Dr. Kenneth D. Candido, MD

Dr. Candido practices at Thorek Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, part of Thorek Memorial Hospital.

Dr. Candido's NPI, 1518937937, was assigned on January 26, 2006. Dr. Candido graduated from New York Medical College in 1984. Dr. Candido holds Illinois license 36075131.

Dr. Candido's primary practice is Thorek Memorial Hospital, at 850 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL 60613 in Cook County. The practice phone is (773) 975-6867.

Dr. Candido's primary practice is Thorek Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, part of Thorek Memorial Hospital. Dr. Candido is also affiliated with Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center. The medical group on file is Thorek Memorial Hospital. Dmand AI also links Dr. Candido to 1 more hospital, 4 medical groups, 1 behavioral health center and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account. Dr. Candido's employer is on file too: a hospital.

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

Interventional pain medicine is Dr. Candido's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208VP0014X. Dr. Candido is licensed in Illinois.

CMS data shows 501 Medicare services from Dr. Candido across 6 procedure codes in 2024, for 147 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $44,836 for them.

CMS counts 147 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Candido in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 60 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 74% have high cholesterol. 37% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.41, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Candido's median patient age at 69, with 59% women.

In 2024, Dr. Candido wrote 952 Medicare Part D claims for 125 patients. 93% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 857 of them, across 20 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $50,202 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 746 claims across 19 drugs.

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

Dmand AI links 137 papers to Dr. Candido, published from 2008 to 2025. 2020 was the busiest year, with 14. The most frequent topics are Chronic Pain, Pain Management and Injections, Epidural. Dr. Candido has published most often in Pain Physician. Dr. Candido's most frequent co-authors are Ramsis F. Ghaly, MD, Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD and Joshua Adam Hirsch, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Candido to 5 clinical trials, 2 of them phase 3 studies. Conditions studied include Pain, Intractable, Pain and Chronic Pain. Abbott Medical Devices sponsors the most, 2.

CMS Open Payments shows 576 general payments to Dr. Candido from 57 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 50% of the total. Abbott Laboratories paid the most, $7,054.

Dr. Candido graduated from New York Medical College in 1984.