Dr. Howard T. Lantz , MD
Pediatrics β’ Brooklyn, NY
121 Dekalb Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11201
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Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
121 Dekalb Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
What Public CMS Data Show
Pediatrics: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Industry payments (Open Payments)
No Open Payments records are listed for this clinician for 2019β2025.
NPI first issued
2006
The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.
What this does not show: NPI first issued
NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
Medicare assignment not listed
CMS data do not show whether this clinician accepts Medicare assignment. This does not mean they do not accept Medicare. Ask the office.
Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS release of October 2, 2026; Medicare.gov, βDoes your provider accept Medicare as full payment?β
No telehealth indicator
CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.
Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS release of October 2, 2026.
Compared with the same specialty in Brooklyn and New York
723 active clinicians are listed under Pediatrics with a practice address in Brooklyn, NY (5,823 in New York).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Brooklyn
0.6% of these 723 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
3.9% of these 723 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.
Sources: CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS release of October 2, 2026, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 208000000X
A pediatrician is concerned with the physical, emotional and social health of children from birth to young adulthood. Care encompasses a broad spectrum of health services ranging from preventive healthcare to the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic diseases. A pediatrician deals with biological, social and environmental influences on the developing child, and with the impact of disease and dysfunction on development.
Additional State Medicaid & Healthcare Payer Identifiers
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Internal Medicine
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Emergency Medicine
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program
Doctor of Podiatric Medicine
Internal Medicine
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Career & Practice History
NPI enumerated July 28, 2006.
No changes to the name, practice address, taxonomy or NPI status in this record have been observed in the monthly NPPES data files from January 2017 to November 2026.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Pediatrics Specialists in Brooklyn
- Dr. Nonna Megre, MD
- Dr. Neha Firoze, DO
- Dr. Yechiel Zagelbaum, DO
- Dr. Natela Levi, MD
- Saul Feldman
- Dr. Ella Degtyareva, MD
Mailing Address
240 Willoughby St, Suite 11h
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Phone: 7182508671