Karen Joyce Lessaris, MD

Primary specialty

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine PhysicianTaxonomy code 2080N0001X

License

200000516 Issued in NC

Practice address

352 2ND Street, NW
Ste. 205
Hickory, NC 28601

Phone

(828) 345-0877

Fax

(828) 345-0514

NPI assigned

Jul 8, 2006

Last updated

Aug 16, 2023By 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 2

Addresses

Other identifiers 4

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in NC

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 1

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: klessaris536941@carolinashealthcaresystem.direct-ci.com

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.

• Carolinas Medical Center

  dba Atrium Health Levine Children's Gastroenterology

  • Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician
  • Charlotte, NC
  • NPI 1275774333

  Pediatrics

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Carolinas Medical Center

  dba Atrium Health Pulmonary University

  • Surgical Critical Care Physician
  • Charlotte, NC
  • NPI 1699979732

  Pediatrics

  NPD
• Carolinas Medical Center

  dba Atrium Health Pharmacy Kenilworth

  • Community/Retail Pharmacy
  • Charlotte, NC
  • NPI 1982710554
  NPD
• Neonatology & Pediatric Acute Care Specialists, PC

  • Specialist
  • Hickory, NC
  • NPI 1831137330
  NPD (past)
• Neonatology Services of Hickory, PLLC

  • Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Physician
  • Hickory, NC
  • NPI 1508959420
  NPD (past)

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

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            "address_1": "P.O. BOX 1305",
            "city": "HICKORY",
            "state": "NC",
            "postal_code": "28603",
            "telephone_number": "828-345-0877",
            "fax_number": "828-345-0514"
        },
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            "address_1": "352 2ND STREET, NW",
            "address_2": "STE. 205",
            "city": "HICKORY",
            "state": "NC",
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            "fax_number": "828-345-0514"
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    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "LESSARIS",
        "first_name": "KAREN",
        "middle_name": "JOYCE",
        "credential": "MD",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "F",
        "enumeration_date": "2006-07-08",
        "last_updated": "2023-08-16",
        "certification_date": "2022-04-14",
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            "code": "05",
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            "issuer": null,
            "identifier": "N0051A",
            "state": "SC"
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            "code": "01",
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            "issuer": "NCBCBS",
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        }
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    "endpoints": [
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            "endpointType": "DIRECT",
            "endpointTypeDescription": "Direct Messaging Address",
            "endpoint": "klessaris536941@CarolinasHealthcareSystem.direct-ci.com",
            "affiliation": "N",
            "address_1": "1001 Blythe Blvd",
            "address_2": "Medical Center Plaza, Suite 200",
            "city": "Charlotte",
            "state": "NC",
            "country_code": "US",
            "postal_code": "282035865",
            "country_name": "United States",
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        }
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    "other_names": []
}

• Lenoir-Rhyne University (Lenoir-Rhyne University Sports Medicine)
• Timothy Wade Lentz, L.C.S.W.
• Baxter Leonard, M.D.
• Leslie Ann McKenna, PLLC
• Beverlee A Leslie, LPC
• Kenneth Allan Levesque, PMHNP-BC
• Karen Celeste Lewis, NURSE PRACTITIONER
• Life Recreated PLLC
• Lifecycles LLC
• Wallace S Liggett IV, PA-C

• Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Physician in Hickory, NC
• Providers in Hickory, NC by specialty
• Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Physician in North Carolina

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Aug 16, 2023; 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.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.