Dr. James Christopher Shepherd, MD, PhD

Dr. Shepherd practices at Yale Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut.

Dr. Shepherd's NPI, 1295044618, was assigned on October 4, 2010. Dr. Shepherd graduated from Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1999. Dr. Shepherd holds Connecticut license 052964.

Dr. Shepherd's primary practice is Yale Medicine, at 50 Division St, New Haven, CT 06511 in South Central Ct County. The practice phone is (203) 785-2140.

Dr. Shepherd's primary practice is Yale Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut. Dr. Shepherd is also affiliated with Yale New Haven Hospital. The medical group on file is Yale Health.

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

Infectious disease is Dr. Shepherd's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RI0200X. Dmand AI has Dr. Shepherd's licenses on file in 2 states: Connecticut and Maryland.

CMS data shows 103 Medicare services from Dr. Shepherd across 3 procedure codes in 2024, for 84 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $8,316 for them.

CMS counts 84 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Shepherd in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 31 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 43% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 3.65, 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. Shepherd's median patient age at 71, with 49% women.

In 2024, Dr. Shepherd wrote 113 Medicare Part D claims for 33 patients. 96% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 66 of them, across 4 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,272 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 25 claims across 1 drug.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 87 out of 100 for Dr. Shepherd for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Shepherd accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 10 papers to Dr. Shepherd, published from 2016 to 2025. 2020 was the busiest year, with 3. The most frequent topics are Botswana, Tuberculosis and HIV Infections. Dr. Shepherd has published most often in AIDS. Dr. Shepherd's most frequent co-authors are Alyssa M. Finlay, MD, Tedd Vincent Ellerbrock, MD and Gerald H. Friedland, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 1 general payment to Dr. Shepherd from 1 drug or device company in 2024. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Astellas Pharma US Inc paid the most, $15.

Dr. Shepherd graduated from Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1999.