NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Tarif Hisham Khair, M.D.

Cardiovascular Disease Physician · Houston, TX

Tarif Hisham Khair, M.D. is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1255524179, issued on Aug 23, 2007. Check the license (Texas P0244, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1255524179
Name
Tarif Hisham Khair
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
License number
P0244 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
6410 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030
Phone
(832) 325-7211
Enumerated
Aug 23, 2007
Record last updated
Feb 23, 2024
Fax
(713) 512-2245
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20111017000322); accepts Medicare assignment
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 6410 Fannin Street

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

  1. Marcelo Bedoya Sommerkamp, M.D.Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1184476616
  2. George Edwards, MDObstetrics & Gynecology Physician1801874433
  3. Hiroki Harada, M.D.Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1023806346
  4. Ashlie Llorens, PHDMental Health Counselor1700261757

Verify Tarif Hisham Khair in five checks

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  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
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96% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024

115 Medicare Part D claims for 24 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,078 among the 20,728 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 21% of claims.

  1. Tarif Khair115
  2. Specialty average3,078

Most prescribed

  1. Lisinopril13 claims
  2. Metoprolol Succinate12 claims
  3. Metoprolol Tartrate11 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: $109.89

5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer Inc. The 16,686 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,819.56 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Tarif Khair$109.89
  2. Specialty average$3,819.56

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. UT PhysiciansHouston, TX

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

Tarif Hisham Khair among 1,603 cardiovascular disease physician records in Texas

Tarif Hisham Khair, M.D. is one of 1,603 cardiovascular disease physician records with a practice address in Texas. 88% 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 58% of them.

  • NPI issued2007 · 58% of these records are older, 33% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 88% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 76% of these records are
  • Graduated2006 · median 1998 among the 1,219 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2024 · 47% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RC0000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in Texas

There are 1,603 cardiovascular disease physician records in Texas.

The 8 cardiovascular disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Gregory Appleton, M.D.Houston, TX 770301114927928
  2. Jaime Benrey, MDHouston, TX 770301003810854
  3. Michael Bungo, M.D.Houston, TX 770301497756654
  4. Sayed Feghali, M.D.Houston, TX 770301326040486
  5. Jorge Garcia-Gregory, MDHouston, TX 770301760486450
  6. Ihab Hamzeh, MDHouston, TX 770301700886934
  7. Surendra Jain, MDHouston, TX 770301326036195
  8. Milton Klein, MDHouston, TX 770301689673568

Common questions

What is Tarif Hisham Khair, M.D.'s NPI number?

Tarif Hisham Khair, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1255524179, issued on Aug 23, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Tarif Hisham Khair, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6410 Fannin Street, Houston, TX, 77030. Phone: (832) 325-7211. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Tarif Hisham Khair, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Texas license number P0244, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Tarif Hisham Khair, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Tarif Hisham Khair, M.D. had 115 Medicare Part D claims for 24 beneficiaries; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,078. 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.