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Dr. Kassem Bourgi, MD

Infectious Disease (Infectious Disease Physician)

  • Medicare participating

At a glance

Years since graduation
15
In the NPI registry since
2012
Medicare patients seen, 2024
133

The NPI date is when this clinician registered for a National Provider Identifier, the billing number used on health claims. It is not a license, graduation or board-certification date. What an NPI is

Education and training

  • 2012Registered with an NPI (national billing number; not a license date)

Medicare’s Care Compare data doesn’t list this clinician’s medical school. Undergraduate school, residency, fellowship, licensing exams and board certification aren’t in public federal data. Board certification can be confirmed with the certifying board (ABMS member boards for MDs, AOA boards for DOs).

Specialties and state licenses

  • Infectious Disease Physician primary
    TN license 71966 · IN license 01080959A
  • Internal Medicine Physician
    MI license 4301100453 · TN license 71966

As reported to the NPI registry. To confirm a license is current, check the state medical board.

Map: Infectious Disease per capita by county →

Where they work

Hospitals

Medical groups

Hospitals this clinician lists with Medicare, and groups they bill Medicare through (Care Compare). Affiliation doesn’t mean they see patients at every location.

Medicare patients and services

Medicare patients, 2024
133
Services billed
296
Patients’ average age
67
Most frequent Medicare services, 2023
ServiceTimesPatients
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 35 minutes5130
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making, if using time, at least 50 minutes4419
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, at least 75 minutes3130
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making, if using time, at least 55 minutes1111

Medicare fee-for-service only. CMS leaves out services billed for fewer than 11 patients. These figures describe a practice’s Medicare work; they aren’t a measure of quality.

Medicare prescriptions

Most prescribed drugs, Medicare Part D 2024
DrugPrescriptions
Biktarvy (bictegrav/emtricit/tenofov ala)18

Prescriptions filled under Medicare Part D, including refills. CMS leaves out drugs prescribed fewer than 11 times.

Payments from drug and device companies

In 2025, 3 companies reported 40 payments worth $3,989 in total to this clinician.

By type
Consulting Fee$1,750
Food and Beverage$1,162
Travel and Lodging$1,078

What the payments were for

Largest payments other than meals
DateCompanyWhat it was forAmount
Feb 11, 2025Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Feb 11, 2025
Consulting Fee
Company’s description;4296462;GTF;11310647
$1,750
Mar 19, 2025Viiv Healthcare Company
Mar 19, 2025
Travel and Lodging
travel to Chicago, IL · in-kind
$498
Nov 4, 2025Viiv Healthcare Company
Nov 4, 2025
Travel and Lodging
travel to Chicago, IL · in-kind
$250
Apr 3, 2025Viiv Healthcare Company
Apr 3, 2025
Travel and Lodging
travel to Chicago, IL · in-kind
$205
Apr 4, 2025Viiv Healthcare Company
Apr 4, 2025
Travel and Lodging
travel to Chicago, IL · in-kind
$51.98
Oct 7, 2025Viiv Healthcare Company
Oct 7, 2025
Travel and Lodging
travel to Chicago, IL · in-kind
$42.18
Mar 19, 2025Viiv Healthcare Company
Mar 19, 2025
Travel and Lodging
travel to Chicago, IL · in-kind
$31.02

Each payment as the company reported it, with the products it named. Meals are counted in the totals above but not listed one by one.

From CMS Open Payments. A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing; many are for consulting, teaching or meals. Clinicians can review and dispute their records with CMS.

Who received the most in Tennessee →

Industry-funded research

Named as a principal investigator on 2 industry-funded studies in 2025, from 2 companies. The companies reported $50,224 in research payments for these studies, mostly to the institutions running them.

  • Reexamining The Effects of Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitors and Tenofovir Alafenamide on Weight Gain in the United States and Canada
    Gilead Sciences, Inc.
  • A Prospective and Retrospective Observational Study of Multidrug-Resistant Patient Outcomes with and without Ibalizumab in a Real-World Setting: United States (PROMISE-US)
    Theratechnologies Inc.

From CMS Open Payments research payments, where companies name up to five principal investigators per payment. Research payments usually go to hospitals, universities and research sites, not to the investigator personally. A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing.

Other Infectious Disease clinicians in Nashville

Sources

NPI registry (CMS NPPES, November 2026; record last updated October 12, 2026), Medicare Care Compare, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), Medicare Part D Prescribers (2024) and Open Payments (2025). Information is self-reported or billed data and may be out of date; call before visiting.

NPI 1780948299. Official NPI registry record (opens in a new tab). Clinicians can correct their information in NPPES; changes appear here after our next monthly update.