Katherine Leigh Wood, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · Orange, CA
Katherine Leigh Wood, MD is a thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Orange, California, and NPI 1689931719, issued on Apr 13, 2012. Check the license (California A203296, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Katherine Leigh Wood
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician 208G00000X
- License numbers
- A203296 CA
25MA12382100 NJ
285079 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 101 The City Dr S Bldg 25, Orange, CA 92868
- Phone
- (714) 456-3634
- Enumerated
- Apr 13, 2012
- Record last updated
- Dec 22, 2025
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20260122004086); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 101 The City Dr S Bldg 25
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Katherine Leigh Wood in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A203296Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 100 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: $20,920.08
66 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 4,047 providers of this specialty with any payment received $7,828.84 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
- University Surgeons OF Orange A Medical GroupOrange, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Katherine Leigh Wood among 634 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in California
Katherine Leigh Wood, MD is one of 634 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular 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 2012, is newer than 79% of them.
- NPI issued2012 · 79% of these records are older, 18% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated2012 · median 1997 among the 408 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 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 208G00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician providers in California
There are 634 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in California.
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The 8 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
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- Richard Fischel, MDOrange, CA 928681235210436
- Richard Gates, MDOrange, CA 928681568481414
- Dan Gutfinger, MDOrange, CA 928681720004690
- Hari Keshava, MDOrange, CA 928681801195029
- Ali Mahtabifard, MDOrange, CA 928681801872593
Common questions
What is Katherine Leigh Wood, MD's NPI number?
Katherine Leigh Wood, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1689931719, issued on Apr 13, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Katherine Leigh Wood, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 101 The City Dr S Bldg 25, Orange, CA, 92868. Phone: (714) 456-3634. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Katherine Leigh Wood, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A203296, 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.
What is Katherine Leigh Wood, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 100 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.