Glenn James Geesman, MD
Anesthesiology · Santa Cruz
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- Not verified
- Not the same as out of network.
- Offices
- 3
Offices
3 locations · Sutter Bay Medical Foundation · 3,783 clinicians in this group
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Hospitals listed: Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center of Santa Cruz. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plan participation
Not verified
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Hospitals they work in
1 hospital
These rate the hospital, not this clinician. Most measures at most hospitals are no different from the national rate.
- Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center of Santa CruzSanta Cruz, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · No emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Sutter Health, which runs 27 hospitals in 2 statesPatients rate it 4 of 5 · 85% would definitely recommend itNo overall ratingNo measure marked better or worse than the national rate
See every measure and the patient survey for Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center of Santa Cruz
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 1 the same, 0 worse of 1 measures. Safety: 0 better, 2 the same, 0 worse of 2 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 4 the same, 0 worse of 4 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.04 (0 to 2.12) · 59 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 1.01 (0.5 to 1.52) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 3.9 · 63 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.21 (0 to 0.44) · 118 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.27 (0.05 to 0.49) · 116 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 3.36 (0.77 to 5.95) · 113 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.65 (0 to 3.37) · 109 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.28 (0.56 to 4) · 109 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 8.41 (0 to 18.05) · 109 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 6.75 (2.52 to 10.98) · 102 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.75 (0.23 to 3.28) · 42 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.61 (0 to 1.94) · 51 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 3.6 · 30 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.3 · 32 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 11.7 (9.2 to 14.9) · 3,197 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 0.9 (0.7 to 1.3) · 506 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (203 patients answered, 24% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 5 |
| Nurse communication | 4 |
| Doctor communication | 4 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 5 |
| Overall hospital rating | 5 |
| Quietness | 4 |
| Recommend hospital | 5 |
| Room was "always" clean | 84% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 83% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 83% |
| Staff "always" explained | 62% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 93% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 96% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 79% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 83% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 88% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 87% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 78% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 78% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 82% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 89% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 69% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 85% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 46% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 90% |
Professional record
- NPI
- 1114486495
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Federal specialty code 207L00000X (207L00000X)
- Mailing address
- 2900 Chanticleer Ave, Santa Cruz, CA, 95065
- NPI first listed
- 2019-03-18
- NPI last updated
- 2025-07-11
- NPI record certified
- 2025-07-11
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.