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Licensed to practise in California · since 1997 · expires 2028-12-31 · Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.
School, training and certification
What this clinician told their state board, medical school and everything before it. Only some states publish this, so nothing here means the state does not say, not that there was no training or certification.
Specialty certification
American Board of Plastic Surgery - Plastic Surgery
Original Medicare doctor bills
$35,784
Medicare paid this office $35,784 for 70 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
Largest Original Medicare bills
New patient visit (45+ min)
15
$2,235
$149
Return visit (30+ min)
13
$1,546
$103
Short return visit (20+ min)
14
$1,415
$83
New patient visit (30+ min)
13
$1,294
$100
Procedures Medicare counted
Procedure volume Medicare published
Mastectomy
1-10
—None
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision
1-10
—None
Removal or shaving of skin growth
1-10
—None
Who their Medicare patients are
70 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 73 · Women 79% · Also on Medicaid 0% · Health risk score 0.72. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical plastic and reconstructive surgery clinician is at 1.21.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 39% · Cancer 36%.
The office billed $180,927, Medicare allowed $46,821 and paid $35,784; for 156 services of 42 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
70
156
73
0.72
$180,927
$35,784
2023
84
212
73
0.75
$242,424
$50,220
2022
97
319
73
0.86
$282,331
$60,506
2021
107
407
73
0.64
$342,069
$73,571
2020
66
252
72
0.65
$268,400
$63,871
2019
99
312
72
0.76
$295,813
$70,373
2018
71
195
72
0.81
$241,075
$55,472
2017
90
253
73
0.77
$267,668
$62,132
2016
124
308
73
0.85
$256,571
$57,127
2015
94
256
73
0.91
$196,689
$46,687
2014
106
499
72
0.80
$281,897
$63,467
2013
97
209
73
0.92
$175,134
$43,045
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: 5 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Return visit (30+ min)
23
$3,497
$121
Short return visit (20+ min)
20
$2,402
$83
Long return visit (40+ min)
12
$2,231
$159
New patient visit (45+ min)
12
$1,634
$136
New patient visit (30+ min)
15
$1,526
$102
2022: 7 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Short return visit (20+ min)
28
$3,227
$81
Return visit (30+ min)
17
$2,903
$116
Long return visit (40+ min)
12
$2,096
$161
New patient visit (45+ min)
16
$2,061
$129
New patient visit (30+ min)
14
$1,207
$86
Short return visit
14
$787
$49
Office for the evaluation and management of established patient that may not require presence of healthcare professional
11
$208
$19
2021: 6 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Short return visit (20+ min)
25
$3,337
$88
Return visit (30+ min)
19
$2,421
$121
Short return visit
26
$1,981
$52
New patient visit (45+ min)
11
$1,791
$163
New patient visit (30+ min)
18
$1,772
$98
New patient visit (15+ min)
14
$810
$58
2020: 4 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Short return visit (20+ min)
18
$1,710
$71
Return visit (30+ min)
11
$1,501
$107
New patient visit (15+ min)
14
$758
$54
Short return visit
14
$689
$43
2019: 5 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Return visit (30+ min)
18
$2,084
$104
New patient visit (30+ min)
21
$1,885
$90
Short return visit (20+ min)
27
$1,870
$67
New patient visit (15+ min)
21
$1,301
$62
Short return visit
21
$893
$41
2018: 4 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Short return visit (20+ min)
18
$1,596
$61
New patient visit (30+ min)
16
$1,423
$89
Short return visit
20
$1,322
$43
New patient visit (15+ min)
15
$891
$59
2017: 3 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Short return visit (20+ min)
32
$3,013
$59
Return visit (30+ min)
13
$1,418
$101
Short return visit
21
$1,053
$36
2016: 5 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Short return visit (20+ min)
35
$2,841
$65
New patient visit (15+ min)
21
$1,340
$64
New patient visit (30+ min)
12
$1,208
$101
Short return visit
29
$1,206
$34
New patient visit (10+ min)
13
$501
$39
2015: 3 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Short return visit (20+ min)
36
$2,970
$66
New patient visit (15+ min)
18
$1,235
$69
Short return visit
25
$1,146
$40
2014: 4 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Short return visit (20+ min)
24
$1,697
$61
Short return visit
37
$1,685
$37
New patient visit (15+ min)
23
$1,418
$62
New patient visit (30+ min)
12
$1,123
$94
2013: 4 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2013
Short return visit (20+ min)
20
$1,332
$61
New patient visit (15+ min)
22
$1,331
$60
New patient visit (30+ min)
13
$1,269
$98
Short return visit
25
$967
$32
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$1,610
Pharmacies billed $1,610 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
Opioids were 24% of their Part D prescriptions (27 of 112) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical plastic and reconstructive surgery clinician is at 28%. Surgeons prescribe little besides pain medicine after an operation, so their opioid share runs high.
104 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $1,610 in drug cost · 32 antibiotic prescriptions to 30 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
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
25
$221
$9
Promethazine
11
$169
$15
Cephalexin
20
$88
$4
Diazepam
12
$28
$2
Year by year
Part D prescribing by year
2024
112
42
24% (27)
—None
$1,610
2023
89
32
32% (28)
—None
$1,240
2022
95
38
22% (21)
—None
$4,221
2021
121
41
24% (29)
—None
$9,089
2020
88
27
24% (21)
—None
$3,848
2019
77
26
22% (17)
—None
$8,054
2018
91
31
14% (13)
—None
$7,946
2017
130
31
15% (20)
15%
$7,294
2016
124
35
15% (18)
—None
$10,732
2015
130
26
12% (15)
18%
$11,741
2014
152
36
15% (22)
23%
$15,415
2013
137
32
18% (25)
24%
$11,234
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
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
23
$237
$10
Cephalexin
20
$99
$5
Diazepam
11
$38
$3
2022: 2 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
16
$151
$9
Cephalexin
17
$81
$5
2021: 2 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2021
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
22
$207
$9
Cephalexin
24
$112
$5
2020: 2 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2020
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
18
$146
$8
Cephalexin
17
$118
$7
2019: 1 drug
Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
14
$94
$7
2018: 2 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
13
$112
$9
Cephalexin
12
$64
$5
2017: 2 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Cephalexin
19
$190
$10
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
16
$108
$7
2016: 2 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Lantus
14
$3,727
$266
Cephalexin
14
$72
$5
2015: 1 drug
Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Cephalexin
14
$50
$4
2014: 3 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Victoza 2-Pak
12
$6,084
$507
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
18
$139
$8
Cephalexin
24
$109
$5
2013: 2 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2013
Bd Ultra-Fine Pen Needle
11
$348
$32
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen
15
$64
$4
Money from drug and device companies
$49 in 2024
Industry payments by year
2024
1
3
—None
$49
2023
1
1
—None
$22
2022
2
8
—None
$358
2021
1
5
—None
$103
2020
1
1
—None
$14
2019
1
2
—None
$233
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