Sezen Karakus, MD MPH

Primary specialty

Ophthalmology PhysicianTaxonomy code 207W00000X

License

D86343 Issued in MD

Practice address

51 N 39TH St
Philadelphia, PA 19104-2689

Phone

(215) 662-8100

Fax

(215) 662-1721

NPI assigned

Feb 18, 2016

Last updated

Apr 27, 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

Other identifiers 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in MD, PA2 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 2

Specialty

Ophthalmology

Education

Other, 2006

Medicare assignment

May accept Medicare assignment

Group practices

Johns Hopkins UniversityGroup PAC ID 8921903147, 2,886 clinicians

University of Penn-Medical GroupGroup PAC ID 6204730955, 3,433 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Hospital, Baltimore, MD, CCN 210009
• Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Hospital, Baltimore, MD, CCN 210029
• Penn Presbyterian Medical Center Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, CCN 390223

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: skarakus150132@direct.hopkinsmedicine.org

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.

• Johns Hopkins University

  dba Jhu - Anesthesia Pain MGMT

  • Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician
  • Baltimore, MD
  • NPI 1922008549
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• University of Penn-Medical Group

  • Gynecologic Oncology Physician
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • NPI 1235527342
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group
• Johns Hopkins University

  dba JHU - 4692 Millennium Drive - Physician

  • Ophthalmology Physician
  • Belcamp, MD
  • NPI 1376342774
  NPD
• Johns Hopkins University

  dba Jhu - Wilmer Eye Institute

  • Ophthalmology Physician
  • Baltimore, MD
  • NPI 1588654289
  NPD
• Frederick Health Hospital Inc

  dba Frederick Health Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Frederick, MD
  • NPI 1538165527
  NPD (past)

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

• Presbyterian Medical Center of the University of Pennsylvania Health S

  dba UPHS Presbyterian Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • NPI 1245207521
  Care Compare affiliation
• Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Inc

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Baltimore, MD
  • NPI 1790700904
  Care Compare affiliation
• Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Inc.

  dba Johns Hopkins Bayview Care Center

  • Chronic Disease Hospital
  • Baltimore, MD
  • NPI 1336251412
  Care Compare affiliation
• The Johns Hopkins Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Baltimore, MD
  • NPI 1578597993
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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• Nejmi Rifat Kara
• Stephen Karafelli
• Dmitry Karagodsky, DDS
• Susan Elizabeth Karakawa, PT
• Giorgos Constantine Karakousis, MD
• Dean G Karalis, MD
• Stephanie Karalis
• Ajit Karambelkar, MBBS MD
• Maria F. Karamisakis, O.D.
• Mara Selene Karamitopoulos, MD

• Ophthalmology Physician in Philadelphia, PA
• Providers in Philadelphia, PA by specialty
• Ophthalmology Physician in Pennsylvania

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Apr 27, 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.