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California Medical Board record
Licence G71259 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 1991 · expires 2026-12-31 · Umdnj New Jersey Medical School.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
Surgery centers they own
Central Coast Facial Surgery CenterAmbulatory Surgery Center · Templeton, CA100% owner since 2014 · accredited by AAAASF
Initial Accreditation1 inspection, 1 with deficiencies · last 2017-07-19: Requirements Met
Templeton Surgery Center, LLC (UPSI)Ambulatory Surgery Center · Templeton, CAOwner · accredited by JC
Accreditation RenewedNo inspections published
Original Medicare doctor bills
$164,691
Medicare paid this office $164,691 for 538 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
Largest Original Medicare bills
Return visit (30+ min)
288
$41,880
$91
New patient visit (45+ min)
209
$23,997
$115
Creation of flap graft to midface
26
$17,238
$663
Creation of flap graft to head and/or neck
14
$10,337
$738
Creation of flap graft to nose, forehead, temple, or scalp
14
$10,270
$734
See all 13 services
Every Original Medicare service billed
Return visit (30+ min)
288
$41,880
$91
New patient visit (45+ min)
209
$23,997
$115
Creation of flap graft to midface
26
$17,238
$663
Creation of flap graft to head and/or neck
14
$10,337
$738
Creation of flap graft to nose, forehead, temple, or scalp
14
$10,270
$734
Repair of wound of eyelids, nose, ears, or lips by transferring skin, 10.0 sq cm or less
13
$6,897
$493
Removal of impacted ear wax
158
$6,588
$34
Long return visit (40+ min)
50
$6,583
$124
New patient visit (60+ min)
33
$5,023
$152
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope
41
$4,321
$96
Short return visit (20+ min)
49
$3,155
$57
Removal of cancer skin growth of face, ears, eyelids, nose, lips, or mouth, more than 4.0 cm
11
$3,083
$280
New patient visit (30+ min)
16
$1,261
$79
Procedures Medicare counted
Procedure volume Medicare published
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision
30
More than 80% of doctors who do this
Procedures year by year
Procedures billed to Original Medicare by year
Procedure
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Removal of impacted ear wax
123
100
113
162
141
192
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope
66
40
46
42
50
45
Creation of flap graft to midface
35
12
12
19
22
26
Repair of wound of eyelids, nose, ears, or lips by transferring skin, 10.0 sq cm or less
26
15
17
21
28
14
Creation of flap graft to head and/or neck
–
15
–
18
19
14
Removal of cancer skin growth of face, ears, eyelids, nose, lips, or mouth, more than 4.0 cm
19
–
–
–
20
11
Times billed to Original Medicare each year. A blank year means fewer than 11 people had it, or none: Medicare does not publish smaller counts. Medicare Advantage patients are not included.
Who their Medicare patients are
538 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 77 · Women 53% · Health risk score 0.88. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical otolaryngology clinician is at 1.19.
The office billed $265,541, Medicare allowed $217,900 and paid $164,691; for 1,230 services of 41 kinds.
Original Medicare patients only. A risk score of 1.0 is the average Medicare patient; higher means sicker. Any count under 11 is hidden.
Year by year
Original Medicare by year
2024
538
1,230
77
0.88
$265,541
$164,691
2023
568
1,310
77
0.86
$266,466
$179,535
2022
486
1,113
78
0.90
$209,188
$140,036
2021
461
998
78
0.96
$177,431
$121,314
2020
416
932
78
1.02
$176,561
$113,889
2019
509
1,170
78
1.03
$238,187
$143,960
2018
504
1,141
77
1.01
$179,245
$117,537
2017
442
1,028
77
1.09
$205,825
$119,093
2016
429
1,009
77
1.07
$207,624
$117,270
2015
452
1,261
77
1.13
$214,853
$139,193
2014
509
1,627
77
0.99
$290,016
$171,976
2013
490
1,593
77
1.00
$216,336
$135,003
Original Medicare only. A service billed for fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden, so the lines can add up to less than the year's total.
