Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Chowdhry, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 917
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 417
- Part D claims, 2024
- 190
- Publications
- 47
- Clinical trials
- 3
- Practice address
- 1000 Central, Evanston, IL 60201
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital - HOPD
Acute Care Hospital outpatient department · Evanston, Illinois
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Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Chowdhry is a neurosurgeon in Evanston, Illinois
Dr. Chowdhry practices at Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital - HOPD in Evanston, Illinois.
Dr. Chowdhry's NPI, 1083811418, was assigned on June 29, 2007. Dr. Chowdhry graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine in 2005. Dr. Chowdhry holds Illinois license 036133570.
- NPI
- 1083811418NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 4880859826
- NPI enumeration date
- June 29, 2007
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 47
- Medical school graduation
- 2005
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Chowdhry practices at Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital - HOPD in Evanston, Illinois
Dr. Chowdhry's primary practice is Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital - HOPD, at 1000 Central, Evanston, IL 60201.
- Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital - HOPD1000 Central, Evanston, IL 60201
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Chowdhry is affiliated with 8 sites of care and 2 medical groups
Dr. Chowdhry's primary practice is Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital - HOPD in Evanston, Illinois. Dr. Chowdhry is also affiliated with Evanston Hospital. The medical group on file is Endeavor Health Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Chowdhry to 4 more hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account. Dr. Chowdhry's employer is on file too: a hospital.
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Chowdhry's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Chowdhry practices, 8 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital - HOPD | Available with a free account |
| +7 more sites and 1 medical group | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Chowdhry is one of 303 neurosurgeons in Illinois
Neurological surgery is Dr. Chowdhry's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207T00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Chowdhry's licenses on file in 2 states: Illinois and Arizona.
Specialties and state licenses
- Neurological surgery, IllinoisPrimary
- Arizona license
Neurosurgeons near Dr. Chowdhry
Counts of neurosurgeons with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Chowdhry billed Medicare for 917 services in 2024
CMS data shows 917 Medicare services from Dr. Chowdhry across 23 procedure codes in 2024, for 417 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $138,939 for them.
Dr. Chowdhry's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 4942024: 54510%
- Surgery
- 2023: 1282024: 22677%
- Other services
- 2023: 02024: 75
- Imaging
- 2023: 512024: 7139%
Where Dr. Chowdhry's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office253%
- In a facility89297%
Dr. Chowdhry compared with the Illinois median for neurosurgeons, 2024
- Dr. Chowdhry
- Illinois median
- Medicare services
- 917vs 1845.0 times
- Medicare patients
- 417vs 1422.9 times
- Part D claims
- 122vs 323.8 times
Medians across 252 neurosurgeons in Illinois with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Chowdhry's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024
CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.
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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Chowdhry treated 417 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 77
CMS counts 417 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Chowdhry in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 156 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 12% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.71, 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. Chowdhry's median patient age at 71, with 57% women.
Dr. Chowdhry's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Chowdhry's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women24058%
- Men17742%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Chowdhry's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis66%
- Stroke or TIA45%
- Ischemic heart disease33%
- Anxiety31%
- Mood disorders31%
- Diabetes29%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Chowdhry's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 71
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women57%
- Men42%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Chowdhry wrote 190 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Chowdhry wrote 190 Medicare Part D claims for 83 patients. 99% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 122 of them, across 7 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,198 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 170 claims across 7 drugs.
Dr. Chowdhry's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic189 claims99%
- Brand-name and other1 claims1%
Dr. Chowdhry'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. Chowdhry's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids11%20 of 190 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: 1702024: 12228%
Drugs named by CMS: 7 in 2024, 7 in 2023.
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. Shakeel Ahmad Chowdhry scored 85 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 85 out of 100 for Dr. Chowdhry for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Chowdhry accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Chowdhry as offering telehealth. CMS counts 93 procedures of spinal fusion by Dr. Chowdhry, more than 71% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Dr. Chowdhry's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 85of 100Final score
- 75.9of 100Quality
- 99of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
- 75of 100Cost
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Where Dr. Chowdhry ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Spinal fusion
- 71st percentile93 procedures
- Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones)
- 59th percentile28 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Chowdhry has 47 publications on record
Dmand AI links 47 papers to Dr. Chowdhry, published from 2010 to 2025. 2024 was the busiest year, with 11. The most frequent topics are Thrombectomy, Stroke and Brain Ischemia. Dr. Chowdhry has published most often in Neurosurgery. Dr. Chowdhry's most frequent co-authors are Charles Christian Matouk, MD, Michael Robert Levitt, MD and Justin Robert Mascitelli, MD.
