NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Scot A. Brewster, MD

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · La Jolla, CA

Scot A. Brewster, MD is a thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in La Jolla, California, and NPI 1568469815, issued on Jul 1, 2005. Check the license (California A46084, 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
1568469815
Name
Scot A. Brewster
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician 208G00000X
License number
A46084 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
9850 Genesee Ave, La Jolla, CA 92037
Phone
(858) 455-6330
Enumerated
Jul 1, 2005
Record last updated
Dec 9, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(858) 455-5408
Medicaid ID
00A460840 CA
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20060224000718); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Geisel School Of Medicine At Dartmouth, 1982
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 9850 Genesee Ave

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

  1. Oyewale Abidoye, M.D.Hematology & Oncology Physician1790841815
  2. Mark Adrian, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1003879438
  3. Amy Andrews, PA-CPhysician Assistant1518019488
  4. Lee Atwood, FNP-BCFamily Nurse Practitioner1346785250
  5. Azar Bastanfar, CERTIFIED NURSE PRACNurse Practitioner1265459184
  6. Lucas BaumgartnerClinical Exercise Physiologist1679908651

Verify Scot A. Brewster 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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Industry payments in 2024: $827.10

28 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Edwards Lifesciences Corporation. 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.

  1. Scot Brewster$827.10
  2. Specialty average$7,828.84

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

  1. Scripps HealthLa Jolla, CA

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

Scot A. Brewster among 634 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in California

Scot A. Brewster, 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.

  • NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 90% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
  • Graduated1982 · median 1997 among the 408 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2011 · 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.

The 8 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Sam Baradarian, M.D.La Jolla, CA 920371588646103
  2. Donald Buehler, MDLa Jolla, CA 920371588661839
  3. Alexander Giritsky, MDLa Jolla, CA 920371457358707
  4. Andrew Harding, M.D.La Jolla, CA 920371124475355
  5. Kayvan Kazerouni, MDLa Jolla, CA 920371558822932
  6. Ghassan Moasis, MDLa Jolla, CA 920371932547122
  7. Andrew Nasseri, MDLa Jolla, CA 920371558386367
  8. Travis Pollema, D.O.La Jolla, CA 920371871752956

Common questions

What is Scot A. Brewster, MD's NPI number?

Scot A. Brewster, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1568469815, issued on Jul 1, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Scot A. Brewster, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 9850 Genesee Ave, La Jolla, CA, 92037. Phone: (858) 455-6330. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Scot A. Brewster, MD's license?

NPPES lists California license number A46084, 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.