NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Vijayakumar Somasekharan Nair, MD, FACS

Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician · Oak Lawn, IL

Vijayakumar Somasekharan Nair, MD, FACS is a critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician with a practice address in Oak Lawn, Illinois, and NPI 1891752234, issued on Apr 28, 2006. Check the license (Illinois 036108208, as entered in NPPES) on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1891752234
Name
Vijayakumar Somasekharan Nair
Credential
MD, FACS
Primary taxonomy
Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician 207RC0200X
License number
036108208 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
9555 S 52ND Ave, Oak Lawn, IL 60453
Phone
(708) 684-6867
Enumerated
Apr 28, 2006
Record last updated
May 30, 2025
Fax
(708) 684-6869
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20040115000891); 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 9555 S 52ND Ave

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

  1. Rashida AdenwalaFamily Medicine Physician1184037848
  2. Dalila Alcala, PAPhysician Assistant1194341503
  3. Issa AlhamoudPediatric Nephrology Physician1407231913
  4. Alberto AlvarezRegistered Dietitian1356193247
  5. Usha Appalaneni, MDNeurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology Physician1992234611
  6. Cali Arundel, NPPediatric Nurse Practitioner1356839765

Verify Vijayakumar Somasekharan Nair in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIllinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
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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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83% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician in 2024

119 Medicare Part D claims for 62 beneficiaries, against an average of 696 among the 2,873 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 42 claims were for opioids.

  1. Vijayakumar Nair119
  2. Specialty average696

Most prescribed

  1. Ibuprofen37 claims
  2. Oxycodone Hcl35 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

  1. Advocate Health And Hospitals CorporationBuffalo Grove, IL

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

Vijayakumar Somasekharan Nair among 281 critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician records in Illinois

Vijayakumar Somasekharan Nair, MD, FACS is one of 281 critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician records with a practice address in Illinois. 92% 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 9% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 9% of these records are older, 71% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 92% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 80% of these records are
  • Graduated1987 · median 2008 among the 226 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2025 · 22% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RC0200X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

33 critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician records list a practice address in Oak Lawn

They are 33 of the 2,993 NPPES records with a practice address in Oak Lawn, and 281 critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician records in Illinois.

The 8 critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Isis Duran, MDOak Lawn, IL 604531891943619
  2. Kristopher Fultz, DOOak Lawn, IL 604531083842439
  3. Faiza Hashmi, MDOak Lawn, IL 604531972812774
  4. Nureain Mirza, MDOak Lawn, IL 604531205876414
  5. Zulfiqar Mohammad, MDOak Lawn, IL 604531902834633
  6. Karen O'Mara, D.O.Oak Lawn, IL 604531235112269
  7. Bharati Prasad, M.D.Oak Lawn, IL 604531033300090
  8. Vasantha Samala, M.D.Oak Lawn, IL 604531053430033

Common questions

What is Vijayakumar Somasekharan Nair, MD, FACS's NPI number?

Vijayakumar Somasekharan Nair, MD, FACS's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1891752234, issued on Apr 28, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Vijayakumar Somasekharan Nair, MD, FACS located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 9555 S 52ND Ave, Oak Lawn, IL, 60453. Phone: (708) 684-6867. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Vijayakumar Somasekharan Nair, MD, FACS's license?

NPPES lists Illinois license number 036108208, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation at https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

How much does Vijayakumar Somasekharan Nair, MD, FACS prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Vijayakumar Somasekharan Nair, MD, FACS had 119 Medicare Part D claims for 62 beneficiaries; the average among critical care medicine (internal medicine) physician prescribers was 696. 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.