Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Michael Lester

Individual provider Internal Medicine Physician · NPI 1255750501

Michael Lester is registered under Pulmonary Disease in Nashville, Tennessee. Graduated from Harvard Medical School in 2014, 12 years ago. Practices with Vanderbilt University Medical Center, a 3,466-clinician group, works from 2 locations, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in Tennessee.

Years since qualifying
12
Trained at
Harvard Medical School
Licensed in
TN
In the registry since
2014
Specialties on file
4
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Practice location Address checks out

3601 The Vanderbilt Clinic
Nashville, TN 37232-0001
Phone: (615) 322-3000
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Additional practice locations (1)

  • Department Of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-0001 — (615) 322-3384

Specialties & licences

Pulmonary Disease Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207RP1001X · Licence 55666 (TN)
Internal Medicine Physician Taxonomy 207R00000X · Licence 55666 (TN)
Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician Taxonomy 207RC0200X · Licence 55666 (TN)
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program Taxonomy 390200000X

Record details

NPI number1255750501
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedApril 15, 2014
Last updated in NPPESMarch 6, 2024
Certification dateMarch 6, 2024

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyPULMONARY DISEASE
Also practisesCRITICAL CARE (INTENSIVISTS), INTERNAL MEDICINE
Medical schoolHARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL
Graduated 2014 (12 years in practice)
Group practice Vanderbilt University Medical Center — 3466 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services

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 patients283
Services billed 670 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age71

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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.

Consulting Fee $1,950 1 payment
Food and Beverage $337 4 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Colleagues at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 3466 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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