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

Individual provider Gastroenterology Physician · NPI 1215016969

Dr. Kourosh F. Ghassemi, MD practises Gastroenterology in Santa Cruz, California. Graduated from University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston in 1996, 30 years ago. Practices with Sutter Bay Medical Foundation, a 3,762-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in California.

Years since qualifying
30
Trained at
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Licensed in
CA
In the registry since
2006
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

1662 Dominican Way
Santa Cruz, CA 95065-1522 Not confirmed with CMS for 12 years — call before visiting
Phone: (831) 460-7350
Fax: (831) 460-7351
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Specialties & licences

Gastroenterology Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207RG0100X · Licence A64588 (CA)

Record details

NPI number1215016969
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedNovember 3, 2006
Last updated in NPPESSeptember 17, 2014

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyGASTROENTEROLOGY
Also practisesINTERNAL MEDICINE
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH AT GALVESTON
Graduated 1996 (30 years in practice)
Group practice Sutter Bay Medical Foundation — 3762 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services
Practice locations5 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.

Colonoscopy 175 times · 91st percentile
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux 157 times · 86th percentile

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 patients87
Services billed 131 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age72

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.

Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Colleagues at Sutter Bay Medical Foundation

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 3762 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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