Candice E Kutz, PA

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

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California Medical Board record

Licence C21371 · Deceased

Licence status: Deceased · since 1959 · University of Nebraska College of Medicine.

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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

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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

$18,971

Medicare paid this office $18,971 for 99 people.

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

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Largest Original Medicare bills

Long return visit (40+ min)	21	$3,022	$116
New patient visit (60+ min)	17	$2,836	$167
Long return visit (40+ min)	16	$2,815	$148
Transitional care management services for problem of high complexity	17	$2,610	$154
New patient visit (60+ min)	20	$2,571	$129

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Every Original Medicare service billed

Long return visit (40+ min)	21	$3,022	$116
New patient visit (60+ min)	17	$2,836	$167
Long return visit (40+ min)	16	$2,815	$148
Transitional care management services for problem of high complexity	17	$2,610	$154
New patient visit (60+ min)	20	$2,571	$129
Visit complexity inherent to evaluation and management associated with medical care services that serve as the continuing focal point for all needed health care services and/or with medical care services that are part of ongoing care related to a patient's	23	$334	$13
Visit complexity inherent to evaluation and management associated with medical care services that serve as the continuing focal point for all needed health care services and/or with medical care services that are part of ongoing care related to a patient's	16	$241	$13

Who their Medicare patients are

99 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 72 · Under 65 14% · 85 and older 11% · Women 61% · Also on Medicaid 35% · Health risk score 1.68. Above the middle of the specialty; the typical physician assistant clinician is at 1.31.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Coronary heart disease 46% · Diabetes 44% · Heart failure 36% · Chronic kidney disease 36% · Atrial fibrillation 21% · Cancer 20% · Depression 19% · Stroke 13%.

The office billed $96,064, Medicare allowed $24,509 and paid $18,971; for 183 services of 11 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	99	183	72	1.68	$96,064	$18,971
2023	20	28	69	1.82	$10,380	$2,176
2022	17	19	72	1.83	$3,356	$846
2021	37	42	69	1.98	$7,048	$1,909
2020	169	221	73	1.39	$51,114	$10,592
2019	157	201	72	1.33	$45,419	$11,475
2018	123	220	72	1.85	$68,541	$16,255
2017	130	195	74	1.94	$58,394	$13,482
2016	59	89	73	2.20	$26,897	$6,363
2015	110	250	72	2.14	$49,048	$13,856
2014	94	179	72	1.69	$34,550	$9,565
2013	80	178	73	2.01	$36,430	$9,436

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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2022: 1 service

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Original Medicare services billed in 2022

Hospital observation care on day of discharge	15	$745	$50

2021: 1 service

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Original Medicare services billed in 2021

Hospital observation care on day of discharge	27	$1,261	$47

2020: 6 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2020

Long return visit (40+ min)	40	$2,773	$66
Return visit (30+ min)	53	$2,293	$40
External shock to heart to regulate heart beat	16	$1,406	$78
Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes	32	$1,139	$33
Telephone medical discussion with physician, 21-30 minutes	19	$996	$50
Short return visit (20+ min)	18	$644	$36

2019: 4 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2019

Long return visit (40+ min)	56	$4,326	$73
Return visit (30+ min)	40	$2,363	$54
Long return visit (40+ min)	31	$1,790	$54
Return visit (30+ min)	28	$1,158	$39

2018: 3 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2018

Long return visit (40+ min)	51	$10,529	$92
Long return visit (40+ min)	33	$2,590	$76
Return visit (30+ min)	30	$1,617	$54

2017: 3 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2017

Long return visit (40+ min)	34	$6,515	$99
Long return visit (40+ min)	40	$3,188	$76
Return visit (30+ min)	35	$1,641	$44

2016: 3 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2016

Return visit (30+ min)	12	$1,830	$73
Long return visit (40+ min)	15	$1,575	$98
Return visit (30+ min)	17	$1,012	$60

2015: 3 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2015

Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes	74	$7,293	$49
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less	53	$2,727	$50
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes	23	$2,127	$92

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	61	$5,559	$48
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less	28	$1,367	$49
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low-level medical decision making at least 55 minutes	12	$1,107	$92

2013: 3 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2013

Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes	43	$3,830	$46
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes	22	$2,754	$64
Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less	35	$1,645	$47

Medicaid work

$624 in 2021

Medicaid paid $624 for 12 billed services this clinician did in 2021, 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 2021

OBSERVATION CARE DISCHARGE	12	$624

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Medicaid work by year

2021	12	1	12	$624
2018	101	1	21	$11,985

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2018

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Largest Medicaid services in 2018

Long return visit (40+ min)	101	$11,985

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$33,414

Pharmacies billed $33,414 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 225) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical physician assistant clinician is at 1%.

