Melissa Marie Najarian

Melissa Najarian practices at Essentia Health-Duluth (Miller-Dwan, Building D) in Duluth, Minnesota, part of Essentia Health.

Melissa Najarian's NPI, 1730120171, was assigned on June 9, 2006. Melissa Najarian graduated from University of Minnesota Medical School in 1999. Melissa Najarian holds Minnesota license 47735.

Melissa Najarian's primary practice is Essentia Health-Duluth (Miller-Dwan, Building D), at 502 East Second Street, Duluth, MN 55805 in St. Louis County. The practice phone is (218) 786-2652.

Melissa Najarian's primary practice is Essentia Health-Duluth (Miller-Dwan, Building D) in Duluth, Minnesota, part of Essentia Health. Melissa Najarian is also affiliated with Essentia Health-St. Mary's Medical Center. The medical group on file is Essentia Health-Duluth Clinic. Dmand AI also links Melissa Najarian to 4 more hospitals, 3 medical groups and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Melissa Najarian practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Surgery is Melissa Najarian's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Melissa Najarian is licensed in Minnesota.

CMS data shows 60 Medicare services from Melissa Najarian across 3 procedure codes in 2024, all of them office visits, for 91 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $4,105 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 91 Medicare patients who saw Melissa Najarian in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 35 patients. 64% of them have high blood pressure, and 57% have high cholesterol. 30% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.81, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Melissa Najarian's median patient age at 67, with 56% women.

In 2024, Melissa Najarian wrote 120 Medicare Part D claims for 86 patients. 76% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 72 of them, across 3 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $618 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 61 claims across 3 drugs.

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

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

Hernia repair (minimally invasive): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Hernia repair - groin (open): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 4 papers to Melissa Najarian, published from 2018 to 2023. 2018 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are General Surgery and Internship and Residency. Melissa Najarian has published most often in J Surg Educ. Melissa Najarian's most frequent co-authors are Sarah Elizabeth Blue, MD, Benjamin T. Jarman, MD and Ashley Nicole McElroy, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 24 general payments to Melissa Najarian from 1 drug or device company from 2016 to 2023. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 49% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $7,072.

Melissa Najarian graduated from University of Minnesota Medical School in 1999.