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Oliver O Aalami, MD

Vascular Surgery · Burlingame

NPI 1225229024

Medicare standing
Clear
Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
Plans that list them
12
1 carrier
Offices
15

Offices

15 locations · Sutter Bay Medical Foundation · County of San Mateo

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Hospitals listed: El Camino Health · Mills-Peninsula Medical Center · San Mateo Medical Center · Sequoia Hospital. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

Plans that list them

12 plans · 1 carrier

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Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician
Alignment Health BreathEasy (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Clarity (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Harmony (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes CalPlus (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Care (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedSep 28, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Choice (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedSep 28, 2026
Alignment Health Honor+ Plan (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health My Choice CalCare (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Silicon (HMO C-SNP)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health smartHMO (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026
Alignment Health the ONE (HMO)Alignment Health PlanListedOct 3, 2026

California Medical Board record

Licence A71647 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2000 · expires 2027-12-31 · Boston University School of Medicine.

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

State licence records

1 licence

  • Washington MD.MD.00048956Physician And Surgeon License · since 2007 · expires 2012-12-29
    ExpiredNo board action on this licenceCheck it with the state

We check Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, plus California above. A state that is not in this list has not been checked, which is not the same as clear.

Hospitals they work in

4 hospitals

These rate the hospital, not this clinician. Most measures at most hospitals are no different from the national rate.

  • El Camino HealthMountain View, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Hospital District or Authority · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of El Camino Health, which runs 2 hospitalsPatients rate it 4 of 5 · 80% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 4 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.291, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.393, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
  • Peninsula Medical CenterBurlingame, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Sutter Health, which runs 27 hospitals in 2 statesPatients rate it 4 of 5 · 78% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 5 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.139, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.242, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
  • San Mateo Medical CenterSan Mateo, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Local · Has an emergency departmentPart of San Mateo County HealthPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 68% would definitely recommend it
    No overall ratingNo measure marked better or worse than the national rate
  • Sequoia HospitalRedwood City, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of CommonSpirit Health, which runs 145 hospitals in 19 statesPatients rate it 4 of 5 · 81% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 5 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complications: 104.12 (51.8 to 156.44) · 56 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for El Camino Health

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 1 better, 9 the same, 1 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at El Camino Health
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.291BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.393BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths0.96 (0.12 to 1.79) · 2,340 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths1.02 (0.76 to 1.28)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths167.38 (125.03 to 209.73) · 96 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths2.6 · 68 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths7.1 · 185 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths11.8 · 200 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths8.9 · 814 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths13 · 842 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths9.6 · 361 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths2.6 · 4,633 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.16 (0 to 0.34) · 11,474 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.27 (0.1 to 0.45) · 11,626 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths3.14 (1.39 to 4.9) · 2,814 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths2 (0.61 to 3.39) · 1,327 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.11 (0.8 to 3.43) · 2,641 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths9.39 (4.18 to 14.6) · 1,287 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths6.57 (3.47 to 9.68) · 1,308 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths2.14 (0.71 to 3.57) · 827 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.6 (0.05 to 1.15) · 9,460 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths4.5 · 122 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.993No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections0.706No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections1.376No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits15.5 · 218 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits19.5 · 962 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits3.8 · 200 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-17 · 922 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits18.6 · 860 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits18.7 · 827 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits6.1 (4.5 to 8.2) · 313 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits13.4 (10.6 to 16.5) · 313 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits6.1 · 144 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits10.3 · 80 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits20.7 · 237 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits12.8 (10 to 16.1) · 1,639 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits0.9 (0.8 to 1.1) · 1,619 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (1,535 patients answered, 22% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at El Camino Health
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information3
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness2
Recommend hospital5
Share of patients giving the best answer at El Camino Health
Room was "always" clean75%
Nurses "always" communicated well79%
Doctors "always" communicated well81%
Staff "always" explained61%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information86%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge86%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand76%
Doctors "always" listened carefully80%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect87%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)76%
Staff "always" explained new medications76%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand75%
Nurses "always" listened carefully76%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect87%
"Always" quiet at night47%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital80%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects46%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms86%
See every measure and the patient survey for Peninsula Medical Center

