Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Dr. George Van Buren II, MD

Individual provider Surgical Oncology Physician · NPI 1316161128

Dr. George Van Buren II, MD practises General Surgery in Houston, Texas. Graduated from University of Texas Medical School at Houston in 2003, 23 years ago. Practices with Baylor College of Medicine, a 1,218-clinician group, works from 2 locations, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in Texas.

Years since qualifying
23
Trained at
University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Licensed in
TX
In the registry since
2007
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

1504 Taub Loop
Houston, TX 77030-1608
Phone: (713) 873-8890
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Additional practice locations (1)

  • 6620 Main St, Houston, TX 77030-2348 — (713) 798-8070

Specialties & licences

Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence M5961 (TX)
Surgical Oncology Physician Taxonomy 2086X0206X · Licence M5961 (TX)

Record details

NPI number1316161128
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorYes
NPI enumeratedApril 12, 2007
Last updated in NPPESJanuary 3, 2024
Certification dateJanuary 3, 2024

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyGENERAL SURGERY
Also practisesSURGICAL ONCOLOGY
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL AT HOUSTON
Graduated 2003 (23 years in practice)
Group practice Baylor College Of Medicine — 1218 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.

Colonoscopy 1–10 times
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision 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 patients149
Services billed 357 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age73

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 $24 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. Those with a page here are linked.

Colleagues at Baylor College of Medicine

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 1218 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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