Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Douglas Zhi-Wen Liou, MD

Individual provider Surgery Physician · NPI 1891052080

Douglas Zhi-Wen Liou, MD practises Thoracic Surgery in Palo Alto, California. Graduated from New York Medical College in 2010, 16 years ago. Practices with Stanford Health Care, a 3,085-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in California.

Years since qualifying
16
Trained at
New York Medical College
Licensed in
CA
In the registry since
2012
Specialties on file
2
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MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

300 Pasteur Dr
Palo Alto, CA 94304-2203
Phone: (650) 723-4000
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Specialties & licences

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208G00000X · Licence A119889 (CA)
Surgery Physician Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence A119889 (CA)

Record details

NPI number1891052080
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedApril 12, 2012
Last updated in NPPESApril 27, 2024
Certification dateApril 27, 2024

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyTHORACIC SURGERY
Medical schoolNEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE
Graduated 2010 (16 years in practice)
Group practice Stanford Health Care — 3085 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services
Practice locations4 on file with Medicare

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.

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux 31 times · 56th percentile
Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) 1–10 times
Removal of tissue 1–10 times
Spinal fusion 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 patients306
Services billed 714 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age75

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.

Travel and Lodging $1,570 3 payments · travel or lodging paid or reimbursed, such as to attend a conference
Food and Beverage $971 14 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Colleagues at Stanford Health Care

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 3085 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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