Dr. Somaira Nowsheen, MD, PhD

  • Waukee, IA
  • Dermatologist
NPI1003445610PAC ID4688098361
Medicare services, 2024
510
Medicare patients, 2024
164
Part D claims, 2024
345
Publications
90
Industry payments
$15,290
Practice address
830 NE Alices Rd, Waukee, IA 50263
Practice phone
Call (515) 875-9100
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Primary practice

The Iowa Clinic

Waukee, Iowa

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Dr. Somaira Nowsheen is a dermatologist in Waukee, Iowa

Dr. Nowsheen practices at The Iowa Clinic in Waukee, Iowa.

Dr. Nowsheen's NPI, 1003445610, was assigned on April 6, 2020. Dr. Nowsheen graduated from Mayo Medical School in 2020. Dr. Nowsheen holds Iowa license MD-53183.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
4688098361
NPI enumeration date
April 6, 2020
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(515) 875-9100
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
32
Medical school graduation
2020

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

Dr. Somaira Nowsheen practices at The Iowa Clinic in Waukee, Iowa

Dr. Nowsheen's primary practice is The Iowa Clinic, at 830 NE Alices Rd, Waukee, IA 50263 in Dallas County. The practice phone is (515) 875-9100.

  • The Iowa Clinic
    830 NE Alices Rd, Waukee, IA 50263 · Dallas CountyPhone(515) 875-9100

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

Dr. Somaira Nowsheen is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Nowsheen's primary practice is The Iowa Clinic in Waukee, Iowa. The medical group on file is The Iowa Clinic. Dmand AI also links Dr. Nowsheen 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. Somaira Nowsheen's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
The Iowa ClinicAvailable with a free account
+1 more affiliated siteAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Somaira Nowsheen is one of 83 dermatologists in Iowa

Dermatology is Dr. Nowsheen's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207N00000X. Dr. Nowsheen is licensed in Iowa.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Dermatology, IowaPrimaryLicense MD-53183 · taxonomy 207N00000X

Dermatologists near Dr. Nowsheen

Counts of dermatologists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

83dermatologists in Iowa
2dermatologists in Waukee

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

Dr. Somaira Nowsheen billed Medicare for 510 services in 2024

CMS data shows 510 Medicare services from Dr. Nowsheen across 9 procedure codes in 2024, for 164 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $26,611 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 2024510
Medicare patients164
Paid by Medicare$26,611
Procedure codes9

Dr. Nowsheen's Medicare services by type, 2024

  1. Surgery338
  2. Office and hospital visits172

Dr. Nowsheen compared with the Iowa median for dermatologists, 2024

  • Dr. Nowsheen
  • Iowa median
Medicare services
510vs 2,36378% below
Medicare patients
164vs 66475% below
Part D claims
252vs 40237% below

Medians across 85 dermatologists in Iowa with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Nowsheen's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

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

Dr. Somaira Nowsheen treated 164 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 72

CMS counts 164 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Nowsheen in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 107 patients. 65% of them have high cholesterol, and 60% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 0.96, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Nowsheen's median patient age at 52, with 59% women.

Medicare patients, 2024164
Average age72
Average risk score0.96

Dr. Nowsheen's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Nowsheen's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women9659%
  • Men6841%

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

  1. High cholesterol65%
  2. High blood pressure60%
  3. Arthritis40%
  4. Mood disorders27%
  5. Depression26%
  6. Chronic kidney disease20%
  7. Anxiety19%
  8. Diabetes19%

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

Dr. Nowsheen's patients across all payers

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

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 52

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women59%
  • Men40%

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

Dr. Somaira Nowsheen wrote 345 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Nowsheen wrote 345 Medicare Part D claims for 150 patients. 94% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 252 of them, across 7 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $4,611 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 42 claims across 2 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024345
Drugs named by CMS7
Total drug cost$4,611
Part D patients150

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

  • Generic325 claims94%
  • Brand-name20 claims6%

Dr. Nowsheen'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.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Nowsheen's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics12%40 of 345 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 422024: 252500%

Drugs named by CMS: 7 in 2024, 2 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

