Varun Shah

Varun Shah practices at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center in Knoxville, Tennessee, part of Covenant Health.

Varun Shah's NPI, 1538573480, was assigned on June 19, 2014. Varun Shah holds Tennessee license 62345.

Varun Shah's primary practice is Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, at 1901 W Clinch Ave, Knoxville, TN 37916 in Knox County. The practice phone is (865) 541-1101.

Varun Shah's primary practice is Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center in Knoxville, Tennessee, part of Covenant Health. Varun Shah is also affiliated with Covenant Health Parkwest. Dmand AI also links Varun Shah to 4 more hospitals, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Varun Shah practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Pulmonary disease is Varun Shah's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RP1001X. Varun Shah is licensed in Tennessee.

CMS data shows 1,425 Medicare services from Varun Shah across 25 procedure codes in 2024, for 248 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $95,261 for them.

CMS counts 248 Medicare patients who saw Varun Shah in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 107 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 10% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.99, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Varun Shah's median patient age at 72, with 48% women.

In 2024, Varun Shah wrote 612 Medicare Part D claims for 176 patients. 32% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 527 of them, across 12 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $215,808 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 367 claims across 9 drugs.

Varun Shah accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 18 papers to Varun Shah, published from 2019 to 2025. 2020 was the busiest year, with 6. The most frequent topics are Craniotomy, Neurosurgical Procedures and Postoperative Complications. Varun Shah has published most often in J Neurosurg. Varun Shah's most frequent co-authors are Ricardo L. Carrau, MD, Douglas A. Hardesty, MD and Shahid Mehdi Nimjee, MD, PhD.

CMS Open Payments shows 422 general payments to Varun Shah from 37 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2025. Travel and lodging make up the largest share, 34% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $34,625.