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Dr. Shira Beth Lipton, MD
NPI1003043340PAC ID1759552037
- Medicare services, 2024
- 3,970
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 769
- Part D claims, 2024
- 865
- Publications
- 1
- Clinical trials
- 10
- Practice address
- 795 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94301
- Practice phone
- Call (650) 324-1832
- Professional email
- Get professional email
- Personal email
- Get personal email
- Mobile number
- Get mobile number
Primary practice
Surgery Center Palo Alto
Surgery Center - Medicare-Certified · Palo Alto, California
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Dr. Shira Beth Lipton is a dermatologist in Palo Alto, California
Dr. Lipton practices at Surgery Center Palo Alto in Palo Alto, California.
Dr. Lipton's NPI, 1003043340, was assigned on June 13, 2009. Dr. Lipton graduated from David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in 2007. Dr. Lipton holds California license A106374.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1003043340NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 1759552037
- NPI enumeration date
- June 13, 2009
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (650) 324-1832
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
- Get email
- Mobile number
- Get number
- Sex
- Female
- Estimated age
- 45
- Medical school graduation
- 2007
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Shira Beth Lipton practices at Surgery Center Palo Alto in Palo Alto, California
Dr. Lipton's primary practice is Surgery Center Palo Alto, at 795 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94301. The practice phone is (650) 324-1832.
- Surgery Center Palo Alto795 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94301Phone(650) 324-1832
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Shira Beth Lipton is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Lipton's primary practice is Surgery Center Palo Alto in Palo Alto, California. The medical group on file is Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Lipton to 1 more group practice or clinic, named with a free account.
Surgery Center Palo AltoPrimary
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Shira Beth Lipton's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Lipton practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Surgery Center Palo Alto | Available with a free account |
| +1 more affiliated site | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Shira Beth Lipton is one of 1,910 dermatologists in California
Dermatology is Dr. Lipton's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207N00000X. Dr. Lipton is board certified in dermatology by the American Board of Dermatology. Dr. Lipton is licensed in California.
Specialties and state licenses
- Dermatology, CaliforniaPrimary
Clinical focus
Dmand AI lists acute skin infection, benign or precancerous skin growths, contact dermatitis, hives, itchy rashes, joint cyst, minor injury to a limb and psoriasis among the conditions Dr. Lipton treats.
Dermatologists near Dr. Lipton
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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Shira Beth Lipton billed Medicare for 3,970 services in 2024
CMS data shows 3,970 Medicare services from Dr. Lipton across 13 procedure codes in 2024, for 769 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $212,337 for them. Every service was in an office.
Medicare services, 20243,970
Medicare patients769
Paid by Medicare$212,337
Procedure codes13
Dr. Lipton's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Surgery
- 2023: 2,1342024: 2,81132%
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 8922024: 1,13928%
- Tests and treatments
- 2023: 342024: 2041%
- Drugs given in the office
- 2023: 162024: 0100%
Dr. Lipton compared with the California median for dermatologists, 2024
- Dr. Lipton
- California median
- Medicare services
- 3,970vs 1,7502.3 times
- Medicare patients
- 769vs 3772.0 times
- Part D claims
- 737vs 3672.0 times
Medians across 1,831 dermatologists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Lipton's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024
CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.
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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Shira Beth Lipton treated 769 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76
CMS counts 769 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Lipton in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 346 patients. 70% of them have high cholesterol, and 53% have high blood pressure. 3% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 0.81, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Lipton's median patient age at 58, with 65% women.
Medicare patients, 2024769
Average age76
Average risk score0.81
Also on Medicaid3%
Dr. Lipton's Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Dr. Lipton's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women51267%
- Men25733%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Lipton's Medicare patients, 2024
- High cholesterol70%
- High blood pressure53%
- Arthritis34%
- Osteoporosis25%
- Ischemic heart disease20%
- Cancer18%
- Atrial fibrillation14%
- Mood disorders14%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Lipton's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 58
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women65%
- Men33%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Shira Beth Lipton wrote 865 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Lipton wrote 865 Medicare Part D claims for 364 patients. 92% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 737 of them, across 20 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $238,635 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 637 claims across 19 drugs.
Part D claims, 2024865
Drugs named by CMS20
Total drug cost$238,635
Part D patients364
Dr. Lipton's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic799 claims92%
- Brand-name66 claims8%
Dr. Lipton's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024
CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.
Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Lipton's Part D claims, 2024
- Antibiotics4%38 of 865 claims
Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 6372024: 73716%
Drugs named by CMS: 20 in 2024, 19 in 2023.
Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Shira Beth Lipton ranks in the 95th percentile for removal of skin lesions in Medicare
Dr. Lipton accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Lipton as offering telehealth. CMS counts 1,243 procedures of removal of skin lesions by Dr. Lipton, more than 95% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Where Dr. Lipton ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Removal of skin lesions
- 95th percentile1,243 procedures
- Skin biopsy
- 90th percentile297 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Dr. Shira Beth Lipton has 1 publication on record
Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Lipton.
