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Licensed to practise in California · since 1976 · expires 2027-04-30 · University of California San Francisco School of Medicine.
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 Otolaryngology - Otolaryngology
Original Medicare doctor bills
$22,165
Medicare paid this office $22,165 for 197 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
Largest Original Medicare bills
Short return visit (20+ min)
110
$11,945
$71
New patient visit (15+ min)
79
$4,702
$60
Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test
30
$902
$30
Test to assess middle ear function
30
$436
$15
Procedures year by year
Procedures billed to Original Medicare by year
Procedure
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Removal of impacted ear wax
52
12
22
30
–
–
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
197 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 79 · Women 47% · Also on Medicaid 8% · Health risk score 1.06. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical otolaryngology clinician is at 1.19.
The office billed $73,180, Medicare allowed $33,033 and paid $22,165; for 352 services of 17 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
197
352
79
1.06
$73,180
$22,165
2023
175
287
80
1.09
$59,771
$18,857
2022
205
349
78
0.96
$70,400
$20,503
2021
113
185
78
0.93
$39,401
$12,856
2020
69
113
79
1.16
$23,236
$6,554
2019
287
506
78
1.22
$111,013
$29,796
2018
263
471
77
1.13
$109,122
$29,627
2017
266
433
77
1.08
$103,859
$29,827
2016
302
687
77
1.09
$99,485
$40,091
2015
312
869
77
1.19
$117,585
$50,859
2014
286
759
76
1.14
$102,000
$43,298
2013
295
785
75
1.20
$103,986
$46,873
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: 4 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2023
Short return visit (20+ min)
114
$12,045
$72
New patient visit (15+ min)
54
$3,112
$58
Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test
18
$666
$35
Test to assess middle ear function
18
$306
$16
2022: 7 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2022
Short return visit (20+ min)
111
$10,881
$71
New patient visit (15+ min)
71
$4,360
$61
New patient visit (30+ min)
22
$1,247
$57
Removal of impacted ear wax
24
$1,173
$39
Exam of ear using a microscope
17
$505
$24
Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test
11
$211
$19
Test to assess middle ear function
13
$129
$10
2021: 3 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2021
Short return visit (20+ min)
85
$8,156
$76
New patient visit (30+ min)
22
$2,107
$96
Removal of impacted ear wax
20
$723
$33
2020: 3 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2020
Short return visit (20+ min)
37
$2,518
$60
New patient visit (30+ min)
18
$1,531
$85
Removal of impacted ear wax
12
$334
$28
2019: 7 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2019
Short return visit (20+ min)
167
$12,478
$57
New patient visit (30+ min)
120
$10,165
$85
Removal of impacted ear wax
50
$1,917
$37
Short return visit
24
$1,037
$40
Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test
20
$568
$28
Exam of ear using a microscope
16
$444
$23
Test to assess middle ear function
19
$242
$13
2018: 5 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2018
Short return visit (20+ min)
140
$12,217
$60
New patient visit (30+ min)
133
$10,765
$81
Removal of impacted ear wax
46
$1,834
$37
Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test
23
$700
$30
Test to assess middle ear function
21
$262
$12
2017: 3 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2017
Short return visit (20+ min)
164
$13,655
$61
New patient visit (30+ min)
117
$10,351
$88
Removal of impacted ear wax
49
$2,308
$44
2016: 6 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2016
Short return visit (20+ min)
188
$17,098
$59
New patient visit (30+ min)
139
$12,315
$89
Removal of impacted ear wax
95
$4,288
$40
Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test
54
$1,752
$32
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope
12
$1,449
$111
Test to assess middle ear function
53
$699
$13
2015: 7 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2015
Short return visit (20+ min)
185
$17,926
$61
New patient visit (30+ min)
150
$13,539
$90
Removal of impacted ear wax
152
$9,264
$42
Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test
65
$2,380
$33
Simple control of nose bleed
20
$2,237
$89
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope
11
$1,252
$114
Test to assess middle ear function
65
$955
$13
2014: 6 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2014
Short return visit (20+ min)
168
$16,071
$59
New patient visit (30+ min)
127
$11,642
$92
Removal of impacted ear wax
129
$7,481
$42
Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test
62
$2,202
$33
Simple control of nose bleed
15
$1,596
$89
Test to assess middle ear function
60
$853
$13
2013: 7 services
Original Medicare services billed in 2013
Short return visit (20+ min)
197
$16,998
$59
New patient visit (30+ min)
120
$10,419
$87
Removal of impacted ear wax
142
$8,881
$45
Diagnostic exam of voice box using a flexible endoscope
20
$2,710
$113
Simple control of nose bleed
17
$1,746
$87
Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test
50
$1,593
$32
Test to assess middle ear function
47
$610
$13
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$1,222
Pharmacies billed $1,222 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 40) in 2024. Too few prescriptions to judge: with under about 50 a year, a handful of patients can swing this share.
38 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $1,222 in drug cost.
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.
Year by year
Part D prescribing by year
2024
40
25
0% (0)
—None
$1,222
2023
48
31
0% (0)
—None
$2,453
2022
55
31
0% (0)
—None
$3,046
2021
38
22
0% (0)
—None
$1,136
2020
51
20
0% (0)
—None
$2,131
2019
84
54
—None
—None
$3,742
2018
76
45
0% (0)
—None
$3,378
2017
96
53
0% (0)
—None
$3,835
2016
117
55
0% (0)
—None
$5,408
2015
142
72
0% (0)
—None
$5,458
2014
121
62
0% (0)
10%
$4,028
2013
109
58
—None
—None
$3,568
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
See the drugs prescribed each year
2022: 2 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2022
Neomycin-Polymyxin-Hc
15
$1,081
$72
Azelastine
13
$730
$56
2019: 2 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2019
Neomycin-Polymyxin-Hc
19
$1,181
$62
Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass
11
$117
$11
2018: 1 drug
Part D drugs prescribed in 2018
Neomycin-Polymyxin-Hc
13
$747
$57
2017: 1 drug
Part D drugs prescribed in 2017
Neomycin-Polymyxin-Hc
26
$1,153
$44
2016: 2 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2016
Neomycin-Polymyxin-Hc
33
$1,769
$54
Ipratropium
11
$455
$41
2015: 3 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2015
Neomycin-Polymyxin-Hc
35
$797
$23
Ipratropium
13
$457
$35
Fluticasone Propionate
18
$194
$11
2014: 2 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2014
Neomycin-Polymyxin-Hc
29
$619
$21
Fluticasone Propionate
25
$336
$13
2013: 2 drugs
Part D drugs prescribed in 2013
Neomycin-Polymyxin-Hc
31
$671
$22
Fluticasone Propionate
20
$450
$23
Money from drug and device companies
$3,394 in 2025
Industry payments by year
2025
1
4
$3,394
$3,394
2024
2
5
$3,601
$3,615
2023
2
5
$8,358
$8,380
2022
1
4
$3,874
$3,874
2021
2
5
$3,960
$3,979
2020
1
4
$4,768
$4,768
2019
1
4
$8,541
$8,541
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.