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 2 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 2 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 10 the same, 1 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at Peninsula Medical Center
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.139BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.242BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.21 (0.27 to 2.15) · 1,258 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.81 (0.51 to 1.1)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths155.44 (112.67 to 198.21) · 90 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths2.5 · 32 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths7.1 · 82 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths10 · 188 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths9 · 473 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths14.8 · 342 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths9.4 · 485 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths2.9 · 3,730 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.2 (0 to 0.4) · 6,904 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.21 (0.02 to 0.4) · 7,052 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths3.41 (1.43 to 5.39) · 1,695 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.72 (0.17 to 3.28) · 665 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.11 (0.66 to 3.56) · 1,545 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths7.1 (1.3 to 12.9) · 670 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5.96 (2.63 to 9.29) · 653 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.61 (0.15 to 3.08) · 418 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.14 (0 to 0.78) · 5,539 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths3.7 · 192 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.215No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.263No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.74No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits14.3 · 300 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits19 · 702 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits1.2 · 207 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-13.6 · 531 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits24.3 · 343 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits18.1 · 449 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits4.5 (2.8 to 7) · 85 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits9.6 (6.7 to 13.7) · 85 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.7 · 189 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits11 · 45 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits20.6 · 117 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits13 (9.7 to 17.2) · 584 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits0.9 (0.7 to 1.2) · 764 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (523 patients answered, 27% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Peninsula Medical Center
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness3
Recommend hospital5
Share of patients giving the best answer at Peninsula Medical Center
Room was "always" clean76%
Nurses "always" communicated well81%
Doctors "always" communicated well80%
Staff "always" explained58%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information89%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge87%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand74%
Doctors "always" listened carefully79%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect87%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)75%
Staff "always" explained new medications72%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand77%
Nurses "always" listened carefully79%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect88%
"Always" quiet at night54%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital78%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects44%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms90%
See every measure and the patient survey for San Mateo Medical Center

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

Every scored measure at San Mateo Medical Center
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.34 (0.25 to 2.43) · 45 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.97 (0.48 to 1.47)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths13.9 · 25 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths3.6 · 258 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.21 (0 to 0.44) · 379 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.26 (0.05 to 0.48) · 381 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths3.44 (0.82 to 6.05) · 57 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.64 (0.92 to 4.37) · 57 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.53 (0 to 1.76) · 296 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.661No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits21.8 · 47 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits-2.3 · 25 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.6 · 76 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits14 (10.4 to 18.9) · 167 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024

What patients said (208 patients answered, 15% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at San Mateo Medical Center
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication3
Doctor communication3
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating3
Quietness2
Recommend hospital3
Share of patients giving the best answer at San Mateo Medical Center
Room was "always" clean78%
Nurses "always" communicated well76%
Doctors "always" communicated well79%
Staff "always" explained62%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information87%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge88%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand74%
Doctors "always" listened carefully77%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect84%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)70%
Staff "always" explained new medications72%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand72%
Nurses "always" listened carefully73%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect82%
"Always" quiet at night47%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital68%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects51%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms86%
See every measure and the patient survey for Sequoia Hospital

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 2 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 1 better, 4 the same, 0 worse of 5 measures. Readmissions: 3 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 9 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at Sequoia Hospital
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths104.12 (51.8 to 156.44) · 56 casesBetterJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths0.95 (0 to 1.98) · 472 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.91 (0.58 to 1.24)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths1.8 · 68 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths12.5 · 72 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths9.1 · 258 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths15.5 · 171 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths9.3 · 81 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths3.2 · 1,231 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.23 (0.01 to 0.44) · 3,018 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.23 (0.03 to 0.44) · 3,164 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths2.59 (0.47 to 4.71) · 1,402 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths1.47 (0.04 to 2.9) · 926 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths1.68 (0.21 to 3.16) · 1,310 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths9.54 (4.42 to 14.67) · 978 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths4.98 (1.61 to 8.36) · 924 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.69 (0.19 to 3.19) · 192 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.57 (0 to 1.43) · 2,501 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths3.5 · 332 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.702No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.853No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits14.2 · 67 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits22.3 · 295 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits-27.1 · 76 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-22.3 · 304 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits-4.6 · 178 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits17.3 · 180 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.1 · 305 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits10.9 · 41 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits19.7 · 29 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits13.1 (9.7 to 17.7) · 129 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits0.9 (0.7 to 1.2) · 713 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (631 patients answered, 27% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Sequoia Hospital
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness3
Recommend hospital5
Share of patients giving the best answer at Sequoia Hospital
Room was "always" clean78%
Nurses "always" communicated well80%
Doctors "always" communicated well82%
Staff "always" explained60%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information88%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge86%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand76%
Doctors "always" listened carefully81%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect89%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)77%
Staff "always" explained new medications76%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand77%
Nurses "always" listened carefully77%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect88%
"Always" quiet at night55%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital81%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects44%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms91%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$12,980

Medicare paid this office $12,980 for 32 people.

This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.

Largest Original Medicare bills
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes14$1,088$68

Procedures Medicare counted

Procedure volume Medicare published
Leg revascularization (restoring blood flow)29More than 82% of doctors who do this
Removal of tissue1-10None
Varicose vein removal1-10None

Who their Medicare patients are

32 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 76 · Women 50% · Health risk score 3.62. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical vascular surgery clinician is at 2.33.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Chronic kidney disease 66% · Coronary heart disease 59% · Diabetes 53% · Heart failure 47% · Atrial fibrillation 44%.

