Dr. Shamim Hashemi Nejad, MD

Dr. Nejad practices at Valley Medical Center in Renton, Washington, part of University of Washington.

Dr. Nejad's NPI, 1124120761, was assigned on September 3, 2006. Dr. Nejad graduated from University Of Washington School Of Medicine in 2003. Dr. Nejad holds Washington license MD00047157.

Dr. Nejad's primary practice is Valley Medical Center, at 400 S 43rd St, Renton, WA 98055 in King County. The practice phone is (425) 228-3450.

Dr. Nejad's primary practice is Valley Medical Center in Renton, Washington, part of University of Washington. The medical group on file is Swedish Physicians Downtown. Dmand AI also links Dr. Nejad to 2 more medical groups and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Nejad practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Psychiatry is Dr. Nejad's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 2084P0800X. Dr. Nejad is board certified in addiction medicine by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Nejad's licenses on file in 2 states: Washington and Massachusetts.

CMS data shows 86 Medicare services from Dr. Nejad across 3 procedure codes in 2024, for 37 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $7,764 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 37 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Nejad in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 12 patients. 75% of them have alzheimer's and dementia, and 75% have high blood pressure. 43% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.55, 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. Nejad's median patient age at 55, with 46% women.

In 2024, Dr. Nejad wrote 21 Medicare Part D claims for 15 patients. 71% of them were for generic drugs. They cover 3 drugs, with $574 in total drug cost. In 2020, CMS named 659 claims across 17 drugs.

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

Dmand AI links 23 papers to Dr. Nejad, published from 2012 to 2025. 2016 was the busiest year, with 4. The most frequent topics are Psychomotor Agitation, Alcoholism and Burns. Dr. Nejad has published most often in Psychosomatics. Dr. Nejad's most frequent co-authors are Christopher J. Keary, MD, Ednan K. Bajwa, MD and Scott R. Beach, MD.

Dr. Nejad graduated from University Of Washington School Of Medicine in 2003.

Dr. Nejad is in network with 9 carriers, including United Healthcare, Cigna and Humana. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.