Samara Ellen Kester, DO
Emergency Medicine Physician · Valparaiso, IN
Samara Ellen Kester, DO is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Valparaiso, Indiana, and NPI 1639280365, issued on Aug 31, 2006. Check the license (Indiana 02001380A, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Samara Ellen Kester
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 02001380A IN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 814 Laporte Ave, Valparaiso, IN 46383
- Phone
- (219) 263-4600
- Enumerated
- Aug 31, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 7, 2023
- Medicaid ID
- 100331070 IN
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Samara Ellen Kester in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Licensing Board of Indiana
Search for license 02001380ACheck the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $33.63
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 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.
Samara Ellen Kester among 1,293 emergency medicine physician records in Indiana
Samara Ellen Kester, DO is one of 1,293 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Indiana. 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 2006, is newer than 10% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 10% of these records are older, 55% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 63% of these records are
- Record last updated2023 · 54% 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 Indiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
13 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Valparaiso
They are 13 of the 1,525 NPPES records with a practice address in Valparaiso, and 1,293 emergency medicine physician records in Indiana.
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The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- John Agee, DOValparaiso, IN 463831871530105
- Katherine Bell, D.O.Valparaiso, IN 463831689838815
- Jane Bradlaw, D.O.Valparaiso, IN 463831497911697
- Robert Brunk, DOValparaiso, IN 463831184678765
- David Cummins, M.D.Valparaiso, IN 463831043475445
- Juliemarie Gerick, MDValparaiso, IN 463831861426108
- Vishnuvardhan Rao, D.O.Valparaiso, IN 463831679557656
- Rikin Shah, D.O.Valparaiso, IN 463831487096368
Common questions
What is Samara Ellen Kester, DO's NPI number?
Samara Ellen Kester, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1639280365, issued on Aug 31, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Samara Ellen Kester, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 814 Laporte Ave, Valparaiso, IN, 46383. Phone: (219) 263-4600. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Samara Ellen Kester, DO's license?
NPPES lists Indiana license number 02001380A, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana at https://www.in.gov/pla/professions/physicians-home/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
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.