Dr. Payam Salehi, MD, PhD

Dr. Salehi practices at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, part of Tufts Medicine.

Dr. Salehi's NPI, 1578737532, was assigned on April 21, 2008. Dr. Salehi holds Massachusetts license 262605.

Dr. Salehi's primary practice is Tufts Medical Center, at 800 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111 in Suffolk County. The practice phone is (617) 636-5000.

Dr. Salehi's primary practice is Tufts Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, part of Tufts Medicine. Dr. Salehi is also affiliated with Lowell General Hospital. The medical group on file is Tufts Medical Center Community Care. Dmand AI also links Dr. Salehi to 2 more hospitals, 4 medical groups, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 imaging center, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Salehi practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Vascular surgery is Dr. Salehi's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 2086S0129X. Dr. Salehi is licensed in Massachusetts.

CMS data shows 1,859 Medicare services from Dr. Salehi across 21 procedure codes in 2024, for 1,134 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $135,272 for them.

CMS counts 1,134 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Salehi in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 458 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 28% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.16, 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. Salehi's median patient age at 67, with 44% women.

In 2024, Dr. Salehi wrote 98 Medicare Part D claims for 42 patients. 89% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 68 of them, across 3 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,449 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 86 claims across 3 drugs.

Dr. Salehi accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Salehi as offering telehealth. CMS counts 16 procedures of leg revascularization (restoring blood flow) by Dr. Salehi, more than 74% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Spinal fusion: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Varicose vein removal: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 40 papers to Dr. Salehi, published from 2015 to 2025. 2020 was the busiest year, with 8. The most frequent topics are Medicare, Postoperative Complications and Hospital Mortality. Dr. Salehi has published most often in J Vasc Surg. Dr. Salehi's most frequent co-authors are Mark David Iafrati, MD, Ali Irshad, MD and Luis Bernardo Suarez, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Salehi to 2 clinical trials. 2 are still active or recruiting. Conditions studied include Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal, Penetrating Atherosclerotic Ulcer and Acute Aortic Syndrome. Bolton Medical sponsors the most, 2.

CMS Open Payments shows 395 general payments to Dr. Salehi from 56 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 61% of the total. Endologix, Inc. paid the most, $15,210. It also lists 1 research payment totaling $725 in 2022.