Dr. Farees Taqiuddin Farooq, MD

Dr. Farooq practices at GI Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy Center - Germantown (Wolf Park Dr) in Germantown, Tennessee.

Dr. Farooq's NPI, 1376663583, was assigned on March 30, 2007. Dr. Farooq graduated from University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine - Memphis in 2000. Dr. Farooq holds Arkansas license E-17827.

Dr. Farooq's primary practice is GI Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy Center - Germantown (Wolf Park Dr), at 1310 Wolf Park Drive, Germantown, TN 38138. The practice phone is (901) 624-5151.

Dr. Farooq's primary practice is GI Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy Center - Germantown (Wolf Park Dr) in Germantown, Tennessee. Dr. Farooq is also affiliated with Methodist University Hospital. The medical group on file is Gastro One. Dmand AI also links Dr. Farooq to 4 more hospitals, 2 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 Dr. Farooq practices, 8 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Gastroenterology is Dr. Farooq's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RG0100X. Dr. Farooq is board certified in gastroenterology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Farooq's licenses on file in 4 states: Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi and Ohio.

Dmand AI lists acid reflux, chronic indigestion, chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), cirrhosis of the liver, colonoscopy, fatty liver, gastroenteritis and gastrointestinal bleeding among the conditions Dr. Farooq treats.

CMS data shows 925 Medicare services from Dr. Farooq across 20 procedure codes in 2024, for 621 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $88,176 for them.

CMS counts 621 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Farooq in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 330 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 7% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.33, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Farooq's median patient age at 62, with 57% women.

In 2024, Dr. Farooq wrote 1,754 Medicare Part D claims for 522 patients. 76% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,574 of them, across 34 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $414,375 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,634 claims across 38 drugs.

Dr. Farooq accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 320 procedures of upper gastrointestinal (gi) endoscopy for acid reflux by Dr. Farooq, more than 96% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 10 papers to Dr. Farooq, published from 2007 to 2018. 2007 was the busiest year, with 3. The most frequent topics are Diagnosis, Differential, Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal and Endosonography. Dr. Farooq has published most often in Gastrointest Endosc. Dr. Farooq's most frequent co-authors are Richard C. Wong, MD, Riad R. Azar, MD and Stephen W. Behrman, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 524 general payments to Dr. Farooq from 48 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 86% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $2,968.

Dr. Farooq graduated from University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine - Memphis in 2000.

Dr. Farooq is in network with 14 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.