207 generic and 18 brand-name prescriptions · $33,414 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

Rosuvastatin	21	$2,181	$104
Metoprolol	36	$623	$17
Hydralazine	15	$342	$23
Carvedilol	22	$176	$8
Losartan	11	$157	$14

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Every Part D drug this clinician prescribed

Rosuvastatin	21	$2,181	$104
Metoprolol	36	$623	$17
Hydralazine	15	$342	$23
Carvedilol	22	$176	$8
Losartan	11	$157	$14
Atorvastatin	24	$114	$5

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Part D prescribing by year

2024	225	56	0% (0)	8%	$33,414
2023	32	13	None	None	$3,849
2022	50	25	None	None	$7,265
2021	347	127	4% (12)	34%	$153,007
2020	899	191	None	33%	$366,564
2019	818	195	None	34%	$283,229
2018	935	180	None	21%	$117,052
2017	363	97	0% (0)	28%	$34,909
2016	298	57	0% (0)	19%	$10,668
2015	276	53	None	22%	$7,497
2014	234	52	None	12%	$9,919
2013	251	41	None	20%	$28,178

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

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2022: 1 drug

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2022

Lamotrigine	12	$144	$12

2021: 7 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2021

Eliquis	92	$113,052	$1,229
Xarelto	18	$25,893	$1,438
Dofetilide	26	$3,814	$147
Metoprolol	63	$2,234	$35
Flecainide Acetate	18	$1,131	$63
Sotalol	11	$304	$28
Metoprolol	16	$180	$11

2020: 13 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2020

Eliquis	212	$237,349	$1,120
Xarelto	43	$54,830	$1,275
Dofetilide	119	$37,289	$313
Metoprolol	215	$8,663	$40
Flecainide Acetate	76	$6,560	$86
Amiodarone	26	$1,761	$68
Sotalol	22	$1,195	$54
Propafenone	17	$974	$57
Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)	21	$871	$41
Cartia Xt	11	$345	$31
Atorvastatin	19	$340	$18
Metoprolol	31	$339	$11
Carvedilol	12	$170	$14

2019: 19 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2019

Eliquis	177	$155,225	$877
Dofetilide	108	$51,172	$474
Xarelto	36	$35,759	$993
Pradaxa	15	$11,973	$798
Metoprolol	155	$7,137	$46
Flecainide Acetate	31	$3,203	$103
Potassium Chloride	23	$852	$37
Amiodarone	20	$814	$41
Cartia Xt	17	$544	$32
Propafenone	12	$532	$44
Carvedilol	23	$394	$17
Atorvastatin	20	$376	$19
Torsemide	11	$347	$32
Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)	11	$322	$29
Losartan	16	$300	$19
Warfarin	13	$178	$14
Spironolactone	12	$150	$13
Furosemide	16	$136	$8
Metoprolol	18	$135	$8

2018: 20 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2018

Eliquis	58	$34,540	$596
Entresto	33	$31,870	$966
Xarelto	13	$12,591	$969
Potassium Chloride	70	$4,341	$62
Metoprolol	72	$2,670	$37
Bumetanide	11	$1,548	$141
Torsemide	42	$1,487	$35
Atorvastatin	71	$1,339	$19
Carvedilol	74	$677	$9
Furosemide	77	$652	$8
Spironolactone	41	$595	$15
Hydralazine	26	$561	$22
Amiodarone	21	$501	$24
Clopidogrel	37	$410	$11
Lisinopril	56	$303	$5
Isosorbide Mononitrate Er	16	$291	$18
Losartan	28	$269	$10
Metoprolol	24	$184	$8
Pantoprazole	15	$133	$9
Amlodipine Besylate	11	$50	$5

2017: 9 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2017

Eliquis	21	$9,667	$460
Metoprolol	57	$822	$14
Potassium Chloride	12	$636	$53
Flecainide Acetate	17	$443	$26
Furosemide	20	$202	$10
Atorvastatin	14	$175	$13
Carvedilol	23	$158	$7
Metoprolol	26	$91	$4
Lisinopril	18	$77	$4

2016: 9 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2016

Potassium Chloride	16	$797	$50
Atorvastatin	28	$283	$10
Furosemide	39	$219	$6
Carvedilol	29	$172	$6
Pantoprazole	19	$155	$8
Clopidogrel	27	$127	$5
Lisinopril	23	$109	$5
Spironolactone	15	$97	$6
Metoprolol	11	$26	$2

2015: 7 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2015

Metoprolol	23	$667	$29
Atorvastatin	26	$295	$11
Torsemide	12	$265	$22
Clopidogrel	28	$183	$7
Isosorbide Mononitrate Er	15	$123	$8
Metoprolol	19	$64	$3
Furosemide	11	$35	$3

2014: 6 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2014

Metoprolol	16	$451	$28
Clopidogrel	26	$366	$14
Isosorbide Mononitrate Er	15	$222	$15
Pantoprazole	20	$174	$9
Lisinopril	24	$92	$4
Metoprolol	15	$45	$3

2013: 7 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2013

Atorvastatin	15	$392	$26
Clopidogrel	18	$256	$14
Nitrostat	15	$169	$11
Lisinopril	25	$130	$5
Famotidine	13	$116	$9
Metoprolol	17	$110	$6
Furosemide	12	$49	$4

Checkups this office reported

Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.

Medicare’s overall office score: 97.8 / 100; Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.

Professional record

NPI: 1811130370
Licence: CA 21371, OR PA157000California C21371: Deceased
Group: Stanford Health Care
Video visits: Lists video visits
Gender: Female

More record details

Sole proprietor: No
Taxonomy: Physician assistant (363A00000X); Physician assistant, medical (363AM0700X)
Mailing address: 300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
NPI first listed: 2009-04-14
NPI last updated: 2025-12-18
NPI record certified: 2025-12-18

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