Dr. Tharwat A. Ghattas, MD

Dr. Ghattas practices at CHRISTUS Highland Medical Center in Shreveport, Louisiana, part of CHRISTUS Health.

Dr. Ghattas' NPI, 1043523277, was assigned on July 16, 2010. Dr. Ghattas graduated from Kasr El Aini Cairo Fom in 2005. Dr. Ghattas holds Louisiana license MD.206802.

Dr. Ghattas' primary practice is CHRISTUS Highland Medical Center, at 1453 E Bert Kouns Industrial Drive, Shreveport, LA 71105 in Caddo Parish. The practice phone is (318) 681-5000.

Dr. Ghattas' primary practice is CHRISTUS Highland Medical Center in Shreveport, Louisiana, part of CHRISTUS Health. Dr. Ghattas is also affiliated with St. Francis Medical Center. The medical group on file is Sound Physicians. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ghattas to 3 more hospitals, 3 medical groups, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 home health agency, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Ghattas practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Hematology and oncology is Dr. Ghattas' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RH0003X. Dr. Ghattas is licensed in Louisiana.

Dmand AI lists aneurysm, atrial fibrillation and flutter, chronic anemia, chronic diabetes, chronic hypertension, chronic kidney disease, coronary artery disease and enlarged prostate among the conditions Dr. Ghattas treats.

CMS data shows 539 Medicare services from Dr. Ghattas across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 140 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $50,452 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 140 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ghattas in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 62 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 66% have cancer. 49% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.17, 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. Ghattas' median patient age at 69, with 55% women.

In 2024, Dr. Ghattas wrote 3,424 Medicare Part D claims for 222 patients. 81% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 3,056 of them, across 89 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $3,279,090 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 5,384 claims across 123 drugs.

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

Dmand AI links 3 papers to Dr. Ghattas in 2025. Dr. Ghattas' most frequent co-authors are Millicent Amankwah, MD, Shravya Balmuri, MD and Dheeraj Kumar Posa, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 401 general payments to Dr. Ghattas from 55 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 48% of the total. Astellas Pharma US Inc paid the most, $7,626.

Dr. Ghattas graduated from Kasr El Aini Cairo Fom in 2005.

Dr. Ghattas is in network with 23 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 12. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.