Richard E Gayle, MD

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2 locations · Sutter Bay Medical Foundation · 3,783 clinicians in this group

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Plans that list them

3 plans · 3 carriers

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Plans whose provider directory lists this clinician

Alignment Health Sutter Advantage +More (HMO)	Alignment 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 G84809 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 1998 · expires 2028-06-30 · University of Illinois 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.

El Camino HealthMountain View, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Hospital District or Authority · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of El Camino Health, which runs 2 hospitalsPatients rate it 4 of 5 · 80% would definitely recommend it
Overall rating: 4 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.291, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.393, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025

See every measure and the patient survey for El Camino Health

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 1 better, 9 the same, 1 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 El Camino Health

Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections	0.291	Better	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections	0.393	Better	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections	0	Better	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths	0.96 (0.12 to 1.79) · 2,340 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths	1.02 (0.76 to 1.28)	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths	167.38 (125.03 to 209.73) · 96 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths	2.6 · 68 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths	7.1 · 185 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths	11.8 · 200 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths	8.9 · 814 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths	13 · 842 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths	9.6 · 361 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths	2.6 · 4,633 cases	None	Jul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths	0.16 (0 to 0.34) · 11,474 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths	0.27 (0.1 to 0.45) · 11,626 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths	3.14 (1.39 to 4.9) · 2,814 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths	2 (0.61 to 3.39) · 1,327 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths	2.11 (0.8 to 3.43) · 2,641 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths	9.39 (4.18 to 14.6) · 1,287 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths	6.57 (3.47 to 9.68) · 1,308 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths	2.14 (0.71 to 3.57) · 827 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths	0.6 (0.05 to 1.15) · 9,460 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths	4.5 · 122 cases	None	Apr 2023 – Mar 2025
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections	0.993	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections	0.706	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections	1.376	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	15.5 · 218 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	19.5 · 962 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits	3.8 · 200 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits	-17 · 922 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits	18.6 · 860 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	18.7 · 827 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits	6.1 (4.5 to 8.2) · 313 cases	No different	Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits	13.4 (10.6 to 16.5) · 313 cases	No different	Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits	6.1 · 144 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits	10.3 · 80 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits	20.7 · 237 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits	12.8 (10 to 16.1) · 1,639 cases	No different	Jan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits	0.9 (0.8 to 1.1) · 1,619 cases	No different	Jan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (1,535 patients answered, 22% of those asked)

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Patient survey stars by topic at El Camino Health

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

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Share of patients giving the best answer at El Camino Health

Room was "always" clean	75%
Nurses "always" communicated well	79%
Doctors "always" communicated well	81%
Staff "always" explained	61%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information	86%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge	86%
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)	76%
Staff "always" explained new medications	76%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand	75%
Nurses "always" listened carefully	76%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect	87%
"Always" quiet at night	47%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital	80%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects	46%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms	86%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$42,287

Medicare paid this office $42,287 for 117 people.

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

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Largest Original Medicare bills

Return visit (30+ min)	84	$11,443	$108
Repair of shoulder rotator cuff using an endoscope	11	$10,473	$952
Long return visit (40+ min)	21	$3,625	$165
Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint	39	$2,814	$64
New patient visit (45+ min)	24	$2,760	$115

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Every Original Medicare service billed

Return visit (30+ min)	84	$11,443	$108
Repair of shoulder rotator cuff using an endoscope	11	$10,473	$952
Long return visit (40+ min)	21	$3,625	$165
Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint	39	$2,814	$64
New patient visit (45+ min)	24	$2,760	$115
Short return visit (20+ min)	12	$734	$56
Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg	36	$123	None

Procedures Medicare counted

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Procedure volume Medicare published

Hip replacement	1-10	None
Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair)	1-10	None
Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair)	1-10	None

Who their Medicare patients are

117 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 71 · Women 55% · Also on Medicaid 11% · Health risk score 0.93. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical sports medicine clinician is at 1.05.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 52% · Coronary heart disease 20% · Cancer 20% · Diabetes 18% · Depression 15% · Chronic kidney disease 14% · Atrial fibrillation 9%.

The office billed $199,547, Medicare allowed $57,037 and paid $42,287; for 410 services of 16 kinds; $123 of it was for drugs given in the office and $42,165 for care.

