NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Sonal Desai

Pediatrics Physician · Los Angeles, CA

Sonal Desai is a pediatrics physician with a practice address in Los Angeles, California, and NPI 1255862546, issued on Mar 27, 2017. Check the license (California A160526, 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
1255862546
Name
Sonal Desai
Primary taxonomy
Pediatrics Physician 208000000X
License number
A160526 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
757 Westwood Plz, Los Angeles, CA 90095
Phone
(310) 825-4128
Enumerated
Mar 27, 2017
Record last updated
Jul 21, 2020 (not updated in 6 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 757 Westwood Plz

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

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  2. Mohamed Abdelrahim, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1699577684
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  4. Fatemeh Abdollahi Mofakham, MDDiagnostic Radiology Physician1659652915
  5. Sebiha AbdullahiStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1457938235
  6. Tatiana AbdulnourStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1700724648

Verify Sonal Desai 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: $266.64

3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Amgen Inc. The 21,580 providers of this specialty with any payment received $842.05 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Sonal Desai$266.64
  2. Specialty average$842.05

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Sonal Desai among 9,272 pediatrics physician records in California

Sonal Desai is one of 9,272 pediatrics physician records with a practice address in California. 31% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2017, is newer than 83% of them.

  • NPI issued2017 · 83% of these records are older, 14% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 31% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 8% of these records are
  • Record last updated2020 · 65% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208000000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

919 pediatrics physician records list a practice address in Los Angeles

They are 919 of the 69,537 NPPES records with a practice address in Los Angeles, and 9,272 pediatrics physician records in California.

The 8 pediatrics physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Halina Alter, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900951447295258
  2. Jennifer Balucan, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900951124063060
  3. Patricia Barreto, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900951639107550
  4. Alicia Bazzano, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900951518994854
  5. Arpi Bekmezian, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900951619904950
  6. Paul Chung, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900951942220777
  7. Bonny Drago, MDLos Angeles, CA 900951306874995
  8. Irene Hendrickson, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900951649217316

Common questions

What is Sonal Desai's NPI number?

Sonal Desai's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1255862546, issued on Mar 27, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Sonal Desai located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 757 Westwood Plz, Los Angeles, CA, 90095. Phone: (310) 825-4128. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Sonal Desai's license?

NPPES lists California license number A160526, 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.