Syed Ahmad
Internal Medicine Physician · Brooklyn, NY
Syed Ahmad is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Brooklyn, New York, and NPI 1508898289, issued on Jul 6, 2006. Check the license (New York 163156, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Syed Ahmad
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- 163156 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1473 Sterling PL, Brooklyn, NY 11213
- Phone
- (718) 756-3939
- Enumerated
- Jul 6, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 11, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid ID
- 00900587 NY
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050317000841); may accept Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Syed Ahmad 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 163156Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
83% more Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024
5,810 Medicare Part D claims for 386 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 13% of claims. 41 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amlodipine Besylate419 claims
- Losartan Potassium367 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium361 claims
- Metformin Hcl174 claims
- Rosuvastatin Calcium141 claims
- Meloxicam140 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: $422.71
15 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. 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.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Syed Ahmad among 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York
Syed Ahmad is one of 12,067 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in New York. 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 8% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 8% of these records are older, 53% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 60% of these records are
- Graduated1982 · median 2002 among the 7,221 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 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 New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
1,497 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Brooklyn
They are 1,497 of the 64,057 NPPES records with a practice address in Brooklyn, and 12,067 internal medicine physician records in New York.
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Common questions
What is Syed Ahmad's NPI number?
Syed Ahmad's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1508898289, issued on Jul 6, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Syed Ahmad located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1473 Sterling PL, Brooklyn, NY, 11213. Phone: (718) 756-3939. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Syed Ahmad's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 163156, 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 Syed Ahmad prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Syed Ahmad had 5,810 Medicare Part D claims for 386 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.