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	117	410	71	0.93	$199,547	$42,287
2023	197	748	74	0.87	$286,406	$69,719
2022	183	651	73	0.88	$313,362	$79,293
2021	194	754	73	0.96	$228,077	$61,057
2020	145	621	73	0.96	$212,263	$49,785
2019	147	470	74	0.90	$174,768	$40,071
2018	180	688	74	0.93	$238,213	$53,162
2017	202	862	73	0.93	$199,959	$48,470
2016	195	862	73	0.91	$211,368	$51,766
2015	187	845	72	0.95	$265,760	$57,899
2014	143	533	72	0.84	$209,475	$42,540
2013	165	680	73	0.92	$217,418	$45,927

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

Return visit (30+ min)	119	$18,897	$115
New patient visit (45+ min)	43	$6,120	$142
Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint	65	$5,544	$66
Short return visit (20+ min)	39	$3,356	$75
Long return visit (40+ min)	17	$2,905	$171
Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg	65	$272	None

2022: 7 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2022

Return visit (30+ min)	99	$16,271	$121
Repair of shoulder rotator cuff using an endoscope	13	$12,931	$995
New patient visit (45+ min)	39	$6,061	$155
Long return visit (40+ min)	32	$5,306	$166
Short return visit (20+ min)	49	$5,074	$82
Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint	56	$4,304	$66
Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg	52	$204	None

2021: 5 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2021

Short return visit (20+ min)	117	$13,656	$82
Return visit (30+ min)	70	$9,472	$121
Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint	75	$5,469	$63
New patient visit (30+ min)	40	$4,177	$104
Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg	73	$319	None

2020: 5 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2020

Short return visit (20+ min)	81	$8,591	$69
Return visit (30+ min)	63	$6,555	$98
Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint	57	$4,520	$62
New patient visit (30+ min)	21	$2,120	$101
Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg	56	$318	None

2019: 5 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2019

Short return visit (20+ min)	96	$7,930	$62
Return visit (30+ min)	50	$4,981	$92
Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint	62	$3,705	$51
New patient visit (30+ min)	22	$1,986	$90
Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg	61	$169	None

2018: 6 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2018

Repair of shoulder rotator cuff using an endoscope	17	$15,990	$941
Short return visit (20+ min)	114	$10,555	$61
Return visit (30+ min)	75	$6,929	$88
Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint	74	$4,705	$53
New patient visit (30+ min)	19	$1,782	$94
Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg	73	$367	None

2017: 6 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2017

Short return visit (20+ min)	134	$11,255	$61
Repair of shoulder rotator cuff using an endoscope	11	$10,667	$970
Return visit (30+ min)	68	$6,792	$94
Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint	88	$5,423	$54
New patient visit (30+ min)	40	$3,338	$83
Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg	88	$559	None

2016: 6 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2016

Short return visit (20+ min)	113	$10,386	$65
Return visit (30+ min)	91	$8,882	$92
Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint	88	$5,672	$55
New patient visit (30+ min)	25	$1,988	$80
Shaving of part of shoulder bone and repair of ligament using an endoscope	12	$1,863	$155
Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg	89	$556	None

2015: 7 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2015

Repair of shoulder rotator cuff using an endoscope	12	$12,088	$1,007
Short return visit (20+ min)	103	$10,039	$66
Return visit (30+ min)	82	$7,756	$90
Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint	84	$6,005	$60
New patient visit (30+ min)	46	$4,615	$100
Shaving of part of shoulder bone and repair of ligament using an endoscope	16	$2,613	$163
Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg	80	$545	None

2014: 7 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2014

Repair of shoulder rotator cuff using an endoscope	13	$12,437	$957
Short return visit (20+ min)	84	$6,814	$58
Return visit (30+ min)	63	$6,144	$89
Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint	50	$3,206	$52
Shaving of part of shoulder bone and repair of ligament using an endoscope	15	$2,332	$155
New patient visit (30+ min)	16	$1,526	$95
Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg	45	$295	None

2013: 6 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2013

Repair of shoulder rotator cuff using an endoscope	11	$10,616	$965
Short return visit (20+ min)	103	$9,453	$61
Return visit (30+ min)	52	$5,136	$89
Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint	67	$4,665	$52
New patient visit (30+ min)	36	$3,008	$84
Injection, triamcinolone acetonide, not otherwise specified, 10 mg	58	$384	None

Money from drug and device companies

$110 in 2025

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Industry payments by year

2025	1	1	None	$110
2024	3	17	None	$1,269
2023	1	1	None	$14
2022	4	15	None	$2,358
2021	3	10	None	$3,578
2020	3	9	$1,925	$4,367
2019	2	27	None	$3,430

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

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Payments by company

Stryker	Fuseforce	$110	1 payment Meals for Fuseforce · 2025-07-24 · $110

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Every published payment

Stryker	Meals · 2025-07-24	Fuseforce	$110

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2024: $1,269

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Payments by company in 2024

Arthrex	Biologics Consumables Cartilage Repair Biocartilage	$1,215	15 payments Meals for Biologics Consumables Cartilage Repair Biocartilage · 2024-04-01 · $155 Meals · 2024-02-24 · $30 Meals · 2024-02-24 · $5 Meals · 2024-02-24 · $10 Meals · 2024-02-24 · $10 Meals · 2024-02-24 · $10 Travel · 2024-02-23 · $427 Meals · 2024-02-23 · $10 Meals · 2024-02-23 · $10 Meals · 2024-02-23 · $10 Meals · 2024-02-23 · $10 Meals · 2024-02-23 · $10 Meals · 2024-02-23 · $45 Meals · 2024-02-23 · $45 Travel · 2024-02-22 · $427
DePuy Synthes Sales	Monovisc	$32	1 payment Meals for Monovisc · 2024-10-07 · $32
Evolution Surgical	None	$22	1 payment Meals · 2024-02-03 · $22

