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

Individual provider Internal Medicine Physician · NPI 1215183934

Valerie M Nelson, MD, MBA practises Hematology/Oncology in Chicago, Illinois. Graduated from University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine in 2008, 18 years ago. Practices with Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, a 4,394-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in Illinois.

Years since qualifying
18
Trained at
University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine
Licensed in
IL
In the registry since
2008
Specialties on file
2
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.
MBA — Master of Business Administration
A graduate business degree.

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Practice location Address checks out

251 E Huron St
Chicago, IL 60611-2908
Phone: (312) 926-2000
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Specialties & licences

Hematology & Oncology Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207RH0003X · Licence 036128222 (IL)
Internal Medicine Physician Taxonomy 207R00000X · Licence AN52403945914 (IL)

Record details

NPI number1215183934
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Credentials MD , MBA
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedAugust 13, 2008
Last updated in NPPESMarch 8, 2019

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyHEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, PRITZKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 2008 (18 years in practice)
Group practice Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation — 4394 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services
Practice locations17 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 patients565
Services billed 2,960 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age76

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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.

Food and Beverage $53 2 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Education $43 1 payment · educational material or training, 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 Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 4394 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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