NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Kathleen M. Torres, MD

Internal Medicine Physician · Oceanside, CA

Kathleen M. Torres, MD is an internal medicine physician with a practice address in Oceanside, California, and NPI 1831109974, issued on Aug 9, 2006. Check the license (California G78619, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1831109974
Name
Kathleen M. Torres
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Internal Medicine Physician 207R00000X
License number
G78619 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
4318 Mission Ave, Oceanside, CA 92057
Phone
(760) 901-5060
Enumerated
Aug 9, 2006
Record last updated
Sep 30, 2024
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20090603000548); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Albert Einstein College Of Medicine Of Yeshiva University, 1992
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 4318 Mission Ave

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Devin Anderson, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1215451117
  2. Angelique Beach, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1174006936
  3. Madalasa Bista, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1174966444
  4. Michelle Buxton, PA-CMedical Physician Assistant1326076043
  5. Nancy Chang, DOFamily Medicine Physician1710241559
  6. Connie Chen, MDFamily Medicine Physician1851319693

Verify Kathleen M. Torres in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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77% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average internal medicine physician in 2024

735 Medicare Part D claims for 313 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,176 among the 108,855 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 13 claims were for opioids.

  1. Kathleen Torres735
  2. Specialty average3,176

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium58 claims
  2. Losartan Potassium41 claims
  3. Levothyroxine Sodium37 claims
  4. Amlodipine Besylate35 claims
  5. Metformin Hcl Er28 claims
  6. Metoprolol Succinate27 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

  1. Scripps HealthOceanside, CA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Kathleen M. Torres among 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California

Kathleen M. Torres, MD is one of 17,696 internal medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 79% 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 5% of them.

  • NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 56% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
  • Graduated1992 · median 2004 among the 11,065 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2024 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207R00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Internal Medicine Physician providers in California

There are 17,696 internal medicine physician records in California.

The 8 internal medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Richard Petyn, M.D.Oceanside, CA 920571376625004
  2. Manika Talati, DOOceanside, CA 920571194250654
  3. May Al-Mukhtar, MDOceanside, CA 920581437809704
  4. David Antoun, MDOceanside, CA 920561043573785
  5. Nancy Chang, M.D.Oceanside, CA 920561386635621
  6. Paul Dang, MDOceanside, CA 920561801882592
  7. Richard Day, MDOceanside, CA 920561386716959
  8. Kaveh Farhoomand, DOOceanside, CA 920561447249040

Common questions

What is Kathleen M. Torres, MD's NPI number?

Kathleen M. Torres, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1831109974, issued on Aug 9, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Kathleen M. Torres, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4318 Mission Ave, Oceanside, CA, 92057. Phone: (760) 901-5060. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Kathleen M. Torres, MD's license?

NPPES lists California license number G78619, 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 Kathleen M. Torres, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Kathleen M. Torres, MD had 735 Medicare Part D claims for 313 beneficiaries; the average among internal medicine physician prescribers was 3,176. 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.