Dr. Kush Rajesh Desai, MD
- Medicare services, 2024
- 544
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 287
- Part D claims, 2024
- 107
- Publications
- 88
- Clinical trials
- 4
- Practice address
- 251 E Huron St, Chicago, IL 60611
- Practice phone
- Call (312) 926-2000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
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Dr. Kush Rajesh Desai is an interventional radiologist in Chicago, Illinois
Dr. Desai practices at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, part of Northwestern Memorial HealthCare.
Dr. Desai's NPI, 1194906560, was assigned on November 14, 2007. Dr. Desai graduated from Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School in 2007. Dr. Desai holds Illinois license 036.129986.
- NPI
- 1194906560NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 4688817653
- NPI enumeration date
- November 14, 2007
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (312) 926-2000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 45
- Medical school graduation
- 2007
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Kush Rajesh Desai practices at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois
Dr. Desai's primary practice is Northwestern Memorial Hospital, at 251 E Huron St, Chicago, IL 60611 in Cook County. The practice phone is (312) 926-2000.
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital251 E Huron St, Chicago, IL 60611 · Cook CountyPhone(312) 926-2000
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Kush Rajesh Desai is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Desai's primary practice is Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, part of Northwestern Memorial HealthCare. Dr. Desai is also affiliated with Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital. The medical group on file is Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation. Dmand AI also links Dr. Desai to 1 more group practice or clinic, named with a free account.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Kush Rajesh Desai's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Desai practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital | Available with a free account |
| +2 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Kush Rajesh Desai is one of 187 interventional radiologists in Illinois
Vascular and interventional radiology is Dr. Desai's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 2085R0204X. Dr. Desai is licensed in Illinois.
Specialties and state licenses
- Vascular and interventional radiology, IllinoisPrimary
Interventional radiologists near Dr. Desai
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Kush Rajesh Desai billed Medicare for 544 services in 2024
CMS data shows 544 Medicare services from Dr. Desai across 16 procedure codes in 2024, for 287 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $48,418 for them.
Dr. Desai's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Surgery
- 2023: 1202024: 17949%
- Imaging
- 2023: 1192024: 13715%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 832024: 13765%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 682024: 9134%
Where Dr. Desai's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office9117%
- In a facility45383%
Dr. Desai compared with the Illinois median for interventional radiologists, 2024
- Dr. Desai
- Illinois median
- Medicare services
- 544vs 92041% below
- Medicare patients
- 287vs 53847% below
- Part D claims
- 72vs 193.8 times
Medians across 164 interventional radiologists in Illinois with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Desai'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. Kush Rajesh Desai treated 287 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 70
CMS counts 287 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Desai in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 131 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 72% have high cholesterol. 26% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 3.17, 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. Desai's median patient age at 64, with 62% women.
Dr. Desai's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Desai's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women14249%
- Men14551%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Desai's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol72%
- Arthritis57%
- Chronic kidney disease49%
- Ischemic heart disease46%
- Diabetes42%
- Heart failure37%
- Anxiety33%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Desai's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 64
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women62%
- Men38%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Kush Rajesh Desai wrote 107 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Desai wrote 107 Medicare Part D claims for 44 patients. 50% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 72 of them, across 3 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $64,781 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 42 claims across 2 drugs.
Dr. Desai's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic54 claims50%
- Brand-name53 claims50%
Dr. Desai'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.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 422024: 7271%
Drugs named by CMS: 3 in 2024, 2 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. Kush Rajesh Desai scored 95 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 95 out of 100 for Dr. Desai for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Desai accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Desai as offering telehealth.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Dr. Desai's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 95of 100Final score
- 83of 100Quality
- 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026
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Dr. Kush Rajesh Desai has 88 publications on record
Dmand AI links 88 papers to Dr. Desai, published from 2014 to 2025. 2024 was the busiest year, with 14. The most frequent topics are Venous Thrombosis, Vena Cava Filters and Device Removal. Dr. Desai has published most often in J Vasc Interv Radiol. Dr. Desai's most frequent co-authors are Riad Salem, MD, Bartley Garver Thornburg, MD and Ryan Matthew Hickey, MD.
