Klaus See-Tho, MD | UniHealth

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1 location · Sutter Bay Medical Foundation · 3,783 clinicians in this group

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Plans that list them

14 plans · 2 carriers

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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 Sutter Advantage +More (HMO)	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
DualConnect (HMO D-SNP)	Santa Clara Family Health Plan	Listed	Sep 1, 2026

California Medical Board record

Licence G81552 · Current

Licensed to practise in California · since 1995 · expires 2026-11-30 · Stanford University School 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

$93,344

Medicare paid this office $93,344 for 180 people.

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

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Largest Original Medicare bills

Repair of groin hernia using an endoscope	25	$12,046	$482
Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope	15	$8,306	$554
New patient visit (30+ min)	48	$5,023	$105
Biopsy or removal of deep lymph nodes of underarm	12	$2,873	$239
Short return visit (20+ min)	30	$2,785	$82

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Every Original Medicare service billed

Repair of groin hernia using an endoscope	25	$12,046	$482
Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope	15	$8,306	$554
New patient visit (30+ min)	48	$5,023	$105
Biopsy or removal of deep lymph nodes of underarm	12	$2,873	$239
Short return visit (20+ min)	30	$2,785	$82
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes	37	$2,636	$71
New patient visit (60+ min)	14	$2,541	$182
Return visit (30+ min)	20	$2,495	$113
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes	23	$2,344	$42
Short return visit	14	$1,505	$50
New patient visit (15+ min)	14	$856	$61

Procedures Medicare counted

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Procedure volume Medicare published

Colonoscopy	1-10	None
Hernia repair (minimally invasive)	22	More than 90% of doctors who do this
Mastectomy	13	More than 68% of doctors who do this
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision	1-10	None
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux	1-10	None

Who their Medicare patients are

180 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 77 · Women 53% · Also on Medicaid 14% · Health risk score 1.35. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical general surgery clinician is at 1.69.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 73% · Cancer 33% · Diabetes 30% · Coronary heart disease 26% · Chronic kidney disease 26% · Depression 24% · Atrial fibrillation 19% · Heart failure 16% · COPD 14% · Dementia 8% · Stroke 8%.

The office billed $446,574, Medicare allowed $118,617 and paid $93,344; for 407 services of 59 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	180	407	77	1.35	$446,574	$93,344
2023	177	409	77	1.06	$427,761	$97,190
2022	191	413	77	1.12	$439,096	$100,124
2021	98	185	77	0.98	$181,457	$42,949
2020	150	353	76	1.26	$440,635	$105,830
2019	166	432	77	1.16	$491,465	$114,527
2018	151	335	76	1.18	$370,648	$84,556
2017	163	378	76	1.37	$407,606	$93,055
2016	141	308	77	1.25	$333,567	$74,625
2015	159	327	75	1.37	$318,799	$79,988
2014	136	279	76	1.35	$266,716	$63,782
2013	110	255	74	1.28	$284,400	$68,740

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: 10 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2023

Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope	21	$11,988	$571
Repair of groin hernia using an endoscope	25	$11,683	$467
New patient visit (30+ min)	42	$4,346	$103
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes	29	$3,071	$45
New patient visit (60+ min)	14	$2,965	$212
Short return visit (20+ min)	32	$2,951	$87
Short return visit	22	$2,380	$55
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes	23	$1,739	$76
Return visit (30+ min)	13	$1,321	$102
New patient visit (15+ min)	16	$884	$55

2022: 11 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2022

Repair of groin hernia using an endoscope	26	$13,375	$514
Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope	21	$11,349	$540
New patient visit (30+ min)	49	$5,168	$105
New patient visit (60+ min)	13	$2,762	$212
Return visit (30+ min)	17	$2,004	$111
New patient visit (15+ min)	30	$1,867	$62
Short return visit (20+ min)	22	$1,846	$77
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes	21	$1,582	$35
Short return visit	21	$1,473	$55
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes	19	$1,245	$66
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes	13	$1,183	$91

2021: 4 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2021

Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope	13	$7,099	$546
Repair of groin hernia using an endoscope	15	$6,500	$433
New patient visit (30+ min)	28	$2,865	$102
New patient visit (15+ min)	11	$800	$73

2020: 10 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2020

Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope	25	$11,585	$463
Repair of groin hernia using an endoscope	17	$8,268	$486
New patient visit (30+ min)	39	$3,448	$88
Return visit (30+ min)	26	$2,713	$100
New patient visit (60+ min)	14	$2,621	$187
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes	16	$1,019	$34
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes	14	$945	$68
Short return visit (20+ min)	14	$922	$66
New patient visit (15+ min)	11	$547	$50
Short return visit	11	$412	$37

2019: 8 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2019

Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope	24	$12,617	$526
Repair of groin hernia using an endoscope	19	$8,201	$432
New patient visit (30+ min)	44	$4,468	$102
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes	30	$2,425	$36
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes	29	$2,055	$66
Return visit (30+ min)	21	$1,989	$95
Short return visit (20+ min)	21	$1,446	$58
New patient visit (15+ min)	16	$1,075	$67

