Dr. Sivakumar Jaikumar, MD

Dr. Jaikumar practices at UNC Health Rex in Raleigh, North Carolina, part of University of North Carolina Health Care System.

Dr. Jaikumar's NPI, 1154345288, was assigned on July 26, 2006. Dr. Jaikumar graduated from University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio in 1996. Dr. Jaikumar holds North Carolina license 2005-00905.

Dr. Jaikumar's primary practice is UNC Health Rex, at 4420 Lake Boone Trail, Raleigh, NC 27607 in Wake County. The practice phone is (919) 784-3100.

Dr. Jaikumar's primary practice is UNC Health Rex in Raleigh, 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. Jaikumar to 4 more medical groups, 3 group practices and clinics and 1 clinical lab, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Jaikumar practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Neurological surgery is Dr. Jaikumar's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207T00000X. Dr. Jaikumar is board certified in neurological surgery by the American Board of Neurological Surgery. Dr. Jaikumar is licensed in North Carolina.

CMS data shows 112 Medicare services from Dr. Jaikumar across 4 procedure codes in 2024, for 137 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $20,115 for them.

CMS counts 137 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Jaikumar in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 61 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 72% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 1.57, 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. Jaikumar's median patient age at 69, with 52% women.

In 2024, Dr. Jaikumar wrote 53 Medicare Part D claims for 29 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 23 of them, across 2 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $170 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 11 claims across 1 drug.

Dr. Jaikumar accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 28 procedures of laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones) by Dr. Jaikumar, more than 59% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 4 papers to Dr. Jaikumar, published from 2014 to 2024. The most frequent topics are Brain Neoplasms, Radiation Injuries and Radiosurgery. Dr. Jaikumar's most frequent co-authors are Colette Joan Shen, MD, Deb Ashish Bhowmick, MD and John C. Breneman, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 12 general payments to Dr. Jaikumar from 4 drug and device companies from 2019 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Medtronic, Inc. paid the most, $275.

Dr. Jaikumar graduated from University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio in 1996.