Dr. Qamar Ahmad, FACP, MD

  • Norfolk, VA
  • Pulmonologist
NPI1710369749PAC ID0345597035
Medicare services, 2024
1,726
Medicare patients, 2024
505
Part D claims, 2024
601
Publications
11
Hospital affiliations
5
Practice address
830 Kempsville Road, Norfolk, VA 23502
Practice phone
Call (757) 261-6700
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Primary practice

Sentara Leigh Hospital

Hospital · Norfolk, Virginia

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Dr. Qamar Ahmad is a pulmonologist in Norfolk, Virginia

Dr. Ahmad practices at Sentara Leigh Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia, part of Sentara Health.

Dr. Ahmad's NPI, 1710369749, was assigned on June 25, 2015. Dr. Ahmad holds Virginia license 0101266663.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
0345597035
NPI enumeration date
June 25, 2015
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(757) 261-6700
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
40
Medical school graduation
2012

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Qamar Ahmad practices at Sentara Leigh Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia

Dr. Ahmad's primary practice is Sentara Leigh Hospital, at 830 Kempsville Road, Norfolk, VA 23502 in Norfolk City. The practice phone is (757) 261-6700.

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Qamar Ahmad is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Ahmad's primary practice is Sentara Leigh Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia, part of Sentara Health. Dr. Ahmad is also affiliated with Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital. The medical group on file is Bayview Physicians Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ahmad to 3 more hospitals, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Qamar Ahmad's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Ahmad practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Sentara Leigh HospitalAvailable with a free account
+4 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Qamar Ahmad is one of 339 pulmonologists in Virginia

Pulmonary disease is Dr. Ahmad's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RP1001X. Dmand AI has Dr. Ahmad's licenses on file in 2 states: Virginia and New York.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Pulmonary disease, VirginiaPrimaryLicense 0101266663 · taxonomy 207RP1001X
  • Hospitalist, New YorkLicense 294493 · taxonomy 208M00000X

Pulmonologists near Dr. Ahmad

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Qamar Ahmad billed Medicare for 1,726 services in 2024

CMS data shows 1,726 Medicare services from Dr. Ahmad across 16 procedure codes in 2024, for 505 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $170,766 for them.

Medicare services, 20241,726
Medicare patients505
Paid by Medicare$170,766
Procedure codes16

Dr. Ahmad's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1,2442024: 1,2712%
Other services
2023: 02024: 239
Tests and treatments
2023: 2512024: 20020%
Surgery
2023: 162024: 16No change

Where Dr. Ahmad's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office79646%
  • In a facility93054%

Dr. Ahmad compared with the Virginia median for pulmonologists, 2024

  • Dr. Ahmad
  • Virginia median
Medicare services
1,726vs 7472.3 times
Medicare patients
505vs 37435% above
Part D claims
466vs 59021% below

Medians across 324 pulmonologists in Virginia with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Ahmad's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Qamar Ahmad treated 505 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75

CMS counts 505 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ahmad in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 218 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 9% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.97, 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. Ahmad's median patient age at 69, with 53% women.

Medicare patients, 2024505
Average age75
Average risk score1.97
Also on Medicaid9%

Dr. Ahmad's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Ahmad's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women28657%
  • Men21943%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Ahmad's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis50%
  4. Ischemic heart disease50%
  5. COPD48%
  6. Diabetes45%
  7. Heart failure45%
  8. Chronic kidney disease40%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Ahmad's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 69

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women53%
  • Men47%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Qamar Ahmad wrote 601 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Ahmad wrote 601 Medicare Part D claims for 116 patients. 53% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 466 of them, across 14 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $154,705 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 208 claims across 8 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024601
Drugs named by CMS14
Total drug cost$154,705
Part D patients116

Dr. Ahmad's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic318 claims53%
  • Brand-name283 claims47%

Dr. Ahmad's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Ahmad's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics3%21 of 601 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 2082024: 466124%

