Syed H. Jafar, M.D.
Psychiatry Physician · San Diego, CA
Syed H. Jafar, M.D. is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in San Diego, California, and NPI 1164437521, issued on Jul 31, 2006. Check the license (California C53226, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Syed H. Jafar
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License numbers
- C53226 CA
MD00039408 WA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 7850 Vista Hill Ave, San Diego, CA 92123
- Phone
- (858) 278-4110
- Enumerated
- Jul 31, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 18, 2022
- Medicaid ID
- 1120922 WA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20081120000567); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 7850 Vista Hill Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Nadia Bukar, PMHNP-BCPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1982979340
- Paulette Cazares, M.D., MPHInternal Medicine Physician1710927470
Verify Syed H. Jafar in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license C53226Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
20% more Medicare Part D claims than the average psychiatry physician in 2024
1,201 Medicare Part D claims for 131 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Trazodone Hcl107 claims
- Quetiapine Fumarate70 claims
- Mirtazapine59 claims
- Hydroxyzine Pamoate57 claims
- Clozapine55 claims
- Venlafaxine Hcl Er46 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 2 group practices
- Crescent Wound Care IncModesto, CA
- Ehab Yacoub MD IncGardena, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Syed H. Jafar among 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California
Syed H. Jafar, M.D. is one of 8,673 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in California. 67% 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 2% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 2% of these records are older, 67% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 38% of these records are
- Graduated1988 · median 2005 among the 3,295 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Psychiatry Physician providers in California
There are 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California.
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The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- John Aldous, MDSan Diego, CA 921231831245414
- Vicky Borck, D.O.San Diego, CA 921231306939038
- Camellia Clark, M.D.San Diego, CA 921231174624399
- Nicodemus Garcia, MDSan Diego, CA 921231669478400
- Daniel Gardner, MDSan Diego, CA 921231134103591
- Asher Gorelik, M.D.San Diego, CA 921231902910649
- Thomas Hessling, M.D.San Diego, CA 921231972659191
- Sandra Lee, M.D.San Diego, CA 921231205975729
Common questions
What is Syed H. Jafar, M.D.'s NPI number?
Syed H. Jafar, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1164437521, issued on Jul 31, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Syed H. Jafar, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 7850 Vista Hill Ave, San Diego, CA, 92123. Phone: (858) 278-4110. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Syed H. Jafar, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number C53226, 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 Syed H. Jafar, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Syed H. Jafar, M.D. had 1,201 Medicare Part D claims for 131 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.