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Puneet Sood, MBBS
- Medicare services, 2024
- 472
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 172
- Part D claims, 2024
- 631
- Publications
- 49
- Clinical trials
- 1
- Practice address
- 505 Parnassus Ave, Box 0296, San Francisco, CA 94143
- Practice phone
- Call (415) 353-2733
- Professional email
- Get professional email
- Personal email
- Get personal email
- Mobile number
- Get mobile number
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Puneet Sood is a nephrologist in San Francisco, California
Puneet Sood practices at UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights in San Francisco, California, part of University of California Health.
Puneet Sood's NPI, 1194870485, was assigned on January 24, 2007. Puneet Sood graduated from All India Institute of Medical Sciences in 2002. Puneet Sood holds California license A107375.
- NPI
- 1194870485NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 2365593605
- NPI enumeration date
- January 24, 2007
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (415) 353-2733
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
- Get email
- Mobile number
- Get number
- Sex
- Male
- Estimated age
- 50
- Medical school graduation
- 2002
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Puneet Sood practices at UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights in San Francisco, California
Puneet Sood's primary practice is UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights, at 505 Parnassus Ave, Box 0296, San Francisco, CA 94143 in San Francisco County. The practice phone is (415) 353-2733.
- UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights505 Parnassus Ave, Box 0296, San Francisco, CA 94143 · San Francisco CountyPhone(415) 353-2733
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Puneet Sood is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 3 medical groups
Puneet Sood's primary practice is UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights in San Francisco, California, part of University of California Health. The medical group on file is UCSF Pediatrics. Dmand AI also links Puneet Sood to 2 more group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups, each named with a free account.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Puneet Sood's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Puneet Sood practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights | Available with a free account |
| +2 more sites and 2 medical groups | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Puneet Sood is one of 1,401 nephrologists in California
Nephrology is Puneet Sood's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RN0300X. Dmand AI has Puneet Sood's licenses on file in 3 states: California, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Specialties and state licenses
- Nephrology, CaliforniaPrimary
- Pennsylvania license
- Wisconsin license
Clinical focus
Dmand AI lists fluid and electrolyte imbalances among the conditions Puneet Sood treats.
Nephrologists near Puneet Sood
Counts of nephrologists 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
Puneet Sood billed Medicare for 472 services in 2024
CMS data shows 472 Medicare services from Puneet Sood across 6 procedure codes in 2024, for 172 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $41,446 for them.
Puneet Sood's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 6402024: 36144%
- Other services
- 2023: 02024: 111
- Surgery
- 2023: 112024: 0100%
Where Puneet Sood's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office112%
- In a facility46198%
Puneet Sood compared with the California median for nephrologists, 2024
- Puneet Sood
- California median
- Medicare services
- 472vs 1,08456% below
- Medicare patients
- 172vs 30744% below
- Part D claims
- 438vs 95554% below
Medians across 1,355 nephrologists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Puneet Sood'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
Puneet Sood treated 172 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 59
CMS counts 172 Medicare patients who saw Puneet Sood in 2024. The largest group is under 65, with 101 patients. 75% of them have chronic kidney disease, and 75% have high blood pressure. 67% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 6.82, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Puneet Sood's median patient age at 59, with 40% women.
Puneet Sood's Medicare patients by age, 2024
CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.
Puneet Sood's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women6638%
- Men10662%
Chronic conditions among Puneet Sood's Medicare patients, 2024
- Chronic kidney disease75%
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Diabetes70%
- Heart failure48%
- Ischemic heart disease47%
- Anxiety27%
- Arthritis27%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Puneet Sood's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 59
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women40%
- Men59%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Puneet Sood wrote 631 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Puneet Sood wrote 631 Medicare Part D claims for 187 patients. 92% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 438 of them, across 11 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $21,381 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 919 claims across 23 drugs.
Puneet Sood's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic578 claims92%
- Brand-name and other53 claims8%
Puneet Sood'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 Puneet Sood's Part D claims, 2024
- Antibiotics14%90 of 631 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: 9192024: 43852%
Drugs named by CMS: 11 in 2024, 23 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
Puneet Sood scored 87 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 87 out of 100 for Puneet Sood for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Puneet Sood accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Puneet Sood as offering telehealth.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Puneet Sood's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 87of 100Final score
- 86.8of 100Quality
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
- 70of 100Cost
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026
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Puneet Sood has 49 publications on record
Dmand AI links 49 papers to Puneet Sood, published from 2007 to 2025. 2022 was the busiest year, with 7. The most frequent topics are Kidney Transplantation, Graft Rejection and Graft Survival. Puneet Sood has published most often in Clin Transplant. Puneet Sood's most frequent co-authors are Chethan M. Puttarajappa, MD, MS, Rajil B. Mehta and Sundaram Hariharan, MD.