2018: 9 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2018

Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope	16	$8,010	$501
Repair of groin hernia using an endoscope	12	$6,148	$512
New patient visit (30+ min)	36	$3,415	$95
Return visit (30+ min)	22	$2,346	$98
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes	28	$1,830	$65
Short return visit (20+ min)	19	$1,208	$64
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes	16	$1,084	$35
New patient visit (15+ min)	15	$1,004	$67
Short return visit	15	$810	$43

2017: 8 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2017

Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope	30	$14,572	$486
New patient visit (30+ min)	33	$2,934	$89
Short return visit	35	$1,558	$35
New patient visit (45+ min)	11	$1,540	$140
New patient visit (15+ min)	21	$1,281	$61
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes	18	$1,166	$65
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes	20	$1,120	$31
Short return visit (20+ min)	14	$849	$61

2016: 6 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2016

Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope	24	$11,256	$469
New patient visit (30+ min)	38	$3,437	$90
New patient visit (15+ min)	16	$988	$62
Short return visit	23	$966	$36
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes	14	$965	$64
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes	16	$907	$35

2015: 6 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2015

Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope	31	$14,251	$460
New patient visit (30+ min)	35	$3,505	$100
New patient visit (15+ min)	25	$1,757	$70
Short return visit	34	$1,631	$40
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes	17	$1,133	$35
Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes	15	$1,087	$68

2014: 5 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2014

Removal of gallbladder using an endoscope	14	$6,617	$473
New patient visit (30+ min)	34	$3,249	$96
Short return visit	35	$1,364	$35
Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes	15	$868	$35
Short return visit (20+ min)	13	$817	$63

2013: 4 services

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Original Medicare services billed in 2013

Short return visit	36	$1,958	$38
New patient visit (30+ min)	17	$1,670	$98
New patient visit (15+ min)	21	$1,306	$62
Initial hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 40 minutes	13	$1,140	$88

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

$752

Pharmacies billed $752 in 2024.

This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.

38 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $752 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

Tamsulosin	13	$51	$4

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Part D prescribing by year

2024	39	23	None	None	$752
2023	65	36	0% (0)	None	$2,088
2022	75	44	32% (24)	None	$1,402
2021	67	34	25% (17)	0%	$438
2020	96	49	34% (33)	0%	$846
2019	127	63	37% (47)	None	$3,162
2018	84	48	41% (34)	None	$3,381
2017	118	55	42% (49)	0%	$2,017
2016	98	51	46% (45)	None	$1,830
2015	93	50	42% (39)	0%	$3,433
2014	71	46	54% (38)	None	$1,129
2013	94	39	37% (35)	None	$1,007

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

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2023: 1 drug

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2023

Tamsulosin	17	$112	$7

2022: 1 drug

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2022

Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen	24	$161	$7

2021: 3 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2021

Tamsulosin	17	$204	$12
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen	17	$123	$7
Ibuprofen	15	$48	$3

2020: 3 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2020

Tamsulosin	18	$267	$15
Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen	32	$212	$7
Ibuprofen	26	$96	$4

2019: 3 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2019

Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen	47	$323	$7
Tamsulosin	11	$149	$14
Ibuprofen	22	$64	$3

2018: 2 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2018

Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen	33	$289	$9
Ibuprofen	21	$91	$4

2017: 3 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2017

Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen	45	$263	$6
Ibuprofen	24	$92	$4
Ibu	11	$35	$3

2016: 2 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2016

Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen	41	$408	$10
Ibuprofen	28	$102	$4

2015: 2 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2015

Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen	37	$336	$9
Ibuprofen	34	$118	$3

2014: 2 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2014

Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen	34	$301	$9
Ibuprofen	22	$66	$3

2013: 2 drugs

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Part D drugs prescribed in 2013

Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen	31	$162	$5
Ibuprofen	21	$80	$4

Money from drug and device companies

$26 in 2020

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Industry payments by year

2020	1	1	None	$26
2019	1	5	$900	$1,033

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

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Payments by company

Intuitive Surgical	Da Vinci Surgical System	$26	1 payment Meals for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2020-07-24 · $26

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Every published payment

Intuitive Surgical	Meals · 2020-07-24	Da Vinci Surgical System	$26

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2019: $1,033

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Payments by company in 2019

Intuitive Surgical	Da Vinci Surgical System	$1,033	5 payments Meals for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2019-12-24 · $27 Meals for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2019-12-24 · $21 Paid to speak or teach for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2019-06-05 · $900 Meals for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2019-05-22 · $47 Meals for Da Vinci Surgical System · 2019-05-02 · $39

Professional record

NPI: 1851472351
Licence: CA G81552California G81552: Current · expires 2026-11-30
Trained: Stanford University School of Medicine, 1993
Group: Sutter Bay Medical Foundation
Gender: Male

More record details

Sole proprietor: No
Taxonomy: Surgery (208600000X)
Mailing address: 2350 W El Camino Real, 2nd Floor, Mountain View, CA, 94040
NPI first listed: 2006-10-18
NPI last updated: 2011-12-06

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