Sukanya Pillai Venkatachalam, M.D.
Psychiatry Physician · Pleasanton, CA
Sukanya Pillai Venkatachalam, M.D. is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Pleasanton, California, and NPI 1083878078, issued on Jul 18, 2008. Check the license (California A112695, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Sukanya Pillai Venkatachalam
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License numbers
- A112695 CA
125053856 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5924 Stoneridge Dr, Pleasanton, CA 94588
- Phone
- (925) 944-1733
- Enumerated
- Jul 18, 2008
- Record last updated
- May 21, 2015 (not updated in 11 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (925) 223-6625
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20111005000741); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Sukanya Pillai Venkatachalam in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A112695Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
16% more Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
1,162 Medicare Part D claims for 81 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Lorazepam84 claims
- Alprazolam65 claims
- Clonazepam65 claims
- Duloxetine Hcl64 claims
- Trazodone Hcl59 claims
- Trintellix59 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: $308.24
8 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Alkermes, 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
- Comprehensive Psychiatric Services A Medical GroupWalnut Creek, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Sukanya Pillai Venkatachalam among 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California
Sukanya Pillai Venkatachalam, M.D. is one of 8,673 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in California. 67% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2008, is newer than 52% of them.
- NPI issued2008 · 52% of these records are older, 43% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 38% of these records are
- Graduated2006 · median 2005 among the 3,295 with a school on file
- Record last updated2015 · 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 2084P0800X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Psychiatry Physician providers in California
There are 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California.
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The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Mudassir Ali, M.D.Pleasanton, CA 945881245278548
- Dipti Bhakta, MDPleasanton, CA 945881558569400
- Laurie Chen, M.D.Pleasanton, CA 945881861689820
- Juan De Hoyos, MDPleasanton, CA 945881336181411
- Kathryn Econome, MDPleasanton, CA 945881811069636
- Lisa Fazzolari, DOPleasanton, CA 945881679793269
- David Finkelstein, M.D.Pleasanton, CA 945881124179262
- Rebecca Hirsch, MDPleasanton, CA 945881033295563
Common questions
What is Sukanya Pillai Venkatachalam, M.D.'s NPI number?
Sukanya Pillai Venkatachalam, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1083878078, issued on Jul 18, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Sukanya Pillai Venkatachalam, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5924 Stoneridge Dr, Pleasanton, CA, 94588. Phone: (925) 944-1733. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Sukanya Pillai Venkatachalam, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A112695, 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 Sukanya Pillai Venkatachalam, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Sukanya Pillai Venkatachalam, M.D. had 1,162 Medicare Part D claims for 81 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.