Dr. Susan Kaweski, FACS, MD

  • La Mesa, CA
  • Plastic and reconstructive surgery physician
NPI1629076856PAC ID6305836842
Medicare services, 2021
20
Medicare patients, 2024
16
Part D claims, 2024
217
Publications
8
Clinical trials
1
Practice address
8415 Grant Ave, La Mesa, CA 91941-5303
Practice phone
Call (619) 464-9876
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Primary practice

Aesthetic Arts Institute of Plastic Surgery

Physician office · La Mesa, California

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Dr. Susan Kaweski is a plastic and reconstructive surgery physician in La Mesa, California

Dr. Kaweski practices at Aesthetic Arts Institute of Plastic Surgery in La Mesa, California.

Dr. Kaweski's NPI, 1629076856, was assigned on July 12, 2005. Dr. Kaweski graduated from Penn State College of Medicine in 1983. Dr. Kaweski holds California license G53909.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
6305836842
NPI enumeration date
July 12, 2005
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(619) 464-9876
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
69
Medical school graduation
1983

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

Dr. Susan Kaweski practices at Aesthetic Arts Institute of Plastic Surgery in La Mesa, California

Dr. Kaweski's primary practice is Aesthetic Arts Institute of Plastic Surgery, at 8415 Grant Ave, La Mesa, CA 91941-5303. The practice phone is (619) 464-9876.

  • Aesthetic Arts Institute of Plastic Surgery
    8415 Grant Ave, La Mesa, CA 91941-5303Phone(619) 464-9876

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Susan Kaweski is affiliated with 1 site of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Kaweski's primary practice is Aesthetic Arts Institute of Plastic Surgery in La Mesa, California. The medical group on file is Emergency and Acute Care Medical Corporation.

Aesthetic Arts Institute of Plastic SurgeryPhysician office · La Mesa, CaliforniaPrimary
Emergency and Acute Care Medical CorporationPrimary care group, San Diego, CA

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Susan Kaweski's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Aesthetic Arts Institute of Plastic SurgeryAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Susan Kaweski is one of 327 plastics and reconstructive surgery physicians in California

Plastic and reconstructive surgery is Dr. Kaweski's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 2086S0122X. Dr. Kaweski is board certified in plastic surgery by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Kaweski's licenses on file in 4 states: California, Florida, Michigan and Pennsylvania.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Plastic and reconstructive surgery, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense G53909 · 1984 to 2026 · taxonomy 2086S0122X
  • Florida license2020 to 2027
  • Michigan license1995 to 1996
  • Ph.d. medical genetics, PennsylvaniaLicense G53909 · 1986 to 1992 · taxonomy 170100000X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists cancerous skin growth removal among the conditions Dr. Kaweski treats.

Plastics and reconstructive surgery physicians near Dr. Kaweski

Counts of plastics and reconstructive surgery physicians with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

327plastics and reconstructive surgery physicians in California
3plastics and reconstructive surgery physicians in La Mesa

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

Dr. Susan Kaweski billed Medicare for 20 services in 2021

CMS data shows 20 Medicare services from Dr. Kaweski across 1 procedure code in 2021, all of them office visits, for 16 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $2,740 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 202120
Medicare patients16
Paid by Medicare$2,740
Procedure codes1

Dr. Kaweski's Medicare services by type, 2020 to 2021

  • 2020
  • 2021
Office and hospital visits
2020: 392021: 2049%

Dr. Kaweski compared with the California median for plastics and reconstructive surgery physicians, 2021

  • Dr. Kaweski
  • California median
Medicare services
20vs 4657% below
Medicare patients
16vs 5872% below
Part D claims
175vs 247.3 times

Medians across 261 plastics and reconstructive surgery physicians in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Kaweski's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2021

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. Susan Kaweski treated 16 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 78

CMS counts 16 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kaweski in 2024. The largest group is under 65, with 0 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 69% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 1.37, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Kaweski's median patient age at 66, with 48% women.

Medicare patients, 202416
Average age78
Average risk score1.37

Dr. Kaweski's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

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

  1. High cholesterol75%
  2. High blood pressure69%

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

Dr. Kaweski's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 66

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women48%
  • Men39%

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

Dr. Susan Kaweski wrote 217 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Kaweski wrote 217 Medicare Part D claims for 85 patients. 96% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 175 of them, across 3 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,116 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 163 claims across 3 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024217
Drugs named by CMS3
Total drug cost$1,116
Part D patients85

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

  • Generic209 claims96%
  • Brand-name and other8 claims4%

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

  • Opioids39%85 of 217 claims
  • Antibiotics43%94 of 217 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: 1632024: 1757%

Drugs named by CMS: 3 in 2024, 3 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. Susan Kaweski takes part in Medicare

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

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Removal of skin lesions: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Skin biopsy: 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. Susan Kaweski has 8 publications on record

Dmand AI links 8 papers to Dr. Kaweski in 2024. The most frequent topics are Aging. Dr. Kaweski has published most often in Plast Reconstr Surg. Dr. Kaweski's most frequent co-authors are Parag Butala, MD, Steven D. Daveluy, MD and Helena M. Guarda, MD.

