Kaoru Shirley Itakura, MD
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program · Torrance, CA
Kaoru Shirley Itakura, MD is a student in an organized health care education/training program with a practice address in Torrance, California, and NPI 1215341482, issued on Jun 16, 2014. Check the license with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Kaoru Shirley Itakura
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program 390200000X
- Practice location
- 1000 W Carson St, Torrance, CA 90502
- Phone
- (310) 222-3501
- Enumerated
- Jun 16, 2014
- Record last updated
- Dec 17, 2021 (not updated in 5 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (310) 782-1763
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20170825002702); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of California, San Francisco School Of Medicine, 2014
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Kaoru Shirley Itakura in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this professionCheck the board
- 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
6% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average student in an organized health care education/training program in 2024
174 Medicare Part D claims for 130 beneficiaries, against an average of 185 among the 59,748 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 9% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Ondansetron Odt16 claims
- Ciprofloxacin Hcl13 claims
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass12 claims
- Prednisone12 claims
- Cefadroxil11 claims
- Cefpodoxime Proxetil11 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
- Permanente Medical Group IncSouth San Francisco, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Kaoru Shirley Itakura among 40,652 student in an organized health care education/training program records in California
Kaoru Shirley Itakura, MD is one of 40,652 student in an organized health care education/training program records with a practice address in California. 16% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2014, is newer than 9% of them.
- NPI issued2014 · 9% of these records are older, 89% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 16% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 6% of these records are
- Graduated2014 · median 2017 among the 2,409 with a school on file
- Record last updated2021 · 26% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 390200000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
786 student in an organized health care education/training program records list a practice address in Torrance
They are 786 of the 8,901 NPPES records with a practice address in Torrance, and 40,652 student in an organized health care education/training program records in California.
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Common questions
What is Kaoru Shirley Itakura, MD's NPI number?
Kaoru Shirley Itakura, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1215341482, issued on Jun 16, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Kaoru Shirley Itakura, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1000 W Carson St, Torrance, CA, 90502. Phone: (310) 222-3501. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Kaoru Shirley Itakura, MD's license?
Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Kaoru Shirley Itakura, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Kaoru Shirley Itakura, MD had 174 Medicare Part D claims for 130 beneficiaries; the average among student in an organized health care education/training program prescribers was 185. 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.