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

Shams Bakhos Bufalino, MD

Individual provider Hematology & Oncology Physician · NPI 1831488741

Shams Bakhos Bufalino, MD practises Hematology/Oncology in Park Ridge, Illinois. Graduated from Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine in 2011, 15 years ago. Practices with Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation, a 3,079-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Illinois.

Years since qualifying
15
Trained at
Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine
Licensed in
IL
In the registry since
2011
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

1700 Luther Ln
Park Ridge, IL 60068-1270
Phone: (847) 268-8200
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Specialties & licences

Hematology & Oncology Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207RH0003X · Licence 036-134665 (IL)

Record details

NPI number1831488741
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedMarch 31, 2011
Last updated in NPPESDecember 20, 2021
Certification dateDecember 20, 2021

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyHEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY
Medical schoolLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, STRITCH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 2011 (15 years in practice)
Group practice Advocate Health And Hospitals Corporation — 3079 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations11 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 patients305
Services billed 1,265 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age76

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.

Colleagues at Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 3079 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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