Sherif Salama, MD
Sherif Salama, MD is an Interventional Pain Medicine Physician in Beachwood, OH, registered under NPI 1972581403. NPPES records them as a sole proprietor, meaning the practice is not incorporated as a separate legal entity.
Getting there
The practice address on file is 24400 CHAGRIN BLVD STE 200, Beachwood, OH 44122. We have not yet mapped what surrounds this office — parking, transit, and nearby pharmacies are added as our data collection reaches each location.
Credentials and Medicare
| Licence | State | Specialty |
|---|---|---|
| 35-071836 | OH | Interventional Pain Medicine Physician primary |
This provider holds licence 35-071836 issued in OH. A licence number in NPPES reflects what was filed at registration — it does not confirm the licence is still active today.
- Status
- Approved
- Provider type
- Practitioner - Interventional Pain Management
- PAC ID
- 2769474949
- Enrollment ID
- I20040330001158
Medicare enrolment is recorded as approved under the provider type Practitioner - Interventional Pain Management. Being enrolled means the provider can bill Medicare; it does not tell you whether they are currently accepting new Medicare patients. Call the office to confirm.
What Interventional Pain Medicine covers
Interventional Pain Medicine is the discipline of medicine devoted to the diagnosis and treatment of pain and related disorders principally with the application of interventional techniques in managing subacute, chronic, persistent, and intractable pain, independently or in conjunction with other modalities of treatment. NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy, code 208VP0014X
The taxonomy records how the provider classifies their own practice. It does not confirm which conditions they currently treat, whether they are accepting new patients, or which insurance they take — call the office for that.
Full NPPES record
An NPI-1 identifies a single person. It stays with the clinician for life, even if they move practice or change state, which is why the address on file can lag behind where they actually work today.
| NPI | 1972581403 valid check digit |
|---|---|
| Entity type | Individual (NPI-1) |
| Enumeration date | Jan 4, 2006 |
| Last updated | Feb 27, 2024 |
| Status | Active |
| Sole proprietor | Yes |
| Credential | MD |
| Practice address |
24400 CHAGRIN BLVD STE 200 Beachwood, OH 44122 (440) 995-4500 Fax (440) 995-4585 |
| Other identifiers |
2187548
· Medicaid (OH) 000000573245 · Other 5387705 · Other (OH) 2491553 · Other (OH) |
Number check
How the check works, step by step
Every NPI carries a Luhn check digit — the same scheme used on credit cards. CMS prefixes the number with 80840 before computing it, which marks it as a US health identifier.
| Digit | 8 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubled? | — | ×2 | — | ×2 | — | ×2 | — | ×2 | — | ×2 | — | ×2 | — | ×2 |
| Value | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
Sum = 57 · next multiple of 10 = 60 · check digit = 3 · actual last digit = 3
A valid check digit only means the number is well-formed. It does not mean the provider is licensed, active, or in good standing — those are separate questions answered by the sections above.