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

Individual provider Surgery Physician · NPI 1437390150

Dr. Venkata Ravindra Kakarla, MD practises General Surgery in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Qualified in 1998, 28 years ago. Practices with Gwinnett Surgical Specialists Professional Services, LLC, a 4-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Georgia and Illinois.

Years since qualifying
28
Licensed in
GA, IL
In the registry since
2009
Specialties on file
3
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

631 Professional Dr Ste 300
Lawrenceville, GA 30046-3371
Phone: (770) 962-9977
Fax: (770) 339-9804
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Specialties & licences

Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence 88142 (GA)
Surgery Physician Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence 036128021 (IL)
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program Taxonomy 390200000X

Record details

NPI number1437390150
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedMarch 9, 2009
Last updated in NPPESJune 30, 2021
Certification dateJune 30, 2021

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyGENERAL SURGERY
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 1998 (28 years in practice)
Group practice Gwinnett Surgical Specialists Professional Services, Llc — 4 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

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.

Hernia repair (minimally invasive) 15 times · 82nd percentile
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux 11 times · 42nd percentile
Colonoscopy 1–10 times
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision 1–10 times
Removal or shaving of skin growth 1–10 times

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 patients177
Services billed 386 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age71

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.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Education $4,750 2 payments · educational material or training, not a fee
Food and Beverage $258 10 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

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

Colleagues at Gwinnett Surgical Specialists Professional Services, LLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice.

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