Tamara Buckles, MD
Pediatrics Physician · Carbondale, IL
Tamara Buckles, MD is a pediatrics physician with a practice address in Carbondale, Illinois, and NPI 1821145715, issued on Jan 4, 2007. Check the license (Illinois 036137494, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Tamara Buckles
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Pediatrics Physician 208000000X
- License number
- 036137494 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2601 W Main St, Carbondale, IL 62901
- Phone
- (618) 549-5361
- Enumerated
- Jan 4, 2007
- Record last updated
- Oct 20, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (618) 351-4878
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2601 W Main St
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- Nichole Boudet, NPNurse Practitioner1942834742
Verify Tamara Buckles in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
Search for license 036137494Check 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: $43.73
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Seqirus USA Inc. The 21,580 providers of this specialty with any payment received $842.05 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.
Tamara Buckles among 3,176 pediatrics physician records in Illinois
Tamara Buckles, MD is one of 3,176 pediatrics physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 32% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 41% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 41% of these records are older, 51% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 32% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 7% of these records are
- Record last updated2020 · 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 208000000X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Pediatrics Physician providers in Illinois
There are 3,176 pediatrics physician records in Illinois.
All 3,176 in Illinois → Every provider in Carbondale → Pediatrics Physician nationwide →
The 8 pediatrics physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Amanda Bleichner, M.D.Carbondale, IL 629011639339419
- Kathryn Churling, M.D.Carbondale, IL 629011184737306
- Tandy Korte, M.D.Carbondale, IL 629011376656439
- Anna Little, MDCarbondale, IL 629011982801742
- Kurt Martin, M.D.Carbondale, IL 629011164535365
- Paul Ploegman, M.D.Carbondale, IL 629011871517466
- Bindu Reddy, M.D.Carbondale, IL 629011215914775
- Kathy Swafford, M.D.Carbondale, IL 629011871583849
Common questions
What is Tamara Buckles, MD's NPI number?
Tamara Buckles, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1821145715, issued on Jan 4, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Tamara Buckles, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2601 W Main St, Carbondale, IL, 62901. Phone: (618) 549-5361. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Tamara Buckles, MD's license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 036137494, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. 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.