Drugs named by CMS: 14 in 2024, 8 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

How Dr. Qamar Ahmad takes part in Medicare

Dr. Ahmad accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

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Dr. Qamar Ahmad has 11 publications on record

Dmand AI links 11 papers to Dr. Ahmad, published from 2018 to 2023. 2021 was the busiest year, with 4. The most frequent topics are Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, COVID-19 and Hospital Mortality. Dr. Ahmad has published most often in ASAIO J. Dr. Ahmad's most frequent co-authors are Abhimanyu Chandel, MD, Nitin Kumar Puri, MD and Ahmed Abdel-Latif, MD.

Papers11
Years published2018 to 2023

Dr. Ahmad's papers by year, 2018 to 2023

Topics Dr. Ahmad writes about most

  • Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
  • COVID-19
  • Hospital Mortality
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome
  • Respiratory Insufficiency
  • SARS-CoV-2

Dr. Ahmad's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Ahmad

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Qamar Ahmad received $3,979 in industry payments from 2018 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 166 general payments to Dr. Ahmad from 34 drug and device companies from 2018 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 98% of the total. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP paid the most, $533.

General payments to Dr. Ahmad by program year, 2018 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Ahmad by kind, 2018 to 2025

$4Kin total
  • Food and beverage$3,89998%
  • Education$802%

Companies that paid Dr. Ahmad the most, 2018 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Sources for Dr. Qamar Ahmad's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Qamar Ahmad's NPI number?

Dr. Qamar Ahmad's NPI number is 1710369749. It was assigned on June 25, 2015, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Qamar Ahmad?

Dr. Qamar Ahmad is a pulmonologist in Norfolk, Virginia. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Pulmonary Disease Physician (taxonomy code 207RP1001X).

Where does Dr. Qamar Ahmad practice?

Dr. Ahmad practices at 830 Kempsville Road, Norfolk, VA 23502. Dr. Ahmad's primary practice is Sentara Leigh Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia, part of Sentara Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Ahmad to 3 hospitals.

What is Dr. Qamar Ahmad's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Ahmad is (757) 261-6700.

What is Dr. Qamar Ahmad's medical license number?

Dr. Ahmad holds Virginia license 0101266663, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.

Which states has Dr. Qamar Ahmad been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Ahmad in Virginia and New York.

Which hospitals is Dr. Qamar Ahmad affiliated with?

Dr. Ahmad practices at Sentara Leigh Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia. Dr. Ahmad is also affiliated with Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Ahmad to 3 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Qamar Ahmad part of?

Dr. Ahmad is linked to Bayview Physicians Group.

Does Dr. Qamar Ahmad accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Ahmad billed Medicare for 1,726 services in 2024, and Dr. Ahmad accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Qamar Ahmad see?

CMS counts 505 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ahmad in 2024, with an average age of 75.

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What services does Dr. Qamar Ahmad bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Ahmad's most billed Medicare services were critical care (99291), hospital inpatient care (99233) and medicare service (G2211).

What drugs does Dr. Qamar Ahmad prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Ahmad's most prescribed drugs by claims were Trelegy Ellipta, Albuterol Sulfate Hfa and Wixela Inhub.

Has Dr. Qamar Ahmad received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $3,979 in general payments to Dr. Ahmad from 34 companies from 2018 to 2025. The largest total came from AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP.

How long has Dr. Qamar Ahmad been practicing?

Dr. Ahmad graduated from medical school in 2012, 14 years ago.

Does Dr. Qamar Ahmad do research?

Dmand AI links 11 publications to Dr. Ahmad, published from 2018 to 2023.

Who does Dr. Qamar Ahmad publish with?

Dr. Ahmad's most frequent co-authors are Abhimanyu Chandel, MD (3 shared papers), Nitin Kumar Puri, MD (3 shared papers) and Ahmed Abdel-Latif, MD (2 shared papers).

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