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MS. Melanie Komar Samardzija, PHD, FNP-BC

Individual provider Nurse Practitioner · NPI 1861658445

MS. Melanie Komar Samardzija, PHD, FNP-BC is a Nurse Practitioner in Chicago, Illinois. Qualified in 1999, 27 years ago. Practices with University of Chicago, a 1,681-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Illinois and Indiana.

Years since qualifying
27
Licensed in
IL, IN
In the registry since
2008
Specialties on file
2
What do these letters mean?
PHD — Doctor of Philosophy
A research doctorate. In healthcare it usually sits alongside a clinical licence.
FNP-BC — Family Nurse Practitioner, Board Certified
A family nurse practitioner certified by the ANCC.

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Practice location Address checks out

5841 S Maryland St Mc 7120 University Of Chicago Medical Ctr
Chicago, IL 60637 Not confirmed with CMS for 14 years — call before visiting
Phone: (219) 981-9000
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Specialties & licences

Nurse Practitioner (primary) Taxonomy 363L00000X · Licence 209.004210 (IL)
Nurse Practitioner Taxonomy 363L00000X · Licence 71001153A (IN)

Record details

NPI number1861658445
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Credentials PHD , FNP-BC
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedAugust 2, 2008
Last updated in NPPESOctober 10, 2011

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyNURSE PRACTITIONER
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 1999 (27 years in practice)
Group practice University Of Chicago — 1681 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations4 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 patients176
Services billed 404 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age70

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.

Compensation for services other than consulting , including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $9,350 7 payments
Travel and Lodging $4,533 10 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Food and Beverage $1,313 16 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.

Colleagues at University of Chicago

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 1681 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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