Dr. Chowdhry's papers by year, 2011 to 2025
Topics Dr. Chowdhry writes about most
- Thrombectomy
- Stroke
- Brain Ischemia
- Endovascular Procedures
- Ischemic Stroke
- Neurosurgery
- Neurosurgical Procedures
- Cerebral Hemorrhage
Dr. Chowdhry's most frequent co-authors
- Charles Christian Matouk, MD24 shared papers
- Michael Robert Levitt, MD23 shared papers
- Justin Robert Mascitelli, MD23 shared papers
Recent publications by Dr. Chowdhry
J Neurointerv Surg
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Chowdhry has worked on 3 clinical trials
Dmand AI links Dr. Chowdhry to 3 clinical trials. Conditions studied include Cerebral Hemorrhage, Intracranial Hemorrhages and Stroke. Open Payments lists research payments to Dr. Chowdhry that name 1 trial.
Conditions in Dr. Chowdhry's trials
- Cerebral Hemorrhage
- Intracranial Hemorrhages
- Stroke
- Cerebrovascular Disorders
Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Chowdhry
Recent clinical trials with Dr. Chowdhry
Non-Blinded Data Collection Pilot Study of Acute Stroke Using the Brainpulse™ (opens in a new tab)
Minimally Invasive Surgery Plus Rt-PA for ICH Evacuation Phase III (opens in a new tab)
ENRICH: Early MiNimally-invasive Removal of IntraCerebral Hemorrhage (ICH) (opens in a new tab)
Sources: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026; Dmand AI Research Linkage; and ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine)
Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Chowdhry received $119,766 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 219 general payments to Dr. Chowdhry from 22 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 74% of the total. Medtronic USA, Inc. paid the most, $49,285. It also lists 2 research payments totaling $4,429 from 2018 to 2025, naming 1 clinical trial.
General payments to Dr. Chowdhry by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Chowdhry by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Speaker and faculty fees$88,64774%
- Travel and lodging$17,54315%
- Food and beverage$6,5265%
- Consulting fees$5,3004%
- Honoraria$1,7501%
Companies that paid Dr. Chowdhry the most, 2016 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Chowdhry graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine
Dr. Chowdhry graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine in 2005.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Chowdhry's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare 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 percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Clinical trials and co-investigators | Dmand AI Research LinkageClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Chowdhry's NPI number?
Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Chowdhry's NPI number is 1083811418. It was assigned on June 29, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Chowdhry?
Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Chowdhry is a neurosurgeon in Evanston, Illinois. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Neurological Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207T00000X).
Where does Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Chowdhry practice?
Dr. Chowdhry practices at 1000 Central, Evanston, IL 60201. Dr. Chowdhry's primary practice is Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital - HOPD in Evanston, Illinois. Dmand AI also links Dr. Chowdhry to 4 hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group.
What is Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Chowdhry's medical license number?
Dr. Chowdhry holds Illinois license 036133570, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.
Which states has Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Chowdhry been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Chowdhry in Illinois and Arizona.
Which hospitals is Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Chowdhry affiliated with?
Dr. Chowdhry is affiliated with Evanston Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Chowdhry to 4 more hospitals.
What medical group is Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Chowdhry part of?
Dr. Chowdhry is linked to Endeavor Health Medical Group. Dmand AI links Dr. Chowdhry to 1 more medical group.
Does Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Chowdhry accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Chowdhry billed Medicare for 917 services in 2024, and Dr. Chowdhry accepts Medicare assignment.
Does Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Chowdhry offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Chowdhry as offering telehealth services.
What is Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Chowdhry's MIPS score?
Dr. Chowdhry's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 85 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Chowdhry see?
CMS counts 417 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Chowdhry in 2024, with an average age of 77.
What services does Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Chowdhry bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Chowdhry's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), office visit, established patient (99213) and office visit, new patient (99204).
Where did Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Chowdhry go to medical school?
Dr. Chowdhry graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine in 2005.
What drugs does Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Chowdhry prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Chowdhry's most prescribed drugs by claims were Gabapentin, Levetiracetam and Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen.
Has Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Chowdhry received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $119,766 in general payments to Dr. Chowdhry from 22 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Medtronic USA, Inc.
How long has Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Chowdhry been practicing?
Dr. Chowdhry graduated from medical school in 2005, 21 years ago.
Does Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Chowdhry do research?
Dmand AI links 47 publications to Dr. Chowdhry, published from 2010 to 2025. Dr. Chowdhry has worked on 3 clinical trials.
Who does Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Chowdhry publish with?
Dr. Chowdhry's most frequent co-authors are Charles Christian Matouk, MD (24 shared papers), Michael Robert Levitt, MD (23 shared papers) and Justin Robert Mascitelli, MD (23 shared papers).
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