Dr. Liba Shaffer , MD
Surgery β’ Brooklyn, NY
9 E 91st St
Brooklyn, NY 112121501
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Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
9 E 91st St
Brooklyn, NY 112121501
NPPES lists 2 distinct additional practice-address records in Passaic, NJ; Teaneck, NJ. See the list
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry, practice location records; release date unavailable.
Listings do not confirm current availability, employment or a shared ownership network.
What Public CMS Data Show
Surgery: 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
2013
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; 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.
Compared with the same specialty in Brooklyn and New York
189 active clinicians are listed under Surgery with a practice address in Brooklyn, NY (2,058 in New York).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Brooklyn
5.3% of these 189 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
48.1% of these 189 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.
Sources: CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
Self-certified to NPPES: 2020-12-17NUCC Taxonomy Code: 208600000X
A general surgeon has expertise related to the diagnosis - preoperative, operative and postoperative management - and management of complications of surgical conditions in the following areas: alimentary tract; abdomen; breast, skin and soft tissue; endocrine system; head and neck surgery; pediatric surgery; surgical critical care; surgical oncology; trauma and burns; and vascular surgery. General surgeons increasingly provide care through the use of minimally invasive and endoscopic techniques. Many general surgeons also possess expertise in transplantation surgery, plastic surgery and cardiothoracic surgery.
Secondary Practice Locations
525 Albin St
Teaneck, NJ 076664101
Phone: 2016927779
525 Albin St
Teaneck, NJ 076664101
Phone: 2016927779
166 Willet St
Passaic, NJ 07055
Phone: 9173706888
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Registered at 9 E 91ST ST, BROOKLYN, NY 112121501 (Tel: 9173706888)
Surgery (license number reported to NPPES: NY 228020)
Registered at 166 WILLET ST, PASSAIC, NJ 07055 (Tel: 9173706888)
Registered at 166 WILLET ST, PASSAIC, NJ 070551962 (Tel: 9173706888)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 525 ALBIN ST, TEANECK, NJ 076664101 (Tel: 2016927779)
Registered at 525 ALBIN ST, TEANECK, NJ 076664101
Recorded as LIBA SHAFFER, MD
Surgery (license number reported to NPPES: NJ 25MA08448700)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Surgery Specialists in Brooklyn
- Dr. Camille Armand, MD
- Dr. Constantino Gulmatico, MD
- Dr. Leonid Chernobelsky, MD
- Dr. Syed Shah, MD, FACS
- Dr. Alexandra Argiroff, MD
- Dr. Vasiliy Sim, MD
Mailing Address
166 Willet St
Passaic, NJ 070551962
Phone: 9173706888