Paul Joseph Girard, M.D.
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician · San Diego, CA
Paul Joseph Girard, M.D. is an orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in San Diego, California, and NPI 1356319891, issued on Mar 10, 2006. Check the license (California A78346, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Paul Joseph Girard
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Orthopaedic Surgery Physician 207X00000X
- License number
- A78346 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 200 W Arbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92103
- Phone
- (619) 543-6312
- Enumerated
- Mar 10, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 21, 2009 (not updated in 17 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (619) 543-7480
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20070620000623); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Paul Joseph Girard in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A78346Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
97% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average orthopaedic surgery physician in 2024
11 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 346 among the 16,516 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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.
Industry payments in 2024: $572.59
17 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. The 15,003 providers of this specialty with any payment received $23,022.89 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
- Regents OF The University OF CaliforniaSan Diego, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Paul Joseph Girard among 2,276 orthopaedic surgery physician records in California
Paul Joseph Girard, M.D. is one of 2,276 orthopaedic surgery physician records with a practice address in California. 74% 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 10% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 10% of these records are older, 46% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated1996 · median 2003 among the 1,347 with a school on file
- Record last updated2009 · 66% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207X00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Orthopaedic Surgery Physician providers in California
There are 2,276 orthopaedic surgery physician records in California.
All 2,276 in California → Every provider in San Diego → Orthopaedic Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 orthopaedic surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Scott Ball, M.D.San Diego, CA 921031952325318
- Maneesh Bawa, M.D.San Diego, CA 921031952363038
- Michael Bongiovanni, M.D.San Diego, CA 921031992772784
- Dana Covey, M.D.San Diego, CA 921031780651794
- Larry Dodge, M.D.San Diego, CA 921031366404873
- David Fabi, M.D.San Diego, CA 921031326240805
- Kevin Kuhn, M.D.San Diego, CA 921031881642098
- Jeremy McCandless, M.D.San Diego, CA 921031700074127
Common questions
What is Paul Joseph Girard, M.D.'s NPI number?
Paul Joseph Girard, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1356319891, issued on Mar 10, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Paul Joseph Girard, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 200 W Arbor Dr, San Diego, CA, 92103. Phone: (619) 543-6312. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Paul Joseph Girard, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A78346, 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 Paul Joseph Girard, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Paul Joseph Girard, M.D. had 11 Medicare Part D claims; the average among orthopaedic surgery physician prescribers was 346. 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.