Franklin Galef, MD
Internal Medicine Physician · Vista, CA
Franklin Galef, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Vista, California, and NPI 1164439667, issued on Aug 1, 2006. Check the license (California G36816, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Franklin Galef
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
- License number
- G36816 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2120 Thibodo RD # 110, Vista, CA 92081
- Phone
- (760) 806-5820
- Enumerated
- Aug 1, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 12, 2009 (not updated in 17 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (760) 598-8231
- Medicaid ID
- 00G368160 CA
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Franklin Galef in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license G36816Check 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: $135.58
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Boston Scientific Corporation. The 50,334 providers of this specialty with any payment received $1,303.06 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.
Franklin Galef among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California
Franklin Galef, MD is one of 17,696 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 79% 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, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 63% of these records are
- Record last updated2009 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
43 internal medicine physician records list a practice address in Vista
They are 43 of the 2,017 NPPES records with a practice address in Vista, and 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.
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The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Stanislaw Bankowski, MDVista, CA 920811922748706
- Maryam Barangi, MDVista, CA 920811528626918
- Sam Baroudi, MDVista, CA 920811316936933
- John Clancy, DOVista, CA 920811962506238
- Stuart Kipper, M.D.Vista, CA 920811114956570
- Kareem Moasis, MDVista, CA 920811538695572
- Christine Nguyen, MDVista, CA 920811750483590
- Emad Abu-Khieran, MDVista, CA 920831558314237
Common questions
What is Franklin Galef, MD's NPI number?
Franklin Galef, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1164439667, issued on Aug 1, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Franklin Galef, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2120 Thibodo RD # 110, Vista, CA, 92081. Phone: (760) 806-5820. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Franklin Galef, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number G36816, 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.