Dr. Bashar Yousif Sharma, MD

Dr. Sharma practices at Cayuga Medical Center in Ithaca, New York, part of Centralus Health.

Dr. Sharma's NPI, 1124472782, was assigned on April 20, 2016. Dr. Sharma holds New York license 299752.

Dr. Sharma's primary practice is Cayuga Medical Center, at 101 Dates Drive, Ithaca, NY 14850 in Tompkins County. The practice phone is (607) 274-4401.

Dr. Sharma's primary practice is Cayuga Medical Center in Ithaca, New York, part of Centralus Health. Dr. Sharma is also affiliated with UConn John Dempsey Hospital. The medical group on file is Cayuga Medical Associates. Dmand AI also links Dr. Sharma to 2 more hospitals, 4 medical groups, 2 group practices and clinics, 1 community health center and 1 other site, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Sharma practices, 8 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Gastroenterology is Dr. Sharma's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RG0100X. Dmand AI has Dr. Sharma's licenses on file in 2 states: New York and Connecticut.

CMS data shows 61 Medicare services from Dr. Sharma across 2 procedure codes in 2024, for 45 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $5,121 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 45 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Sharma in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 17 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 38% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.85, 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. Sharma's median patient age at 58, with 52% women.

In 2024, Dr. Sharma wrote 35 Medicare Part D claims for 20 patients. 89% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 28 of them, across 2 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $7,507 in total drug cost. In 2022, CMS named 52 claims across 3 drugs.

Dr. Sharma accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 41 procedures of upper gastrointestinal (gi) endoscopy for acid reflux by Dr. Sharma, more than 60% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 10 papers to Dr. Sharma, published from 2019 to 2022. 2020 was the busiest year, with 3. Dr. Sharma has published most often in Cureus. Dr. Sharma's most frequent co-authors are Marsha Antoine, MD, Steven A. Goldenberg, MD and Syed Arqum Huda, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 47 general payments to Dr. Sharma from 10 drug and device companies from 2021 to 2024. Grants make up the largest share, 85% of the total. Boston Scientific Corporation paid the most, $26,578.