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Victor Gutierrez-Contreras, MD

Anesthesiology · Fort Myers

NPI 1194877993

Medicare standing
Clear
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Plans that list them
Not verified
Not the same as out of network.
Office
1

Offices

1 location · American Anesthesiology Services of Florida Inc · 159 clinicians in this group

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Hospitals listed: Gulf Coast Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

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California Medical Board record

Licence A73105 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2000 · expires 2028-09-30 · Autonomous State University of Mexico.

No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.

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.

  • Gulf Coast Medical Center Lee HealthFort Myers, FLAcute Care Hospital · Government - Hospital District or Authority · Has an emergency departmentPart of Lee Health, which runs 3 hospitalsPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 75% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 4 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Postoperative sepsis rate: 8.81 (6.11 to 11.51) · 1,229 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complications: 132.11 (101.67 to 162.54) · 335 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.05, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.138, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.466, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Gulf Coast Medical Center Lee Health

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 3 better, 4 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Safety: 2 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 7 the same, 3 worse of 10 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at Gulf Coast Medical Center Lee Health
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths8.81 (6.11 to 11.51) · 1,229 casesWorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths132.11 (101.67 to 162.54) · 335 casesBetterJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.05BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.138BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.466BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths0.96 (0.25 to 1.68) · 3,617 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths1.08 (0.86 to 1.29)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths7.5 · 303 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths10.7 · 436 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths9.6 · 1,091 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths13.4 · 875 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths8.9 · 1,334 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths2.6 · 8,758 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.27 (0.11 to 0.44) · 17,467 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.29 (0.12 to 0.45) · 16,794 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths3.49 (2.05 to 4.93) · 4,264 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.43 (0.02 to 2.85) · 1,530 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.65 (1.5 to 3.8) · 4,305 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths9.91 (5.33 to 14.5) · 1,512 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.93 (0.66 to 3.2) · 1,285 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.4 (0 to 0.81) · 15,718 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths3.5 · 27 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.412No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections0No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.683No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits14.7 · 723 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits22 · 1,826 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits3.4 · 434 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits5.3 · 1,242 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits29.2 · 892 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits17.7 · 1,174 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits5.7 (3.6 to 9.1) · 27 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits10 (6.8 to 14.4) · 27 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.1 · 32 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits22.3 · 480 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits12.6 (9.6 to 16.4) · 587 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits1.2 (0.9 to 1.5) · 687 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (2,063 patients answered, 41% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Gulf Coast Medical Center Lee Health
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication2
Communication about medicines2
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating3
Quietness3
Recommend hospital4
Share of patients giving the best answer at Gulf Coast Medical Center Lee Health
Room was "always" clean72%
Nurses "always" communicated well76%
Doctors "always" communicated well75%
Staff "always" explained56%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information87%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge83%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand71%
Doctors "always" listened carefully73%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect81%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)67%
Staff "always" explained new medications72%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand73%
Nurses "always" listened carefully73%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect83%
"Always" quiet at night52%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital75%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects40%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms91%

Money from drug and device companies

$21 in 2025

Industry payments by year
202511None$21
202411None$24

Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.

A payment is not proof that care is biased.

Payments by company
Pacira PharmaceuticalsExparel$21
1 payment
  • Meals for Exparel · 2025-11-19 · $21
See the published payment
Every published payment
Pacira PharmaceuticalsMeals · 2025-11-19Exparel$21
See earlier years (2024)

2024: $24

Payments by company in 2024
Harmony BiosciencesWakix$24
1 payment
  • Meals for Wakix · 2024-11-22 · $24

Professional record

NPI
1194877993
Licence
CA A73105California A73105: Current · expires 2028-09-30
Gender
Male
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Medicaid ID
CA 00A731050
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 207L00000X (207L00000X)
Mailing address
1800 Harrison St Fl 7, Oakland, CA, 94612
NPI first listed
2007-01-18
NPI last updated
2025-05-21
NPI record certified
2025-05-21

This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.

This office lists an electronic records connection.