Dr. Zainab Syed, MD

  • Towson, MD
  • Pulmonologist
NPI1275883456PAC ID9234480229
Medicare services, 2024
1,042
Medicare patients, 2024
421
Part D claims, 2024
256
Publications
3
Hospital affiliations
4
Practice address
6701 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21204
Practice phone
Call (443) 849-2000
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Primary practice

Greater Baltimore Medical Center

Hospital · Baltimore, Maryland

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Dr. Zainab Syed is a pulmonologist in Towson, Maryland

Dr. Syed practices at Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland, part of GBMC HealthCare.

Dr. Syed's NPI, 1275883456, was assigned on September 14, 2012. Dr. Syed graduated from American University of Antigua College of Medicine in 2012. Dr. Syed holds Florida license ME142092.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
9234480229
NPI enumeration date
September 14, 2012
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(443) 849-2000
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
40
Medical school graduation
2012

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Zainab Syed practices at Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland

Dr. Syed's primary practice is Greater Baltimore Medical Center, at 6701 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21204 in Baltimore County. The practice phone is (443) 849-2000.

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Zainab Syed is affiliated with 6 sites of care and 9 medical groups

Dr. Syed's primary practice is Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland, part of GBMC HealthCare. Dr. Syed is also affiliated with Jackson Memorial Hospital. The medical group on file is Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC). Dmand AI also links Dr. Syed to 2 more hospitals, 8 medical groups and 2 group practices and clinics, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Zainab Syed's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Greater Baltimore Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+5 more sites and 8 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Zainab Syed is one of 281 pulmonologists in Maryland

Pulmonary disease is Dr. Syed's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RP1001X. Dr. Syed is board certified in critical care medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Syed's licenses on file in 4 states: Florida, New Jersey, Ohio and Maryland.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Pulmonary disease, FloridaPrimaryLicense ME142092 · 2019 to 2026 · taxonomy 207RP1001X
  • Internal medicine, New JerseyLicense 25MA09727200 · 2015 to 2027 · taxonomy 207R00000X
  • Ohio license2025 to 2027
  • Maryland license2025

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists asthma, bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic respiratory failure, lung disease: COPD, asthma or bronchitis, sleep apnea and tobacco use among the conditions Dr. Syed treats.

Pulmonologists near Dr. Syed

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Zainab Syed billed Medicare for 1,042 services in 2024

CMS data shows 1,042 Medicare services from Dr. Syed across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 421 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $165,533 for them.

Medicare services, 20241,042
Medicare patients421
Paid by Medicare$165,533
Procedure codes5

Dr. Syed's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 9552024: 1,0086%
Surgery
2023: 242024: 3442%
Tests and treatments
2023: 872024: 0100%

Where Dr. Syed's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office242%
  • In a facility1,01898%

Dr. Syed compared with the Maryland median for pulmonologists, 2024

  • Dr. Syed
  • Maryland median
Medicare services
1,042vs 59276% above
Medicare patients
421vs 31335% above
Part D claims
205vs 33439% below

Medians across 264 pulmonologists in Maryland with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Syed'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. Zainab Syed treated 421 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 77

CMS counts 421 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Syed in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 161 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 43% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 3.60, 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. Syed's median patient age at 71, with 56% women.

Medicare patients, 2024421
Average age77
Average risk score3.60
Also on Medicaid43%

Dr. Syed's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Syed's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women19847%
  • Men22353%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Syed's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Heart failure69%
  4. Ischemic heart disease68%
  5. Diabetes60%
  6. Chronic kidney disease59%
  7. Atrial fibrillation56%
  8. Mood disorders53%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Syed's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 71

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women56%
  • Men44%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Zainab Syed wrote 256 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Syed wrote 256 Medicare Part D claims for 59 patients. 31% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 205 of them, across 7 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $73,453 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 313 claims across 10 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024256
Drugs named by CMS7
Total drug cost$73,453
Part D patients59

Dr. Syed's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic79 claims31%
  • Brand-name177 claims69%

Dr. Syed'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: 3132024: 20535%

Drugs named by CMS: 7 in 2024, 10 in 2023.

