Tirunellai Ranganathan Shankar, MD
Surgery Physician · Skowhegan, ME
Tirunellai Ranganathan Shankar, MD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Skowhegan, Maine, and NPI 1780700856, issued on Mar 21, 2007. Check the license (Maine MD17663, as entered in NPPES) on the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Tirunellai Ranganathan Shankar
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- MD17663 ME
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 46 Fairview Ave Ste 223, Skowhegan, ME 04976
- Phone
- (207) 474-7045
- Enumerated
- Mar 21, 2007
- Record last updated
- Jul 3, 2023
- Fax
- (207) 474-5173
- Medicaid ID
- 1780700856 ME
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20080321000051); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Nevada School Of Medicine
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 46 Fairview Ave Ste 223
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Rachael Amador, DOSurgery Physician1942707153
- Robert Ellis, PA-CSurgical Physician Assistant1912927971
- Hilary LeeNurse Practitioner1033561493
- Marie Mason, PAPhysician Assistant1508114430
Verify Tirunellai Ranganathan Shankar in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMaine Board of Licensure in Medicine
Search for license MD17663Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
33% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
98 Medicare Part D claims for 68 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 43 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen42 claims
- Famotidine22 claims
- Omeprazole13 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Redington-Fairview General HospitalSkowhegan, ME
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Tirunellai Ranganathan Shankar among 229 surgery physician records in Maine
Tirunellai Ranganathan Shankar, MD is one of 229 surgery physician records with a practice address in Maine. 68% 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 57% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 57% of these records are older, 35% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 68% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 53% of these records are
- Record last updated2023 · 66% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a Maine practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
5 surgery physician records list a practice address in Skowhegan
They are 5 of the 396 NPPES records with a practice address in Skowhegan, and 229 surgery physician records in Maine.
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The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Rachael Amador, DOSkowhegan, ME 049761942707153
- Jose Demoya, MDSkowhegan, ME 049761639285422
- Victoria Stannard, M.D.Skowhegan, ME 049761124096557
- Jaroslav Stulc, M.D.Skowhegan, ME 049761073502407
- Joseph Caruso, MDFarmington, ME 049381720311293
- Michael Damiani, DOFarmington, ME 049381265992184
- David Dixon, M.D.Farmington, ME 049381124124979
- Mohamed Elhag, MDFarmington, ME 049381932135829
Common questions
What is Tirunellai Ranganathan Shankar, MD's NPI number?
Tirunellai Ranganathan Shankar, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1780700856, issued on Mar 21, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Tirunellai Ranganathan Shankar, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 46 Fairview Ave Ste 223, Skowhegan, ME, 04976. Phone: (207) 474-7045. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Tirunellai Ranganathan Shankar, MD's license?
NPPES lists Maine license number MD17663, as entered by the provider. Search the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine at https://www.maine.gov/md/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Tirunellai Ranganathan Shankar, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Tirunellai Ranganathan Shankar, MD had 98 Medicare Part D claims for 68 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. 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.