Vanitha Sankaran, M.D.
Psychiatry Physician · Cupertino, CA
Vanitha Sankaran, M.D. is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Cupertino, California, and NPI 1720137391, issued on Jan 10, 2007. Check the license (California A106538, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Vanitha Sankaran
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- A106538 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 20863 Stevens Creek Blvd, Cupertino, CA 95014
- Phone
- (408) 705-3537
- Enumerated
- Jan 10, 2007
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 20863 Stevens Creek Blvd
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Corie Ascani, PSY.D.Clinical Psychologist1841449337
- Jazmin Buntic, LMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1033233457
- Misao Kusuda, MDPsychiatry Physician1336175561
Verify Vanitha Sankaran in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A106538Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS, AOA, NCCPA, AANPNot checked
75% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
253 Medicare Part D claims for 59 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,010 among the 32,287 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 6% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Olanzapine21 claims
- Risperidone19 claims
- Quetiapine Fumarate17 claims
- Trazodone Hcl17 claims
- Gabapentin13 claims
- Sertraline Hcl13 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.
13 psychiatry physician records list a Cupertino practice address
They are 13 of the 945 NPPES records with a Cupertino practice address, and 7,890 psychiatry physician records in California.
All 13 in Cupertino → All 7,890 in California → Every provider in Cupertino →
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Common questions
What is Vanitha Sankaran, M.D.'s NPI number?
Vanitha Sankaran, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1720137391, issued on Jan 10, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Vanitha Sankaran, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 20863 Stevens Creek Blvd, Cupertino, CA, 95014. Phone: (408) 705-3537. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Vanitha Sankaran, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A106538, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Vanitha Sankaran, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Vanitha Sankaran, M.D. had 253 Medicare Part D claims for 59 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,010. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.