Papers1
Recent publications by Dr. Lipton
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Shira Beth Lipton has worked on 10 clinical trials
Dmand AI links Dr. Lipton to 10 clinical trials, 4 of them phase 2 studies. 9 are still active or recruiting. Conditions studied include Adenocarcinoma of Lung, Biliary Atresia and Low Back Pain.
Clinical trials with Dr. Lipton by phase
- NonePhase 1: no trials
- 4Phase 2: 4 trials
- 1Phase 2/3: 1 trial
- NonePhase 3: no trials
- NonePhase 4: no trials
Trials with no phase (devices, behavioral studies) are left out.
Conditions in Dr. Lipton's trials
- Adenocarcinoma of Lung
- Biliary Atresia
- Low Back Pain
- Malocclusion
- Muscular Atrophy
Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Lipton
- Kader Tawfiq Abdelerahman, MD10 shared trials
- Randa Abdelmasih, MD10 shared trials
- Marjorie E. Affel, MD10 shared trials
Recent clinical trials with Dr. Lipton
Adenocarcinoma of LungAdenocarcinoma
Sources: Dmand AI Research Linkage; and ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine)
Dr. Shira Beth Lipton received $281 in industry payments from 2024 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 12 general payments to Dr. Lipton from 5 drug and device companies from 2024 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Amgen Inc. paid the most, $166.
General payments to Dr. Lipton by program year, 2024 to 2025
Companies that paid Dr. Lipton the most, 2024 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Shira Beth Lipton has 1 award and honors on record
Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Lipton.
Awards and honors for Dr. Lipton
- Undated
- AAD Fellow
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Shira Beth Lipton graduated from David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Dr. Lipton graduated from David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in 2007. Dr. Lipton is a member of AAD.
- Medical school
- Board certified in dermatology
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Shira Beth Lipton accepts plans from 11 insurance carriers
Dr. Lipton is in network with 11 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Aetna
- Elevance
- United Healthcare
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- HCSC
- Alliant Health Plans
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City
- CMS Medicare
- +3 more carriersWith a free account
Plan types Dr. Lipton accepts, by number of carriers
- PPO7
- HMO6
- EPO4
- Medicare4
- POS4
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. Shira Beth Lipton's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Clinical trials and co-investigators | Dmand AI Research LinkageClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab) |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Awards and committee roles | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Insurance carriers and plan types | Dmand AI Insurance Network Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Shira Beth Lipton's NPI number?
Dr. Shira Beth Lipton's NPI number is 1003043340. It was assigned on June 13, 2009, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Shira Beth Lipton?
Dr. Shira Beth Lipton is a dermatologist in Palo Alto, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Dermatology Physician (taxonomy code 207N00000X).
Where does Dr. Shira Beth Lipton practice?
Dr. Lipton practices at 795 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94301. Dr. Lipton's primary practice is Surgery Center Palo Alto in Palo Alto, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Lipton to 1 group practice or clinic.
What is Dr. Shira Beth Lipton's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Lipton is (650) 324-1832.
What is Dr. Shira Beth Lipton's medical license number?
Dr. Lipton holds California license A106374.
What medical group is Dr. Shira Beth Lipton part of?
Dr. Lipton is linked to Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group.
Does Dr. Shira Beth Lipton accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Lipton billed Medicare for 3,970 services in 2024, and Dr. Lipton accepts Medicare assignment.
Does Dr. Shira Beth Lipton offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Lipton as offering telehealth services.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Shira Beth Lipton see?
CMS counts 769 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Lipton in 2024, with an average age of 76.
Is Dr. Shira Beth Lipton board certified?
Yes. Dr. Lipton is board certified in dermatology by the American Board of Dermatology.
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What services does Dr. Shira Beth Lipton bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Lipton's most billed Medicare services were surgery: skin and soft tissue (17003), office visit, established patient (99213) and surgery: skin and soft tissue (17110).
Where did Dr. Shira Beth Lipton go to medical school?
Dr. Lipton graduated from David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in 2007.
What drugs does Dr. Shira Beth Lipton prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Lipton's most prescribed drugs by claims were Triamcinolone Acetonide, Fluorouracil and Fluocinonide.
Has Dr. Shira Beth Lipton received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $281 in general payments to Dr. Lipton from 5 companies from 2024 to 2025. The largest total came from Amgen Inc.
How long has Dr. Shira Beth Lipton been practicing?
Dr. Lipton graduated from medical school in 2007, 19 years ago.
Does Dr. Shira Beth Lipton do research?
Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Lipton. Dr. Lipton has worked on 10 clinical trials.
What insurance does Dr. Shira Beth Lipton accept?
Dr. Lipton is in network with 11 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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