Pooja Patricia Desa, M.D.
Pulmonary Disease Physician · Sacramento, CA
Pooja Patricia Desa, M.D. is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Sacramento, California, and NPI 1356577399, issued on Jun 4, 2009. Check the license (California A136203, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Pooja Patricia Desa
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
- License numbers
- A136203 CA
45005 KY
MD61659141 WA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3000 Q St, Sacramento, CA 95816
- Phone
- (916) 733-3304
- Enumerated
- Jun 4, 2009
- Record last updated
- Sep 11, 2025
- Fax
- (916) 733-5383
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20151026000612); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Pooja Patricia Desa in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A136203Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $24.91
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company. The 8,806 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,159.88 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
- Inpatient Specialists OF California PCSan Francisco, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Pooja Patricia Desa among 1,443 pulmonary disease physician records in California
Pooja Patricia Desa, M.D. is one of 1,443 pulmonary disease physician records with a practice address in California. 84% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2009, is newer than 64% of them.
- NPI issued2009 · 64% of these records are older, 33% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 74% of these records are
- Graduated2007 · median 2002 among the 1,061 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RP1001X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in California
There are 1,443 pulmonary disease physician records in California.
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The 8 pulmonary disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Maqbool Ahmed, M.D., F.C.C.PRancho Cordova, CA 958161760502710
- Arshad Ali, MDSacramento, CA 958161245442193
- Leslie Barger, M.D.Sacramento, CA 958161235147950
- Davinder Dhillon, MDSacramento, CA 958161780773960
- Ali Ghias, M.D.Sacramento, CA 958161720390834
- Gholamhossain Hayat, M.D.Sacramento, CA 958161811927429
- Paul Hoffman, M.D.Sacramento, CA 958161821265828
- Jeffry Jones, MDSacramento, CA 958161194816272
Common questions
What is Pooja Patricia Desa, M.D.'s NPI number?
Pooja Patricia Desa, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1356577399, issued on Jun 4, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Pooja Patricia Desa, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3000 Q St, Sacramento, CA, 95816. Phone: (916) 733-3304. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Pooja Patricia Desa, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number A136203, 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.
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.