Berhane Worku

Berhane Worku practices at New York-Presbyterian Hospital - Brooklyn HOPD in Brooklyn, New York.

Berhane Worku's NPI, 1740467950, was assigned on January 30, 2008. Berhane Worku graduated from Harvard Medical School in 2003. Berhane Worku's New York license number on file is 244559.

Berhane Worku's primary practice is New York-Presbyterian Hospital - Brooklyn HOPD, at 506 Sixth Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215.

Berhane Worku's primary practice is New York-Presbyterian Hospital - Brooklyn HOPD in Brooklyn, New York. Berhane Worku is also affiliated with NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. The medical group on file is Weill Cornell Physicians. Dmand AI also links Berhane Worku to 2 more group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Berhane Worku practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) is Berhane Worku's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208G00000X. Berhane Worku is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery. Berhane Worku has a license on file in New York.

Dmand AI lists heart bypass surgery and heart valve surgery among the conditions Berhane Worku treats.

CMS data shows 107 Medicare services from Berhane Worku across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 79 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $37,361 for them.

CMS counts 79 Medicare patients who saw Berhane Worku in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 32 patients. 75% of them have heart failure, and 75% have high blood pressure. 46% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.81, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Berhane Worku's median patient age at 70, with 37% women.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 100 out of 100 for Berhane Worku for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Berhane Worku accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 107 papers to Berhane Worku, published from 2005 to 2024. 2020 was the busiest year, with 13. The most frequent topics are Aortic Valve, Aortic Valve Stenosis and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. Berhane Worku has published most often in J Card Surg. Berhane Worku's most frequent co-authors are Iosif Gulkarov, MD, Arash Salemi, MD and Mario Fl Gaudino, MD, PhD, MSCE.

CMS Open Payments shows 104 general payments to Berhane Worku from 20 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 52% of the total. St. Jude Medical, Inc. paid the most, $2,425.

Berhane Worku graduated from Harvard Medical School in 2003. Berhane Worku is a member of ACC.

Berhane Worku is in network with 17 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 11. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.