NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Christopher Duma, M.D.

Neurological Surgery Physician · Newport Beach, CA

Christopher Duma, M.D. is a neurological surgery physician with a practice address in Newport Beach, California, and NPI 1306870845, issued on Jul 10, 2006. Check the license (California G76797, 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 2023 and 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1306870845
Name
Christopher Duma
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Neurological Surgery Physician 207T00000X
License number
G76797 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
3900 W Coast Hwy, Newport Beach, CA 92663
Phone
(949) 642-6787
Enumerated
Jul 10, 2006
Record last updated
Feb 22, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(949) 642-4833
Medicaid ID
00G767971 CA
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20071120000393); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
State University Of New York At Stony Brook, School Of Medicine, 1986
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 3900 W Coast Hwy

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

  1. Alexandria Allee, PA-CPhysician Assistant1770974321
  2. Daniel Bandari, M.D.Neurology Physician1467482216
  3. Teryn Clarke, M.D.Neurology Physician1174543169
  4. William Dobkin, M.D.Neurological Surgery Physician1740214295
  5. Gay Hartell, PH.D.Prescribing (Medical) Psychologist1811103377
  6. Christopher O'Carroll, M.D.Neurology Physician1720187487

Verify Christopher Duma 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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66% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average neurological surgery physician in 2024

58 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 172 among the 4,378 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.

  1. Christopher Duma58
  2. Specialty average172

Most prescribed

  1. Clopidogrel12 claims

Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.

No measured MIPS final score for 2023

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.

Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).

Industry payments in 2024: $3,185.17

43 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. The 5,377 providers of this specialty with any payment received $14,925.58 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Christopher Duma$3,185
  2. Specialty average$14,926

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

Bills Medicare through 2 group practices

  1. Brain And Spine Surgeons OF Orange County A Medical CorporationNewport Beach, CA
  2. Hoag ClinicNewport Beach, CA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Christopher Duma among 929 neurological surgery physician records in California

Christopher Duma, M.D. is one of 929 neurological surgery physician records with a practice address in California. 77% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 5% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 62% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 66% of these records are
  • Graduated1986 · median 2005 among the 612 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2013 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207T00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Neurological Surgery Physician providers in California

There are 929 neurological surgery physician records in California.

The 8 neurological surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. William Dobkin, M.D.Newport Beach, CA 926631740214295
  2. Ezequiel Goldschmidt, M.D, PH.DNewport Beach, CA 926631407232358
  3. Deborah Henry, M.D.Newport Beach, CA 926631407879950
  4. Robert Louis, M.D.Newport Beach, CA 926631033312608
  5. Timothy Lucas, MDNewport Beach, CA 926631699880526
  6. Vikram Mehta, M.D., M.P.H.Newport Beach, CA 926631043673684
  7. Daniel Yanni, M.D.Newport Beach, CA 926631811145881
  8. Han Chen, M.D.Newport Beach, CA 926601558655811

Common questions

What is Christopher Duma, M.D.'s NPI number?

Christopher Duma, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1306870845, issued on Jul 10, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Christopher Duma, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3900 W Coast Hwy, Newport Beach, CA, 92663. Phone: (949) 642-6787. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Christopher Duma, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists California license number G76797, 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.

How much does Christopher Duma, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Christopher Duma, M.D. had 58 Medicare Part D claims; the average among neurological surgery physician prescribers was 172. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

What is Christopher Duma, M.D.'s MIPS final score?

CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.

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.