Sean P Cullen, MD
Diagnostic Radiology · Redwood City
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- Not verified
- Not the same as out of network.
- Offices
- 7
Offices
7 locations · Permanente Medical Group Inc · 10,928 clinicians in this group
Hospitals listed: Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plan participation
Not verified
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California Medical Board record
Licence A78890 · Current
Licensed to practise in California · since 2002 · expires 2027-10-31 · Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
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.
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood CityRedwood City, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Kaiser Permanente, which runs 41 hospitals in 3 statesPatients rate it 4 of 5 · 80% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 4 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 3.075, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.064, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 2 the same, 0 worse of 2 measures. Safety: 2 better, 4 the same, 0 worse of 6 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 1 the same, 0 worse of 1 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 3.075 | Worse | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.064 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.04 (0 to 2.12) · 81 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.91 (0.43 to 1.39) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 13.3 · 366 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 4.3 · 1,523 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.2 (0 to 0.44) · 477 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.26 (0.05 to 0.48) · 479 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 3.19 (0.67 to 5.72) · 160 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.66 (0 to 3.38) · 73 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.21 (0.52 to 3.9) · 167 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 8.49 (0 to 18.18) · 69 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5.03 (0.77 to 9.28) · 75 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.49 (0 to 1.69) · 311 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 0.719 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 14.2 · 71 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 21 · 204 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.3 · 209 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 20 · 45 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
What patients said (1,673 patients answered, 27% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 3 |
| Doctor communication | 4 |
| Communication about medicines | 3 |
| Discharge information | 4 |
| Overall hospital rating | 4 |
| Quietness | 3 |
| Recommend hospital | 5 |
| Room was "always" clean | 76% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 78% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 81% |
| Staff "always" explained | 62% |
| 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 | 77% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 80% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 86% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 79% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 75% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 74% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 76% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 85% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 57% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 80% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 49% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 88% |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$2,839
Pharmacies billed $2,839 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 43) in 2024. Too few prescriptions to compare fairly with other clinicians.
40 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $2,839 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.
| Clopidogrel | 21 | $373 | $18 |
| Pantoprazole | 16 | $191 | $12 |
Year by year
| 2024 | 43 | 15 | 0% (0) | None | $2,839 |
| 2023 | 31 | 17 | 0% (0) | None | $1,771 |
| 2022 | 32 | 16 | 0% (0) | None | $2,765 |
| 2021 | 26 | 13 | 0% (0) | 0% | $356 |
| 2020 | 18 | 12 | 0% (0) | 0% | $284 |
| 2019 | 26 | 16 | 0% (0) | None | $2,901 |
| 2018 | 23 | 12 | 0% (0) | 0% | $374 |
| 2017 | 18 | 11 | 0% (0) | 0% | $270 |
| 2016 | 18 | 15 | 0% (0) | 0% | $455 |
| 2015 | 19 | 16 | 0% (0) | 0% | $547 |
| 2014 | 29 | 20 | 0% (0) | 0% | $967 |
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
| Clopidogrel | 15 | $290 | $19 |
| Pantoprazole | 11 | $138 | $13 |
2021: 1 drug
| Clopidogrel | 13 | $258 | $20 |
2020: 1 drug
| Clopidogrel | 12 | $225 | $19 |
2019: 1 drug
| Clopidogrel | 14 | $201 | $14 |
2018: 1 drug
| Clopidogrel | 17 | $267 | $16 |
2014: 1 drug
| Acetylcysteine | 12 | $340 | $28 |
Money from drug and device companies
$248 in 2025
| 2025 | 2 | 4 | None | $248 |
| 2024 | 2 | 5 | None | $621 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | None | $16 |
Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
See all 4 published payments
| Stryker | Meals · 2025-07-17 | Surpass Evolve | $28 |
| Penumbra | Meals · 2025-06-25 | Red 72 | $155 |
| Stryker | Meals · 2025-06-02 | Surpass Evolve | $55 |
| Penumbra | Meals · 2025-04-18 | Penumbra System | $11 |
See earlier years (2024, 2023)
2024: $621
| Stryker | Surpass Evolve | $340 | 3 payments
|
| Penumbra | Penumbra System | $281 | 2 payments
|
2023: $16
| Asahi Intecc USA | Asahi Ptca Guide Wire | $16 | 1 payment
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Professional record
- NPI
- 1528090909
- Licence
- CA A78890California A78890: Current · expires 2027-10-31
- Trained
- Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1995
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Medicaid ID
- CA 00A788900
- Taxonomy
- Diagnostic radiology (2085R0202X)
- Mailing address
- 1635 Divisadero St, Suite 625, Box 1821, San Francisco, CA, 94115
- NPI first listed
- 2006-07-07
- NPI last updated
- 2021-12-13
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
This office lists an electronic records connection.