Shaheen Ara Alam, M.D.
Psychiatry Physician · Brooklyn, NY
Shaheen Ara Alam, M.D. is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Brooklyn, New York, and NPI 1851659312, issued on May 2, 2012. Check the license (New York 296829, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Shaheen Ara Alam
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- 296829 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1545 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11213
- Phone
- (718) 613-4931
- Enumerated
- May 2, 2012
- Record last updated
- Nov 3, 2023
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20201019002962); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Shaheen Ara Alam in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
Search for license 296829Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
48% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
522 Medicare Part D claims for 61 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 4% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Hydroxyzine Hcl72 claims
- Buspirone Hcl50 claims
- Sertraline Hcl42 claims
- Trazodone Hcl38 claims
- Quetiapine Fumarate34 claims
- Venlafaxine Hcl Er30 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: $31.05
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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
- Promedica Central PhysiciansSylvania, OH
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Shaheen Ara Alam among 6,589 psychiatry physician records in New York
Shaheen Ara Alam, M.D. is one of 6,589 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in New York. 72% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2012, is newer than 70% of them.
- NPI issued2012 · 70% of these records are older, 27% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 72% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 39% of these records are
- Graduated1990 · median 2002 among the 2,559 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 65% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
559 psychiatry physician records list a practice address in Brooklyn
They are 559 of the 64,057 NPPES records with a practice address in Brooklyn, and 6,589 psychiatry physician records in New York.
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Common questions
What is Shaheen Ara Alam, M.D.'s NPI number?
Shaheen Ara Alam, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1851659312, issued on May 2, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Shaheen Ara Alam, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1545 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11213. Phone: (718) 613-4931. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Shaheen Ara Alam, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists New York license number 296829, as entered by the provider. Search the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions at https://www.op.nysed.gov/services/verifications/online-verification-searches. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Shaheen Ara Alam, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Shaheen Ara Alam, M.D. had 522 Medicare Part D claims for 61 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.