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Dr. Vijayakumar Somasekharan Nair, MD, FACS

Individual provider Surgery Physician · NPI 1891752234

Dr. Vijayakumar Somasekharan Nair, MD, FACS is a General Surgery in Oak Lawn, Illinois. Qualified in 1987, 39 years ago. Practices with Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation, a 3,079-clinician group, works from 2 locations and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Illinois.

Years since qualifying
39
Licensed in
IL
In the registry since
2006
Specialties on file
4
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.
FACS — Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
A surgeon admitted as a fellow of the ACS.

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Practice location Address checks out

9555 S 52nd Ave
Oak Lawn, IL 60453-3054
Phone: (708) 684-6867
Fax: (708) 684-6869
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Additional practice locations (1)

  • 3815 Highland Ave, Downers Grove, IL 60515-1500 — (630) 275-7800

Specialties & licences

Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207RC0200X · Licence 036108208 (IL)
Surgery Physician Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence 036108208 (IL)
Surgical Critical Care Physician Taxonomy 2086S0102X · Licence 036108208 (IL)
Trauma Surgery Physician Taxonomy 2086S0127X · Licence 036108208 (IL)

Record details

NPI number1891752234
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD , FACS
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedApril 28, 2006
Last updated in NPPESMay 30, 2025
Certification dateMay 30, 2025

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyGENERAL SURGERY
Also practisesCRITICAL CARE (INTENSIVISTS)
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 1987 (39 years in practice)
Group practice Advocate Health And Hospitals Corporation — 3079 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations2 on file with Medicare

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