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Dr. Shanti Nilakantan, MD

(Dr. Shanti Nilakantan, MD)

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Specializes in: Geriatrics (Elderly Care) and Adult Endocrinology

Lady Hardinge Medical College

3122 Salmon Drive
Los Alamitos, CA 90720

(562) 833-9756

Dr. Shanti Nilakantan, MD is a geriatrician in Long Beach, CA specializing in geriatrics (elderly care) and adult endocrinology. She graduated from Lady Hardinge Medical College. Dr. Shanti Nilakantan, MD is affiliated with Dignity Health, MemorialCare and St Mary Medical Center Long Beach.

Office Locations

2925 Palo Verde Avenue
Long Beach, CA 90815

(562) 429-2473

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St Mary Medical Center Long Beach

3122 Salmon Drive
Los Alamitos, CA 90720

(562) 833-9756

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MemorialCare

4910 Airport Plaza Drive Suite 100
Long Beach, CA

(562) 429-2473

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Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Shanti Nilakantan, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	176

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Shanti Nilakantan, MD treated as a geriatrician in Long Beach, CA during 2013 were preventive care and vaccines.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Shanti Nilakantan, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	201
preventive care	12
vaccines	12

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Shanti Nilakantan, MD.

**Gender**
Male	15
Female	52

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	29
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	19
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	38
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	15
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Shanti Nilakantan, MD in 2013

Hypertension	73
High Cholesterol	51
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	27
Depression	16
Chronic Kidney Disease	36
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	19
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	33
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Shanti Nilakantan, MD treated as a geriatrician in Long Beach, CA during 2014 were blood draw.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Shanti Nilakantan, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	13
doctor visit	142

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Shanti Nilakantan, MD.

**Gender**
Male	23
Female	55

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	41
Black	0
Hispanic	15
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	35
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	23
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Shanti Nilakantan, MD in 2014

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	64
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	28
Depression	15
Chronic Kidney Disease	44
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	17
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	21
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	36
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Shanti Nilakantan, MD treated as a geriatrician in Long Beach, CA during 2015 were blood draw, preventive care and vaccines.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Shanti Nilakantan, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	133
doctor visit	172
preventive care	37
vaccines	37

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Shanti Nilakantan, MD.

**Gender**
Male	52
Female	122

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	94
Black	0
Hispanic	26
Asian	28
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	110
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	28
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Shanti Nilakantan, MD in 2015

Hypertension	62
High Cholesterol	62
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	21
Depression	14
Chronic Kidney Disease	36
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	30
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Shanti Nilakantan, MD treated as a geriatrician in Long Beach, CA during 2016 were blood draw, preventive care and vaccines.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Shanti Nilakantan, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	122
doctor visit	156
preventive care	16
vaccines	16

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Shanti Nilakantan, MD.

**Gender**
Male	27
Female	53

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	43
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	16
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	44
From 75 to 84	19
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Shanti Nilakantan, MD in 2016

Hypertension	66
High Cholesterol	74
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	21
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	35
Asthma	14
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	15
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	14
Diabetes	26
Dementia	0
Cancer	14

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Shanti Nilakantan, MD treated as a geriatrician in Long Beach, CA during 2017 were blood draw, preventive care and vaccines.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Shanti Nilakantan, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	69
doctor visit	169
preventive care	25
vaccines	25

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Shanti Nilakantan, MD.

**Gender**
Male	26
Female	61

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	43
Black	11
Hispanic	0
Asian	16
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	41
From 75 to 84	24
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Shanti Nilakantan, MD in 2017

Hypertension	74
High Cholesterol	61
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	22
Depression	15
Chronic Kidney Disease	37
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	16
Atrial Fibrilation	13
Heart Failure	17
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	34
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Shanti Nilakantan, MD treated as a geriatrician in Long Beach, CA during 2018 were blood draw.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Shanti Nilakantan, MD for Medicare patients.

blood draw	30
doctor visit	146

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Shanti Nilakantan, MD.

**Gender**
Male	27
Female	51

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	43
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	13
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	30
From 75 to 84	26
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Shanti Nilakantan, MD in 2018

Hypertension	68
High Cholesterol	64
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	22
Depression	24
Chronic Kidney Disease	32
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	19
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	35
Dementia	0
Cancer	15

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Shanti Nilakantan, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	37

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Shanti Nilakantan, MD.

**Gender**
Male	15
Female	24

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	20
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	19
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Shanti Nilakantan, MD in 2019

Hypertension	72
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	28
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	41
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	49
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2019

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Shanti Nilakantan, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Shanti Nilakantan, MD treated as a geriatrician in Long Beach, CA were blood draw, preventive care and vaccines.

blood draw	73
doctor visit	149
preventive care	22
vaccines	22

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2019

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Shanti Nilakantan, MD.

**Gender**
Male	23
Female	52

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	1
Asian / Pacific Islander	11
Non-Hispanic White	39
Hispanic	5
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Other	0

**Age**
75 to 84	11
85 and over	8
Less than 65	0
65 to 74	37

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Shanti Nilakantan, MD From 2012 - 2019

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Shanti Nilakantan, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, chronic kidney disease and diabetes.

Hypertension	61
High Cholesterol	56
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	21
Depression	10
Chronic Kidney Disease	32
Asthma	1
Osteoporosis	4
Heart Failure	13
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	1
Diabetes	30
Atrial Fibrillation	1
Cancer	3
Dementia	0

Education & Training

Dr. Shanti Nilakantan, MD graduated from Lady Hardinge Medical College. She completed residency at Nassau University Medical Center. She is certified by the Internal Medicine Internal Medicine (Sub: Endocrinology, Diabetes & Met Internal Medicine (Sub: Geriatric Medicine) and has a state license in California.

Medical School: Lady Hardinge Medical College

Residency: Nassau University Medical Center

Board Certification: Internal Medicine Internal Medicine (Sub: Endocrinology, Diabetes & Met Internal Medicine (Sub: Geriatric Medicine)

Licensed In: California

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. Shanti Nilakantan, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

Dignity Health

MemorialCare

St Mary Medical Center Long Beach

Ratings & Reviews

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. Shanti Nilakantan, MD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation	$378 JANUMET XR $109	BELSOMRA $52	STEGLATRO $47	GARDASIL9 $44	DULERA $38	Other $87
Pfizer Inc.	$193 ELIQUIS $71	CHANTIX $59	LYRICA $32	VIAGRA $18	EMBEDA $12
Novo Nordisk Inc	$132 Victoza $107	Tresiba $25
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc	$128 XARELTO $128
Takeda Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.	$124 Kazano $51	Oseni $21	Trintellix $18	Contrave $18	Nesina $17
Other	$615 Vesicare $68	TOUJEO $39	BASAGLAR $39	LANTUS $38	JARDIANCE $36	Other $395

**Types of Payments**
Food and Beverage	$1,561
Education	$10

Biography

Dr. Shanti Nilakantan, who practices in Long Beach, CA and Los Alamitos, CA, is a medical specialist in adult endocrinology and geriatrics (elderly care). Dr. Nilakantan graduated from Lady Hardinge Medical College. She trained at Nassau University Medical Center for residency. She is professionally affiliated with MemorialCare and Dignity Health. She has a closed panel according to Dignity Health.