Dr. Chukwuma Obi Onyewu, MD

Individual provider Interventional Pain Medicine Physician · NPI 1578573457

Dr. Chukwuma Obi Onyewu, MD is an Interventional Pain Management in Lanham, Maryland. Qualified in 1998, 28 years ago. Practices with Choice Pain and Rehabilitation Center LLC, a 14-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia.

Years since qualifying: 28
Licensed in: DC, DE, MD, VA
In the registry since: 2006
Specialties on file: 4

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Practice location Address checks out

9841 Greenbelt Rd Ste 208
Lanham, MD 20706-6270 Not confirmed with CMS for 11 years — call before visiting
Phone: (240) 786-1001
Fax: (240) 786-1002

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Specialties & licences

Interventional Pain Medicine Physician (primary)	Taxonomy 208VP0014X · Licence D0065933 (MD)
Interventional Pain Medicine Physician	Taxonomy 208VP0014X · Licence C1-0007073 (DE)
Interventional Pain Medicine Physician	Taxonomy 208VP0014X · Licence MD034554 (DC)
Interventional Pain Medicine Physician	Taxonomy 208VP0014X · Licence 0101235566 (VA)

Record details

NPI number	1578573457
Entity type	Individual (Type 1)
Gender	Male
Credentials	MD
Sole proprietor	No
NPI enumerated	August 9, 2006
Last updated in NPPES	January 24, 2015

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialty	INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT
Also practises	PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
Medical school	OTHER
Graduated	1998 (28 years in practice)
Group practice	Choice Pain And Rehabilitation Center Llc — 14 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment	Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Telehealth	Offers telehealth services
Practice locations	7 on file with Medicare

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 patients	375
Services billed	2,106 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age	65

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Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

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Food and Beverage	$1,428 61 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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Colleagues at Choice Pain and Rehabilitation Center LLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 14 clinicians in the practice; 9 are shown here.

Bruce Eugene Abraham, PA-C Medical Physician Assistant · Lanham, MD
Taiwo Rita Asaolu Family Nurse Practitioner · Towson, MD
Jasmine Barksdale Cobb, NP Family Nurse Practitioner · Newark, DE
Mr. Nathaniel Darway, AGACNP Acute Care Nurse Practitioner · Essex, MD
Ufuoma Onome Egurefa Family Nurse Practitioner · Largo, MD
Nkechi Okoro, NP Adult Health Nurse Practitioner · Forest Hill, MD
Emmanuella Ifeyinwa Okpah IX, FNP Family Nurse Practitioner · Nottingham, MD
Dr. Tristan J Shockley, MD Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician · Laurel, MD
MS. Desiree Smith, AGNP-C Adult Health Nurse Practitioner · Pasadena, MD