Dr. Varun Shandal, MD

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

Dr. Shandal's NPI, 1225391279, was assigned on June 24, 2012. Dr. Shandal holds Minnesota license 61484.

Dr. Shandal'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. Shandal's primary practice is Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, part of Sutter Health. Dr. Shandal is also affiliated with Select Specialty Hospital - Pittsburgh / UPMC. The medical group on file is Buffalo Hospital. Dmand AI also links Dr. Shandal to 1 more home health agency and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Shandal practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Neurology is Dr. Shandal's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 2084N0400X. Dmand AI has Dr. Shandal's licenses on file in 2 states: Minnesota and Pennsylvania.

CMS data shows 1,002 Medicare services from Dr. Shandal across 8 procedure codes in 2024, for 59 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $30,304 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 59 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Shandal in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 33 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 1.28, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Shandal's median patient age at 67, with 51% women.

In 2020, Dr. Shandal wrote 742 Medicare Part D claims. They cover 21 drugs, with $27,514 in total drug cost. In 2019, CMS named 852 claims across 20 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 86 out of 100 for Dr. Shandal for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Shandal accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 21 papers to Dr. Shandal, published from 2011 to 2025. 2023 was the busiest year, with 7. The most frequent topics are Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring, Postoperative Complications and Electroencephalography. Dr. Shandal has published most often in Clin Neurophysiol. Dr. Shandal's most frequent co-authors are Parthasarathy D. Thirumala, Katherine Melonakos Anetakis and Kathirvel Subramaniam.

CMS Open Payments shows 1 general payment to Dr. Shandal from 1 drug or device company in 2016. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Medtronic USA, Inc. paid the most, $125.