Dr. Jayaraman Chandrasekhar, MD

Dr. Chandrasekhar practices at Dignity Health - Mercy Hospital Downtown in Bakersfield, California, part of CommonSpirit Health.

Dr. Chandrasekhar's NPI, 1134233851, was assigned on August 18, 2006. Dr. Chandrasekhar graduated from Sri Ramachandra Medical College in 1994. Dr. Chandrasekhar holds California license A89686.

Dr. Chandrasekhar's primary practice is Dignity Health - Mercy Hospital Downtown, at 2215 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield, CA 93301 in Kern County. The practice phone is (661) 632-5000.

Dr. Chandrasekhar's primary practice is Dignity Health - Mercy Hospital Downtown in Bakersfield, California, part of CommonSpirit Health. Dr. Chandrasekhar is also affiliated with Adventist Health Bakersfield. The medical group on file is Kern Medical. Dmand AI also links Dr. Chandrasekhar to 2 more hospitals, 3 group practices and clinics, 3 medical groups and 1 physician office, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Chandrasekhar practices, 8 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Pulmonary disease is Dr. Chandrasekhar's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RP1001X. Dr. Chandrasekhar is board certified in critical care medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Chandrasekhar's licenses on file in 6 states: California, Louisiana, North Carolina, New York, Washington and Minnesota.

Dmand AI lists asthma, bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), lung disease: COPD, asthma or bronchitis, pneumonia, pneumonia and respiratory infection, pulmonary fibrosis and pulmonary heart disease among the conditions Dr. Chandrasekhar treats.

CMS data shows 666 Medicare services from Dr. Chandrasekhar across 10 procedure codes in 2024, for 310 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $58,606 for them.

CMS counts 310 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Chandrasekhar in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 123 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 51% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.08, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Chandrasekhar's median patient age at 67, with 53% women.

In 2024, Dr. Chandrasekhar wrote 479 Medicare Part D claims for 96 patients. 70% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 317 of them, across 9 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $54,340 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 475 claims across 16 drugs.

Dr. Chandrasekhar accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 22 papers to Dr. Chandrasekhar, published from 2006 to 2020. 2016 was the busiest year, with 4. The most frequent topics are Models, Molecular, Structure-Activity Relationship and Drug Design. Dr. Chandrasekhar has published most often in Bioorg Med Chem Lett. Dr. Chandrasekhar's most frequent co-authors are Lawrence Kwok-Kit Fung, MD, PhD and Sarah K. Wise, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 244 general payments to Dr. Chandrasekhar from 33 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 98% of the total. Mylan Inc. paid the most, $970.

Dr. Chandrasekhar graduated from Sri Ramachandra Medical College in 1994.

Dr. Chandrasekhar is in network with 16 carriers, including Elevance, Aetna and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.