NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Banafsheh Sharif-Askary, MD

Plastic Surgery Physician · La Jolla, CA

Banafsheh Sharif-Askary, MD is a plastic surgery physician with a practice address in La Jolla, California, and NPI 1861952335, issued on Mar 21, 2019. Check the license (California A207297, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1861952335
Name
Banafsheh Sharif-Askary
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Plastic Surgery Physician 208200000X
License numbers
A207297 CA
335152 NY
0101280479 VA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
4150 Regents Park Row Ste 321, La Jolla, CA 92037
Phone
(202) 695-2649
Enumerated
Mar 21, 2019
Record last updated
Jul 3, 2026
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 4150 Regents Park Row Ste 321

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Isabella CarboneWomen's Health Nurse Practitioner1407655038
  2. Charles Rudolph, MDOrthopaedic Surgery Physician1386636348

Verify Banafsheh Sharif-Askary in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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Industry payments in 2024: $591.05

7 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Stryker Corporation. The 3,683 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,316.31 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Banafsheh Sharif-Askary$591.05
  2. Specialty average$5,316.31

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Banafsheh Sharif-Askary among 894 plastic surgery physician records in California

Banafsheh Sharif-Askary, MD is one of 894 plastic surgery physician records with a practice address in California. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2019, is newer than 93% of them.

  • NPI issued2019 · 93% of these records are older, 5% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 39% of these records are
  • Record last updated2026 · 62% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208200000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Plastic Surgery Physician providers in California

There are 894 plastic surgery physician records in California.

The 8 plastic surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Scott Barttelbort, M.D.La Jolla, CA 920371235249665
  2. Johan Brahme, M.D.La Jolla, CA 920371568512382
  3. Michael Brucker, M.D.La Jolla, CA 920371710034467
  4. Carroll Bucko, M. DLa Jolla, CA 920371386716421
  5. William Flynn, MDLa Jolla, CA 920371548328636
  6. Joseph Grzeskiewicz, M.D.La Jolla, CA 920371528156619
  7. Scott Miller, MDLa Jolla, CA 920371659482586
  8. Rajasekhar Nalluri, M.D.La Jolla, CA 920371245254838

Common questions

What is Banafsheh Sharif-Askary, MD's NPI number?

Banafsheh Sharif-Askary, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1861952335, issued on Mar 21, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Banafsheh Sharif-Askary, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4150 Regents Park Row Ste 321, La Jolla, CA, 92037. Phone: (202) 695-2649. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Banafsheh Sharif-Askary, MD's license?

NPPES lists California license number A207297, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.