Dr. Stephen D. Persell, MD

Dr. Persell practices at Northwestern Medical Group in Chicago, Illinois.

Dr. Persell's NPI, 1831124585, was assigned on July 11, 2006. Dr. Persell graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1998. Dr. Persell holds Illinois license 036109493.

Dr. Persell's primary practice is Northwestern Medical Group, at 675 N Saint Clair St Ste 19-100 Suite 19-100, Chicago, IL 60611. The practice phone is (312) 664-3278.

Dr. Persell's primary practice is Northwestern Medical Group in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Persell is also affiliated with Northwestern Memorial Hospital. The medical group on file is Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation. Dmand AI also links Dr. Persell to 3 more hospitals, each named with a free account.

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

Internal medicine is Dr. Persell's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207R00000X. Dr. Persell is licensed in Illinois.

CMS data shows 286 Medicare services from Dr. Persell across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 123 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $21,876 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 123 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Persell in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 54 patients. 69% of them have high blood pressure, and 67% have high cholesterol. 23% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.27, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Persell's median patient age at 70, with 39% women.

In 2024, Dr. Persell wrote 1,481 Medicare Part D claims for 110 patients. 83% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,147 of them, across 40 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $150,488 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 993 claims across 36 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 95 out of 100 for Dr. Persell for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Persell accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Persell as offering telehealth.

Dmand AI links 127 papers to Dr. Persell, published from 2004 to 2025. 2022 was the busiest year, with 11. The most frequent topics are Electronic Health Records, Primary Health Care and Hypertension. Dr. Persell has published most often in J Gen Intern Med. Dr. Persell's most frequent co-authors are Jeffrey A. Linder, FACP, MD, MPH, Ji Young Lee, MD and David Baker, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 3 general payments to Dr. Persell from 1 drug or device company from 2016 to 2017. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 90% of the total. Pfizer Inc. paid the most, $112,919.

Dr. Persell graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1998.