Douglas Howard Chin
Surgery of the Hand (Plastic Surgery) Physician · Oakland, CA
Douglas Howard Chin is a surgery of the hand (plastic surgery) physician with a practice address in Oakland, California, and NPI 1578626271, issued on Dec 18, 2006. Check the license (California G85671, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Douglas Howard Chin
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery of the Hand (Plastic Surgery) Physician 2082S0105X
- License number
- G85671 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 80 Grand Avenue, Oakland, CA 94612
- Phone
- (510) 451-6950
- Enumerated
- Dec 18, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 6, 2024
- Fax
- (510) 451-0785
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20051220000754); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Harvard Medical School, 1994
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 80 Grand Avenue
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Cynthia Pfeiff, PA-CPhysician Assistant1821006917
Verify Douglas Howard Chin in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license G85671Check 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: $23.28
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. 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.
Surgery of the Hand (Plastic Surgery) Physician providers in California
There are 47 surgery of the hand (plastic surgery) physician records in California.
Other surgery of the hand (plastic surgery) physician records in California
- William Aiello, M.D.Los Alamitos, CA1952590739
- Ahmed Alsayed, MDOrange, CA1235660192
- Katherine Au, MDPasadena, CA1689888042
- Andrew Bauder, MDSan Diego, CA1720433428
- Aaron Berger, M.D., PH.D.Oakland, CA1831385053
- Tjerk Bury, MDThousand Oaks, CA1386833796
- Alfonso Camberos, M.D., F.A.C.S.San Diego, CA1942225388
- Richard Chaffoo, M.D.La Jolla, CA1639271505
- James Coleman, MDOrange, CA1174628499
- Nicole Conkling, MDOrange, CA1477895779
Common questions
What is Douglas Howard Chin's NPI number?
Douglas Howard Chin's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1578626271, issued on Dec 18, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Douglas Howard Chin located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 80 Grand Avenue, Oakland, CA, 94612. Phone: (510) 451-6950. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Douglas Howard Chin's license?
NPPES lists California license number G85671, 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.