Karen Yungjoo Whang, MD
Surgery Physician · Menlo Park, CA
Karen Yungjoo Whang, MD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Menlo Park, California, and NPI 1477668622, issued on Aug 20, 2006. Check the license (California A69272, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Karen Yungjoo Whang
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- A69272 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1300 Crane St, Menlo Park, CA 94025
- Phone
- (650) 498-7489
- Enumerated
- Aug 20, 2006
- Record last updated
- Apr 29, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20081110000296); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Temple University School Of Medicine, 1994
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Karen Yungjoo Whang in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A69272Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
54% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
68 Medicare Part D claims for 41 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Mupirocin17 claims
- Gabapentin11 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
- University Healthcare AllianceMenlo Park, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Karen Yungjoo Whang among 3,118 surgery physician records in California
Karen Yungjoo Whang, MD is one of 3,118 surgery physician records with a practice address in California. 75% 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 6% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 55% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
- Graduated1994 · median 2003 among the 1,901 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 59% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in California
There are 3,118 surgery physician records in California.
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The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Martin Bronk, MDMenlo Park, CA 940251083678726
- David Gregg, MDMenlo Park, CA 940251891759536
- Sanford Roberts, MDMenlo Park, CA 940251821594631
- Paul Dagum, MDLos Altos Hills, CA 940241386319788
- Jocelyn Dunn, MDPortola Valley, CA 940281689684961
- Michael Osborne, MDHalf Moon Bay, CA 940191588163729
- Bert Johns, MDDaly City, CA 940151053395848
- Katharine Kishiyama, MDDaly City, CA 940151760829600
Common questions
What is Karen Yungjoo Whang, MD's NPI number?
Karen Yungjoo Whang, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1477668622, issued on Aug 20, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Karen Yungjoo Whang, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1300 Crane St, Menlo Park, CA, 94025. Phone: (650) 498-7489. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Karen Yungjoo Whang, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A69272, 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 Karen Yungjoo Whang, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Karen Yungjoo Whang, MD had 68 Medicare Part D claims for 41 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. 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.