Dr. Michael A. Samara, MD

Dr. Samara practices at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, part of Sutter Health.

Dr. Samara's NPI, 1053523613, was assigned on May 4, 2007. Dr. Samara graduated from Clvlnd Clinic Lerner College of Med of Case Wstn Rsv University in 2004. Dr. Samara holds Minnesota license 55152.

Dr. Samara's primary practice is Abbott Northwestern Hospital, at 800 East 28th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55407 in Hennepin County. The practice phone is (612) 863-4000.

Dr. Samara's primary practice is Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, part of Sutter Health. Dr. Samara is also affiliated with Mercy Hospital. The medical group on file is Buffalo Hospital. Dmand AI also links Dr. Samara to 3 more hospitals, 2 group practices and clinics, 2 medical groups 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. Samara practices, 8 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Cardiovascular disease is Dr. Samara's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RC0000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Samara's licenses on file in 2 states: Minnesota and Illinois.

CMS data shows 1,051 Medicare services from Dr. Samara across 16 procedure codes in 2024, for 609 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $80,854 for them.

CMS counts 609 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Samara in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 214 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 17% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.11, 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. Samara's median patient age at 65, with 37% women.

In 2024, Dr. Samara wrote 3,693 Medicare Part D claims for 365 patients. 66% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 3,464 of them, across 49 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $5,568,337 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 3,070 claims across 44 drugs.

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

Dmand AI links 15 papers to Dr. Samara, published from 2011 to 2025. 2015 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Heart Failure, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation and Shock, Cardiogenic. Dr. Samara has published most often in Int J Artif Organs. Dr. Samara's most frequent co-authors are Katarzyna Maria Hryniewicz, MD, Ivan J. Chavez, MD and Mosi Kadin Bennett, MD, PhD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Samara to 1 clinical trial. Conditions studied include Heart Failure and Heart Diseases.

CMS Open Payments shows 9 general payments to Dr. Samara from 6 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2023. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 68% of the total. Abbott Laboratories paid the most, $341.

Dr. Samara graduated from Clvlnd Clinic Lerner College of Med of Case Wstn Rsv University in 2004.