See the services billed each year
2023: 13 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Return visit (30+ min)
187
$28,465
$101
Short return visit (20+ min)
227
$21,927
$68
New patient visit (30+ min)
253
$21,524
$85
Creation of flap graft to midface
22
$16,483
$749
Creation of flap graft to head and/or neck
19
$15,861
$835
Repair of wound of eyelids, nose, ears, or lips by transferring skin, 10.0 sq cm or less
28
$15,005
$536
Creation of flap graft to nose, forehead, temple, or scalp
11
$8,956
$814
New patient visit (45+ min)
47
$6,366
$135
Removal of cancer skin growth of face, ears, eyelids, nose, lips, or mouth, more than 4.0 cm
20
$6,259
$313
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope
46
$5,459
$109
Removal of impacted ear wax
116
$5,351
$38
Long return visit (40+ min)
16
$2,356
$147
New patient visit (60+ min)
11
$1,819
$165
2022: 10 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Short return visit (20+ min)
255
$28,202
$68
New patient visit (30+ min)
199
$17,059
$86
Creation of flap graft to head and/or neck
18
$15,185
$844
Creation of flap graft to midface
18
$14,327
$754
Repair of wound of eyelids, nose, ears, or lips by transferring skin, 10.0 sq cm or less
20
$10,931
$521
Return visit (30+ min)
82
$10,084
$102
Removal of impacted ear wax
145
$5,966
$37
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope
37
$4,473
$107
New patient visit (45+ min)
28
$3,719
$133
New patient visit (15+ min)
22
$1,224
$56
2021: 9 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Short return visit (20+ min)
277
$29,871
$70
New patient visit (30+ min)
139
$12,758
$92
Repair of wound of eyelids, nose, ears, or lips by transferring skin, 10.0 sq cm or less
16
$9,391
$552
Creation of flap graft to midface
11
$9,150
$763
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope
44
$4,871
$106
New patient visit (15+ min)
82
$4,649
$57
Return visit (30+ min)
38
$4,308
$96
Removal of impacted ear wax
104
$4,268
$38
New patient visit (45+ min)
16
$1,829
$114
2020: 10 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Short return visit (20+ min)
259
$22,213
$53
Creation of flap graft to head and/or neck
14
$12,842
$856
Creation of flap graft to nose, forehead, temple, or scalp
11
$9,047
$822
Creation of flap graft to midface
12
$8,679
$723
Repair of wound of eyelids, nose, ears, or lips by transferring skin, 10.0 sq cm or less
15
$8,253
$550
New patient visit (15+ min)
129
$6,677
$52
New patient visit (30+ min)
49
$4,226
$86
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope
35
$4,011
$100
Removal of impacted ear wax
87
$3,547
$35
Return visit (30+ min)
24
$2,323
$89
2019: 9 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Creation of flap graft to midface
33
$25,959
$742
Short return visit (20+ min)
280
$25,389
$54
Repair of wound of eyelids, nose, ears, or lips by transferring skin, 10.0 sq cm or less
25
$13,229
$509
New patient visit (15+ min)
176
$9,642
$55
New patient visit (30+ min)
86
$7,220
$84
Removal of cancer skin growth of face, ears, eyelids, nose, lips, or mouth, more than 4.0 cm
17
$5,996
$316
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope
58
$5,718
$87
Removal of impacted ear wax
113
$4,390
$36
Return visit (30+ min)
23
$2,073
$86
2018: 12 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Short return visit (20+ min)
266
$24,398
$55
New patient visit (15+ min)
235
$13,287
$57
Creation of flap graft to head and/or neck
13
$11,203
$862
Repair of wound of eyelids, nose, ears, or lips by transferring skin, 10.0 sq cm or less
19
$10,538
$555
Creation of flap graft to midface
11
$9,070
$756
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope
64
$7,442
$90
New patient visit (30+ min)
41
$3,553
$87
Removal of impacted ear wax
70
$2,708
$35
Return visit (30+ min)
11
$975
$89
Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test
29
$904
$30
Short return visit
19
$546
$29
Test for eardrum and muscle function
29
$516
$17
2017: 9 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Muscle flap wound repair at head and neck
