Karina Gavrelovna Tavakalyan, DPM
Foot & Ankle Surgery Podiatrist · Encino, CA
Karina Gavrelovna Tavakalyan, DPM is a foot & ankle surgery podiatrist with a practice address in Encino, California, and NPI 1972091734, issued on Apr 27, 2018. Check the license (California E5706, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Karina Gavrelovna Tavakalyan
- Credential
- DPM
- Primary taxonomy
- Foot & Ankle Surgery Podiatrist 213ES0103X
- License number
- E5706 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5400 Balboa Blvd Ste 325, Encino, CA 91316
- Phone
- (818) 782-0559
- Enumerated
- Apr 27, 2018
- Record last updated
- Mar 27, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20210616000421); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- William M. Scholl College Of Podiatric Medicine, 2018
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 5400 Balboa Blvd Ste 325
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Michael Morcos, DPMPodiatrist1710623061
- Vladimir Zeetser, DPMFoot & Ankle Surgery Podiatrist1366449985
Verify Karina Gavrelovna Tavakalyan in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license E5706Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
17% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average foot & ankle surgery podiatrist in 2024
279 Medicare Part D claims for 93 beneficiaries, against an average of 335 among the 7,761 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Ammonium Lactate79 claims
- Ketoconazole57 claims
- Ciclopirox49 claims
- Clotrimazole37 claims
- Terbinafine Hcl17 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 78 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $456.21
11 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Biotissue Holdings Inc. The 6,936 providers of this specialty with any payment received $2,972.24 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
- Premium Podiatry IncHuntington Park, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Karina Gavrelovna Tavakalyan among 1,248 foot & ankle surgery podiatrist records in California
Karina Gavrelovna Tavakalyan, DPM is one of 1,248 foot & ankle surgery podiatrist records with a practice address in California. 86% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2018, is newer than 78% of them.
- NPI issued2018 · 78% of these records are older, 18% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 86% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 78% of these records are
- Graduated2018 · median 2010 among the 970 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 213ES0103X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Foot & Ankle Surgery Podiatrist providers in California
There are 1,248 foot & ankle surgery podiatrist records in California.
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The 8 foot & ankle surgery podiatrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Rose Gilman Kline, D.P.M.Encino, CA 913161639101066
- Arash Jalil, DPMEncino, CA 913161326686015
- Majid Seyedin, DPMEncino, CA 913161194040071
- Mark Shelly, DPMEncino, CA 913161902922149
- Vladimir Zeetser, DPMEncino, CA 913161366449985
- Brooke Gifford, D.P.M.Newbury Park, CA 913201750563995
- Heraj Patel, DPMThousand Oaks, CA 913201225380462
- Frederick Avakian, D.P.M.Newhall, CA 913211497940704
Common questions
What is Karina Gavrelovna Tavakalyan, DPM's NPI number?
Karina Gavrelovna Tavakalyan, DPM's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1972091734, issued on Apr 27, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Karina Gavrelovna Tavakalyan, DPM located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5400 Balboa Blvd Ste 325, Encino, CA, 91316. Phone: (818) 782-0559. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Karina Gavrelovna Tavakalyan, DPM's license?
NPPES lists California license number E5706, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Karina Gavrelovna Tavakalyan, DPM prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Karina Gavrelovna Tavakalyan, DPM had 279 Medicare Part D claims for 93 beneficiaries; the average among foot & ankle surgery podiatrist prescribers was 335. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Karina Gavrelovna Tavakalyan, DPM's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 78 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.