Waheed Akhtar, MD
Cardiovascular Disease Physician · Goldsboro, NC
Waheed Akhtar, MD is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in Goldsboro, North Carolina, and NPI 1477530863, issued on Dec 27, 2005. Check the license (North Carolina 9500007, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Waheed Akhtar
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
- License number
- 9500007 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2615 Hospital RD Ste 300, Goldsboro, NC 27534
- Phone
- (919) 734-0033
- Enumerated
- Dec 27, 2005
- Record last updated
- Jun 25, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (919) 734-6999
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20031210000222); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 2615 Hospital RD Ste 300
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Justine Barnes, PA-CPhysician Assistant1295012920
- Arijit Dasgupta, MDInterventional Cardiology Physician1679529135
- Jamie FoyAmbulatory Care Pharmacist1265894752
Verify Waheed Akhtar in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 9500007Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
2.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average cardiovascular disease physician in 2024
6,881 Medicare Part D claims for 993 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,078 among the 20,728 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Metoprolol Succinate1,111 claims
- Eliquis725 claims
- Spironolactone615 claims
- Losartan Potassium311 claims
- Sotalol278 claims
- Carvedilol240 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: $486.04
26 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Zoll Services LLC (a/k/a Zoll LifeCor Corp). 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- North Carolina MG LLCGoldsboro, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Waheed Akhtar among 841 cardiovascular disease physician records in North Carolina
Waheed Akhtar, MD is one of 841 cardiovascular disease physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 83% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 83% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 72% of these records are
- Graduated1982 · median 1999 among the 606 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 54% 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 North Carolina 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 North Carolina
There are 841 cardiovascular disease physician records in North Carolina.
All 841 in North Carolina → Every provider in Goldsboro → Cardiovascular Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 cardiovascular disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Mohammed Farooqui, M.D.Goldsboro, NC 275341285954958
- Melissa Daubert, M.D.Henderson, NC 275361558553834
- Willie Sessions, M.D.Henderson, NC 275361588627053
- Sydney Short, MDHenderson, NC 275361053411165
- Faisal Khan, MD, MBBSGarner, NC 275291396956371
- Rajesh Vakani, M.D.Holly Springs, NC 275401558532374
- Idil Aktan, M.D.Knightdale, NC 275451528404845
- Benjamin Atkeson, M.D.Clayton, NC 275201013915552
Common questions
What is Waheed Akhtar, MD's NPI number?
Waheed Akhtar, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1477530863, issued on Dec 27, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Waheed Akhtar, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2615 Hospital RD Ste 300, Goldsboro, NC, 27534. Phone: (919) 734-0033. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Waheed Akhtar, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 9500007, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Waheed Akhtar, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Waheed Akhtar, MD had 6,881 Medicare Part D claims for 993 beneficiaries; the average among cardiovascular disease physician prescribers was 3,078. 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.