NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Vashisht Sekar, MD PHD FRCS(SN)

Neurological Surgery Physician · Jacksonville, FL

Vashisht Sekar, MD PHD FRCS(SN) is a neurological surgery physician with a practice address in Jacksonville, Florida, and NPI 1437826302, issued on Aug 27, 2021. Check the license on the Florida health license search; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1437826302
Name
Vashisht Sekar
Credential
MD PHD FRCS(SN)
Primary taxonomy
Neurological Surgery Physician 207T00000X
License numbers
SPI682 CA
F682 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
580 W 8TH St FL I8, Jacksonville, FL 32209
Phone
(904) 244-3950
Enumerated
Aug 27, 2021
Record last updated
May 1, 2024
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20230615000592); 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 580 W 8TH St FL I8

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

  1. Shwetaben Patel, APRNNurse Practitioner1679193940

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The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 81.9 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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 score72.4
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%59.6
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%100.0
  4. Improvement activities40 of 40 points · 15%100.0

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

Industry payments in 2024: $303.08

2 payments; by number, the most common kind was education; the largest payer was Zap Surgical Systems, Inc. The 5,377 providers of this specialty with any payment received $14,925.58 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Vashisht Sekar$303
  2. Specialty average$14,926

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. University OF Florida Jacksonville Physicians, Inc.Jacksonville, FL

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

Vashisht Sekar among 644 neurological surgery physician records in Florida

Vashisht Sekar, MD PHD FRCS(SN) is one of 644 neurological surgery physician records with a practice address in Florida. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2021, is newer than 95% of them.

  • NPI issued2021 · 95% of these records are older, 5% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
  • Graduated2004 · median 2004 among the 429 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2024 · 48% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207T00000X and a Florida practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Neurological Surgery Physician providers in Florida

There are 644 neurological surgery physician records in Florida.

The 8 neurological surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Dunbar Alcindor, M.DJacksonville, FL 322091013264860
  2. Aboubakr Amer, M.D.Jacksonville, FL 322091245785211
  3. Carlos Arce, MDJacksonville, FL 322091750355251
  4. Ulas Cikla, MDJacksonville, FL 322091437715547
  5. John Hawkins, MDJacksonville, FL 322091972575884
  6. Tai Nguyen, MDJacksonville, FL 322091851365357
  7. Heber Ribeiro, MDJacksonville, FL 322091992535173
  8. Daryoush Tavanaiepour, MDJacksonville, FL 322091457560906

Common questions

What is Vashisht Sekar, MD PHD FRCS(SN)'s NPI number?

Vashisht Sekar, MD PHD FRCS(SN)'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1437826302, issued on Aug 27, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Vashisht Sekar, MD PHD FRCS(SN) located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 580 W 8TH St FL I8, Jacksonville, FL, 32209. Phone: (904) 244-3950. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Vashisht Sekar, MD PHD FRCS(SN)'s license?

Search the Florida health license search at https://mqa-internet.doh.state.fl.us/mqasearchservices/healthcareproviders. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

What is Vashisht Sekar, MD PHD FRCS(SN)'s MIPS final score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 81.9 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

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.