Dr. Viral Girishchandra Gandhi, MD

Dr. Gandhi practices at Lovelace Medical Group in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Dr. Gandhi's NPI, 1811245970, was assigned on August 21, 2012. Dr. Gandhi holds New Mexico license MD2018-0176.

Dr. Gandhi's primary practice is Lovelace Medical Group, at 500 Walter NE St, Albuquerque, NM 87102 in Bernalillo County. The practice phone is (505) 727-6200.

Dr. Gandhi's primary practice is Lovelace Medical Group in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Dr. Gandhi is also affiliated with Lovelace Medical Center. The medical group on file is Lovelace Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Gandhi to 3 more hospitals 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 Dr. Gandhi practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Pulmonary disease is Dr. Gandhi's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RP1001X. Dr. Gandhi is licensed in New Mexico.

CMS data shows 1,885 Medicare services from Dr. Gandhi across 17 procedure codes in 2024, for 496 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $102,656 for them.

CMS counts 496 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Gandhi in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 241 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 14% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.73, 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. Gandhi's median patient age at 74, with 54% women.

In 2024, Dr. Gandhi wrote 4,169 Medicare Part D claims for 636 patients. 42% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 4,049 of them, across 35 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,672,613 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 3,126 claims across 35 drugs.

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

Dmand AI links 15 papers to Dr. Gandhi, published from 2015 to 2016. 2015 was the busiest year, with 3. The most frequent topics are Pulmonary Embolism, Anticoagulants and Venous Thromboembolism. Dr. Gandhi has published most often in Crit Care Nurs Q. Dr. Gandhi's most frequent co-authors are Oleg Epelbaum, MD, Anil Singh, MD and Tariq Javed Cheema, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 327 general payments to Dr. Gandhi from 44 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 48% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $7,240.