46
$44,519
$909
Short return visit (20+ min)
171
$12,488
$53
New patient visit (15+ min)
175
$9,288
$53
Removal of impacted ear wax
152
$8,412
$33
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope
53
$6,052
$88
Diagnostic exam of nasal passages using an endoscope
13
$2,200
$157
Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test
29
$872
$30
Short return visit
20
$613
$31
Test for eardrum and muscle function
29
$487
$17
2016: 10 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Muscle flap wound repair at head and neck
46
$42,937
$895
Short return visit (20+ min)
171
$12,128
$52
Removal of impacted ear wax
155
$8,311
$33
New patient visit (15+ min)
150
$8,193
$55
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope
63
$6,736
$90
Removal of cancer skin growth of face, ears, eyelids, nose, lips, or mouth, more than 4.0 cm
14
$4,545
$325
New patient visit (30+ min)
19
$1,371
$72
Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test
24
$711
$30
Short return visit
12
$430
$33
Test for eardrum and muscle function
25
$384
$15
2015: 13 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Muscle flap wound repair at head and neck
43
$42,428
$903
Short return visit (20+ min)
261
$23,046
$55
New patient visit (15+ min)
175
$9,731
$56
Removal of impacted ear wax
164
$9,400
$38
Removal of cancer skin growth of face, ears, eyelids, nose, lips, or mouth, more than 4.0 cm
16
$5,671
$315
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope
55
$5,481
$91
Removal of noncancer skin growth of face, ears, eyelids, nose, lips, or mouth, more than 4.0 cm
12
$3,198
$266
Control of bleeding of nose using an endoscope
11
$2,580
$215
Return visit (30+ min)
17
$1,506
$89
Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test
39
$1,160
$29
New patient visit (30+ min)
14
$1,082
$77
Test for eardrum and muscle function
42
$709
$16
Short return visit
19
$661
$35
2014: 11 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Muscle flap wound repair at head and neck
45
$47,629
$916
Short return visit (20+ min)
297
$24,888
$52
New patient visit (15+ min)
208
$11,446
$55
Removal of impacted ear wax
187
$10,533
$36
Removal of cancer skin growth of face, ears, eyelids, nose, lips, or mouth, more than 4.0 cm
30
$9,797
$316
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope
76
$8,393
$93
Removal of noncancer skin growth of face, ears, eyelids, nose, lips, or mouth, more than 4.0 cm
12
$3,427
$264
New patient visit (30+ min)
30
$2,398
$80
Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test
57
$1,712
$29
Test for eardrum and muscle function
57
$953
$16
Short return visit
26
$759
$28
2013: 11 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2013
Short return visit (20+ min)
292
$26,299
$54
Muscle flap wound repair at head and neck
28
$25,893
$893
Removal of impacted ear wax
183
$11,628
$41
New patient visit (15+ min)
199
$10,916
$55
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope
71
$8,897
$96
Removal of cancer skin growth of face, ears, eyelids, nose, lips, or mouth, more than 4.0 cm
18
$6,323
$316
Removal of noncancer skin growth of face, ears, eyelids, nose, lips, or mouth, more than 4.0 cm
11
$2,887
$262
New patient visit (30+ min)
23
$2,019
$88
Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test
60
$1,774
$29
Short return visit
40
$1,337
$31
Test for eardrum and muscle function
66
$1,097
$16
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$7,454
Pharmacies billed $7,454 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
Opioids were 4% of their Part D prescriptions (14 of 345) in 2024. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical otolaryngology clinician is at 4%.
339 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $7,454 in drug cost · 30 antibiotic prescriptions to 29 people.
Part D prescriptions only. The opioid rate is opioid prescriptions as a share of all this clinician's Part D prescriptions; surgeons and pain specialists run higher than others, so it is shown against the same specialty.
