Kara Katherine Gaw, PA-C

Primary specialty

Physician AssistantTaxonomy code 363A00000X

License

2635 Issued in TN

Practice address

3601 The Vanderbilt Clinic
Nashville, TN 37232-0001

Phone

(615) 936-2000

Fax

(615) 322-5048

NPI assigned

Oct 29, 2014

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

No

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

Specialties & licenses 3

Addresses

Other identifiers 1

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in TN

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: No

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Physician Assistant

Education

Other, 2014

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Telehealth

Offers telehealth services

Group practices

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

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

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

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Physician Assistant

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: kbeaty430303@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.

• Vanderbilt University Medical Center

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Nashville, TN
  • NPI 1104202761
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• W Garrison Strickland MD, PC

  • Neurology Physician
  • Nashville, TN
  • NPI 1013182526
  Medicare reassignment
• Vanderbilt University

  • Clinical Social Worker
  • Nashville, TN
  • NPI 1285659706
  NPD (past)

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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            "address_1": "3841 GREEN HILLS VILLAGE DR STE 200",
            "city": "NASHVILLE",
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        "middle_name": "KATHERINE",
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• Hope Gavigan, NP
• William Mitchell Gavigan, M.D.
• Reid Bonner Gavin, AU.D.
• David Wisdom Gaw, MD
• Jack L Gaw, DMD
• Richard A Gaw, DDS, PLLC
• Linda Gawel
• James Gay, MD
• Mikahla Elaine Gay, MD
• Terri Thomas Gay, APRN

• Physician Assistant in Nashville, TN
• Providers in Nashville, TN by specialty
• Physician Assistant in Tennessee

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Dec 12, 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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