NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Dennis Alwen, M.D.

Surgery Physician · Woodland Hills, CA

Dennis Alwen, M.D. is a surgery physician with a practice address in Woodland Hills, California, and NPI 1043579808, issued on May 14, 2012. Check the license (California A121235, 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
1043579808
Name
Dennis Alwen
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Surgery Physician 208600000X
License numbers
A121235 CA
14218149-1205 UT
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
6200 Canoga Ave Ste 450, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
Phone
(818) 518-5980
Enumerated
May 14, 2012
Record last updated
May 28, 2025
Fax
(818) 337-2049
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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Verify Dennis Alwen in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
    Search for license A121235
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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: $36.19

1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Pacira Pharmaceuticals Incorporated. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Dennis Alwen$36.19
  2. Specialty average$3,513.80

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

Dennis Alwen among 3,118 surgery physician records in California

Dennis Alwen, M.D. is one of 3,118 surgery physician records with a practice address in California. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2012, is newer than 73% of them.

  • NPI issued2012 · 73% of these records are older, 25% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 61% of these records are
  • 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 208600000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Surgery Physician providers in California

There are 3,118 surgery physician records in California.

The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Vatche Agopian, MDWoodland Hills, CA 913671720103229
  2. Steven Crain, MDWoodland Hills, CA 913671730248352
  3. Soo Han, MDWoodland Hills, CA 913671265659726
  4. Tracy Heisler, MDWoodland Hills, CA 913671386783082
  5. Justin Kang, MDWoodland Hills, CA 913671720147481
  6. Janice Schilling, MDWoodland Hills, CA 913671720155625
  7. Shirley Suda, MDWoodland Hills, CA 913671366501942
  8. Cam Ly Tran, MDWoodland Hills, CA 913671467500363

Common questions

What is Dennis Alwen, M.D.'s NPI number?

Dennis Alwen, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1043579808, issued on May 14, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Dennis Alwen, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6200 Canoga Ave Ste 450, Woodland Hills, CA, 91367. Phone: (818) 518-5980. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Dennis Alwen, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists California license number A121235, 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.