Balesh Sharma MD in Brownsville, Texas

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY

Medical School: Sorry, his university is not listed
Graduation Year: 1990
The Primary Medical Specialty for Balesh Sharma MD is listed as: Medical Oncology
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 34
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 4183626211
NPI #: 1578505483
NPI Created On: 06/12/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 02/02/2023
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207RH0003X
License Number:
J9338
Listed Gender: Male

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Forms of insurance accepted by include, but are not limited to:

• FirstCare Health Plans
• Molina Marketplace
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, Hindi, Spanish.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
2. Bone marrow biopsy
3. Ct scan chest with contrast
4. Ct scan of abdomen and pelvis
5. Ct scan of abdomen and pelvis with contrast
6. Nuclear medicine study with ct imaging skull base to mid-thigh
7. Blood test, comprehensive group of blood chemicals
8. Manual urinalysis test with examination using microscope
9. Ferritin (blood protein) level
10. Iron level
11. Iron binding capacity
12. Lactate dehydrogenase (enzyme) level
13. Psa (prostate specific antigen) measurement
14. Microscopic examination for white blood cells with manual cell count
15. Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test
16. Complete blood cell count (red cells, white blood cell, platelets), automated test
17. Reticulated (young) platelet measurement
18. Influenza virus vaccine, quadrivalent (aiiv4), inactivated, adjuvanted, preservative free, for injection into muscle, 0.5 ml dosage
19. Infusion into a vein for therapy, prevention, or diagnosis up to 1 hour
20. Infusion into a vein for therapy prevention or diagnosis additional sequential infusion up to 1 hour

They took part in Medicare's Electronic Health Record Incentive Program which was designed to help move people over to electronic records and improve the systems that were already in place.
They took part in the Medicare Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS).