Michelle Susan Melendez, NP

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1 location · Stanford Health Care · 3,152 clinicians in this group

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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.

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.

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Every scored measure at Stanford Health Care

Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths	5.31 (4.24 to 6.37) · 8,661 cases	Worse	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits	14.1 (12.7 to 15.7) · 2,191 cases	Worse	Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths	4.08 (1.95 to 6.21) · 5,296 cases	Better	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections	0.317	Better	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections	0.446	Better	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections	0.241	Better	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits	0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) · 3,348 cases	Better	Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths	1.06 (0.45 to 1.67) · 5,374 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths	0.86 (0.72 to 1)	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths	166.09 (137.88 to 194.3) · 470 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths	1.1 · 192 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths	6.4 · 146 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths	9.7 · 253 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths	6.3 · 880 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths	10.3 · 935 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths	8.7 · 501 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths	2.1 · 7,730 cases	None	Jul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths	0.13 (0 to 0.27) · 20,799 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths	0.28 (0.14 to 0.43) · 23,182 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths	0.94 (0.2 to 1.68) · 5,694 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths	2.36 (1.54 to 3.19) · 7,846 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths	5.2 (3.76 to 6.64) · 5,603 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths	1.38 (0.23 to 2.53) · 2,211 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths	0.52 (0.21 to 0.83) · 19,915 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths	3.6 · 416 cases	None	Apr 2023 – Mar 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections	0.869	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections	0.857	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections	0.368	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	16.2 · 247 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	20.5 · 1,021 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits	47.8 · 258 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits	-1.6 · 990 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits	20.8 · 976 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	16.5 · 959 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits	5.2 (4.4 to 6.2) · 2,191 cases	No different	Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits	5.1 · 425 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits	9.6 · 158 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits	19.6 · 183 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits	12.7 (10.4 to 15.4) · 4,578 cases	No different	Jan 2022 – Dec 2024

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

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Patient survey stars by topic at Stanford Health Care

Cleanliness	4
Nurse communication	4
Doctor communication	4
Communication about medicines	3
Discharge information	4
Overall hospital rating	4
Quietness	2
Recommend hospital	5

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Share of patients giving the best answer at Stanford Health Care

Room was "always" clean	75%
Nurses "always" communicated well	82%
Doctors "always" communicated well	81%
Staff "always" explained	63%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information	89%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge	89%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand	76%
Doctors "always" listened carefully	80%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect	87%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)	79%
Staff "always" explained new medications	76%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand	77%
Nurses "always" listened carefully	79%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect	88%
"Always" quiet at night	53%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital	83%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects	50%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms	90%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$37,454

Medicare paid this office $37,454 for 267 people.

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

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Largest Original Medicare bills

Long return visit (40+ min)	101	$8,294	$67
Long return visit (40+ min)	70	$7,681	$80
Return visit (30+ min)	74	$6,663	$73
Telephone medical discussion with physician, 21-30 minutes	29	$5,317	$102
Transitional care management services for problem of high complexity	14	$2,452	$153

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Every Original Medicare service billed

Long return visit (40+ min)	101	$8,294	$67
Long return visit (40+ min)	70	$7,681	$80
Return visit (30+ min)	74	$6,663	$73
Telephone medical discussion with physician, 21-30 minutes	29	$5,317	$102
Transitional care management services for problem of high complexity	14	$2,452	$153
Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes	20	$1,963	$73
Return visit (30+ min)	28	$1,705	$57
Short return visit (20+ min)	21	$1,162	$55

Who their Medicare patients are

267 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 87 · Under 65 0% · 85 and older 67% · Women 71% · Also on Medicaid 27% · Health risk score 1.97. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical nurse practitioner clinician is at 1.42.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Dementia 45% · Depression 39% · Chronic kidney disease 37% · Coronary heart disease 34% · Atrial fibrillation 34% · Diabetes 27% · Heart failure 26% · Cancer 24% · COPD 22% · Stroke 16%.

The office billed $270,548, Medicare allowed $54,477 and paid $37,454; for 490 services of 11 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.

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Original Medicare by year

2024	267	490	87	1.97	$270,548	$37,454
2023	242	365	86	1.97	$180,033	$22,080
2022	283	732	86	1.69	$361,150	$45,737
2021	281	724	86	1.70	$373,211	$51,414
2020	307	733	86	1.78	$211,543	$37,768
2019	319	607	85	1.88	$55,630	$32,194
2018	288	475	85	1.80	$61,702	$36,276

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.

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2023: 6 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2023

Long return visit (40+ min)	125	$10,933	$67
Return visit (30+ min)	77	$4,481	$53
Short return visit (20+ min)	36	$1,856	$45
Telephone medical discussion with physician, 21-30 minutes	21	$1,674	$73
Transitional care management services for problem of high complexity	12	$1,074	$89
Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes	17	$785	$46

2022: 8 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2022

Long return visit (40+ min)	150	$17,960	$70
Return visit (30+ min)	106	$9,256	$56
Telephone medical discussion with physician, 21-30 minutes	50	$6,367	$69
Short return visit (20+ min)	61	$3,076	$45
Transitional care management services for problem of high complexity	26	$2,462	$91
Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit	36	$2,358	$66
Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes	33	$1,870	$46
Transitional care management services for problem of at least moderate complexity	12	$874	$62

2021: 10 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2021

Long return visit (40+ min)	119	$17,971	$85
Return visit (30+ min)	101	$9,037	$62
Telephone medical discussion with physician, 21-30 minutes	49	$7,147	$78
Short return visit (20+ min)	84	$5,366	$49
New patient visit (60+ min)	17	$2,417	$142
Transitional care management services for problem of high complexity	20	$1,735	$87
Transitional care management services for problem of at least moderate complexity	17	$1,732	$96
Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes	25	$1,404	$52
Short return visit	33	$1,297	$36
Annual wellness visit, includes a personalized prevention plan of service (pps), subsequent visit	14	$1,225	$88

2020: 7 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2020

Return visit (30+ min)	157	$11,328	$50
Telephone medical discussion with physician, 21-30 minutes	80	$9,317	$63
Long return visit (40+ min)	52	$4,865	$80
Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes	67	$4,085	$39
Short return visit (20+ min)	89	$3,931	$38
Short return visit (20+ min)	12	$542	$42
Telephone medical discussion with physician, 5-10 minutes	12	$265	$20

2019: 3 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2019

Return visit (30+ min)	276	$25,698	$55
Short return visit (20+ min)	76	$2,903	$33
Long return visit (40+ min)	29	$2,492	$73

2018: 7 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2018

Long return visit (40+ min)	161	$20,591	$83
Long return visit (40+ min)	41	$3,731	$85
Return visit (30+ min)	51	$3,362	$59
Return visit (30+ min)	52	$3,287	$59
New patient visit (60+ min)	14	$1,709	$122
Short return visit (20+ min)	19	$744	$37
Short return visit (20+ min)	16	$627	$39

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$33,173

Pharmacies billed $33,173 in 2024.

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

275 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $33,173 in drug cost · 42 antibiotic prescriptions to 32 people · 19 antipsychotic prescriptions to people over 65.

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.

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Largest Part D drug costs

Atorvastatin	11	$258	$23
Amlodipine Besylate	12	$155	$13
Quetiapine	11	$126	$11
Triamcinolone Acetonide	12	$94	$8

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Part D prescribing by year

2024	319	130	None	None	$33,173
2023	689	174	0% (0)	None	$55,684
2022	1,559	245	2% (33)	None	$169,868
2021	1,066	221	2% (17)	12%	$94,013
2020	921	265	2% (21)	13%	$71,420
2019	1,421	283	1% (20)	None	$140,909
2018	961	210	4% (37)	None	$84,812

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

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2023: 19 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2023

Eliquis	11	$15,606	$1,419
Januvia	12	$7,095	$591
Atorvastatin	52	$1,322	$25
Famotidine	22	$542	$25
Levothyroxine	25	$436	$17
Fluticasone Propionate	21	$342	$16
Quetiapine	14	$335	$24
Sertraline	24	$301	$13
Omeprazole	18	$300	$17
Gabapentin	20	$281	$14
Metoprolol	11	$280	$25
Metformin	13	$275	$21
Losartan	13	$275	$21
Tamsulosin	13	$274	$21
Donepezil	11	$247	$22
Amlodipine Besylate	28	$186	$7
Furosemide	19	$111	$6
Hydrochlorothiazide	15	$98	$7
Triamcinolone Acetonide	11	$90	$8

2022: 43 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2022

Eliquis	52	$50,760	$976
Xarelto	15	$15,706	$1,047
Advair Diskus	16	$7,080	$442
Rosuvastatin	35	$2,029	$58
Potassium Chloride	12	$1,579	$132
Levothyroxine	69	$1,549	$22
Memantine	13	$1,442	$111
Pregabalin	15	$1,312	$87
Tamsulosin	32	$1,256	$39
Gabapentin	52	$1,211	$23
Atorvastatin	87	$1,096	$13
Quetiapine	18	$1,045	$58
Diltiazem	12	$905	$75
Albuterol Sulfate Hfa	13	$853	$66
Sertraline	85	$813	$10
Alendronate	14	$693	$49
Mirtazapine	21	$605	$29
Diclofenac	20	$589	$29
Trazodone	41	$573	$14
Donepezil	25	$506	$20
Metoprolol	14	$471	$34
Losartan	41	$410	$10
Omeprazole	24	$391	$16
Fluticasone Propionate	24	$390	$16
Simvastatin	25	$349	$14
Ondansetron	12	$333	$28
Famotidine	17	$321	$19
Escitalopram	18	$310	$17
Bupropion Hcl Sr	11	$301	$27
Levetiracetam	13	$278	$21
Amlodipine Besylate	43	$273	$6
Lisinopril	14	$222	$16
Hydrochlorothiazide	24	$206	$9
Anastrozole	11	$204	$19
Clopidogrel	12	$198	$17
Timolol Maleate	11	$186	$17
Triamcinolone Acetonide	14	$184	$13
Atenolol	13	$175	$13
Finasteride	11	$164	$15
Carvedilol	12	$144	$12
Metformin	18	$136	$8
Furosemide	18	$122	$7
Cephalexin	12	$105	$9

2021: 34 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2021

Eliquis	30	$26,760	$892
Rivastigmine	13	$3,047	$234
Diltiazem	15	$1,142	$76
Bupropion Xl	26	$1,022	$39
Atorvastatin	61	$796	$13
Desvenlafaxine Succinate Er	12	$702	$59
Levothyroxine	23	$698	$30
Metoprolol	23	$669	$29
Amlodipine Besylate	50	$632	$13
Rosuvastatin	16	$628	$39
Donepezil	26	$477	$18
Escitalopram	21	$475	$23
Pantoprazole	28	$466	$17
Mirtazapine	23	$439	$19
Gabapentin	37	$411	$11
Losartan	33	$308	$9
Prednisone	14	$284	$20
Sertraline	35	$278	$8
Clopidogrel	14	$268	$19
Finasteride	12	$254	$21
Omeprazole	11	$248	$23
Valacyclovir	12	$245	$20
Trazodone	22	$238	$11
Anastrozole	12	$233	$19
Tamsulosin	11	$197	$18
Simvastatin	14	$195	$14
Lisinopril	23	$172	$7
Triamcinolone Acetonide	12	$139	$12
Sulindac	11	$131	$12
Atenolol	14	$96	$7
Alendronate	15	$95	$6
Furosemide	18	$82	$5
Cephalexin	15	$80	$5
Famotidine	11	$63	$6

