Registry data as of Aug 27, 2026

Frank Candela, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Surgery Physician · West Hills, CA

Frank Candela, M.D., F.A.C.S. is a surgery physician with a practice address in West Hills, California, and NPI 1699700492, issued on Jul 11, 2006. Check the license (California G65923, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordas of Aug 27, 2026
1699700492
Name
Frank Candela
Credential
M.D., F.A.C.S.
Primary taxonomy
Surgery Physician 208600000X
License number
G65923 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
7320 Woodlake Ave, West Hills, CA 91307
Phone
(818) 226-9030
Enumerated
Jul 11, 2006
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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Also registered at 7320 Woodlake Ave

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

  1. Roger Amerian, MDPulmonary Disease Physician1033105614
  2. Calin Arimie, MDGastroenterology Physician1831277847
  3. Shahab Attarchi, MDInternal Medicine Physician1902982408
  4. Mariam Bakhtary, MDInfectious Disease Physician1134492895
  5. Ron Chitayat, MDGastroenterology Physician1912008657
  6. Renee Cotter, MD A PROFESSIONAL COSpecialist1861569428

Verify Frank Candela 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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Statewide context: the Medical Board of California reported 374 disciplinary actions in FY 2022-23. California discipline data →

The Medicare quality score for 2023: 16.2 of 100

The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

  1. Qualityout of 100 · 30% of the final score0.0
  2. Costout of 100 · 30%54.2
  3. Promoting interoperabilityout of 100 · 25%
  4. Improvement activities0 of 40 points · 15%0.0

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

Surgery Physician providers in California

There are 3,381 surgery physician records in California.

Other surgery physician records in California

  1. Oliver Aalami, M.D.Stanford, CA1225229024
  2. Shahram Aarabi, MDOakland, CA1972700458
  3. Miriam Abaunza, M.D.Los Angeles, CA1538470778
  4. Benjamin Abbadessa, M.D.San Diego, CA1255593612
  5. Abdul-Rahman Abdel-ReheemLos Angeles, CA1831770437
  6. Sandy Abdelkedous, MDFresno, CA1306093109
  7. Hana Abdirahman, MDTemecula, CA1265288112
  8. Sherwin Abdoli, MDPetaluma, CA1508386442
  9. Michael Abdulian, MDGlendale, CA1649469628
  10. Mhdshafic Abdulkarim, MDOrange, CA1750174249

Common questions

What is Frank Candela, M.D., F.A.C.S.'s NPI number?

Frank Candela, M.D., F.A.C.S.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1699700492, issued on Jul 11, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Frank Candela, M.D., F.A.C.S. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7320 Woodlake Ave, West Hills, CA, 91307. Phone: (818) 226-9030. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Frank Candela, M.D., F.A.C.S.'s license?

NPPES lists California license number G65923, 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.

What is Frank Candela, M.D., F.A.C.S.'s Medicare quality score?

The 2023 MIPS final score is 16.2 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), loaded Aug 27, 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.

Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 27, 2026.