Dr. Anjum Sharif Cheema, MD

  • Atlanta, GA
  • Ophthalmologist
NPI1205064441PAC ID1153561691
Medicare services, 2022
20
Medicare patients, 2024
23
Part D claims, 2024
3,092
Publications
6
Industry payments
$166
Practice address
9 Piedmont NE Ctr, Atlanta, GA 30305
Practice phone
Call (404) 364-3821
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Primary practice

The Southeast Permanente Medical Group

Atlanta, Georgia

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Dr. Anjum Sharif Cheema is an ophthalmologist in Atlanta, Georgia

Dr. Cheema practices at The Southeast Permanente Medical Group in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dr. Cheema's NPI, 1205064441, was assigned on June 25, 2009. Dr. Cheema graduated from LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans - School of Medicine in 2009. Dr. Cheema holds Georgia license 071479.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
1153561691
NPI enumeration date
June 25, 2009
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(404) 364-3821
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
43
Medical school graduation
2009

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Anjum Sharif Cheema practices at The Southeast Permanente Medical Group in Atlanta, Georgia

Dr. Cheema's primary practice is The Southeast Permanente Medical Group, at 9 Piedmont NE Ctr, Atlanta, GA 30305 in Fulton County. The practice phone is (404) 364-3821.

  • The Southeast Permanente Medical Group
    9 Piedmont NE Ctr, Atlanta, GA 30305 · Fulton CountyPhone(404) 364-3821

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Anjum Sharif Cheema is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Cheema's primary practice is The Southeast Permanente Medical Group in Atlanta, Georgia. The medical group on file is The Southeast Permanente Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Cheema to 1 more group practice or clinic, named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Anjum Sharif Cheema's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
The Southeast Permanente Medical GroupAvailable with a free account
+1 more affiliated siteAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Anjum Sharif Cheema is one of 484 ophthalmologists in Georgia

Ophthalmology is Dr. Cheema's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dr. Cheema is board certified in ophthalmology by the American Board of Ophthalmology. Dmand AI has Dr. Cheema's licenses on file in 3 states: Georgia, California and District of Columbia.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Ophthalmology, GeorgiaPrimaryLicense 071479 · 2014 to 2026 · taxonomy 207W00000X
  • California licenseLicense A125413 · Since 2013
  • District of Columbia license2009 to 2010

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists cataract surgery with lens implant and glaucoma among the conditions Dr. Cheema treats.

Ophthalmologists near Dr. Cheema

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Anjum Sharif Cheema billed Medicare for 20 services in 2022

CMS data shows 20 Medicare services from Dr. Cheema across 1 procedure code in 2022, all of them office visits, for 23 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $1,251 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 202220
Medicare patients23
Paid by Medicare$1,251
Procedure codes1

Dr. Cheema's Medicare services by type, 2020 to 2022

  • 2020
  • 2022
Office and hospital visits
2020: 172022: 2018%

Dr. Cheema compared with the Georgia median for ophthalmologists, 2022

  • Dr. Cheema
  • Georgia median
Medicare services
20vs 1,58699% below
Medicare patients
23vs 57296% below
Part D claims
2,950vs 8913.3 times

Medians across 477 ophthalmologists in Georgia with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Cheema's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2022

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Anjum Sharif Cheema treated 23 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 68

CMS counts 23 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Cheema in 2024. 70% of them have high blood pressure, and 57% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 1.32, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Cheema's median patient age at 68, with 48% women.

Medicare patients, 202423
Average age68
Average risk score1.32

Dr. Cheema's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women1252%
  • Men1148%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Cheema's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure70%
  2. High cholesterol57%
  3. Diabetes48%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Cheema's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 68

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women48%
  • Men52%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Anjum Sharif Cheema wrote 3,092 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Cheema wrote 3,092 Medicare Part D claims for 724 patients. 90% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,950 of them, across 16 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $67,757 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 3,316 claims across 20 drugs.

Part D claims, 20243,092
Drugs named by CMS16
Total drug cost$67,757
Part D patients724

Dr. Cheema's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic2,798 claims90%
  • Brand-name and other294 claims10%

Dr. Cheema's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 3,3162024: 2,95011%

Drugs named by CMS: 16 in 2024, 20 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

How Dr. Anjum Sharif Cheema takes part in Medicare

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

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Cataract surgery: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Anjum Sharif Cheema has 6 publications on record

Dmand AI links 6 papers to Dr. Cheema in 2017. The most frequent topics are Glaucoma, Open-Angle and Visual Acuity. Dr. Cheema's most frequent co-authors are Kuldev Singh, MD, Robert T. Chang, MD and Daniel Youngjun Choi, MD.

