Dr. Merit Ester Cudkowicz, MD

Dr. Cudkowicz practices at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, part of Mass General Brigham.

Dr. Cudkowicz's NPI, 1306827241, was assigned on November 8, 2005. Dr. Cudkowicz graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1990. Dr. Cudkowicz holds Massachusetts license 79167.

Dr. Cudkowicz's primary practice is Massachusetts General Hospital, at 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114 in Suffolk County. The practice phone is (617) 726-2000.

Dr. Cudkowicz's primary practice is Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, part of Mass General Brigham. Dr. Cudkowicz is also affiliated with Emerson Hospital. The medical group on file is Massachusetts General Physicians Organization (MGPO). Dmand AI also links Dr. Cudkowicz to 2 more group practices and clinics, 1 community health center and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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

Neurology is Dr. Cudkowicz's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 2084N0400X. Dr. Cudkowicz is licensed in Massachusetts.

CMS data shows 47 Medicare services from Dr. Cudkowicz across 2 procedure codes in 2024, all of them office visits, for 35 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $6,040 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 35 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Cudkowicz in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 14 patients. 60% of them have high cholesterol, and 43% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 1.68, 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. Cudkowicz's median patient age at 65, with 21% women.

In 2024, Dr. Cudkowicz wrote 491 Medicare Part D claims for 45 patients. 35% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 423 of them, across 6 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $3,371,377 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 569 claims across 6 drugs.

Dr. Cudkowicz accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Cudkowicz as offering telehealth.

Dmand AI links 117 papers to Dr. Cudkowicz, published from 2015 to 2025. 2022 was the busiest year, with 15. The most frequent topics are Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Double-Blind Method and Disease Progression. Dr. Cudkowicz has published most often in Muscle Nerve. Dr. Cudkowicz's most frequent co-authors are Jeremy M. Shefner, MD, Suma Babu, MBBS, MPH and Jinsy Andrews, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 106 general payments to Dr. Cudkowicz from 16 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 78% of the total. Biogen, Inc. paid the most, $40,257. It also lists 2 research payments totaling $2,887 from 2017 to 2018.

Dr. Cudkowicz graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1990.