Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Clifford L Gelman, MD

Individual provider Surgery Physician · NPI 1083688782

Clifford L Gelman, MD practises General Surgery in Pismo Beach, California. Graduated from Rush Medical College of Rush University in 1989, 37 years ago. Practices with Associated Surgeons of San Luis Obispo, a 10-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in California and Florida.

Years since qualifying
37
Trained at
Rush Medical College of Rush University
Licensed in
CA, FL
In the registry since
2006
Specialties on file
2
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

921 Oak Park Blvd Ste 201
Pismo Beach, CA 93449-3264
Phone: (805) 546-0411
Fax: (805) 473-4891
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Specialties & licences

Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence 144049 (CA)
Surgery Physician Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence ME73383 (FL)

Record details

NPI number1083688782
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedFebruary 17, 2006
Last updated in NPPESFebruary 23, 2021
Certification dateFebruary 23, 2021

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyGENERAL SURGERY
Medical schoolRUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE OF RUSH UNIVERSITY
Graduated 1989 (37 years in practice)
Group practice Associated Surgeons Of San Luis Obispo — 10 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Hernia repair - groin (open) 32 times · 98th percentile
Colonoscopy 1–10 times
Hernia repair (minimally invasive) 1–10 times
Mastectomy 1–10 times
Removal of skin lesions 1–10 times
Skin biopsy 1–10 times
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients434
Services billed 770 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age74

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Food and Beverage $18 1 payment · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

  • Adventist Health Sierra Vista Hospital · San Luis Obispo, CA
  • Adventist Health Twin Cities Hospital · Templeton, CA
  • French Hospital Medical Center Hospital · San Luis Obispo, CA
  • Marian Regional Medical Center Hospital · Santa Maria, CA

Colleagues at Associated Surgeons of San Luis Obispo

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 10 clinicians in the practice; 6 are shown here.

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