Tchaka Bayete Shepherd, MD
Surgery Physician · Long Beach, CA
Tchaka Bayete Shepherd, MD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Long Beach, California, and NPI 1124078670, issued on May 12, 2006. Check the license (California A72326, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Tchaka Bayete Shepherd
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- A72326 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 701 E 28TH Street, Long Beach, CA 90806
- Phone
- (562) 427-1322
- Enumerated
- May 12, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 14, 2010 (not updated in 16 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (562) 427-4282
- Medicaid ID
- OOA723260 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20060324000504); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Meharry Medical College School Of Medicine, 1998
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest surgery physician records → All 3,118 in California → Look up another NPI →
Verify Tchaka Bayete Shepherd in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A72326Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- The Institute OF Trauma And Acute Care IncPomona, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Tchaka Bayete Shepherd among 3,118 surgery physician records in California
Tchaka Bayete Shepherd, MD is one of 3,118 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 2006, is newer than 6% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 55% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
- Graduated1998 · median 2003 among the 1,901 with a school on file
- Record last updated2010 · 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 208600000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in California
There are 3,118 surgery physician records in California.
All 3,118 in California → Every provider in Long Beach → Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Brian Acker, M.D.Long Beach, CA 908061003831447
- Leslie Edrich, MDLong Beach, CA 908061194822262
- Gergis Ghobrial, M.D.Long Beach, CA 908061508874603
- Jeffrey Islas, MDLong Beach, CA 908061629140678
- Viken Konyalian, MDLong Beach, CA 908061467482133
- Ayman Neoman, M.D.,Long Beach, CA 908061548207343
- Brian West, MDLong Beach, CA 908061306040670
- Ronald Wolf, M.D.Long Beach, CA 908061649369935
Common questions
What is Tchaka Bayete Shepherd, MD's NPI number?
Tchaka Bayete Shepherd, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1124078670, issued on May 12, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Tchaka Bayete Shepherd, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 701 E 28TH Street, Long Beach, CA, 90806. Phone: (562) 427-1322. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Tchaka Bayete Shepherd, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A72326, 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.