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David Bram Lewis, MD

Pediatric Medicine · Palo Alto

NPI 1255466983

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Clear
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Plans that list them
Not verified
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Office
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Offices

1 location · Lpch Medical Group Div of Lucile · 332 clinicians in this group

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Hospitals listed: Lucile Salter Packard Children'S Hsp at Stanford · Stanford Health Care. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

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California Medical Board record

Licence G48589 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 1982 · expires 2028-01-31 · University of California San Francisco School of Medicine.

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

Hospitals they work in

2 hospitals

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

  • Lucile Salter Packard Children'S Hsp at StanfordPalo Alto, CAChildren · Voluntary non-profit - Private · No emergency departmentPart of Stanford Health Care, which runs 3 hospitals
    No overall ratingNo measure marked better or worse than the national rate
  • Stanford Health CareStanford, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency departmentPart of Stanford Health Care, which runs 3 hospitalsHome of Stanford Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer centrePatients rate it 4 of 5 · 83% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 5 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate: 5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapy: 14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024Better than the national rate — Postoperative respiratory failure rate: 4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.317, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.446, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 0.241, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgery: 0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 cases, Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
See every measure and the patient survey for Stanford Health Care

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 5 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 2 better, 5 the same, 4 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 Stanford Health Care
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 casesWorseJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 casesWorseJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 casesBetterJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.317BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.446BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.241BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 casesBetterJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.06 (0.45 to 1.67) · 5,374 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.86 (0.72 to 1)No differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths166.09 (137.88 to 194.3) · 470 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths1.1 · 192 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths6.4 · 146 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths9.7 · 253 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths6.3 · 880 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths10.3 · 935 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths8.7 · 501 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths2.1 · 7,730 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.13 (0 to 0.27) · 20,799 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.28 (0.14 to 0.43) · 23,182 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths0.94 (0.2 to 1.68) · 5,694 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.36 (1.54 to 3.19) · 7,846 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths5.2 (3.76 to 6.64) · 5,603 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.38 (0.23 to 2.53) · 2,211 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.52 (0.21 to 0.83) · 19,915 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths3.6 · 416 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.869No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.857No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections0.368No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.2 · 247 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits20.5 · 1,021 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits47.8 · 258 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits-1.6 · 990 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits20.8 · 976 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits16.5 · 959 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits5.2 (4.4 to 6.2) · 2,191 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.1 · 425 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits9.6 · 158 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits19.6 · 183 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits12.7 (10.4 to 15.4) · 4,578 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024

What patients said (6,810 patients answered, 25% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Stanford Health Care
Cleanliness4
Nurse communication4
Doctor communication4
Communication about medicines3
Discharge information4
Overall hospital rating4
Quietness2
Recommend hospital5
Share of patients giving the best answer at Stanford Health Care
Room was "always" clean75%
Nurses "always" communicated well82%
Doctors "always" communicated well81%
Staff "always" explained63%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information89%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge89%
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)79%
Staff "always" explained new medications76%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand77%
Nurses "always" listened carefully79%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect88%
"Always" quiet at night53%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital83%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects50%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms90%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$4,321

Medicare paid this office $4,321 for 21 people. Most of that is long return visits and Botox.

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

Largest Original Medicare bills
Long return visit (40+ min)17$2,994$130

Who their Medicare patients are

21 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 66 · Health risk score 2.25. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical pediatric medicine clinician is at 1.4.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 62%.

The office billed $13,279, Medicare allowed $5,423 and paid $4,321; for 34 services of 3 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
20242134662.25$13,279$4,321
20232749642.46$16,419$5,006
20222339611.68$12,194$3,815
20191629642.08$6,510$2,228
20181121652.56$3,969$1,478
20171623632.57$4,568$1,670
20161428621.80$5,999$2,221
20151319611.85$5,292$1,808
20131220571.87$6,039$1,759

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
Return visit (30+ min)20$2,648$85

2022: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Return visit (30+ min)21$2,878$90

2019: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Return visit (30+ min)14$1,768$71

2018: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Return visit (30+ min)11$1,185$66

2017: 1 service

Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Return visit (30+ min)13$1,094$64

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$17,616

Pharmacies billed $17,616 in 2024.

This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.

Opioids were 0% of their Part D prescriptions (0 of 84) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical pediatric medicine clinician is at 0%.

59 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $17,616 in drug cost · 16 antibiotic prescriptions.

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
Lidocaine-Prilocaine15$178$12
Sodium Chloride17$51$3
Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim13$47$4

Year by year

Part D prescribing by year
202484150% (0)None$17,616
202390130% (0)None$83,713
202253120% (0)None$39,473
202146NoneNone37%$63,601
202027None0% (0)None$16,052
201927None0% (0)None$11,775
201828None0% (0)50%$35,434
201725None0% (0)56%$36,549
201647110% (0)38%$39,959
201539None0% (0)51%$33,111
201425None0% (0)None$61,319
201326None0% (0)None$3,638

Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.

See the drugs prescribed each year

2023: 3 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2023
Gammagard LiquidImmune globulin17$56,210$3,306
Sulfamethoxazole-TrimethoprimNone12$108$9
Sodium ChlorideNone17$45$3

2022: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Valacyclovir11$572$52

2021: 2 drugs

Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
HizentraImmune globulin12$60,846$5,070
ValacyclovirNone12$464$39

2020: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Valacyclovir14$512$37

2018: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Gammagard LiquidImmune globulin11$30,285$2,753

2016: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Gammagard LiquidImmune globulin12$33,183$2,765

2015: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Gammagard LiquidImmune globulin11$28,919$2,629

2013: 1 drug

Part D drugs prescribed in 2013
Cefuroxime11$172$16

Money from drug and device companies

$9,098 in 2024

Industry payments by year
202418$7,500$9,098
202311None$15

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
AmgenActimmune$9,098
8 payments
  • Consulting for Actimmune · 2024-04-19 · $7,500
  • Meals for Actimmune · 2024-04-19 · $25
  • Meals for Actimmune · 2024-04-19 · $25
  • Travel for Actimmune · 2024-04-19 · $350
  • Meals for Actimmune · 2024-04-19 · $45
  • Meals for Actimmune · 2024-04-19 · $55
  • Travel for Actimmune · 2024-04-19 · $838
  • Travel for Actimmune · 2024-04-18 · $260
See all 8 published payments
Every published payment
AmgenConsulting · 2024-04-19Actimmune$7,500
AmgenMeals · 2024-04-19Actimmune$25
AmgenMeals · 2024-04-19Actimmune$25
AmgenTravel · 2024-04-19Actimmune$350
AmgenMeals · 2024-04-19Actimmune$45
AmgenMeals · 2024-04-19Actimmune$55
AmgenTravel · 2024-04-19Actimmune$838
AmgenTravel · 2024-04-18Actimmune$260
See earlier years (2023)

2023: $15

Payments by company in 2023
PfizerCibinqo$15
1 payment
  • Education for Cibinqo · 2023-05-12 · $15

Professional record

NPI
1255466983
Licence
CA G48589California G48589: Current · expires 2028-01-31
Video visits
Lists video visits
Gender
Male
More record details
Sole proprietor
No
Medicaid ID
CA 00G485890
Taxonomy
Pediatrics (208000000X); Federal specialty code 2080P0208X (2080P0208X)
Mailing address
725 Welch Rd, Palo Alto, CA, 94304
NPI first listed
2007-02-22
NPI last updated
2024-04-26
NPI record certified
2024-04-26

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