Bauback Safa
Surgery of the Hand (Plastic Surgery) Physician · San Francisco, CA
Bauback Safa is a surgery of the hand (plastic surgery) physician with a practice address in San Francisco, California, and NPI 1093833980, issued on Mar 27, 2007. Check the license (California A83763, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Bauback Safa
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery of the Hand (Plastic Surgery) Physician 2082S0105X
- License number
- A83763 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 45 Castro St, San Francisco, CA 94114
- Phone
- (415) 565-6136
- Enumerated
- Mar 27, 2007
- Record last updated
- Mar 7, 2023
- Fax
- (415) 864-1654
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090902000316); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Stanford University School Of Medicine, 2006
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest surgery of the hand (plastic surgery) physician records → All 47 in California → Look up another NPI →
Also registered at 45 Castro St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Bernard Alpert, M.D.Specialist1578680450
- Ghazi Althubaiti, MDPlastic Surgery Physician1528373735
- Wayne Anderson, DONeurology Physician1679559421
- Robert Benard, NPAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1184027724
- Neil Bhalerao, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1265872154
- Joseph Bou-MerhiPlastic Surgery Physician1831340975
Verify Bauback Safa in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A83763Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $41,473.56
54 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Axogen. The 221 providers of this specialty with any payment received $7,501.42 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Buncke Medical Clinic Inc.San Francisco, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Bauback Safa among 47 surgery of the hand (plastic surgery) physician records in California
Bauback Safa is one of 47 surgery of the hand (plastic surgery) physician records with a practice address in California. 83% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 47% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 47% of these records are older, 32% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
- Graduated2006 · median 2000 among the 27 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2082S0105X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery of the Hand (Plastic Surgery) Physician providers in California
There are 47 surgery of the hand (plastic surgery) physician records in California.
All 47 in California → Every provider in San Francisco → Surgery of the Hand (Plastic Surgery) Physician nationwide →
The 8 surgery of the hand (plastic surgery) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Martin Leblanc, MDSan Francisco, CA 941141447565841
- Michael Kulick, MICHAEL KULICK MDSan Francisco, CA 941081639268568
- Yoshiko Toyoda, MDSan Francisco, CA 941431861952236
- Michael Glafkides, M.D.San Bruno, CA 940661154431120
- David Morwood, M.D.Monterey, CA 939401043357239
- Vincent Hentz, MDPalo Alto, CA 943041770593501
- James Pertsch, M.D.San Mateo, CA 944011952340176
- Hongshik Han, MDFresno, CA 937201366529349
Common questions
What is Bauback Safa's NPI number?
Bauback Safa's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1093833980, issued on Mar 27, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Bauback Safa located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 45 Castro St, San Francisco, CA, 94114. Phone: (415) 565-6136. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Bauback Safa's license?
NPPES lists California license number A83763, 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.