Individual Healthcare Provider
Karen Avery, MD
Provider's NPPES record last updated: February 25, 2026
Overview
- Entity Type
- Individual Healthcare Provider
- NPI
- 1447293428
- Primary Specialty
- General Practice
- Practice Location
- Hixson, Tennessee
- Sole Proprietor
- Yes
Federal Screening
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List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE)
HHS Office of Inspector General
No potential match was identified in NPISignal's indexed List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE) records as of 2026-09-10.
- Source data
- September 10, 2026
- Records indexed
- 84,001
- Screened
- Sep 21, 2026, 9:50 AM UTC
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SAM.gov Exclusions
U.S. General Services Administration
SAM.gov Exclusions was not checked.
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- Screened
- Not checked
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Specialties & Taxonomies
- Primary
General Practice
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
A physician who specializes in the general practice of diagnosing, treating, and managing patients with a variety of illnesses and conditions.
Taxonomy code 208D00000X Emergency Medicine
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
An emergency physician focuses on the immediate decision making and action necessary to prevent death or any further disability both in the pre-hospital setting by directing emergency medical technicians and in the emergency department. The emergency physician provides immediate recognition, evaluation, care, stabilization and disposition of a generally diversified population of adult and pediatric patients in response to acute illness and injury.
Taxonomy code 207P00000XPreventive Medicine
Addiction Medicine
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
A physician engaged in the subspecialty practice of Addiction Medicine who specializes in the prevention, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, and recovery of persons with the disease of addiction.
Taxonomy code 2083A0300X
Provider-Reported License Information
- General Practice (Tennessee)
- 54230
- Emergency Medicine (Mississippi)
- 18557
- Preventive Medicine (Tennessee)
- 54230
- Emergency Medicine (Alabama)
- 27405
Practice Locations
Practice Location
5870 Highway 153 Ste 122
Hixson, Tennessee 37343-5826
Phone: (423) 243-3342
Record Information
- Enumeration Date
- June 14, 2006
- Provider's NPPES Record Last Updated
- February 25, 2026
- Certification Date
- February 25, 2026
- NPISignal NPPES Dataset
- August 2026
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