Vijay Sankar Iyer, MD, PHD
Cardiovascular Disease Physician · Amherst, NY
Vijay Sankar Iyer, MD, PHD is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in Amherst, New York, and NPI 1114947272, issued on Jul 20, 2006. Check the license (New York 226145, as entered in NPPES) on the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Vijay Sankar Iyer
- Credential
- MD, PHD
- Primary taxonomy
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
- License number
- 226145 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3980 Sheridan Dr, Amherst, NY 14226
- Phone
- (716) 882-6544
- Enumerated
- Jul 20, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 20, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040528000980); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 3980 Sheridan Dr
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Verify Vijay Sankar Iyer in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNYS Education Department, Office of the Professions
Search for license 226145Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
100% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024
14 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 3,078 among the 20,728 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 86.4 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.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $124,600.89
389 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Edwards Lifesciences Corporation. The 16,686 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,819.56 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
2 hospitals and group practices
- Kaleida HealthOlean, NY · Acute Care Hospitals3 of 5 stars
- General Physician PCBuffalo, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through); hospitals matched to CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.
Vijay Sankar Iyer among 2,583 cardiovascular disease physician records in New York
Vijay Sankar Iyer, MD, PHD is one of 2,583 cardiovascular disease physician records with a practice address in New York. 87% 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 17% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 17% of these records are older, 41% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 87% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 73% of these records are
- Graduated1994 · median 1998 among the 1,896 with a school on file
- Record last updated2016 · 64% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RC0000X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in New York
There are 2,583 cardiovascular disease physician records in New York.
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The 8 cardiovascular disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- John Canty, MDAmherst, NY 142261609824036
- Michael Chaskes, MDAmherst, NY 142261215971395
- Thomas Cimato, M.D. PH.D.Amherst, NY 142261497942809
- James Fallavollita, MDAmherst, NY 142261629027362
- Joseph Maddi, M.D.Amherst, NY 142261992761266
- Nawfal Alkhafaji, MDCheektowaga, NY 142271134470107
- Jibran Mirza, M.D.Cheektowaga, NY 142271699331736
- Thomas Smith, M.D.West Seneca, NY 142241205996980
Common questions
What is Vijay Sankar Iyer, MD, PHD's NPI number?
Vijay Sankar Iyer, MD, PHD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1114947272, issued on Jul 20, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Vijay Sankar Iyer, MD, PHD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3980 Sheridan Dr, Amherst, NY, 14226. Phone: (716) 882-6544. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Vijay Sankar Iyer, MD, PHD's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 226145, as entered by the provider. Search the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions at https://www.op.nysed.gov/services/verifications/online-verification-searches. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Vijay Sankar Iyer, MD, PHD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Vijay Sankar Iyer, MD, PHD had 14 Medicare Part D claims; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,078. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Vijay Sankar Iyer, MD, PHD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 86.4 of 100. 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.