Sara Faghihi Kashani, MD

Offices

1 location · County of Santa Clara · 1,000 clinicians in this group

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California Medical Board record

Licence A173637 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 2021 · expires 2027-07-31 · Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services.

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

Hospitals they work in

2 hospitals

These rate the hospital, not this clinician. Most measures at most hospitals are no different from the national rate.

Peninsula Medical CenterBurlingame, CAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Sutter Health, which runs 27 hospitals in 2 statesPatients rate it 4 of 5 · 78% would definitely recommend it
Overall rating: 5 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.139, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.242, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterSan Jose, CAAcute Care Hospital · Government - Local · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System, which runs 3 hospitalsPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 70% would definitely recommend it
Overall rating: 2 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 2.572, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards): 0.563, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.256, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.369, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025

See every measure and the patient survey for Peninsula Medical Center

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 2 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 2 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 10 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 Peninsula Medical Center

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections	0.139	Better	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections	0.242	Better	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths	1.21 (0.27 to 2.15) · 1,258 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths	0.81 (0.51 to 1.1)	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths	155.44 (112.67 to 198.21) · 90 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths	2.5 · 32 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths	7.1 · 82 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths	10 · 188 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths	9 · 473 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths	14.8 · 342 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths	9.4 · 485 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths	2.9 · 3,730 cases	None	Jul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths	0.2 (0 to 0.4) · 6,904 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths	0.21 (0.02 to 0.4) · 7,052 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths	3.41 (1.43 to 5.39) · 1,695 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths	1.72 (0.17 to 3.28) · 665 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths	2.11 (0.66 to 3.56) · 1,545 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths	7.1 (1.3 to 12.9) · 670 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths	5.96 (2.63 to 9.29) · 653 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths	1.61 (0.15 to 3.08) · 418 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths	0.14 (0 to 0.78) · 5,539 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths	3.7 · 192 cases	None	Apr 2023 – Mar 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections	0.215	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections	0.263	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections	0.74	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	14.3 · 300 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	19 · 702 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits	1.2 · 207 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits	-13.6 · 531 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits	24.3 · 343 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	18.1 · 449 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits	4.5 (2.8 to 7) · 85 cases	No different	Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits	9.6 (6.7 to 13.7) · 85 cases	No different	Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits	5.7 · 189 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits	11 · 45 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits	20.6 · 117 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits	13 (9.7 to 17.2) · 584 cases	No different	Jan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits	0.9 (0.7 to 1.2) · 764 cases	No different	Jan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (523 patients answered, 27% of those asked)

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Patient survey stars by topic at Peninsula Medical Center

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

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Share of patients giving the best answer at Peninsula Medical Center

Room was "always" clean	76%
Nurses "always" communicated well	81%
Doctors "always" communicated well	80%
Staff "always" explained	58%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information	89%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge	87%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand	74%
Doctors "always" listened carefully	79%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect	87%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)	75%
Staff "always" explained new medications	72%
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	54%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital	78%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects	44%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms	90%

See every measure and the patient survey for Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 2 better, 6 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 2 better, 5 the same, 1 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 10 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 Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections	2.572	Worse	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections	0.563	Better	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections	0.256	Better	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections	0.369	Better	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths	1.25 (0.3 to 2.2) · 1,535 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths	1.07 (0.76 to 1.38)	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths	214.59 (167.38 to 261.8) · 108 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths	2.8 · 41 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths	6 · 141 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths	10.2 · 124 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths	8.3 · 501 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths	14.9 · 653 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths	10.1 · 348 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths	3 · 4,502 cases	None	Jul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths	0.24 (0.04 to 0.43) · 9,014 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths	0.34 (0.15 to 0.52) · 9,216 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths	4.54 (2.51 to 6.58) · 1,421 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths	1.54 (0 to 3.2) · 288 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths	2.11 (0.66 to 3.56) · 1,446 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths	11.61 (4.09 to 19.14) · 294 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths	7.29 (3.39 to 11.2) · 299 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths	1.9 (0.45 to 3.36) · 333 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths	0.23 (0 to 0.78) · 7,538 cases	No different	Jul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths	5.4 · 94 cases	None	Apr 2023 – Mar 2025
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections	0.735	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections	2.573	No different	Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	14.6 · 185 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	22.1 · 951 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits	56.3 · 128 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits	6.4 · 644 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits	1.3 · 699 cases	None	Jul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits	16.3 · 921 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits	5.7 (3.9 to 8.1) · 226 cases	No different	Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits	12.6 (9.4 to 16.5) · 226 cases	No different	Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits	5.4 · 94 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits	11.4 · 54 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits	20.3 · 242 cases	None	Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits	13.2 (9.9 to 17.4) · 702 cases	No different	Jan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits	1 (0.7 to 1.4) · 195 cases	No different	Jan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (4,032 patients answered, 29% of those asked)

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Patient survey stars by topic at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

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

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Share of patients giving the best answer at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

Room was "always" clean	70%
Nurses "always" communicated well	73%
Doctors "always" communicated well	76%
Staff "always" explained	57%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information	82%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge	82%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand	71%
Doctors "always" listened carefully	74%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect	82%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)	67%
Staff "always" explained new medications	71%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand	71%
Nurses "always" listened carefully	69%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect	80%
"Always" quiet at night	43%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital	70%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects	44%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms	83%

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$3,143

Pharmacies billed $3,143 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 101) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical internal medicine clinician is at 1%.

98 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $3,143 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.