Papers8

Topics Dr. Kaweski writes about most

  • Aging

Dr. Kaweski's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Kaweski

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Dr. Susan Kaweski has worked on 1 clinical trial

Dmand AI links Dr. Kaweski to 1 clinical trial. Conditions studied include Breast Neoplasms and Breast Diseases.

Conditions in Dr. Kaweski's trials

  • Breast Neoplasms
  • Breast Diseases

Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Kaweski

Recent clinical trials with Dr. Kaweski

Sources: Dmand AI Research Linkage; and ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine)

Dr. Susan Kaweski received $7,339 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 115 general payments to Dr. Kaweski from 30 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 63% of the total. Allergan Inc. paid the most, $1,853.

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

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

$7.3Kin total
  • Food and beverage$4,63563%
  • Travel and lodging$2,28731%
  • Device or supply loans$2684%
  • Speaker and faculty fees$1502%

Companies that paid Dr. Kaweski 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. Susan Kaweski has 2 awards and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 2 awards for Dr. Kaweski, most recently Healthcare Hero 2013 in 2013.

Awards and honors for Dr. Kaweski

  1. 2013
    • Healthcare Hero 2013
  2. Undated
    • Super Doc

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Susan Kaweski graduated from Penn State College of Medicine

Dr. Kaweski graduated from Penn State College of Medicine in 1983.

  1. Medical schoolPenn State College of Medicine
  2. Board certified in plastic surgeryAmerican Board of Plastic Surgery

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Susan Kaweski accepts plans from 14 insurance carriers

Dr. Kaweski is in network with 14 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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

  1. PPO9
  2. Medicare8
  3. HMO6
  4. POS5
  5. EPO4

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Susan Kaweski'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 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)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
Clinical trials and co-investigatorsDmand AI Research LinkageClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
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. Susan Kaweski's NPI number?

Dr. Susan Kaweski's NPI number is 1629076856. It was assigned on July 12, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Susan Kaweski?

Dr. Susan Kaweski is a plastic and reconstructive surgery physician in La Mesa, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 2086S0122X).

Where does Dr. Susan Kaweski practice?

Dr. Kaweski practices at 8415 Grant Ave, La Mesa, CA 91941-5303. Dr. Kaweski's primary practice is Aesthetic Arts Institute of Plastic Surgery in La Mesa, California.

What is Dr. Susan Kaweski's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Kaweski is (619) 464-9876.

What is Dr. Susan Kaweski's medical license number?

Dr. Kaweski holds California license G53909, one of the licenses on file in 4 states.

Which states has Dr. Susan Kaweski been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Kaweski in California (1984 to 2026), Florida (2020 to 2027), Michigan (1995 to 1996) and Pennsylvania (1986 to 1992).

What medical group is Dr. Susan Kaweski part of?

Dr. Kaweski is linked to Emergency and Acute Care Medical Corporation.

Does Dr. Susan Kaweski accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Kaweski billed Medicare for 20 services in 2021, and Dr. Kaweski accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Susan Kaweski see?

CMS counts 16 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kaweski in 2024, with an average age of 78.

Is Dr. Susan Kaweski board certified?

Yes. Dr. Kaweski is board certified in plastic surgery by the American Board of Plastic Surgery.

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What services does Dr. Susan Kaweski bill to Medicare?

In 2021, Dr. Kaweski's most billed Medicare services were office visit, new patient (99204).

Where did Dr. Susan Kaweski go to medical school?

Dr. Kaweski graduated from Penn State College of Medicine in 1983.

What drugs does Dr. Susan Kaweski prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Kaweski's most prescribed drugs by claims were Cephalexin, Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen and Ondansetron ODT.

Has Dr. Susan Kaweski received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $7,339 in general payments to Dr. Kaweski from 30 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Allergan Inc.

How long has Dr. Susan Kaweski been practicing?

Dr. Kaweski graduated from medical school in 1983, 43 years ago.

Does Dr. Susan Kaweski do research?

Dmand AI links 8 publications to Dr. Kaweski. Dr. Kaweski has worked on 1 clinical trial.

Who does Dr. Susan Kaweski publish with?

Dr. Kaweski's most frequent co-authors are Parag Butala, MD (1 shared paper), Steven D. Daveluy, MD (1 shared paper) and Helena M. Guarda, MD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. Susan Kaweski accept?

Dr. Kaweski is in network with 14 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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