Christian R Defazio, MD

Primary specialty

Emergency Medicine PhysicianTaxonomy code 207P00000X

License

210627 Issued in NY

Practice address

Buffalo General Medical Center
100 High Street, Emergency Department
Buffalo, NY 14203

Phone

(716) 859-5600

Fax

(716) 645-9701

NPI assigned

May 19, 2006

Sex

Male

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 1

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in NY

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

Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Final score

89 of 100Reported as group

Quality

76.13

Improvement activities

40

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: cdefazio@direct.kaleidahealth.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.

• University Emergency Medical Services Inc.

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Buffalo, NY
  • NPI 1972540482
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Ub Family Medicine, Inc

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Williamsville, NY
  • NPI 1942294467
  NPD
• Buffalo Emergency Associates LLP

  • Emergency Medicine Physician
  • Williamsville, NY
  • NPI 1508816521
  NPD (past)
• University at Buffalo Pediatric Associates Inc

  • Pediatrics Physician
  • Buffalo, NY
  • NPI 1912928599
  NPD (past)

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

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}

• Samantha M Decker, OTR
• Deborah Dee, PNP
• George Deeb, MD
• Sheena Deering, FNP
• Maryann Dees
• Marcia A Defazio, SLP
• Maria Defilippo
• Definitive Care Transportation LLC.
• Carl F Defranco II, PMHNP
• Nancy Deganis

• Emergency Medicine Physician in Buffalo, NY
• Providers in Buffalo, NY by specialty
• Emergency Medicine Physician in New York

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on May 13, 2025; 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.

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