Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Dr. Katia Todorova Papalezova, MD

Individual provider Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program · NPI 1205094737

Dr. Katia Todorova Papalezova, MD practises General Surgery in Durham, North Carolina. Qualified in 1997, 29 years ago. Practices with Montefiore Medical Center, a 2,796-clinician group. Licensed in North Carolina.

Years since qualifying
29
Licensed in
NC
In the registry since
2008
Specialties on file
3
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

Student / training record This NPI belongs to someone enrolled in a health care training programme. It carries no licence and no practice of its own, so no address or phone number is published for it.

Durham, NC

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Specialties & licences

Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence 2008-01443 (NC)
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program Taxonomy 390200000X
Surgical Oncology Physician Taxonomy 2086X0206X · Licence 2008-01443 (NC)

Record details

NPI number1205094737
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedMay 31, 2008
Last updated in NPPESAugust 12, 2008

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyGENERAL SURGERY
Also practisesSURGICAL ONCOLOGY
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 1997 (29 years in practice)
Group practice Montefiore Medical Center — 2796 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Not indicated

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.

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision 1–10 times
Removal or shaving of skin growth 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 patients51
Services billed 91 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age72

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Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

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Food and Beverage $17 1 payment · 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 Montefiore Medical Center

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 2796 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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