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Largest Part D drug costs

Prednisone	18	$287	$8

Year by year

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Part D prescribing by year

2024	101	40	0% (0)	None	$3,143
2020	25	None	0% (0)	None	$2,413
2019	29	14	0% (0)	None	$3,097
2018	42	15	0% (0)	None	$1,977

Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.

Money from drug and device companies

$624 in 2025

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Industry payments by year

2025	5	9	None	$624
2024	14	33	None	$1,163
2023	2	4	None	$417

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

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Payments by company

Abbvie	Rinvoq	$163	3 payments Meals for Rinvoq · 2025-05-08 · $22 Meals for Rinvoq · 2025-04-24 · $125 Meals for Skyrizi · 2025-01-09 · $16
Ucb	Bimzelx	$149	2 payments Meals for Bimzelx · 2025-06-12 · $42 Meals for Bimzelx · 2025-03-05 · $107
Argenx US	Vyvgart Hytrulo	$137	1 payment Meals for Vyvgart Hytrulo · 2025-10-27 · $137
Amgen	Tavneos	$122	1 payment Meals for Tavneos · 2025-12-15 · $122
Aurinia Pharma U.S.	Lupkynis	$52	2 payments Meals for Lupkynis · 2025-07-10 · $26 Meals for Lupkynis · 2025-03-13 · $26

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Every published payment

Amgen	Meals · 2025-12-15	Tavneos	$122
Argenx US	Meals · 2025-10-27	Vyvgart Hytrulo	$137
Aurinia Pharma U.S.	Meals · 2025-07-10	Lupkynis	$26
Ucb	Meals · 2025-06-12	Bimzelx	$42
Abbvie	Meals · 2025-05-08	Rinvoq	$22
Abbvie	Meals · 2025-04-24	Rinvoq	$125
Aurinia Pharma U.S.	Meals · 2025-03-13	Lupkynis	$26
Ucb	Meals · 2025-03-05	Bimzelx	$107
Abbvie	Meals · 2025-01-09	Skyrizi	$16

See earlier years (2024, 2023)

2024: $1,163

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Payments by company in 2024

Amgen	Tavneos	$454	8 payments Meals for Tavneos · 2024-11-07 · $126 Meals for Tavneos · 2024-05-14 · $112 Meals for Enbrel · 2024-04-11 · $28 Meals for Tavneos · 2024-04-11 · $10 Meals for Tavneos · 2024-03-07 · $126 Meals for Tavneos · 2024-02-27 · $30 Meals for Otezla · 2024-02-21 · $15 Meals for Enbrel · 2024-02-01 · $7
Janssen Biotech	Simponi Aria	$122	1 payment Meals for Simponi Aria · 2024-03-05 · $122
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP	Saphnelo	$90	4 payments Meals for Saphnelo · 2024-05-07 · $30 Meals for Saphnelo · 2024-03-19 · $27 Meals · 2024-02-07 · $16 Meals for Flumist Quadrivalent · 2024-02-06 · $17
Aurinia Pharma U.S.	Lupkynis	$87	4 payments Education for Lupkynis · 2024-05-21 · $20 Meals for Lupkynis · 2024-05-21 · $26 Meals for Lupkynis · 2024-05-10 · $25 Meals for Lupkynis · 2024-03-08 · $16
Novartis Pharmaceuticals	Cosentyx	$68	3 payments Meals for Cosentyx · 2024-05-30 · $13 Meals for Cosentyx · 2024-05-23 · $22 Meals for Cosentyx · 2024-01-25 · $33
Alexion Pharmaceuticals	Strensiq	$64	2 payments Meals for Strensiq · 2024-05-13 · $35 Meals for Strensiq · 2024-01-17 · $29
Ucb	Cimzia	$61	2 payments Meals for Bimzelx · 2024-12-12 · $23 Meals for Cimzia · 2024-02-08 · $38
Pfizer	Xeljanz	$55	2 payments Meals · 2024-05-08 · $32 Meals for Xeljanz · 2024-01-10 · $23
Abbvie	Skyrizi	$46	2 payments Meals for Rinvoq · 2024-08-28 · $17 Meals for Skyrizi · 2024-04-23 · $30
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals	Ofev	$30	1 payment Meals for Ofev · 2024-04-09 · $30
Radius Health	Tymlos	$24	1 payment Meals for Tymlos · 2024-04-30 · $24
Janssen Scientific Affairs	Tremfya	$24	1 payment Meals for Tremfya · 2024-10-17 · $24
Genentech USA	Actemra	$24	1 payment Meals for Actemra · 2024-02-14 · $24
E.R. Squibb & Sons L.L.C.	Orencia	$15	1 payment Meals for Orencia · 2024-04-16 · $15

2023: $417

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Payments by company in 2023

Amgen	Tavneos	$356	3 payments Meals for Otezla · 2023-12-07 · $120 Meals for Tavneos · 2023-05-26 · $113 Meals for Tavneos · 2023-04-12 · $122
Pfizer	Xeljanz	$62	1 payment Meals for Xeljanz · 2023-07-11 · $62

Professional record

NPI: 1720579857
Licence: CA A173637California A173637: Current · expires 2027-07-31
Group: County of Santa Clara
Gender: Female

More record details

Sole proprietor: No
Taxonomy: Federal specialty code 207RR0500X (207RR0500X)
Mailing address: 400 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA, 94143
NPI first listed: 2018-05-24
NPI last updated: 2025-09-17
NPI record certified: 2025-09-17

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

Extra NPI addresses: 900 Blake Wilbur Dr, Palo Alto, CA, 94304 · 3459 Fifth Avenue Upmc Montefiore, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213 · 101 S San Mateo Dr Ste 307, San Mateo, CA, 94401