Dr. Shefali Talwar, MD

  • Burlingame, CA
  • Infectious disease specialist
NPI1376557843PAC ID3678548153
Medicare services, 2024
518
Medicare patients, 2024
115
Part D claims, 2024
109
Publications
6
Hospital affiliations
2
Practice address
1501 Trousdale Drive, Burlingame, CA 94010
Practice phone
Call (650) 696-5400
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Primary practice

Mills-Peninsula Medical Center

Hospital · Burlingame, California

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Dr. Shefali Talwar is an infectious disease specialist in Burlingame, California

Dr. Talwar practices at Mills-Peninsula Medical Center in Burlingame, California, part of Sutter Health.

Dr. Talwar's NPI, 1376557843, was assigned on July 28, 2006. Dr. Talwar graduated from Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University in 1997. Dr. Talwar's California license number on file is A86303.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
3678548153
NPI enumeration date
July 28, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(650) 696-5400
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
55
Medical school graduation
1997

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Shefali Talwar practices at Mills-Peninsula Medical Center in Burlingame, California

Dr. Talwar's primary practice is Mills-Peninsula Medical Center, at 1501 Trousdale Drive, Burlingame, CA 94010 in San Mateo County. The practice phone is (650) 696-5400.

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Dr. Shefali Talwar is affiliated with 2 sites of care

Dr. Talwar's primary practice is Mills-Peninsula Medical Center in Burlingame, California, part of Sutter Health. Dr. Talwar is also affiliated with Dignity Health - Sequoia Hospital. Dr. Talwar's employer is on file too: a hospital.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Shefali Talwar's practice

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EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Mills-Peninsula Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+1 more affiliated siteAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Shefali Talwar is one of 1,054 infectious disease specialists in California

Infectious disease is Dr. Talwar's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RI0200X. Dr. Talwar is board certified in infectious disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Talwar's licenses on file in 3 states: California, New York and Virginia.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Infectious disease, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense A86303 · 2004 to 2025 · taxonomy 207RI0200X
  • New York license1998 to 2005
  • Virginia license2001 to 2002

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists acute skin infection, joint or bone infection, lyme disease, pneumonia and UTI among the conditions Dr. Talwar treats.

Infectious disease specialists near Dr. Talwar

Counts of infectious disease specialists with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Shefali Talwar billed Medicare for 518 services in 2024

CMS data shows 518 Medicare services from Dr. Talwar across 6 procedure codes in 2024, for 115 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $53,071 for them.

Medicare services, 2024518
Medicare patients115
Paid by Medicare$53,071
Procedure codes6

Dr. Talwar's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 4992024: 5061%
Other services
2023: 172024: 1229%

Where Dr. Talwar's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office10620%
  • In a facility41280%

Dr. Talwar compared with the California median for infectious disease specialists, 2024

  • Dr. Talwar
  • California median
Medicare services
518vs 42921% above
Medicare patients
115vs 18036% below
Part D claims
43vs 11964% below

Medians across 930 infectious disease specialists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Talwar's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Shefali Talwar treated 115 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 78

CMS counts 115 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Talwar in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 48 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 17% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.62, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Talwar's median patient age at 64, with 51% women.

Medicare patients, 2024115
Average age78
Average risk score2.62
Also on Medicaid17%

Dr. Talwar's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Talwar's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women5850%
  • Men5750%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Talwar's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Arthritis59%
  4. Diabetes49%
  5. Chronic kidney disease46%
  6. Ischemic heart disease44%
  7. Atrial fibrillation42%
  8. Heart failure38%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Talwar's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 64

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women51%
  • Men45%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Shefali Talwar wrote 109 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Talwar wrote 109 Medicare Part D claims for 36 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 43 of them, across 2 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $2,799 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 128 claims across 6 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024109
Drugs named by CMS2
Total drug cost$2,799
Part D patients36

Dr. Talwar'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. Talwar's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics62%68 of 109 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: 1282024: 4366%

Drugs named by CMS: 2 in 2024, 6 in 2023.

