Dr. Tetsuro Sakai, MD

Dr. Sakai practices at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, part of University of North Carolina Health Care System.

Dr. Sakai's NPI, 1467427831, was assigned on February 21, 2006. Dr. Sakai holds North Carolina license 2024-02578.

Dr. Sakai's primary practice is UNC Hospitals, at 101 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 in Orange County. The practice phone is (919) 966-4141.

Dr. Sakai's primary practice is UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, part of University of North Carolina Health Care System. The medical group on file is UNC Faculty Physicians. Dmand AI also links Dr. Sakai to 1 more therapy and rehab clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Sakai practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Anesthesiology is Dr. Sakai's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207L00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Sakai's licenses on file in 2 states: North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

CMS data shows 11 Medicare services from Dr. Sakai across 1 procedure code in 2024, for 39 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $1,023 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 39 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Sakai in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 17 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 74% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 3.72, 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. Sakai's median patient age at 64, with 63% women.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 81 out of 100 for Dr. Sakai for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Sakai accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 22 papers to Dr. Sakai, published from 2020 to 2025. 2022 was the busiest year, with 5. The most frequent topics are Liver Transplantation, Anesthesia and Anesthesiology. Dr. Sakai has published most often in Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. Dr. Sakai's most frequent co-authors are Cara E. Crouch, MD, Michael Brandon Little, MD and Phillip Scott Adams, DO.

CMS Open Payments shows 1 general payment to Dr. Sakai from 1 drug or device company in 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Octapharma USA, Inc. paid the most, $53.