NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Surgery of the Hand (Plastic Surgery) Physician in California

47 NPPES records list surgery of the hand (plastic surgery) physician with a practice address in California, 0.1 per 100,000 residents, the 18th highest rate of 40. Los Angeles and Oakland have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the California license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 2082S0105X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Los Angeles has the most, 5

  1. Los Angeles5
  2. Oakland4
  3. Orange4
  4. San Diego4
  5. San Francisco4

Surgery of the Hand (Plastic Surgery) Physician records in California

  1. William Aiello, M.D.Los Alamitos, CA 907201952590739
  2. Ahmed Alsayed, MDOrange, CA 928681235660192
  3. Katherine Au, MDPasadena, CA 911051689888042
  4. Andrew Bauder, MDSan Diego, CA 921341720433428
  5. Aaron Berger, M.D., PH.D.Oakland, CA 946091831385053
  6. Tjerk Bury, MDThousand Oaks, CA 913611386833796
  7. Alfonso Camberos, M.D., F.A.C.S.San Diego, CA 921231942225388
  8. Richard Chaffoo, M.D.La Jolla, CA 920371639271505
  9. Douglas ChinOakland, CA 946121578626271
  10. James Coleman, MDOrange, CA 928681174628499
  11. Nicole Conkling, MDOrange, CA 928681477895779
  12. Michael Fealy, MDSimi Valley, CA 930651669468872
  13. Michael Glafkides, M.D.San Bruno, CA 940661154431120
  14. Mytien Goldberg, M.D.Torrance, CA 905031376707711
  15. Neal Gorlick, MDWoodland Hills, CA 913671851311849
  16. Sara Guerra, MD, FRCSCLos Angeles, CA 900481194072777
  17. Hongshik Han, MDFresno, CA 937201366529349
  18. Vincent Hentz, MDPalo Alto, CA 943041770593501
  19. Jing Hsieh, M.D.Oakland, CA 946211194862649
  20. Lisa Jewell, MDTorrance, CA 905051881612109
  21. Bill Kim, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900361669541017
  22. Michael Kulick, MICHAEL KULICK MDSan Francisco, CA 941081639268568
  23. David Kupfer, M.D.San Diego, CA 921231073533899
  24. Martin Leblanc, MDSan Francisco, CA 941141447565841
  25. Andrew Li, MDSacramento, CA 958171356573570
  26. Melanie Major, MDAnaheim, CA 928051629468848
  27. Menyoli Malafa, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900331972895027
  28. David Morwood, M.D.Monterey, CA 939401043357239
  29. Alexander Neusner, M.D.Beverly Hills, CA 902121528404993
  30. Larry Nichter, MDHuntington Beach, CA 926471710062336
  31. Michael Obeng, MDBeverly Hills, CA 902101407811854
  32. Jose Otero, M.D.San Diego, CA 921201033176763
  33. James Pertsch, M.D.San Mateo, CA 944011952340176
  34. Brent Pickrell, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900331558757245
  35. Sanjeev Puri, MDPasadena, CA 911051720304447
  36. Roee Rubinstein, M.D.Thousand Oaks, CA 913201154526093
  37. Bauback SafaSan Francisco, CA 941141093833980
  38. Abdul-Wahab Shararah, PHARM.D., M.D.Bakersfield, CA 933061912393315
  39. Manutchehr Sohaey, M.D.Escondido, CA 920291649613662
  40. Maya Spaeth, MD, BSC, FACS, CAFPRiverside, CA 925061174738637
  41. Chau Tai, M.D.Oakland, CA 946091518980283
  42. Andres Taleisnik, MDOrange, CA 928681396798195
  43. Yoshiko Toyoda, MDSan Francisco, CA 941431861952236
  44. Joan Wright, MDLos Angeles, CA 900071922074954
  45. Thomas Yen, M.D.Santa Cruz, CA 950651891992103
  46. Soheil Younai, M.D.Encino, CA 914361770694069
  47. Terry Zimmerman, MDFolsom, CA 956301871565408

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2082S0105X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

California ranks 18 of 40 per resident

  1. Oregon0.1
  2. Texas0.1
  3. Pennsylvania0.1
  4. California0.1
  5. New Jersey0.1
  6. New York0.1
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.1

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2082S0105X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

83.0% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 78.8% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. California83.0%
  2. United States78.8%

Surgery of the Hand (Plastic Surgery) Physician records in California, measured

  • In a Medicare file39 of 47 · 83.0% here, 78.8% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file27 · 57.4% here, 61.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more23 · 48.9% here, 49.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year2000 · the 27 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 2082S0105X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

47 NPPES records list surgery of the hand (plastic surgery) physician (2082S0105X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in California: 0.1 per 100,000 residents against 0.1 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Los Angeles has 5 of them (11%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. Texas39
  2. Florida23
  3. New York22
  4. Ohio18

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. New Jersey0.1
  2. Pennsylvania0.1
  3. Illinois0.1
  4. Michigan0.2

The largest states

  1. Texas39
  2. Florida23
  3. New York22
  4. Ohio18
  5. Michigan16

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record 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.