Carla Marie Pugh, MD

Offices

2 locations · Stanford Health Care · 3,152 clinicians in this group

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Hospitals listed: Stanford Health Care. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

Plans that list them

17 plans · 3 carriers

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17 of 17 plans

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Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician

Alignment Health BreathEasy (HMO C-SNP)	Alignment Health Plan	Listed	Oct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Clarity (HMO C-SNP)	Alignment Health Plan	Listed	Oct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Harmony (HMO)	Alignment Health Plan	Listed	Oct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes (HMO C-SNP)	Alignment Health Plan	Listed	Oct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes CalPlus (HMO C-SNP)	Alignment Health Plan	Listed	Oct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Care (HMO C-SNP)	Alignment Health Plan	Listed	Sep 28, 2026
Alignment Health Heart & Diabetes Choice (HMO C-SNP)	Alignment Health Plan	Listed	Sep 28, 2026
Alignment Health Honor+ Plan (HMO)	Alignment Health Plan	Listed	Oct 3, 2026
Alignment Health My Choice CalCare (HMO)	Alignment Health Plan	Listed	Oct 3, 2026
Alignment Health Silicon (HMO C-SNP)	Alignment Health Plan	Listed	Oct 3, 2026
Alignment Health smartHMO (HMO)	Alignment Health Plan	Listed	Oct 3, 2026
Alignment Health the ONE (HMO)	Alignment Health Plan	Listed	Oct 3, 2026
SCAN Balance (HMO C-SNP)	SCAN Health Plan	Listed	Oct 3, 2026
SCAN Classic (HMO)	SCAN Health Plan	Listed	Oct 3, 2026
SCAN MyChoice (HMO)	SCAN Health Plan	Listed	Oct 3, 2026
SCAN Strive (HMO C-SNP)	SCAN Health Plan	Listed	Oct 3, 2026
DualConnect (HMO D-SNP)	Santa Clara Family Health Plan	Listed	Sep 1, 2026

California Medical Board record

Licence G83898 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 1997 · expires 2027-02-28 · Howard University College of Medicine.

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

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

$15,241

Medicare paid this office $15,241 for 80 people.

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

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Largest Original Medicare bills

Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes	37	$2,766	$44
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes	15	$1,868	$117
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less	14	$1,042	$74

Procedures Medicare counted

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Procedure volume Medicare published

Colonoscopy	1-10	None
Hernia repair (minimally invasive)	1-10	None
Removal of tissue	1-10	None

Who their Medicare patients are

80 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 72 · Women 45% · Also on Medicaid 41% · Health risk score 2.17. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical general surgery clinician is at 1.69.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 74% · Chronic kidney disease 48% · Diabetes 44% · Atrial fibrillation 38% · Coronary heart disease 33% · Heart failure 33% · Dementia 31% · Depression 30% · Cancer 26% · COPD 23% · Stroke 21%.

The office billed $94,676, Medicare allowed $19,313 and paid $15,241; for 138 services of 21 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	80	138	72	2.17	$94,676	$15,241
2023	159	299	76	2.32	$172,715	$34,127
2022	151	309	77	2.43	$197,699	$33,964
2021	151	334	75	1.98	$185,270	$36,617
2020	157	384	75	2.22	$226,263	$40,455
2019	186	415	77	1.92	$154,732	$29,520
2018	112	237	74	2.34	$131,659	$23,449
2017	192	402	70	2.44	$306,241	$49,110
2016	166	336	70	2.23	$242,518	$36,698
2015	197	406	69	2.26	$325,421	$52,305
2014	169	403	68	2.12	$302,612	$46,996
2013	130	276	68	2.27	$267,896	$37,342

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

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Original Medicare services billed in 2023

Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes	72	$5,071	$45
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes	41	$4,902	$120
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes	23	$3,678	$160
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes	27	$2,991	$73
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less	24	$1,822	$76

2022: 5 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2022

Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes	77	$9,466	$65
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes	27	$3,308	$123
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes	13	$2,336	$93
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes	12	$2,153	$179
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less	18	$1,206	$67

2021: 6 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2021

Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes	75	$10,091	$66
Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes	18	$3,331	$185
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes	23	$2,882	$125
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes	13	$2,387	$95
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less	34	$2,350	$67
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes	23	$2,119	$92

2020: 6 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2020

Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes	56	$6,584	$68
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes	52	$4,190	$35
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes	32	$2,960	$92
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes	20	$2,719	$97
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less	31	$2,148	$67
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes	16	$2,012	$126

2019: 4 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2019

Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes	114	$8,134	$35
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes	55	$5,080	$89
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less	40	$2,645	$66
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes	16	$1,259	$66

2018: 4 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2018

Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes	55	$3,952	$35
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes	44	$3,950	$86
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes	12	$1,414	$54
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less	19	$1,225	$64

2017: 5 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2017

Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes	89	$9,071	$53
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes	58	$4,461	$74
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes	18	$1,917	$80
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes	15	$1,566	$104
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less	25	$1,441	$55

2016: 4 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2016

Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes	81	$8,206	$54
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes	62	$4,564	$74
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less	22	$1,219	$55
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes	24	$1,052	$30

2015: 4 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2015

Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes	95	$9,893	$53
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes	73	$5,340	$73
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less	18	$1,008	$56
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes	13	$720	$30

2014: 3 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2014

Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes	108	$12,972	$54
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes	50	$3,596	$72
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less	18	$992	$52

2013: 3 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2013

Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes	48	$3,241	$68
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes	36	$3,222	$53
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes	21	$1,047	$28

Medicaid work

$583 in 2024

Medicaid paid $583 for 33 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 12 people in a month for one service.

