NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Tonja Lourene Gadsden, MD

Internal Medicine Physician · Washington, DC

Tonja Lourene Gadsden, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Washington, District of Columbia, and NPI 1689783102, issued on Aug 29, 2006. Check the license (District of Columbia MD20448, as entered in NPPES) on the District of Columbia Board of Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1689783102
Name
Tonja Lourene Gadsden
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License numbers
MD20448 DC
D0043699 MD
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
2041 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC 20060
Phone
(202) 865-3290
Enumerated
Aug 29, 2006
Record last updated
Apr 2, 2025
Fax
(202) 865-3833
Medicaid IDs
347231100 MD
010015359 VA
029853700 DC
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20040129000808); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Howard University College Of Medicine, 1989
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 2041 Georgia Ave NW

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

  1. Somtochukwu Abazu, MBBSStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1750184735
  2. Ghulam Abbas, M.DFamily Medicine Physician1427379049
  3. Hadeel Abdalla, MBBSEndocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician1689105330
  4. Diena AbdelmagedInternal Medicine Physician1598226391
  5. Alaa Abdelsamad, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1942054051
  6. Ayanleh Abdi, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1154018760

Verify Tonja Lourene Gadsden in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersDistrict of Columbia Board of Medicine
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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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63% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

1,174 Medicare Part D claims for 133 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 21 claims were for opioids.

  1. Tonja Gadsden1,174
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Amlodipine Besylate124 claims
  2. Atorvastatin Calcium81 claims
  3. Metoprolol Succinate62 claims
  4. Metformin Hcl53 claims
  5. Hydrochlorothiazide49 claims
  6. Albuterol Sulfate Hfa37 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: $844.10

27 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC. 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.

  1. Tonja Gadsden$844.10
  2. Specialty average$1,303.06

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. Howard UniversityWashington, DC

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

Tonja Lourene Gadsden among 901 internal medicine physician records in District of Columbia

Tonja Lourene Gadsden, MD is one of 901 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in District of Columbia. 73% 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 4% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 4% of these records are older, 67% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 73% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
  • Graduated1989 · median 2008 among the 513 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2025 · 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 District of Columbia practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

891 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Washington

They are 891 of the 45,857 NPPES records with a practice address in Washington, and 901 internal medicine physician records in District of Columbia.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. R Adams, MDWashington, DC 200601447369038
  2. Nicholas Azinge, M.D.,FACP.Washington, DC 200601265491070
  3. Ricardo Caldera, MDWashington, DC 200601053420646
  4. Christopher Degannes, MDWashington, DC 200601518076116
  5. Anand Deonarine, MDWashington, DC 200601689615809
  6. Lisa Fitzpatrick, MD, MPHWashington, DC 200601588664056
  7. Charles Howell, M.D.Washington, DC 200601275580227
  8. Jean Linzau, MDWashington, DC 200601235292541

Common questions

What is Tonja Lourene Gadsden, MD's NPI number?

Tonja Lourene Gadsden, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1689783102, issued on Aug 29, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Tonja Lourene Gadsden, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2041 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC, 20060. Phone: (202) 865-3290. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Tonja Lourene Gadsden, MD's license?

NPPES lists District of Columbia license number MD20448, as entered by the provider. Search the District of Columbia Board of Medicine at https://dchealth.dc.gov/bomed. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Tonja Lourene Gadsden, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Tonja Lourene Gadsden, MD had 1,174 Medicare Part D claims for 133 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.