Dr. Ray S. Sawaqed, MD

Dr. Sawaqed practices at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County in Chicago, Illinois, part of Cook County Government.

Dr. Sawaqed's NPI, 1023109899, was assigned on September 27, 2006. Dr. Sawaqed holds Illinois license 036102166.

Dr. Sawaqed's primary practice is John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, at 1901 W Harrison St, Chicago, IL 60612 in Cook County. The practice phone is (312) 864-6000.

Dr. Sawaqed's primary practice is John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County in Chicago, Illinois, part of Cook County Government. Dr. Sawaqed is also affiliated with Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital. The medical group on file is Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation. Dmand AI also links Dr. Sawaqed to 6 more medical groups and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Sawaqed practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) is Dr. Sawaqed's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208G00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Sawaqed's licenses on file in 2 states: Illinois and Indiana.

CMS data shows 14 Medicare services from Dr. Sawaqed across 1 procedure code in 2024, for 26 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $1,515 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 26 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Sawaqed in 2024. 75% of them have heart failure, and 75% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 2.69, 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. Sawaqed's median patient age at 68, with 36% women.

In 2024, Dr. Sawaqed wrote 21 Medicare Part D claims. 81% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 12 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $18 in total drug cost. In 2017, CMS named 76 claims across 4 drugs.

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

Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 6 papers to Dr. Sawaqed, published from 2014 to 2023. 2023 was the busiest year, with 2. Dr. Sawaqed's most frequent co-authors are Steve Attanasio, DO, Rami Doukky, MD and Kameel Kassab, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 102 general payments to Dr. Sawaqed from 19 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 52% of the total. Medtronic Vascular, Inc. paid the most, $3,522.