2020: 21 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2020

Eliquis	19	$17,934	$944
Xarelto	11	$9,764	$888
Levothyroxine	32	$879	$27
Atorvastatin	58	$857	$15
Donepezil	23	$649	$28
Metoprolol	25	$534	$21
Gabapentin	25	$502	$20
Amlodipine Besylate	41	$440	$11
Diclofenac	16	$433	$27
Clopidogrel	16	$373	$23
Sertraline	22	$279	$13
Escitalopram	14	$271	$19
Cephalexin	22	$256	$12
Triamcinolone Acetonide	15	$249	$17
Furosemide	25	$233	$9
Tamsulosin	15	$225	$15
Losartan	21	$200	$10
Lisinopril	24	$187	$8
Atenolol	12	$101	$8
Doxycycline Hyclate	11	$86	$8
Carvedilol	13	$83	$6

2019: 37 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2019

Xarelto	13	$11,479	$883
Eliquis	11	$10,836	$985
Spiriva	17	$9,170	$539
Levothyroxine	83	$1,869	$23
Memantine	13	$1,770	$136
Midodrine	13	$1,629	$125
Gabapentin	43	$1,606	$37
Potassium Chloride	21	$1,373	$65
Metoprolol	32	$1,218	$38
Atorvastatin	71	$1,162	$16
Rosuvastatin	12	$1,015	$85
Amlodipine Besylate	52	$887	$17
Donepezil	45	$883	$20
Duloxetine	17	$789	$46
Finasteride	25	$667	$27
Mirtazapine	12	$548	$46
Sertraline	35	$514	$15
Escitalopram	19	$448	$24
Lisinopril	42	$435	$10
Quetiapine	16	$421	$26
Losartan	33	$383	$12
Omeprazole	20	$377	$19
Carvedilol	21	$368	$18
Metformin	23	$341	$15
Diclofenac	12	$339	$28
Pantoprazole	13	$280	$22
Fluticasone Propionate	23	$274	$12
Tamsulosin	17	$269	$16
Clopidogrel	19	$253	$13
Alendronate	19	$232	$12
Prednisone	14	$216	$15
Citalopram Hbr	16	$210	$13
Furosemide	26	$202	$8
Simvastatin	16	$136	$9
Cephalexin	21	$109	$5
Azithromycin	13	$102	$8
Leucovorin	12	$63	$5

2018: 27 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2018

Lyrica	14	$13,020	$930
Duloxetine	19	$1,317	$69
Levothyroxine	40	$928	$23
Metoprolol	19	$918	$48
Potassium Chloride	13	$875	$67
Gabapentin	26	$860	$33
Atorvastatin	35	$577	$16
Donepezil	26	$555	$21
Polyethylene Glycol 3350	17	$531	$31
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen	12	$414	$34
Losartan	36	$394	$11
Tamsulosin	12	$353	$29
Finasteride	14	$329	$24
Prednisone	12	$240	$20
Famotidine	17	$220	$13
Sertraline	12	$214	$18
Quetiapine	11	$205	$19
Fluticasone Propionate	16	$179	$11
Omeprazole	17	$156	$9
Lisinopril	28	$150	$5
Furosemide	24	$135	$6
Zolpidem	12	$118	$10
Carvedilol	13	$118	$9
Metformin	14	$98	$7
Cephalexin	15	$86	$6
Amlodipine Besylate	17	$86	$5
Metoprolol	13	$73	$6

Professional record

NPI: 1316451396
Licence: CA 95007115
Group: Stanford Health Care
Video visits: Lists video visits
Gender: Female

More record details

Sole proprietor: No
Taxonomy: Nurse practitioner (363L00000X); Federal specialty code 363LG0600X (363LG0600X)
Mailing address: 300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
NPI first listed: 2017-11-28
NPI last updated: 2025-12-30
NPI record certified: 2025-12-30

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