Dr. Prem S. Shekar, MD

Dr. Shekar practices at Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Massachusetts, part of Beth Israel Lahey Health.

Dr. Shekar's NPI, 1760448955, was assigned on April 25, 2006. Dr. Shekar holds Massachusetts license 219668.

Dr. Shekar's primary practice is Lahey Clinic, at 41 & 45 Mall Road, Burlington, MA 01803 in Middlesex County. The practice phone is (781) 744-5100.

Dr. Shekar's primary practice is Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Massachusetts, part of Beth Israel Lahey Health. The medical group on file is Lahey Clinic. Dmand AI also links Dr. Shekar to 4 more home health agencies and 2 medical groups, each named with a free account.

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

Thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) is Dr. Shekar's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208G00000X. Dr. Shekar is licensed in Massachusetts.

CMS data shows 226 Medicare services from Dr. Shekar across 9 procedure codes in 2024, for 163 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $118,159 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 163 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Shekar in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 79 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 9% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.37, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Shekar's median patient age at 73, with 38% women.

In 2016, Dr. Shekar wrote 11 Medicare Part D claims. Every claim was for a generic drug. They cover 1 drug, with $477 in total drug cost.

Dr. Shekar accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 34 procedures of coronary artery bypass graft (cabg) by Dr. Shekar, more than 87% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Pacemaker insertion or repair: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 71 papers to Dr. Shekar, published from 2011 to 2024. 2019 was the busiest year, with 8. The most frequent topics are Cardiac Surgical Procedures, Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation and Hospital Mortality. Dr. Shekar has published most often in J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. Dr. Shekar's most frequent co-authors are Sary F. Aranki, MD, Marc Pelletier, MD and Julius I. Ejiofor, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Shekar to 2 clinical trials. Conditions studied include Heart Valve Diseases, Ventricular Outflow Obstruction and Aortic Valve Stenosis.

CMS Open Payments shows 34 general payments to Dr. Shekar from 8 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Honoraria make up the largest share, 42% of the total. Edwards Lifesciences Corporation paid the most, $3,772.