NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

George Sydney Lau, M.D.

Hospitalist Physician · Mountain View, CA

George Sydney Lau, M.D. is a hospitalist physician with a practice address in Mountain View, California, and NPI 1508922857, issued on Dec 29, 2006. Check the license (California A52510, 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
1508922857
Name
George Sydney Lau
Credential
M.D.
Primary taxonomy
Hospitalist Physician 208M00000X
License number
A52510 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
701 E EL Camino Real, Mountain View, CA 94040
Phone
(650) 934-7808
Enumerated
Dec 29, 2006
Record last updated
Feb 24, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(650) 988-8320
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20080131000290); accepts Medicare assignment
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 701 E EL Camino Real

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

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  3. Brooke Abrantes, PA-CSurgical Physician Assistant1316771298
  4. Faud Abuabara, M.D.MOHS-Micrographic Surgery Physician1164472890
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  6. Olga Afanasiev, MD, PHDDermatology Physician1669869384

Verify George Sydney Lau 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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61% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average hospitalist physician in 2024

201 Medicare Part D claims for 95 beneficiaries, against an average of 521 among the 21,613 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 7% of claims.

  1. George Lau201
  2. Specialty average521

Most prescribed

  1. Pantoprazole Sodium17 claims
  2. Clopidogrel12 claims
  3. Furosemide11 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

  1. Sutter Bay Medical FoundationMountain View, CA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

George Sydney Lau among 3,099 hospitalist physician records in California

George Sydney Lau, M.D. is one of 3,099 hospitalist physician records with a practice address in California. 90% 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 2% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 2% of these records are older, 73% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 90% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • Graduated1989 · median 2010 among the 2,505 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2021 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208M00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

36 hospitalist physician records list a practice address in Mountain View

They are 36 of the 2,467 NPPES records with a practice address in Mountain View, and 3,099 hospitalist physician records in California.

The 8 hospitalist physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Benjamin Chang, MDMountain View, CA 940401639185143
  2. Ryan Collins, M.D.Mountain View, CA 940401760442958
  3. Mahsa Esfahani, MDMountain View, CA 940401447205547
  4. Jose Fuentes, MDMountain View, CA 940401306944947
  5. Gregory KatoMountain View, CA 940401104924760
  6. Michael LimMountain View, CA 940401205934700
  7. Shreyas Mallur, M.D.Mountain View, CA 940401063519312
  8. Yen Nguyen, MDMountain View, CA 940401669567079

Common questions

What is George Sydney Lau, M.D.'s NPI number?

George Sydney Lau, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1508922857, issued on Dec 29, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is George Sydney Lau, M.D. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 701 E EL Camino Real, Mountain View, CA, 94040. Phone: (650) 934-7808. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify George Sydney Lau, M.D.'s license?

NPPES lists California license number A52510, 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 George Sydney Lau, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, George Sydney Lau, M.D. had 201 Medicare Part D claims for 95 beneficiaries; the average among hospitalist physician prescribers was 521. 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.