Sara Shams, MD, PHD

Primary specialty

Diagnostic Radiology PhysicianTaxonomy code 2085R0202X

License

95680 Issued in GA

Practice address

1000 Johnson Ferry Rd
Atlanta, GA 30342-1606

Phone

(404) 851-6323

Fax

(404) 303-3747

NPI assigned

Jun 13, 2017

Reactivated

Feb 21, 2018

Last updated

Sep 1, 2026By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 4

Addresses

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in CA, GA, FL3 enrollments

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 3

Specialty

Diagnostic Radiology

Education

Other, 2016

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Florida Hospital Medical Group IncGroup PAC ID 0042383200, 329 clinicians

Tower Imaging Medical Associates IncGroup PAC ID 2163608688, 93 clinicians

Enloe Medical CenterGroup PAC ID 9739092388, 330 clinicians

Permanente Medical Group IncGroup PAC ID 8921910225, 10,928 clinicians

Tower Imaging Medical Group IncGroup PAC ID 2668376708, 29 clinicians

Illinois Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology PLLCGroup PAC ID 5092215889, 118 clinicians

Millennium Medical Imaging PCGroup PAC ID 5799776910, 34 clinicians

Radpod FL PLLCGroup PAC ID 9133624745, 42 clinicians

Northside Radiology Associates LLCGroup PAC ID 4486555398, 381 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Northside Hospital Forsyth Hospital, Cumming, GA, CCN 110005
• Northside Hospital Cherokee Hospital, Canton, GA, CCN 110008
• Enloe Health Hospital, Chico, CA, CCN 050039
• Northside Hospital Hospital, Atlanta, GA, CCN 110161
• Riverside Medical Center Hospital, Kankakee, IL, CCN 140186

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Philosophy

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations (25 of 47)

Networks

• Freedom Health HMO Network

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

• Northside Radiology Associates LLC

  • Diagnostic Radiology Physician
  • Atlanta, GA
  • NPI 1013960657

  CA

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Florida Hospital Medical Group Inc

  dba AdventHealth Medical Group Radiology

  • Diagnostic Radiology Physician
  • Orlando, FL
  • NPI 1073785044

  CA

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Millennium Medical Imaging PC

  • Diagnostic Radiology Physician
  • Saratoga Springs, NY
  • NPI 1235114182

  CA

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Permanente Medical Group Inc

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Santa Clara, CA
  • NPI 1073606299

  Family Medicine

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Tower Imaging Medical Associates, Inc.

  • Diagnostic Radiology Physician
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • NPI 1023315074
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Tower Imaging Medical Group, Inc

  • Diagnostic Radiology Physician
  • Santa Monica, CA
  • NPI 1013962067
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Enloe Medical Center

  dba Enloe Trauma & Surgery Clinic

  • Surgery Physician
  • Chico, CA
  • NPI 1477975613
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• Illinois Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology PLLC

  • Diagnostic Radiology Physician
  • Chicago, IL
  • NPI 1114723608

  CA

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• Radpod FL PLLC

  • Diagnostic Radiology Physician
  • Port St Lucie, FL
  • NPI 1730075672

  CA

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• El Camino Health Medical Network, LLC

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • San Jose, CA
  • NPI 1164880761
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Florida Hospital Physician Group Inc

  dba AdventHealth Medical Group

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Tampa, FL
  • NPI 1174955256

  CA

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Florida Radiology Imaging at Lake Mary, LLC

  dba AdventHealth Imaging

  • Diagnostic Radiology Physician
  • Lake Mary, FL
  • NPI 1740256494

  CA

  Medicare reassignment NPD

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

• Northside Hospital, Inc.

  dba Northside Hospital Cherokee

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Canton, GA
  • NPI 1225050396
  Care Compare affiliation
• Northside Hospital, Inc.

  dba Northside Hospital Forsyth

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Cumming, GA
  • NPI 1376574277
  Care Compare affiliation
• Northside Hospital, Inc.

  dba Northside Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Atlanta, GA
  • NPI 1457396079
  Care Compare affiliation
• Enloe Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Chico, CA
  • NPI 1417901091
  Care Compare affiliation
• Riverside Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Kankakee, IL
  • NPI 1538208210
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Diagnostic Radiology Physician in Atlanta, GA
• Providers in Atlanta, GA by specialty
• Diagnostic Radiology Physician in Georgia

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Sep 1, 2026; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• 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.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.