National Provider Identifier
Vaitheeswaran Ganesa Lalgudi, MD
Vaitheeswaran Ganesa Lalgudi, MD is listed in the NPPES registry with a primary specialty of Cornea and External Diseases Specialist Physician in Buffalo, NY and a listed phone number of (716) 881-7916.
Source: public NPPES record, last updated November 21, 2022. This profile is informational and is not medical advice, a quality rating, or a provider recommendation.
Profile Overview
- NPI
- 1093424715
- Provider Type
- Individual
- Primary Specialty
- Cornea and External Diseases Specialist Physician
- Enumeration Date
- November 21, 2022
- Last Updated
- November 21, 2022
Practice Location
- 1176 Main St
- Buffalo, NY 14209-2102
Phone: (716) 881-7916
Mailing Address
- 85 Bauman RD
- Amherst, NY 14221-3803
Specialties
- Cornea and External Diseases Specialist Physician (207WX0120X)
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Medicare Part B Activity
Reported 723 Medicare fee-for-service service lines in 2024.
Peer comparison
Compared to Ophthalmology providers in the Buffalo, NY metro area.
This provider is in the 28th percentile for Medicare service volume.
Lower volume than many peers.
Performs 40% fewer Medicare services than the peer median.
Higher than 18 of 64 peers.
- Activity Percentile
- 28.1%
- Rank by Services
- 46 of 64
- Total Services
- 723
- Est. Allowed Value
- $97,052.79
- Dataset Year
- 2024
- Drug Code Share
- 0.0%
Estimated allowed value reflects Medicare fee-for-service allowed amounts only. It does not include Medicare Advantage, commercial insurance, cash-pay services, or employment compensation.
Peers are grouped by the broader Ophthalmology classification rather than the exact subspecialty label shown elsewhere on the page.
Percentile distribution
Each bar represents a 10-point percentile band of peers by total Medicare services for Ophthalmology across the Buffalo, NY metro area. Taller bars indicate higher service-volume bands. Highlighted bar marks this provider's percentile band.
Observed service range: 31 to 31,757 total Medicare services.
Top Clinical Services
- 99213: Established patient office or other outpatient visit with low level od decision making, if using time, 20 minutes or more
170 services | $14,390.22
- 66984: Removal of cataract with insertion of prosthetic lens
75 services | $38,139.22
- 99214: Established patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of decision making, if using time, 30 minutes or more
64 services | $7,694.18
- 99204: New patient office or other outpatient visit with moderate level of medical decision making, if using time, 45 minutes or more
63 services | $9,583.04
- 76514: Ultrasound scan of cornea to determine thickness
57 services | $572.90
Biography
Vaitheeswaran Ganesan Lalgudi, MD, is an ophthalmologist with UBMD Ophthalmology at the Ross Eye Institute and a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University at Buffalo’s Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. His academic profile highlights work in cornea-focused research, including publications on keratoconus, corneal collagen cross-linking, and corneal transplantation, and notes his induction into the Cornea Society as a Member with Thesis.
Full Record
- NPI
- 1093424715
- Entity Type
- Individual
- Last Name
- Lalgudi
- First Name
- Vaitheeswaran Ganesa
- Name Prefix
- Dr.
- Credential
- MD
- Mailing Street Address
- 85 Bauman RD
- Mailing City
- Amherst
- Mailing State
- NY
- Mailing ZIP Code
- 14221-3803
- Mailing Country
- US
- Mailing Phone
- (716) 418-6254
- Practice Street Address
- 1176 Main St
- Practice City
- Buffalo
- Practice State
- NY
- Practice ZIP Code
- 14209-2102
- Practice Country
- US
- Practice Phone
- (716) 881-7916
- Practice Fax
- (716) 887-2991
- Enumeration Date
- November 21, 2022
- Last Updated
- November 21, 2022
- Sex
- Male
- Sole Proprietor
- No
- Certification Date
- November 21, 2022
- Taxonomies
- Cornea and External Diseases Specialist Physician (207WX0120X)