Dr. Jennifer Alston Desimone, MD

Dr. Desimone practices at Inova Fairfax Hospital Schar Physicians in Fairfax, Virginia.

Dr. Desimone's NPI, 1861659799, was assigned on May 19, 2008. Dr. Desimone graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine in 2005. Dr. Desimone holds Virginia license 0101249868.

Dr. Desimone's primary practice is Inova Fairfax Hospital Schar Physicians, at 8081 Innovation Park Dr, Fairfax, VA 22037 in Fairfax County. The practice phone is (703) 289-2454.

Dr. Desimone's primary practice is Inova Fairfax Hospital Schar Physicians in Fairfax, Virginia. Dr. Desimone is also affiliated with Inova Fairfax Hospital. The medical group on file is Inova Urgent Care Center.

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

Dermatology is Dr. Desimone's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207N00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Desimone's licenses on file in 2 states: Virginia and Maryland.

CMS data shows 759 Medicare services from Dr. Desimone across 7 procedure codes in 2024, for 230 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $33,087 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 230 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Desimone in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 99 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 72% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 1.48, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Desimone's median patient age at 69, with 47% women.

In 2024, Dr. Desimone wrote 347 Medicare Part D claims for 85 patients. 78% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 249 of them, across 11 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $751,065 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 181 claims across 9 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 83 out of 100 for Dr. Desimone for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Desimone accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Desimone as offering telehealth. CMS counts 242 procedures of removal of skin lesions by Dr. Desimone, more than 80% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

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

Dmand AI links 4 papers to Dr. Desimone in 2025. 2025 was the busiest year, with 2. Dr. Desimone's most frequent co-authors are Zain Husain, MD, Kira Minkis, MD, PhD and Dylan Rose Waterman, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 120 general payments to Dr. Desimone from 10 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Speaker and faculty fees make up the largest share, 53% of the total. Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. paid the most, $31,019. It also lists 2 research payments totaling $261 in 2025.

Dr. Desimone graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine in 2005.