The office billed $126,158, Medicare allowed $16,369 and paid $12,980; for 59 services of 29 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
20243259763.62$126,158$12,980
20233165773.79$122,469$10,836
20221848714.02$169,986$11,111
201931112772.82$61,908$11,411

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: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes18$1,340$74

2019: 2 services

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Removal of skin and tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less14$1,667$54
Short return visit (20+ min)17$965$46

Money from drug and device companies

$875 in 2025

Industry payments by year
202559None$875
2024314$7,200$8,271
202311None$234
202239$1,100$1,488
202146$5,200$5,501
2020310$6,850$7,635
2019515$5,700$7,198

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
W. L. Gore & AssociatesGore Viabahn Vbx Balloon Expandable Endo$264
2 payments
  • Meals for Excluder Conformable Aaa Endoprosthesis With Active Control · 2025-12-02 · $98
  • Meals for Gore Viabahn Vbx Balloon Expandable Endo · 2025-08-13 · $166
AmgenRepatha$224
2 payments
  • Meals for Repatha · 2025-09-21 · $112
  • Meals · 2025-09-20 · $112
PenumbraIndigo System$170
1 payment
  • Meals for Indigo System · 2025-05-22 · $170
Boston ScientificEnroute Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$170
2 payments
  • Meals for Enroute Transcarotid Neuroprotection System · 2025-10-14 · $20
  • Meals for Enroute Transcarotid Neuroprotection System · 2025-05-07 · $150
Cook MedicalZenith$48
2 payments
  • Meals for Zenith Alpha · 2025-06-17 · $10
  • Meals for Zenith · 2025-02-08 · $37
See all 9 published payments
Every published payment
W. L. Gore & AssociatesMeals · 2025-12-02Excluder Conformable Aaa Endoprosthesis With Active Control$98
Boston ScientificMeals · 2025-10-14Enroute Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$20
AmgenMeals · 2025-09-21Repatha$112
AmgenMeals · 2025-09-20None$112
W. L. Gore & AssociatesMeals · 2025-08-13Gore Viabahn Vbx Balloon Expandable Endo$166
Cook MedicalMeals · 2025-06-17Zenith Alpha$10
PenumbraMeals · 2025-05-22Indigo System$170
Boston ScientificMeals · 2025-05-07Enroute Transcarotid Neuroprotection System$150
Cook MedicalMeals · 2025-02-08Zenith$37
See earlier years (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019)

2024: $8,271

Payments by company in 2024
Edwards LifesciencesNone$8,018
5 payments
  • Paid to speak or teach · 2024-07-22 · $3,360
  • Travel · 2024-06-19 · $170
  • Travel · 2024-06-19 · $167
  • Travel · 2024-06-11 · $482
  • Paid to speak or teach · 2024-01-04 · $3,840
Cook MedicalZenith$236
8 payments
  • Meals for Zenith · 2024-10-26 · $11
  • Meals for Zenith · 2024-08-30 · $5
  • Meals for Zenith · 2024-08-21 · $6
  • Meals for Zenith · 2024-07-22 · $15
  • Meals for Zenith · 2024-07-12 · $13
  • Meals for Zenith · 2024-06-25 · $153
  • Meals for Zenith · 2024-05-15 · $9
  • Meals for Zenith · 2024-03-01 · $24
LeMaitre VascularXenosure Biologic Patch$16
1 payment
  • Meals for Xenosure Biologic Patch · 2024-01-26 · $16

2023: $234

Payments by company in 2023
Edwards LifesciencesNone$234
1 payment
  • Travel · 2023-11-10 · $234

2022: $1,488

Payments by company in 2022
Janssen Scientific AffairsNone$1,100
1 payment
  • Consulting · 2022-03-21 · $1,100
Cook MedicalZenith Spiral-Z$212
7 payments
  • Meals for Zenith · 2022-08-11 · $26
  • Meals for Zenith Spiral-Z · 2022-07-27 · $122
  • Meals for Zenith · 2022-07-15 · $28
  • Meals for Zenith · 2022-06-23 · $8
  • Meals for Zenith · 2022-06-10 · $11
  • Meals for Zenith · 2022-05-19 · $4
  • Meals for Zenith · 2022-05-19 · $13
W. L. Gore & AssociatesExcluder Conformable Aaa Endoprosthesis With Active Control$176
1 payment
  • Meals for Excluder Conformable Aaa Endoprosthesis With Active Control · 2022-06-14 · $176

