Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Dr. Joel Abrahm Pearlman, MD, PHD

Individual provider Ophthalmology Physician · NPI 1154430460

Dr. Joel Abrahm Pearlman, MD, PHD practises Ophthalmology in Sacramento, California. Graduated from Baylor College of Medicine in 1995, 31 years ago. Practices with Vitreo-Retinal Medical Group, Inc, a 21-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in California.

Years since qualifying
31
Trained at
Baylor College of Medicine
Licensed in
CA
In the registry since
2006
Specialties on file
2
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MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.
PHD — Doctor of Philosophy
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Practice location Address checks out

3939 J St Ste 106
Sacramento, CA 95819-3631
Phone: (916) 454-6191
Fax: (916) 454-1036
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Specialties & licences

Retina Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207WX0107X · Licence A78783 (CA)
Ophthalmology Physician Taxonomy 207W00000X · Licence A78783 (CA)

Record details

NPI number1154430460
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD , PHD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedAugust 30, 2006
Last updated in NPPESApril 3, 2017

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyOPHTHALMOLOGY
Medical schoolBAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
Graduated 1995 (31 years in practice)
Group practice Vitreo-Retinal Medical Group, Inc. — 21 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

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.

Cataract surgery 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 patients1,429
Services billed 37,930 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age76

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.

Consulting Fee $4,496 2 payments
Food and Beverage $1,124 19 payments · 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.

  • Oroville Hospital Hospital · Oroville, CA
  • Sutter Roseville Medical Center Hospital · Roseville, CA
  • Adventist Health Sonora Hospital · Sonora, CA
  • Mercy General Hospital Hospital · Sacramento, CA
  • Sutter Amador Hospital Hospital · Jackson, CA

Colleagues at Vitreo-Retinal Medical Group, Inc

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 21 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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