Joanne Jeean Choi, MD
Cornea and External Diseases Specialist Physician · San Francisco, CA
Joanne Jeean Choi, MD is a cornea and external diseases specialist physician with a practice address in San Francisco, California, and NPI 1063041838, issued on Apr 3, 2020. Check the license (California A204259, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joanne Jeean Choi
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Cornea and External Diseases Specialist Physician 207WX0120X
- License number
- A204259 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 711 Van Ness Ave Ste 310, San Francisco, CA 94102
- Phone
- (415) 421-8667
- Enumerated
- Apr 3, 2020
- Record last updated
- Aug 26, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20250904002691); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Wayne State University School Of Medicine, 2020
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Joanne Jeean Choi in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A204259Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
40% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average cornea and external diseases specialist physician in 2024
756 Medicare Part D claims for 284 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,263 among the 330 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 38% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Prednisolone Acetate213 claims
- Ketorolac Tromethamine113 claims
- Latanoprost74 claims
- Moxifloxacin67 claims
- Dorzolamide-Timolol44 claims
- Brimonidine Tartrate32 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.
Industry payments in 2024: $420.27
5 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Alcon Vision LLC. The 284 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,109.37 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- San Francisco Eye Institute IncSan Francisco, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Joanne Jeean Choi among 54 cornea and external diseases specialist physician records in California
Joanne Jeean Choi, MD is one of 54 cornea and external diseases specialist physician records with a practice address in California. 96% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 85% of them.
- NPI issued2020 · 85% of these records are older, 9% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 96% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 85% of these records are
- Graduated2020 · median 2010 among the 46 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 24% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207WX0120X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Cornea and External Diseases Specialist Physician providers in California
There are 54 cornea and external diseases specialist physician records in California.
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The 8 cornea and external diseases specialist physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Tyson Kim, M.D, PH.D.San Francisco, CA 941431568881555
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- Stephanie Chen, MDLos Altos, CA 940241629572136
- Charles Lin, MDStanford, CA 943051780818161
- Edward Manche, MDStanford, CA 943051992863443
- Bethlehem Mekonnen, MDStanford, CA 943051306208087
- David Myung, MDStanford, CA 943051942575568
- Jennifer Rose-Nussbaumer, MDStanford, CA 943051598912859
Common questions
What is Joanne Jeean Choi, MD's NPI number?
Joanne Jeean Choi, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1063041838, issued on Apr 3, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joanne Jeean Choi, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 711 Van Ness Ave Ste 310, San Francisco, CA, 94102. Phone: (415) 421-8667. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joanne Jeean Choi, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A204259, 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 Joanne Jeean Choi, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joanne Jeean Choi, MD had 756 Medicare Part D claims for 284 beneficiaries; the average among cornea and external diseases specialist physician prescribers was 1,263. 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.