Dr. Valerie Sondra Garden, MD

  • Santa Rosa, CA
  • Ophthalmologist
NPI1487785101PAC ID6709051139
Medicare services, 2024
1,072
Medicare patients, 2024
459
Part D claims, 2024
804
Publications
1
Hospital affiliations
1
Practice address
1165 Montgomery Dr, Santa Rosa, CA 95405
Practice phone
Call (707) 525-5300
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Primary practice

Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital

Hospital · Santa Rosa, California

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Dr. Valerie Sondra Garden is an ophthalmologist in Santa Rosa, California

Dr. Garden practices at Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital in Santa Rosa, California, part of Providence Health & Services.

Dr. Garden's NPI, 1487785101, was assigned on March 7, 2007. Dr. Garden graduated from American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine in 1989. Dr. Garden holds California license A52403.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
6709051139
NPI enumeration date
March 7, 2007
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(707) 525-5300
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
63
Medical school graduation
1989

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

Dr. Valerie Sondra Garden practices at Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital in Santa Rosa, California

Dr. Garden's primary practice is Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, at 1165 Montgomery Dr, Santa Rosa, CA 95405 in Sonoma County. The practice phone is (707) 525-5300.

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Dr. Valerie Sondra Garden is affiliated with 1 site of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Garden's primary practice is Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital in Santa Rosa, California, part of Providence Health & Services. The medical group on file is Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center. Dr. Garden's employer is on file too: a hospital.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Valerie Sondra Garden's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Garden practices. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Providence Santa Rosa Memorial HospitalAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Valerie Sondra Garden is one of 2,621 ophthalmologists in California

Ophthalmology is Dr. Garden's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Garden's licenses on file in 3 states: California, Ohio and Iowa.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Ophthalmology, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense A52403 · 1993 to 2027 · taxonomy 207W00000X
  • Ohio license
  • Iowa license1995 to 1997

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists age-related macular degeneration, cataract, cataract surgery with lens implant, cold sores or genital herpes, conjunctivitis, dry eye, eyelid inflammation and glaucoma among the conditions Dr. Garden treats.

Ophthalmologists near Dr. Garden

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

Dr. Valerie Sondra Garden billed Medicare for 1,072 services in 2024

CMS data shows 1,072 Medicare services from Dr. Garden across 12 procedure codes in 2024, for 459 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $82,826 for them.

Medicare services, 20241,072
Medicare patients459
Paid by Medicare$82,826
Procedure codes12

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Tests and treatments
2023: 8932024: 99712%
Imaging
2023: 612024: 4034%
Surgery
2023: 832024: 2175%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 152024: 147%

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

  • In an office1,05198%
  • In a facility212%

Dr. Garden compared with the California median for ophthalmologists, 2024

  • Dr. Garden
  • California median
Medicare services
1,072vs 1,079Close to median
Medicare patients
459vs 4219% above
Part D claims
696vs 61813% above

Medians across 2,568 ophthalmologists in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Garden'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. Valerie Sondra Garden treated 459 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 76

CMS counts 459 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Garden in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 183 patients. 73% of them have high cholesterol, and 63% have high blood pressure. 11% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.02, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Garden's median patient age at 72, with 61% women.

Medicare patients, 2024459
Average age76
Average risk score1.02
Also on Medicaid11%

Dr. Garden's Medicare patients by age, 2024

Dr. Garden's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women29965%
  • Men16035%

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

  1. High cholesterol73%
  2. High blood pressure63%
  3. Arthritis45%
  4. Mood disorders22%
  5. Diabetes21%
  6. Ischemic heart disease20%
  7. Osteoporosis20%
  8. Anxiety19%

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

Dr. Garden's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 72

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women61%
  • Men37%

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

Dr. Valerie Sondra Garden wrote 804 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Garden wrote 804 Medicare Part D claims for 172 patients. 52% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 696 of them, across 15 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $78,505 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 546 claims across 13 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024804
Drugs named by CMS15
Total drug cost$78,505
Part D patients172

Dr. Garden's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic421 claims52%
  • Brand-name383 claims48%

