gov/oh_verifylicense. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
What is Robert Ezra Merritt, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 95.3 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.