Largest Part D drug costs
Neomycin-Polymyxin-Hc
24
$1,298
$54
Neomycin-Polymyxin-Hydrocort
20
$1,087
$54
Azelastine-Fluticasone
14
$1,028
$73
Ipratropium
35
$954
$27
Mupirocin
118
$806
$7
See all 10 drugs
Every Part D drug this clinician prescribed
Neomycin-Polymyxin-Hc
24
$1,298
$54
Neomycin-Polymyxin-Hydrocort
20
$1,087
$54
Azelastine-Fluticasone
14
$1,028
$73
Ipratropium
35
$954
$27
Mupirocin
118
$806
$7
Fluticasone Propionate
12
$257
$21
Methylprednisolone
22
$111
$5
Valacyclovir
15
$59
$4
Acetaminophen-Codeine
12
$51
$4
Cephalexin
18
$43
$2
Year by year
Part D prescribing by year
2024
345
163
4% (14)
—None
$7,454
2023
319
161
4% (14)
—None
$6,607
2022
265
128
9% (25)
—None
$4,766
2021
246
115
8% (19)
—None
$4,477
2020
275
108
9% (25)
—None
$4,099
2019
340
135
10% (35)
3%
$7,019
2018
299
123
8% (24)
—None
$7,216
2017
283
116
9% (24)
—None
$9,188
2016
286
115
7% (21)
8%
$9,144
2015
325
115
10% (33)
9%
$11,119
2014
378
136
16% (61)
11%
$9,910
2013
267
106
14% (36)
17%
$9,549
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2023: 9 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Neomycin-Polymyxin-Hc
22
$1,427
$65
Neomycin-Polymyxin-Hydrocort
15
$1,056
$70
Mupirocin
99
$867
$9
Ipratropium
22
$762
$35
Methylprednisolone
35
$367
$10
Fluticasone Propionate
13
$115
$9
Acetaminophen-Codeine
14
$87
$6
Cephalexin
23
$81
$4
Omeprazole
11
$44
$4
2022: 6 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Mupirocin
93
$681
$7
Methylprednisolone
16
$139
$9
Cephalexin
32
$132
$4
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass
12
$125
$10
Valacyclovir
11
$107
$10
Acetaminophen-Codeine
15
$102
$7
2021: 4 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Mupirocin
58
$471
$8
Cephalexin
46
$195
$4
Acetaminophen-Codeine
17
$181
$11
Methylprednisolone
14
$125
$9
2020: 6 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Mupirocin
69
$465
$7
Ipratropium
19
$443
$23
Omeprazole
22
$223
$10
Methylprednisolone
12
$126
$11
Acetaminophen-Codeine
22
$109
$5
Cephalexin
48
$104
$2
2019: 10 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Neomycin-Polymyxin-Hc
14
$784
$56
Mupirocin
72
$507
$7
Ipratropium
17
$449
$26
Fluticasone Propionate
14
$225
$16
Methylprednisolone
15
$203
$14
Cephalexin
59
$181
$3
Acetaminophen-Codeine
32
$138
$4
Omeprazole
16
$129
$8
Valacyclovir
17
$99
$6
Fluconazole
17
$54
$3
2018: 9 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Neomycin-Polymyxin-Hc
14
$913
$65
Ipratropium
12
$650
$54
Mupirocin
44
$458
$10
Methylprednisolone
36
$424
$12
Fluticasone Propionate
20
$332
$17
Valacyclovir
14
$153
$11
Omeprazole
16
$150
$9
Cephalexin
32
$145
$5
Acetaminophen-Codeine
22
$121
$5
2017: 7 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Neomycin-Polymyxin-Hydrocort
17
$881
$52
Fluticasone Propionate
23
$514
$22
Mupirocin
42
$337
$8
Montelukast
13
$211
$16
Cephalexin
36
$124
$3
Acetaminophen-Codeine
22
$112
$5
Omeprazole
11
$99
$9
2016: 8 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Neomycin-Polymyxin-Hydrocort
15
$626
$42
Mupirocin
52
$578
$11
Fluticasone Propionate
34
$378
$11
Methylprednisolone
13
$217
$17
Cephalexin
28
$131
$5
Acetaminophen-Codeine
18
$122
$7
Omeprazole
14
$103
$7
Azithromycin
12
$80
$7
2015: 8 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Mupirocin
64
$667
$10
Fluticasone Propionate
39
$344
$9
Neomycin-Polymyxin-Hydrocort
11
$253
$23
Methylprednisolone
17
$237
$14
Acetaminophen-Codeine
29
$165
$6
Cephalexin
36
$139
$4
Valacyclovir
11
$114
$10
Omeprazole
14
$54
$4
2014: 10 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Nasonex
17
$2,861
$168
Mupirocin
60
$558
$9
Fluticasone Propionate
39
$452
$12
Methylprednisolone
16
$341
$21
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
36
$319
$9
Neomycin-Polymyxin-Hydrocort
16
$315
$20
Cephalexin
51
$178
$3
Azithromycin
19
$139
$7
Omeprazole
20
$112
$6
Acetaminophen-Codeine
24
$106
$4
2013: 8 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2013
Nasonex
17
$2,394
$141
Fluticasone Propionate
22
$565
$26
Omeprazole
34
$489
$14
Mupirocin
25
$277
$11
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
22
$168
$8
Azithromycin
11
$145
$13
Cephalexin
29
$111
$4
Acetaminophen-Codeine
12
$81
$7
Money from drug and device companies
$93 in 2024
Industry payments by year
2024
2
3
—None
$93
2023
2
4
—None
$109
2022
1
4
—None
$72
2021
1
1
—None
$15
2020
1
1
—None
$15
2019
2
9
—None
$430
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.