2023: $14

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Payments by company in 2023

Bioventus	Durolane	$14	1 payment Meals for Durolane · 2023-09-25 · $14

2022: $2,358

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Payments by company in 2022

Evolution Surgical	None	$1,200	1 payment Education · 2022-03-23 · $1,200
Arthrex	None	$917	11 payments Meals · 2022-02-12 · $10 Meals · 2022-02-12 · $10 Meals · 2022-02-12 · $10 Meals · 2022-02-12 · $40 Meals · 2022-02-11 · $125 Meals · 2022-02-11 · $10 Meals · 2022-02-11 · $15 Meals · 2022-02-11 · $10 Meals · 2022-02-11 · $40 Travel · 2022-02-11 · $324 Travel · 2022-02-10 · $324
Smith+Nephew	Bioinductive Implant With Arthroscopic Delivery System - Medium	$216	2 payments Meals for Bioinductive Implant With Arthroscopic Delivery System - Medium · 2022-07-19 · $69 Meals for Bioinductive Implant With Arthroscopic Delivery System - Medium · 2022-05-12 · $147
Pacira Pharmaceuticals	Iovera	$25	1 payment Meals for Iovera · 2022-05-02 · $25

2021: $3,578

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Payments by company in 2021

Evolution Surgical	None	$2,496	3 payments Education · 2021-11-06 · $1,200 Meals · 2021-05-21 · $96 Education · 2021-04-21 · $1,200
Medical Device Business Services	None	$1,060	6 payments Meals · 2021-11-13 · $21 Meals · 2021-11-13 · $54 Meals · 2021-11-13 · $11 Travel · 2021-11-12 · $488 Travel · 2021-11-12 · $427 Travel · 2021-11-12 · $60
DePuy Synthes Sales	Dynacord	$22	1 payment Meals for Dynacord · 2021-11-15 · $22

2020: $4,367

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Payments by company in 2020

Evolution Surgical	None	$3,752	5 payments Education · 2020-11-18 · $975 Paid to speak or teach · 2020-10-21 · $1,925 Meals · 2020-10-21 · $23 Education · 2020-09-02 · $802 Meals · 2020-08-11 · $27
Arthrex	None	$593	3 payments Meals · 2020-04-09 · $195 Meals · 2020-04-09 · $195 Travel · 2020-04-09 · $203
Stryker	Adapt	$23	1 payment Meals for Adapt · 2020-08-20 · $23

2019: $3,430

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Payments by company in 2019

Smith+Nephew	Speedlock Hip	$2,541	13 payments Meals for Regeneten · 2019-07-15 · $24 Meals for Regeneten · 2019-07-15 · $14 Meals for Dyonics Burrs · 2019-04-12 · $19 Meals for Speedlock Hip · 2019-01-12 · $49 Meals for Speedlock Hip · 2019-01-11 · $109 Meals for Speedlock Hip · 2019-01-11 · $31 Meals for Q-Fix · 2019-01-10 · $83 Travel for Speedlock Hip · 2019-01-10 · $1,371 Travel for Speedlock Hip · 2019-01-10 · $96 Meals for Speedlock Hip · 2019-01-10 · $96 Travel for Q-Fix · 2019-01-09 · $416 Meals for Q-Fix · 2019-01-09 · $22 Travel for Q-Fix · 2019-01-08 · $209
Arthrex	None	$889	14 payments Meals · 2019-04-26 · $21 Meals · 2019-04-26 · $21 Travel · 2019-03-28 · $335 Travel · 2019-03-28 · $335 Travel · 2019-03-01 · $4 Travel · 2019-03-01 · $7 Meals · 2019-02-09 · $4 Meals · 2019-02-09 · $16 Meals · 2019-02-09 · $4 Meals · 2019-02-08 · $4 Meals · 2019-02-08 · $16 Meals · 2019-02-08 · $4 Meals · 2019-02-08 · $45 Meals · 2019-02-08 · $75

Professional record

NPI: 1659469500
Licence: CA G84809California G84809: Current · expires 2028-06-30
Trained: University of Illinois College of Med (Chi/Peor/Rock/Chm-Urb), 1993
Group: Sutter Bay Medical Foundation
Gender: Male

More record details

Sole proprietor: No
Taxonomy: Federal specialty code 207XX0005X (207XX0005X); Orthopedic surgery (207X00000X)
Mailing address: 325 Distel Cir, Los Altos, CA, 94022
NPI first listed: 2006-10-10
NPI last updated: 2020-12-11
NPI record certified: 2020-12-11

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