Registry data as of Aug 27, 2026

Tawfiq Alam, M.D., PH.D.

Gastroenterology Physician · The Woodlands, TX

Tawfiq Alam, M.D., PH.D. is a gastroenterology physician with a practice address in The Woodlands, Texas, and NPI 1629092689, issued on Jul 26, 2006. Check the license (Texas L7958, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, loaded Aug 27, 2026 · Medicare files 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordas of Aug 27, 2026
1629092689
Name
Tawfiq Alam
Credential
M.D., PH.D.
Primary taxonomy
Gastroenterology Physician 207RG0100X
License number
L7958 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
17521 St Lukes Way, The Woodlands, TX 77384
Phone
(936) 321-0000
Enumerated
Jul 26, 2006
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 17521 St Lukes Way

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

  1. Nicole Harris, MDFamily Medicine Physician1306000708
  2. Joel Kerschenbaum, MDFamily Medicine Physician1124115167
  3. Morganne Mathew, MDSpecialist1790924991
  4. Laurie Robertson, FNP-BCFamily Nurse Practitioner1942563697
  5. Kristin Sodolak, PAMedical Physician Assistant1104263474

Verify Tawfiq Alam in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
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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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53% more Medicare Part D claims than the average gastroenterology physician in 2024

1,295 Medicare Part D claims for 533 beneficiaries, against an average of 848 among the 13,066 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims.

  1. Tawfiq Alam1,295
  2. Specialty average848

Most prescribed

  1. Pantoprazole Sodium425 claims
  2. Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag Sulf324 claims
  3. Famotidine188 claims
  4. Omeprazole47 claims
  5. Sucralfate36 claims
  6. Humira(Cf) Pen30 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.

The Medicare quality score for 2023: 12.5 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score0.0
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%41.6
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%
  4. Improvement activities0 of 40 points · 15%0.0

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $1,378.49

39 payments, mostly food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc.. The 10,593 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,948.62 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Tawfiq Alam$1,378.49
  2. Specialty average$4,948.62

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Gastroenterology Physician providers in Texas

There are 1,135 gastroenterology physician records in Texas.

Other gastroenterology physician records in Texas

  1. Ali AamarHouston, TX1922419209
  2. Amro Abdellatief, MDMcAllen, TX1932737020
  3. Olufemi Abiodun, MDArlington, TX1821199464
  4. Mohammed Aboelsoud, MDShenandoah, TX1316351430
  5. Bincy Abraham, MDHouston, TX1578767166
  6. Cherian Abraham, M.D.North Richland Hills, TX1134188311
  7. Sindhu Abraham, M.D.Plano, TX1033178223
  8. Daniela Abrams, MDGalveston, TX1801357793
  9. Rajeshwar Abrol, M.D.Tomball, TX1447258108
  10. Yazan Abu Qwaider, MDCorpus Christi, TX1356377816

Common questions

What is Tawfiq Alam, M.D., PH.D.'s NPI number?

Tawfiq Alam, M.D., PH.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1629092689, issued on Jul 26, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Tawfiq Alam, M.D., PH.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 17521 St Lukes Way, The Woodlands, TX, 77384. Phone: (936) 321-0000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Tawfiq Alam, M.D., PH.D.'s license?

NPPES lists Texas license number L7958, 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 Tawfiq Alam, M.D., PH.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Tawfiq Alam, M.D., PH.D. had 1,295 Medicare Part D claims for 533 beneficiaries; the average among gastroenterology physician prescribers was 848. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Tawfiq Alam, M.D., PH.D.'s Medicare quality score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 12.5 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), loaded Aug 27, 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.

Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 27, 2026.