Dr. Garden'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.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 5462024: 69627%

Drugs named by CMS: 15 in 2024, 13 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

Dr. Valerie Sondra Garden scored 0 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 0 out of 100 for Dr. Garden for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Garden accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 37 procedures of cataract surgery by Dr. Garden, more than 57% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Garden's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 0of 100Final score
  • 0of 100Quality
  • 0of 100Improvement Activities
  • 0of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Where Dr. Garden ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Cataract surgery
57th percentile37 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Valerie Sondra Garden has 1 publication on record

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Garden. Dr. Garden's most frequent co-author is Robert N. Weinreb, MD.

Papers1

Dr. Garden's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Garden

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Dr. Valerie Sondra Garden received $1,475 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 43 general payments to Dr. Garden from 10 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 88% of the total. Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. paid the most, $330.

General payments to Dr. Garden by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Garden by kind, 2016 to 2025

$1.5Kin total
  • Food and beverage$1,30088%
  • Education$17512%

Companies that paid Dr. Garden the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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

Dr. Valerie Sondra Garden graduated from American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine

Dr. Garden graduated from American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine in 1989. Dr. Garden is a member of AAO.

  1. Medical schoolAmerican University of the Caribbean School of Medicine

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Valerie Sondra Garden accepts plans from 9 insurance carriers

Dr. Garden is in network with 9 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Elevance. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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

  1. Medicare7
  2. PPO5
  3. HMO4
  4. POS4
  5. EPO2
  6. Medicaid1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Valerie Sondra Garden'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)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (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. Valerie Sondra Garden's NPI number?

Dr. Valerie Sondra Garden's NPI number is 1487785101. It was assigned on March 7, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Valerie Sondra Garden?

Dr. Valerie Sondra Garden is an ophthalmologist in Santa Rosa, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Ophthalmology Physician (taxonomy code 207W00000X).

Where does Dr. Valerie Sondra Garden practice?

Dr. Garden practices at 1165 Montgomery Dr, Santa Rosa, CA 95405. Dr. Garden's primary practice is Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital in Santa Rosa, California, part of Providence Health & Services.

What is Dr. Valerie Sondra Garden's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Garden is (707) 525-5300.

What is Dr. Valerie Sondra Garden's medical license number?

Dr. Garden holds California license A52403, one of the licenses on file in 3 states.

Which states has Dr. Valerie Sondra Garden been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Garden in California (1993 to 2027), Ohio and Iowa (1995 to 1997).

Which hospitals is Dr. Valerie Sondra Garden affiliated with?

Dr. Garden practices at Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital in Santa Rosa, California.

What medical group is Dr. Valerie Sondra Garden part of?

Dr. Garden is linked to Providence Queen of the Valley Medical Center.

Does Dr. Valerie Sondra Garden accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Garden billed Medicare for 1,072 services in 2024, and Dr. Garden accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Valerie Sondra Garden's MIPS score?

Dr. Garden's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 0 out of 100, reported individually.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Valerie Sondra Garden see?

CMS counts 459 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Garden in 2024, with an average age of 76.

What services does Dr. Valerie Sondra Garden bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Garden's most billed Medicare services were eye exam or test (92012), eye exam or test (92014) and eye exam or test (92004).

Where did Dr. Valerie Sondra Garden go to medical school?

Dr. Garden graduated from American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine in 1989.

What drugs does Dr. Valerie Sondra Garden prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Garden's most prescribed drugs by claims were Latanoprost, Timolol Maleate and Erythromycin.

Has Dr. Valerie Sondra Garden received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $1,475 in general payments to Dr. Garden from 10 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.

How long has Dr. Valerie Sondra Garden been practicing?

Dr. Garden graduated from medical school in 1989, 37 years ago.

Does Dr. Valerie Sondra Garden do research?

Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Garden.

Who does Dr. Valerie Sondra Garden publish with?

Dr. Garden's most frequent co-authors are Robert N. Weinreb, MD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. Valerie Sondra Garden accept?

Dr. Garden is in network with 9 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Elevance. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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