Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Dr. Christopher Lau, MD

Individual provider Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · NPI 1407034374

Dr. Christopher Lau, MD practises Cardiac Surgery in New York, New York. Qualified in 2007, 19 years ago. Practices with Weill Medical College of Cornell, a 2,031-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in New York.

Years since qualifying
19
Licensed in
NY
In the registry since
2008
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

525 E 68th St Ste M-404 Dept OF Cardiothoracic Surgery
New York, NY 10065-4870
Phone: (212) 746-5172
Fax: (646) 962-0106
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Specialties & licences

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208G00000X · Licence 250154 (NY)

Record details

NPI number1407034374
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedFebruary 4, 2008
Last updated in NPPESJuly 1, 2023
Certification dateJuly 1, 2023

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyCARDIAC SURGERY
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2007 (19 years in practice)
Group practice Weill Medical College Of Cornell — 2031 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services
Practice locations2 on file with Medicare

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) 74 times · 98th percentile

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients139
Services billed 346 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age74

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

  • New York-Presbyterian Hospital Hospital · New York, NY · listed as New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Hospital
  • New York-Presbyterian/Queens Hospital · Flushing, NY
  • Cassena Care At Home Home health agency · Brooklyn, NY
  • Prime Home Health Services, Llc Home health agency · Brooklyn, NY

Colleagues at Weill Medical College of Cornell

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 2031 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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