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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

How Dr. Zainab Syed takes part in Medicare

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

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

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Dr. Zainab Syed has 3 publications on record

Dmand AI links 3 papers to Dr. Syed, published from 2019 to 2023. Dr. Syed's most frequent co-author is Thomas Richard Kimball, MD.

Papers3
Years published2019 to 2023

Dr. Syed's most frequent co-authors

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Zainab Syed received $5,516 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 186 general payments to Dr. Syed from 34 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 88% of the total. Pulmonx Corporation paid the most, $1,149.

General payments to Dr. Syed by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Syed by kind, 2016 to 2025

$5.5Kin total
  • Food and beverage$4,82988%
  • Travel and lodging$66912%
  • Education$180%

Companies that paid Dr. Syed the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Zainab Syed graduated from American University of Antigua College of Medicine

Dr. Syed graduated from American University of Antigua College of Medicine in 2012.

  1. Medical schoolAmerican University of Antigua College of Medicine
  2. Board certified in critical care medicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  3. Board certified in internal medicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
  4. Board certified in pulmonary diseaseAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Zainab Syed accepts plans from 17 insurance carriers

Dr. Syed is in network with 17 carriers, including Elevance, Aetna and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 12. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

Plan types Dr. Syed accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO12
  2. Medicare11
  3. HMO10
  4. EPO5
  5. POS5
  6. Medicaid1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Zainab Syed's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare 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 percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Zainab Syed's NPI number?

Dr. Zainab Syed's NPI number is 1275883456. It was assigned on September 14, 2012, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Zainab Syed?

Dr. Zainab Syed is a pulmonologist in Towson, Maryland. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Pulmonary Disease Physician (taxonomy code 207RP1001X).

Where does Dr. Zainab Syed practice?

Dr. Syed practices at 6701 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21204. Dr. Syed's primary practice is Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland, part of GBMC HealthCare. Dmand AI also links Dr. Syed to 2 hospitals, 8 medical groups and 2 group practices and clinics.

What is Dr. Zainab Syed's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Syed is (443) 849-2000.

What is Dr. Zainab Syed's medical license number?

Dr. Syed holds Florida license ME142092, one of the licenses on file in 4 states.

Which states has Dr. Zainab Syed been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Syed in Florida (2019 to 2026), New Jersey (2015 to 2027), Ohio (2025 to 2027) and Maryland (2025).

Which hospitals is Dr. Zainab Syed affiliated with?

Dr. Syed practices at Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Syed is also affiliated with Jackson Memorial Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Syed to 2 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Zainab Syed part of?

Dr. Syed is linked to Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC). Dmand AI links Dr. Syed to 8 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Zainab Syed accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Syed billed Medicare for 1,042 services in 2024, and Dr. Syed accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Zainab Syed see?

CMS counts 421 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Syed in 2024, with an average age of 77.

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Is Dr. Zainab Syed board certified?

Yes. Dr. Syed is board certified in critical care medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

What services does Dr. Zainab Syed bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Syed's most billed Medicare services were critical care (99291), critical care (99292) and office visit, established patient (99215).

Where did Dr. Zainab Syed go to medical school?

Dr. Syed graduated from American University of Antigua College of Medicine in 2012.

What drugs does Dr. Zainab Syed prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Syed's most prescribed drugs by claims were Trelegy Ellipta, Albuterol Sulfate Hfa and Spiriva Respimat.

Has Dr. Zainab Syed received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $5,516 in general payments to Dr. Syed from 34 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Pulmonx Corporation.

How long has Dr. Zainab Syed been practicing?

Dr. Syed graduated from medical school in 2012, 14 years ago.

Does Dr. Zainab Syed do research?

Dmand AI links 3 publications to Dr. Syed, published from 2019 to 2023.

Who does Dr. Zainab Syed publish with?

Dr. Syed's most frequent co-authors are Thomas Richard Kimball, MD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. Zainab Syed accept?

Dr. Syed is in network with 17 carriers, including Elevance, Aetna and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 12. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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