Papers6

Topics Dr. Cheema writes about most

  • Glaucoma, Open-Angle
  • Visual Acuity

Dr. Cheema's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Cheema

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Anjum Sharif Cheema received $166 in industry payments from 2017 to 2021

CMS Open Payments shows 3 general payments to Dr. Cheema from 1 drug or device company from 2017 to 2021. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Alcon Laboratories Inc paid the most, $166.

General payments to Dr. Cheema by program year, 2017 to 2021

Companies that paid Dr. Cheema the most, 2017 to 2021

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Anjum Sharif Cheema has 2 awards and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 2 awards for Dr. Cheema, most recently Academic Excellence Award in 2012.

Awards and honors for Dr. Cheema

  1. 2012
    • Academic Excellence Award
  2. 2009
    • 12th Annual Moses Maimonides Award for Ethics in Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Anjum Sharif Cheema graduated from LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans - School of Medicine

Dr. Cheema graduated from LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans - School of Medicine in 2009. Dr. Cheema is a member of AAO, American Glaucoma Society and ASCRS.

  1. Medical schoolLSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans - School of Medicine
  2. Board certified in ophthalmologyAmerican Board of Ophthalmology

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Anjum Sharif Cheema accepts plans from 4 insurance carriers

Dr. Cheema is in network with 4 carriers, including Elevance, CMS Medicare and GA State Medicaid. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 2. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Elevance
  • CMS Medicare
  • GA State Medicaid
  • Kaiser Permanente

Plan types Dr. Cheema accepts, by number of carriers

  1. HMO2
  2. Medicare2
  3. EPO1
  4. Medicaid1
  5. POS1
  6. PPO1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Anjum Sharif Cheema's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Anjum Sharif Cheema's NPI number?

Dr. Anjum Sharif Cheema's NPI number is 1205064441. It was assigned on June 25, 2009, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Anjum Sharif Cheema?

Dr. Anjum Sharif Cheema is an ophthalmologist in Atlanta, Georgia. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Ophthalmology Physician (taxonomy code 207W00000X).

Where does Dr. Anjum Sharif Cheema practice?

Dr. Cheema practices at 9 Piedmont NE Ctr, Atlanta, GA 30305. Dr. Cheema's primary practice is The Southeast Permanente Medical Group in Atlanta, Georgia. Dmand AI also links Dr. Cheema to 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. Anjum Sharif Cheema's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Cheema is (404) 364-3821.

What is Dr. Anjum Sharif Cheema's medical license number?

Dr. Cheema holds Georgia license 071479, one of the licenses on file in 3 states.

Which states has Dr. Anjum Sharif Cheema been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Cheema in Georgia (2014 to 2026), California (since 2013) and District of Columbia (2009 to 2010).

What medical group is Dr. Anjum Sharif Cheema part of?

Dr. Cheema is linked to The Southeast Permanente Medical Group.

Does Dr. Anjum Sharif Cheema accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Cheema billed Medicare for 20 services in 2022, and Dr. Cheema accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Anjum Sharif Cheema see?

CMS counts 23 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Cheema in 2024, with an average age of 68.

Is Dr. Anjum Sharif Cheema board certified?

Yes. Dr. Cheema is board certified in ophthalmology by the American Board of Ophthalmology.

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What services does Dr. Anjum Sharif Cheema bill to Medicare?

In 2022, Dr. Cheema's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214).

Where did Dr. Anjum Sharif Cheema go to medical school?

Dr. Cheema graduated from LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans - School of Medicine in 2009.

What drugs does Dr. Anjum Sharif Cheema prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Cheema's most prescribed drugs by claims were Latanoprost, Dorzolamide-Timolol and Brimonidine Tartrate.

Has Dr. Anjum Sharif Cheema received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $166 in general payments to Dr. Cheema from 1 company from 2017 to 2021. The largest total came from Alcon Laboratories Inc.

How long has Dr. Anjum Sharif Cheema been practicing?

Dr. Cheema graduated from medical school in 2009, 17 years ago.

Does Dr. Anjum Sharif Cheema do research?

Dmand AI links 6 publications to Dr. Cheema.

Who does Dr. Anjum Sharif Cheema publish with?

Dr. Cheema's most frequent co-authors are Kuldev Singh, MD (2 shared papers), Robert T. Chang, MD (1 shared paper) and Daniel Youngjun Choi, MD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. Anjum Sharif Cheema accept?

Dr. Cheema is in network with 4 carriers, including Elevance, CMS Medicare and GA State Medicaid. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 2. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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