Dr. Desai's papers by year, 2016 to 2025
Topics Dr. Desai writes about most
- Venous Thrombosis
- Vena Cava Filters
- Device Removal
- Endovascular Procedures
- Iliac Vein
- Vena Cava, Inferior
- Stents
- Liver Neoplasms
Dr. Desai's most frequent co-authors
- Riad Salem, MD36 shared papers
- Bartley Garver Thornburg, MD24 shared papers
- Ryan Matthew Hickey, MD19 shared papers
Recent publications by Dr. Desai
J Vasc Interv Radiol
Eur Respir J
J Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Kush Rajesh Desai has worked on 4 clinical trials
Dmand AI links Dr. Desai to 4 clinical trials. 1 is still active or recruiting. Conditions studied include May-Thurner Syndrome, Postthrombotic Syndrome and Prostatic Hyperplasia. Northwestern University sponsors the most, 2.
Conditions in Dr. Desai's trials
- May-Thurner Syndrome
- Postthrombotic Syndrome
- Prostatic Hyperplasia
- Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
- Vascular Malformations
Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Desai
- Rabih A. Chaer2 shared trials
- Mark K. Eskandari, MD2 shared trials
- Antonios Gasparis, MD2 shared trials
Recent clinical trials with Dr. Desai
Chronic Venous Thrombosis: Relief With Adjunctive Catheter-Directed Therapy (The C-TRACT Trial) (opens in a new tab)
Sources: Dmand AI Research Linkage; and ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine)
Dr. Kush Rajesh Desai received $1,074,470 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 858 general payments to Dr. Desai from 32 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 55% of the total. Cook Medical LLC paid the most, $253,577. It also lists 2 research payments totaling $3,100 from 2017 to 2020.
General payments to Dr. Desai by program year, 2016 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Desai by kind, 2016 to 2025
- Consulting fees$582,94455%
- Speaker and faculty fees$357,39034%
- Grants$37,0003%
- Travel and lodging$35,6593%
- Other$49,3335%
Companies that paid Dr. Desai 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. Kush Rajesh Desai graduated from Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School
Dr. Desai graduated from Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School in 2007.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Kush Rajesh Desai'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 DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy 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) |
| 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. Kush Rajesh Desai's NPI number?
Dr. Kush Rajesh Desai's NPI number is 1194906560. It was assigned on November 14, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Kush Rajesh Desai?
Dr. Kush Rajesh Desai is an interventional radiologist in Chicago, Illinois. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Vascular & Interventional Radiology Physician (taxonomy code 2085R0204X).
Where does Dr. Kush Rajesh Desai practice?
Dr. Desai practices at 251 E Huron St, Chicago, IL 60611. Dr. Desai's primary practice is Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, part of Northwestern Memorial HealthCare. Dmand AI also links Dr. Desai to 1 group practice or clinic.
What is Dr. Kush Rajesh Desai's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Desai is (312) 926-2000.
What is Dr. Kush Rajesh Desai's medical license number?
Dr. Desai holds Illinois license 036.129986.
Which hospitals is Dr. Kush Rajesh Desai affiliated with?
Dr. Desai practices at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Desai is also affiliated with Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital.
What medical group is Dr. Kush Rajesh Desai part of?
Dr. Desai is linked to Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation.
Does Dr. Kush Rajesh Desai accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Desai billed Medicare for 544 services in 2024, and Dr. Desai accepts Medicare assignment.
Does Dr. Kush Rajesh Desai offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Desai as offering telehealth services.
What is Dr. Kush Rajesh Desai's MIPS score?
Dr. Desai's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 95 out of 100, reported through an alternative payment model (APM).
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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Kush Rajesh Desai see?
CMS counts 287 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Desai in 2024, with an average age of 70.
What services does Dr. Kush Rajesh Desai bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Desai's most billed Medicare services were special service (99152), surgery: heart and blood vessels (37193) and ultrasound (76937).
Where did Dr. Kush Rajesh Desai go to medical school?
Dr. Desai graduated from Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School in 2007.
What drugs does Dr. Kush Rajesh Desai prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Desai's most prescribed drugs by claims were Eliquis, Enoxaparin Sodium and Methylprednisolone.
Has Dr. Kush Rajesh Desai received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $1,074,470 in general payments to Dr. Desai from 32 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Cook Medical LLC.
How long has Dr. Kush Rajesh Desai been practicing?
Dr. Desai graduated from medical school in 2007, 19 years ago.
Does Dr. Kush Rajesh Desai do research?
Dmand AI links 88 publications to Dr. Desai, published from 2014 to 2025. Dr. Desai has worked on 4 clinical trials.
Who does Dr. Kush Rajesh Desai publish with?
Dr. Desai's most frequent co-authors are Riad Salem, MD (36 shared papers), Bartley Garver Thornburg, MD (24 shared papers) and Ryan Matthew Hickey, MD (19 shared papers).
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