2021: $5,501

Payments by company in 2021
Edwards LifesciencesNone$3,000
1 payment
  • Consulting · 2021-09-30 · $3,000
Janssen Scientific AffairsNone$2,200
1 payment
  • Consulting · 2021-10-18 · $2,200
W. L. Gore & AssociatesExcluder Conformable Aaa Endoprosthesis With Active Control$280
3 payments
  • Meals for Excluder Conformable Aaa Endoprosthesis With Active Control · 2021-10-19 · $33
  • Meals for Excluder Conformable Aaa Endoprosthesis With Active Control · 2021-10-18 · $147
  • Meals for C3 Delivery System · 2021-08-01 · $100
Boston ScientificTruselect$21
1 payment
  • Meals for Truselect · 2021-02-04 · $21

2020: $7,635

Payments by company in 2020
Janssen Scientific AffairsNone$3,850
2 payments
  • Consulting · 2020-09-07 · $1,375
  • Consulting · 2020-05-04 · $2,475
Edwards LifesciencesNone$3,773
7 payments
  • Consulting · 2020-04-09 · $3,000
  • Travel · 2020-04-09 · $82
  • Travel · 2020-02-12 · $220
  • Meals · 2020-02-12 · $115
  • Meals · 2020-02-12 · $56
  • Meals · 2020-02-12 · $86
  • Travel · 2020-01-21 · $215
W. L. Gore & AssociatesConformable Tag Thoracic Endoprosthesis$12
1 payment
  • Meals for Conformable Tag Thoracic Endoprosthesis · 2020-01-30 · $12

2019: $7,198

Payments by company in 2019
Janssen Scientific AffairsXarelto$6,289
7 payments
  • Consulting for Xarelto · 2019-05-15 · $5,000
  • Travel for Xarelto · 2019-05-15 · $1,042
  • Meals for Xarelto · 2019-05-15 · $125
  • Meals for Xarelto · 2019-05-15 · $35
  • Meals for Xarelto · 2019-05-15 · $30
  • Meals for Xarelto · 2019-05-15 · $41
  • Meals for Xarelto · 2019-05-15 · $17
Terumo MedicalNone$700
1 payment
  • Consulting · 2019-10-30 · $700
ShockWave MedicalVascular Lithotripsy$157
5 payments
  • Meals for Vascular Lithotripsy · 2019-12-18 · $15
  • Meals for Vascular Lithotripsy · 2019-11-19 · $13
  • Meals for Vascular Lithotripsy · 2019-08-26 · $100
  • Meals for Vascular Lithotripsy · 2019-03-19 · $19
  • Meals for Vascular Lithotripsy · 2019-02-19 · $9
Abbott LaboratoriesXience V Coronary Stent System$29
1 payment
  • Meals for Xience V Coronary Stent System · 2019-10-31 · $29
Cook MedicalCook Medical Self-Expanding Stent$24
1 payment
  • Meals for Cook Medical Self-Expanding Stent · 2019-05-08 · $24

Research money

Money a company paid to run a study. Where it went to their institution, the clinician is named as an investigator and did not receive it; the amount covers the whole study, often across many sites.

Research payments by company and study
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. · Bay59-7939 2.5mg Reduction Atherothrombotic Events Vs. Asa · 2020Their institution$16,117
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. · Bay59-7939 2.5mg Reduction Atherothrombotic Events Vs. Asa · 2019Their institution$8,653
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. · Bay59-7939, 2.5mg, Reduction Atherothrombotic Events Vs. Asa · 2023Their institution$3,612
Cook Research Incorporated · Use of the Zenith Dissection Endovascular System in the Treatment of Patients With Acute, Complicated Type B Aortic Dissec · 2019Their institution$1,430
Cook Research Incorporated · (05-625) Preserve: Zenith Iliac Branch System Clinical Study · 2020This clinician$1,350
Cook Research Incorporated · Preserve: Zenith Iliac Branch System Clinical Study · 2019Their institution$1,300
Cook Research Incorporated · Preserve: Zenith Iliac Branch System Clinical Study · 2021This clinician$750
Celgene Corporation · A Phase 2 Multicenter, Randomized, Doubleblind, Placebo–Controlled, Dose Range Finding Study To Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Intramuscular Injection of Human Placenta-Derived Cells (Pda-002) in Subjects Who Have Diabetic Foot Ulcer With Peripheral Arterial Disease (Cct-Pda-002-Dfu-002) · 2019Their institution$372
Cook Research Incorporated · Zenith Tx2 Low Profile Taa Endovascular Graft Study · 2019Their institution$160
Cook Research Incorporated · (12-004) Zilver Ptx V Post Market Study in the US · 2020This clinician$120

Professional record

NPI
1225229024
Licence
CA A71647, WA MD00048956California A71647: Current · expires 2027-12-31Washington MD.MD.00048956: Expired
Trained
Boston University School of Medicine, 1998
Group
Sutter Bay Medical Foundation · County of San Mateo
Video visits
Lists video visits
Gender
Male
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 2086S0129X (2086S0129X); Surgery (208600000X)
Mailing address
300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
NPI first listed
2007-08-06
NPI last updated
2024-04-28
NPI record certified
2024-04-28

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