Dr. Aashish Kiran Desai, MD

Dr. Desai practices at Northside Hospital Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia, part of Northside Hospital.

Dr. Desai's NPI, 1114000767, was assigned on October 24, 2006. Dr. Desai graduated from University of Tennessee, Hsc, College of Medicine in 2000. Dr. Desai holds Georgia license 52165.

Dr. Desai's primary practice is Northside Hospital Atlanta, at 1000 Johnson Ferry Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30342 in Fulton County. The practice phone is (404) 851-8000.

Dr. Desai's primary practice is Northside Hospital Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia, part of Northside Hospital. Dr. Desai is also affiliated with Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital. The medical group on file is Northside Hospital Cardiovascular Institute. Dmand AI also links Dr. Desai to 3 more hospitals 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. Desai practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Interventional cardiology is Dr. Desai's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RI0011X. Dmand AI has Dr. Desai's licenses on file in 2 states: Georgia and Florida.

CMS data shows 3,110 Medicare services from Dr. Desai across 30 procedure codes in 2024, for 1,123 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $182,372 for them.

CMS counts 1,123 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Desai in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 479 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 7% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.65, 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. Desai's median patient age at 71, with 50% women.

In 2024, Dr. Desai wrote 5,491 Medicare Part D claims for 685 patients. 80% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 5,262 of them, across 59 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,343,323 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 4,917 claims across 56 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 78 out of 100 for Dr. Desai for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Desai accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Coronary angioplasty and stenting: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

CMS Open Payments shows 348 general payments to Dr. Desai from 47 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 82% of the total. Abbott Laboratories paid the most, $2,323. It also lists 1 research payment totaling $12 in 2019.

Dr. Desai graduated from University of Tennessee, Hsc, College of Medicine in 2000.