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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

How Dr. Shefali Talwar takes part in Medicare

Dr. Talwar accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Source: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

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Dr. Shefali Talwar has 6 publications on record

Dmand AI links 6 papers to Dr. Talwar, published from 2002 to 2021. The most frequent topics are Chemokines, Gene Expression Regulation and Inflammation. Dr. Talwar has published most often in Blood. Dr. Talwar's most frequent co-author is Michael P. Bustin, MD.

Papers6
Years published2002 to 2021

Dr. Talwar's papers by year, 2002 to 2021

Topics Dr. Talwar writes about most

  • Chemokines
  • Gene Expression Regulation
  • Inflammation
  • Leukocytes, Mononuclear
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis

Dr. Talwar's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Talwar

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Shefali Talwar received $174 in industry payments from 2017 to 2022

CMS Open Payments shows 9 general payments to Dr. Talwar from 7 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2022. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation paid the most, $45.

General payments to Dr. Talwar by program year, 2017 to 2022

Companies that paid Dr. Talwar the most, 2017 to 2022

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Shefali Talwar graduated from Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University

Dr. Talwar graduated from Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University in 1997.

  1. Medical schoolRenaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University
  2. Board certified in infectious diseaseAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Shefali Talwar accepts plans from 13 insurance carriers

Dr. Talwar is in network with 13 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • United Healthcare
  • Elevance
  • HCSC
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • Regence Health Plans
  • Alliant Health Plans
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Plan types Dr. Talwar accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO9
  2. Medicare7
  3. HMO6
  4. EPO3
  5. POS3

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Shefali Talwar's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare 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 percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Shefali Talwar's NPI number?

Dr. Shefali Talwar's NPI number is 1376557843. It was assigned on July 28, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Shefali Talwar?

Dr. Shefali Talwar is an infectious disease specialist in Burlingame, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Infectious Disease Physician (taxonomy code 207RI0200X).

Where does Dr. Shefali Talwar practice?

Dr. Talwar practices at 1501 Trousdale Drive, Burlingame, CA 94010. Dr. Talwar's primary practice is Mills-Peninsula Medical Center in Burlingame, California, part of Sutter Health.

What is Dr. Shefali Talwar's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Talwar is (650) 696-5400.

What is Dr. Shefali Talwar's medical license number?

Dr. Talwar's California license number on file is A86303, one of the licenses on file in 3 states.

Which states has Dr. Shefali Talwar been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Talwar in California (2004 to 2025), New York (1998 to 2005) and Virginia (2001 to 2002).

Which hospitals is Dr. Shefali Talwar affiliated with?

Dr. Talwar practices at Mills-Peninsula Medical Center in Burlingame, California. Dr. Talwar is also affiliated with Dignity Health - Sequoia Hospital.

Does Dr. Shefali Talwar accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Talwar billed Medicare for 518 services in 2024, and Dr. Talwar accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Shefali Talwar see?

CMS counts 115 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Talwar in 2024, with an average age of 78.

Is Dr. Shefali Talwar board certified?

Yes. Dr. Talwar is board certified in infectious disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

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What services does Dr. Shefali Talwar bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Talwar's most billed Medicare services were hospital inpatient care (99232), hospital inpatient care (99233) and hospital inpatient care (99223).

Where did Dr. Shefali Talwar go to medical school?

Dr. Talwar graduated from Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University in 1997.

What drugs does Dr. Shefali Talwar prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Talwar's most prescribed drugs by claims were Methenamine Hippurate and Cephalexin.

Has Dr. Shefali Talwar received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $174 in general payments to Dr. Talwar from 7 companies from 2017 to 2022. The largest total came from Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation.

How long has Dr. Shefali Talwar been practicing?

Dr. Talwar graduated from medical school in 1997, 29 years ago.

Does Dr. Shefali Talwar do research?

Dmand AI links 6 publications to Dr. Talwar, published from 2002 to 2021.

Who does Dr. Shefali Talwar publish with?

Dr. Talwar's most frequent co-authors are Michael P. Bustin, MD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. Shefali Talwar accept?

Dr. Talwar is in network with 13 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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