Kara Tsugawa

Primary specialty

Certified Registered Nurse AnesthetistTaxonomy code 367500000X

License

NA95002615 Issued in CA

Practice address

3601 The Vanderbilt Clinic
Nashville, TN 37232-2210

Phone

(615) 322-5000

NPI assigned

Aug 21, 2021

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in TN

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (Crna)

Education

Other, 2022

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Vanderbilt University Medical CenterGroup PAC ID 5092023416, 3,510 clinicians

Integrated Anesthesia Services, PLCGroup PAC ID 0244335255, 26 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Vanderbilt University Medical Center Hospital, Nashville, TN, CCN 440039

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: ktsugawa584710@direct.vumc.org

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships and National Provider Directory roles.

• Integrated Anesthesia Services, PLC

  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
  • Dickson, TN
  • NPI 1194736108

  Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Nashville, TN
  • NPI 1104202761
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Eye Center of Nashville Uap, LLC

  • Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
  • Nashville, TN
  • NPI 1538567375

  Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered

  Medicare reassignment NPD

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Nashville, TN
  • NPI 1396882205
  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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• Virginia Truxillo
• Sunita G Tryambake, AGPCNP-BC
• Pei-Lin Tsai, RBT
• Kathryn Tsakeres
• Edwin Tsay
• TT & S Family Foundation Inc
• Brandi Me'Chelle Tubbs, DNP, FNP, PMHNP
• Emily Tubbs
• Brianna Christina Tucci
• Jonathan Joseph Tucci, MD, PHD

• Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist in Nashville, TN
• Providers in Nashville, TN by specialty
• Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist in Tennessee

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Apr 16, 2026; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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