Dr. Somaira Nowsheen ranks in the 89th percentile for skin biopsy in Medicare

Dr. Nowsheen accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 267 procedures of skin biopsy by Dr. Nowsheen, more than 89% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Where Dr. Nowsheen ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Removal of skin lesions
87th percentile553 procedures
Skin biopsy
89th percentile267 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

Removal or shaving of skin growth: 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. Somaira Nowsheen has 90 publications on record

Dmand AI links 90 papers to Dr. Nowsheen, published from 2010 to 2025. 2020 was the busiest year, with 11. The most frequent topics are DNA Damage, Cell Line, Tumor and DNA Repair. Dr. Nowsheen has published most often in Semin Cancer Biol. Dr. Nowsheen's most frequent co-authors are Fei Zhao, MD, James A. Bonner, MD and Fen Xia, MD, PhD.

Papers90
Years published2010 to 2025

Dr. Nowsheen's papers by year, 2016 to 2025

Topics Dr. Nowsheen writes about most

  • DNA Damage
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • DNA Repair
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Signal Transduction
  • Breast Neoplasms
  • Molecular Targeted Therapy
  • Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors

Dr. Nowsheen's most frequent co-authors

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

Dr. Somaira Nowsheen received $15,290 in industry payments from 2021 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 169 general payments to Dr. Nowsheen from 25 drug and device companies from 2021 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 47% of the total. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. paid the most, $7,457.

General payments to Dr. Nowsheen by program year, 2021 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Nowsheen by kind, 2021 to 2025

$15.3Kin total
  • Food and beverage$7,22747%
  • Consulting fees$5,67037%
  • Travel and lodging$2,14514%
  • Education$2482%

Companies that paid Dr. Nowsheen the most, 2021 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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

Dr. Somaira Nowsheen graduated from Mayo Medical School

Dr. Nowsheen graduated from Mayo Medical School in 2020.

  1. Medical schoolMayo Medical School

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Somaira Nowsheen'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)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Somaira Nowsheen's NPI number?

Dr. Somaira Nowsheen's NPI number is 1003445610. It was assigned on April 6, 2020, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Somaira Nowsheen?

Dr. Somaira Nowsheen is a dermatologist in Waukee, Iowa. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Dermatology Physician (taxonomy code 207N00000X).

Where does Dr. Somaira Nowsheen practice?

Dr. Nowsheen practices at 830 NE Alices Rd, Waukee, IA 50263. Dr. Nowsheen's primary practice is The Iowa Clinic in Waukee, Iowa. Dmand AI also links Dr. Nowsheen to 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. Somaira Nowsheen's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Nowsheen is (515) 875-9100.

What is Dr. Somaira Nowsheen's medical license number?

Dr. Nowsheen holds Iowa license MD-53183.

What medical group is Dr. Somaira Nowsheen part of?

Dr. Nowsheen is linked to The Iowa Clinic.

Does Dr. Somaira Nowsheen accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Nowsheen billed Medicare for 510 services in 2024, and Dr. Nowsheen accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Somaira Nowsheen see?

CMS counts 164 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Nowsheen in 2024, with an average age of 72.

What services does Dr. Somaira Nowsheen bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Nowsheen's most billed Medicare services were surgery: skin and soft tissue (17003), office visit, new patient (99204) and surgery: skin and soft tissue (11102).

Where did Dr. Somaira Nowsheen go to medical school?

Dr. Nowsheen graduated from Mayo Medical School in 2020.

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What drugs does Dr. Somaira Nowsheen prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Nowsheen's most prescribed drugs by claims were Ketoconazole, Triamcinolone Acetonide and Doxycycline Hyclate.

Has Dr. Somaira Nowsheen received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $15,290 in general payments to Dr. Nowsheen from 25 companies from 2021 to 2025. The largest total came from Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

How long has Dr. Somaira Nowsheen been practicing?

Dr. Nowsheen graduated from medical school in 2020, 6 years ago.

Does Dr. Somaira Nowsheen do research?

Dmand AI links 90 publications to Dr. Nowsheen, published from 2010 to 2025.

Who does Dr. Somaira Nowsheen publish with?

Dr. Nowsheen's most frequent co-authors are Fei Zhao, MD (12 shared papers), James A. Bonner, MD (7 shared papers) and Fen Xia, MD, PhD (7 shared papers).

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