NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Shirish Bavajibhai Patel, M.D

Internal Medicine Physician · Lakewood, CA

Shirish Bavajibhai Patel, M.D is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Lakewood, California, and NPI 1487765376, issued on Aug 31, 2006. Check the license (California A0040789, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1487765376
Name
Shirish Bavajibhai Patel
Credential
M.D
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
A0040789 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
3650 E. South St, Lakewood, CA 90712
Phone
(562) 925-7401
Enumerated
Aug 31, 2006
Record last updated
Apr 23, 2025
Fax
(105) 554-4045
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20120206000108); 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 3650 E. South St

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

  1. Liza Chavez, M.D.Infectious Disease Physician1316038045
  2. Pad Krishna, MDOrthopaedic Surgery Physician1669558276

Verify Shirish Bavajibhai Patel in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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58% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

1,321 Medicare Part D claims for 169 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims.

  1. Shirish Patel1,321
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium124 claims
  2. Amlodipine Besylate56 claims
  3. Metformin Hcl55 claims
  4. Losartan Potassium51 claims
  5. Omeprazole50 claims
  6. Losartan-Hydrochlorothiazide42 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: $326.92

14 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lilly USA, LLC. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Shirish Patel$326.92
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

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. Shirish B Patel MD IncLakewood, CA

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

Shirish Bavajibhai Patel among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California

Shirish Bavajibhai Patel, M.D is one of 17,696 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 79% 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 5% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 56% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
  • Graduated1977 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2025 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

23 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Lakewood

They are 23 of the 1,204 NPPES records with a practice address in Lakewood, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Prasad Chode, MDLakewood, CA 907121194720847
  2. Michael Freund, M.D.Lakewood, CA 907121447244157
  3. Cherie Garcia, MDLakewood, CA 907121497786396
  4. Olga Ginzburg, MDLakewood, CA 907121891723482
  5. Scott Gordon, MDLakewood, CA 907121033140801
  6. Daisy Guevara, MDLakewood, CA 907121396740932
  7. Aaron Kern, MDLakewood, CA 907121891726725
  8. Jesse Licuanan, M.D.Lakewood, CA 907121396795514

Common questions

What is Shirish Bavajibhai Patel, M.D's NPI number?

Shirish Bavajibhai Patel, M.D's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1487765376, issued on Aug 31, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Shirish Bavajibhai Patel, M.D located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3650 E. South St, Lakewood, CA, 90712. Phone: (562) 925-7401. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Shirish Bavajibhai Patel, M.D's license?

NPPES lists California license number A0040789, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Shirish Bavajibhai Patel, M.D prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Shirish Bavajibhai Patel, M.D had 1,321 Medicare Part D claims for 169 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.