Christopher Nelson, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · San Jose, CA
Christopher Nelson, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in San Jose, California, and NPI 1780147058, issued on Apr 12, 2019. Check the license (California A178884, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Christopher Nelson
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- A178884 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2105 Forest Ave, San Jose, CA 95128
- Phone
- (408) 947-3999
- Enumerated
- Apr 12, 2019
- Record last updated
- Dec 4, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20230725002961); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Tulane University School Of Medicine, 2019
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Christopher Nelson in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A178884Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
54% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
103 Medicare Part D claims for 81 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Azithromycin12 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Emergency Physicians Associates San Jose PCSan Jose, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Christopher Nelson among 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California
Christopher Nelson, MD is one of 7,751 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 81% 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 85% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 85% of these records are older, 12% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated2019 · median 2011 among the 4,560 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Emergency Medicine Physician providers in California
There are 7,751 emergency medicine physician records in California.
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The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Meenesh Bhimani, MDSan Jose, CA 951281598712069
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- Michael Chin, MDSan Jose, CA 951281700824042
- Howard Davis, MDSan Jose, CA 951281164464319
- Joan Gates, M.D.San Jose, CA 951281245213727
- Steve Germany, DOSan Jose, CA 951281326076241
- Gregory Groetsema, MDSan Jose, CA 951281790727873
- Benjamin Hafkenschiel, MDSan Jose, CA 951281710940457
Common questions
What is Christopher Nelson, MD's NPI number?
Christopher Nelson, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1780147058, issued on Apr 12, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Christopher Nelson, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2105 Forest Ave, San Jose, CA, 95128. Phone: (408) 947-3999. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Christopher Nelson, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A178884, 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 Nelson, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Christopher Nelson, MD had 103 Medicare Part D claims for 81 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.