Dr. Shaneke Tharange Weerakoon, MD

Dr. Weerakoon practices at Cardiocare in Washington, District of Columbia.

Dr. Weerakoon's NPI, 1588059943, was assigned on April 2, 2015. Dr. Weerakoon graduated from Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine in 2015. Dr. Weerakoon holds District of Columbia license MD046335.

Dr. Weerakoon's primary practice is Cardiocare, at 900 17th NW St, Washington, DC 20006 in District Of Columbia County. The practice phone is (301) 656-5050.

Dr. Weerakoon's primary practice is Cardiocare in Washington, District of Columbia. Dr. Weerakoon is also affiliated with MedStar Washington Hospital Center. The medical group on file is Johns Hopkins University. Dmand AI also links Dr. Weerakoon to 3 more hospitals, 2 medical groups and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Weerakoon practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Cardiovascular disease is Dr. Weerakoon's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RC0000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Weerakoon's licenses on file in 2 states: District of Columbia and Maryland.

CMS data shows 2,209 Medicare services from Dr. Weerakoon across 23 procedure codes in 2024, for 605 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $200,958 for them.

CMS counts 605 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Weerakoon in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 265 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 74% have high blood pressure. 4% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.11, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Weerakoon's median patient age at 60, with 38% women.

In 2024, Dr. Weerakoon wrote 1,300 Medicare Part D claims for 224 patients. 76% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,113 of them, across 23 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $372,260 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 434 claims across 13 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 54 out of 100 for Dr. Weerakoon for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Weerakoon accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Weerakoon as offering telehealth.

Dmand AI links 3 papers to Dr. Weerakoon, published from 2021 to 2023. The most frequent topics are Computed Tomography Angiography, Coronary Angiography and Coronary Artery Disease. Dr. Weerakoon's most frequent co-authors are Andrew Dongyul Choi, MD, James P. Earls, MD and William Fenner Griffin, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 192 general payments to Dr. Weerakoon from 35 drug and device companies from 2018 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Abbott Laboratories paid the most, $1,901.

Dr. Weerakoon graduated from Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine in 2015.