Dr. Baraa Al-Hafez, MD

Dr. Al-Hafez practices at St. Luke's Health - Memorial Hospital - Lufkin, TX in Lufkin, Texas, part of CommonSpirit Health.

Dr. Al-Hafez's NPI, 1750596904, was assigned on May 11, 2007. Dr. Al-Hafez graduated from University of Tichreen Faculty of Medicine in 2001. Dr. Al-Hafez holds Texas license P6764.

Dr. Al-Hafez's primary practice is St. Luke's Health - Memorial Hospital - Lufkin, TX, at 1201 West Frank Street, Lufkin, TX 75901 in Angelina County. The practice phone is (936) 634-8111.

Dr. Al-Hafez's primary practice is St. Luke's Health - Memorial Hospital - Lufkin, TX in Lufkin, Texas, part of CommonSpirit Health. Dr. Al-Hafez is also affiliated with Woodland Heights Medical Center. The medical group on file is Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Al-Hafez to 3 more hospitals and 1 physician office, each named with a free account.

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

Neurological surgery is Dr. Al-Hafez's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207T00000X. Dr. Al-Hafez is board certified in neurological surgery by the American Board of Neurological Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Al-Hafez's licenses on file in 4 states: Texas, Maine, Colorado and Kansas.

Dmand AI lists back and neck pain treatment without fusion, craniotomy, lower back pain, neck pain and spine problems, spinal fusion and thoracic spine disorders among the conditions Dr. Al-Hafez treats.

CMS data shows 620 Medicare services from Dr. Al-Hafez across 12 procedure codes in 2024, for 265 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $129,392 for them.

CMS counts 265 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Al-Hafez in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 109 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high blood pressure. 15% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.58, 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. Al-Hafez's median patient age at 70, with 61% women.

In 2024, Dr. Al-Hafez wrote 456 Medicare Part D claims for 169 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 430 of them, across 9 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $3,132 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 500 claims across 9 drugs.

Dr. Al-Hafez accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 68 procedures of laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones) by Dr. Al-Hafez, more than 86% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 14 papers to Dr. Al-Hafez, published from 2005 to 2020. 2006 was the busiest year, with 4. The most frequent topics are Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Rats, Sprague-Dawley and Feasibility Studies. Dr. Al-Hafez has published most often in J Neurosci Methods. Dr. Al-Hafez's most frequent co-authors are Edward A M Duckworth, MD, Abdi A. Jama, MD and Nicholas B. Levine, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 14 general payments to Dr. Al-Hafez from 5 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Travel and lodging make up the largest share, 66% of the total. Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. paid the most, $1,149.

Dr. Al-Hafez graduated from University of Tichreen Faculty of Medicine in 2001. Dr. Al-Hafez is a member of AANS, CNS and TMA.

Dr. Al-Hafez is in network with 22 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and Cigna. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 14. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.