Dr. Vahagn Calvin Nikolian, MD

Dr. Nikolian practices at NYU Langone - Tisch Hospital in New York, New York.

Dr. Nikolian's NPI, 1255692323, was assigned on June 5, 2012. Dr. Nikolian holds Oregon license MD198614.

Dr. Nikolian's primary practice is NYU Langone - Tisch Hospital, at 550 1st Ave, New York, NY 10016 in New York County. The practice phone is (212) 263-1481.

Dr. Nikolian's primary practice is NYU Langone - Tisch Hospital in New York, New York. Dr. Nikolian is also affiliated with Tisch Hospital. The medical group on file is NYU Langone Orthopedic Surgery Associates. Dmand AI also links Dr. Nikolian to 1 more home health agency and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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

Surgery is Dr. Nikolian's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Nikolian's licenses on file in 2 states: Oregon and New York.

CMS data shows 190 Medicare services from Dr. Nikolian across 9 procedure codes in 2024, for 124 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $57,627 for them.

CMS counts 124 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Nikolian in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 73 patients. 72% of them have high blood pressure, and 56% have high cholesterol. 25% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.89, 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. Nikolian's median patient age at 58, with 26% women.

In 2024, Dr. Nikolian wrote 87 Medicare Part D claims for 49 patients. 99% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 60 of them, across 2 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $327 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 52 claims across 2 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 99 out of 100 for Dr. Nikolian for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Nikolian accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Nikolian as offering telehealth. CMS counts 62 procedures of hernia repair (minimally invasive) by Dr. Nikolian, more than 99% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

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

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 70 papers to Dr. Nikolian, published from 2016 to 2025. 2017 was the busiest year, with 11. The most frequent topics are Shock, Hemorrhagic, Valproic Acid and Swine. Dr. Nikolian has published most often in J Trauma Acute Care Surg. Dr. Nikolian's most frequent co-authors are Isabel Dennahy, Yongqing Li, MD and Ihab Halaweish, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 240 general payments to Dr. Nikolian from 6 drug and device companies from 2021 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 29% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $104,126.