Puneet Sood's papers by year, 2016 to 2025
Topics Puneet Sood writes about most
- Kidney Transplantation
- Graft Rejection
- Graft Survival
- Kidney
- Tissue Donors
- Biopsy
- Immunosuppressive Agents
- Kidney Failure, Chronic
Puneet Sood's most frequent co-authors
- Chethan M. Puttarajappa, MD, MS15 shared papers
- Rajil B. Mehta12 shared papers
- Sundaram Hariharan, MD10 shared papers
Recent publications by Puneet Sood
Am J Transplant
J Am Soc Nephrol
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Puneet Sood has worked on 1 clinical trial
Dmand AI links Puneet Sood to 1 clinical trial.
Investigators on the most trials with Puneet Sood
- Roy D. Bloom, MD1 shared trial
- Suphamai Bunnapradist, MD1 shared trial
- Anil Kumar Chandraker, MBCHB1 shared trial
Recent clinical trials with Puneet Sood
Sources: Dmand AI Research Linkage; and ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine)
Puneet Sood received $2,617 in industry payments from 2021 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 5 general payments to Puneet Sood from 4 drug and device companies from 2021 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 98% of the total. Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. paid the most, $2,556.
General payments to Puneet Sood by program year, 2021 to 2025
General payments to Puneet Sood by kind, 2021 to 2025
- Consulting fees$2,55698%
- Food and beverage$351%
- Education$261%
Companies that paid Puneet Sood the most, 2021 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Puneet Sood has 1 award and honors on record
Dmand AI lists 1 award for Puneet Sood, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.
Awards and honors for Puneet Sood
- 2013
- CMS Stage 1 EHR
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Puneet Sood graduated from All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Puneet Sood graduated from All India Institute of Medical Sciences in 2002. Puneet Sood is a member of ASN.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Puneet Sood accepts plans from 12 insurance carriers
Puneet Sood is in network with 12 carriers, including United Healthcare, Cigna and Elevance. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 8. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- United Healthcare
- Cigna
- Elevance
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- HCSC
- Regence Health Plans
- Amerihealth Caritas
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City
- +4 more carriersWith a free account
Plan types Puneet Sood accepts, by number of carriers
- Medicare8
- PPO6
- HMO3
- POS3
- EPO1
- Medicaid1
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Puneet Sood'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)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (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 Puneet Sood's NPI number?
Puneet Sood's NPI number is 1194870485. It was assigned on January 24, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What does Puneet Sood specialize in?
Puneet Sood is a nephrologist in San Francisco, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Nephrology Physician (taxonomy code 207RN0300X).
Where does Puneet Sood practice?
Puneet Sood practices at 505 Parnassus Ave, Box 0296, San Francisco, CA 94143. Puneet Sood's primary practice is UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights in San Francisco, California, part of University of California Health. Dmand AI also links Puneet Sood to 2 group practices and clinics and 2 medical groups.
What is Puneet Sood's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Puneet Sood is (415) 353-2733.
What is Puneet Sood's medical license number?
Puneet Sood holds California license A107375, one of the licenses on file in 3 states.
Which states has Puneet Sood been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Puneet Sood in California (2024 to 2026), Pennsylvania (2012 to 2024) and Wisconsin (2005 to 2013).
Which hospitals is Puneet Sood affiliated with?
Puneet Sood practices at UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights in San Francisco, California.
What medical group is Puneet Sood part of?
Puneet Sood is linked to UCSF Pediatrics. Dmand AI links Puneet Sood to 2 more medical groups.
Does Puneet Sood accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Puneet Sood billed Medicare for 472 services in 2024, and Puneet Sood accepts Medicare assignment.
Does Puneet Sood offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Puneet Sood as offering telehealth services.
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What is Puneet Sood's MIPS score?
Puneet Sood's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 87 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
How many Medicare patients does Puneet Sood see?
CMS counts 172 Medicare patients who saw Puneet Sood in 2024, with an average age of 59.
What services does Puneet Sood bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Puneet Sood's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99215), medicare service (G2211) and hospital inpatient care (99232).
Where did Puneet Sood go to medical school?
Puneet Sood graduated from All India Institute of Medical Sciences in 2002.
What drugs does Puneet Sood prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Puneet Sood's most prescribed drugs by claims were Prednisone, Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim and Tacrolimus.
Has Puneet Sood received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $2,617 in general payments to Puneet Sood from 4 companies from 2021 to 2025. The largest total came from Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
How long has Puneet Sood been practicing?
Puneet Sood graduated from medical school in 2002, 24 years ago.
Does Puneet Sood do research?
Dmand AI links 49 publications to Puneet Sood, published from 2007 to 2025. Puneet Sood has worked on 1 clinical trial.
Who does Puneet Sood publish with?
Puneet Sood's most frequent co-authors are Chethan M. Puttarajappa, MD, MS (15 shared papers), Rajil B. Mehta (12 shared papers) and Sundaram Hariharan, MD (10 shared papers).
What insurance does Puneet Sood accept?
Puneet Sood is in network with 12 carriers, including United Healthcare, Cigna and Elevance. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 8. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
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