Medicaid and CHIP claims where this clinician did the service, fee-for-service and managed care together. Any month with fewer than 11 patients is hidden, so small Medicaid practices undercount.

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Largest Medicaid services in 2024

SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE SF/LOW MDM 25 MINUTES	33	$583

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Medicaid work by year

2024	33	1	12	$583
2023	120	1	16	$2,265
2022	88	1	16	$3,008
2021	35	1	17	$981
2020	87	2	16	$2,164
2019	178	1	14	$3,780
2018	26	1	18	$677

See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years

2023

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Largest Medicaid services in 2023

SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE SF/LOW MDM 25 MINUTES	120	$2,265

2022

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Largest Medicaid services in 2022

SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES	88	$3,008

2021

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Largest Medicaid services in 2021

SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES	35	$981

2020

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Largest Medicaid services in 2020

SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES	62	$1,780
SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE SF/LOW MDM 25 MINUTES	25	$385

2019

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Largest Medicaid services in 2019

SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE SF/LOW MDM 25 MINUTES	178	$3,780

2018

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Largest Medicaid services in 2018

SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE SF/LOW MDM 25 MINUTES	26	$677

Money from drug and device companies

$14,765 in 2025

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Industry payments by year

2025	4	15	$13,200	$14,765
2024	1	1	None	$35
2022	1	2	None	$164

Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.

A payment is not proof that care is biased.

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Payments by company

Ethicon	None	$13,200	5 payments Consulting · 2025-12-15 · $2,400 Consulting · 2025-12-15 · $2,400 Consulting · 2025-10-22 · $3,000 Consulting · 2025-09-15 · $3,000 Consulting · 2025-07-17 · $2,400
Medical Device Business Services	None	$1,386	7 payments Meals · 2025-10-11 · $61 Meals · 2025-10-11 · $35 Meals · 2025-10-11 · $48 Travel · 2025-10-10 · $776 Travel · 2025-10-10 · $50 Meals · 2025-10-10 · $144 Travel · 2025-10-10 · $272
Ethicon US	Surgicel Nu-Knit	$156	2 payments Meals for Surgicel Nu-Knit · 2025-10-31 · $125 Meals for Surgicel Nu-Knit · 2025-10-27 · $31
CMR Surgical	Versius Surgical System (Versius Plus)	$23	1 payment Meals for Versius Surgical System (Versius Plus) · 2025-08-12 · $23

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Every published payment

Ethicon	Consulting · 2025-12-15	None	$2,400
Ethicon	Consulting · 2025-12-15	None	$2,400
Ethicon US	Meals · 2025-10-31	Surgicel Nu-Knit	$125
Ethicon US	Meals · 2025-10-27	Surgicel Nu-Knit	$31
Ethicon	Consulting · 2025-10-22	None	$3,000
Medical Device Business Services	Meals · 2025-10-11	None	$61
Medical Device Business Services	Meals · 2025-10-11	None	$35
Medical Device Business Services	Meals · 2025-10-11	None	$48
Medical Device Business Services	Travel · 2025-10-10	None	$776
Medical Device Business Services	Travel · 2025-10-10	None	$50
Medical Device Business Services	Meals · 2025-10-10	None	$144
Medical Device Business Services	Travel · 2025-10-10	None	$272
Ethicon	Consulting · 2025-09-15	None	$3,000
CMR Surgical	Meals · 2025-08-12	Versius Surgical System (Versius Plus)	$23
Ethicon	Consulting · 2025-07-17	None	$2,400

See earlier years (2024, 2022)

2024: $35

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Payments by company in 2024

Medtronic	None	$35	1 payment Meals · 2024-10-20 · $35

2022: $164

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Payments by company in 2022

Intuitive Surgical	Da Vinci Surgical System	$164	2 payments Meals for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2022-07-05 · $85 Meals for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2022-06-21 · $79

Checkups this office reported

Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.

Medicare’s overall office score: 76.5 / 100; Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.

Professional record

NPI: 1477564573
Licence: CA G83898California G83898: Current · expires 2027-02-28
Trained: Howard University College of Medicine, 1992
Group: Stanford Health Care
Gender: Female

More record details

Sole proprietor: No
Taxonomy: Surgery (208600000X)
Mailing address: 300 Pasteur Dr, Palo Alto, CA, 94305
NPI first listed: 2006-08-11
NPI last updated: 2024-04-27
NPI record certified: 2024-04-27

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

Extra NPI addresses: 600 Highland Ave, Madison, WI, 53792