Dr. Stephen D. Bresnick, MD

  • Encino, CA
  • Plastic surgeon
NPI1831292275PAC ID0749479608
Medicare services, 2021
21
Medicare patients, 2024
25
Part D claims, 2024
250
Publications
15
Industry payments
$104,513
Practice address
16633 W Ventura Blvd, Encino, CA 91436
Practice phone
Call (818) 981-3333
Professional email
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Primary practice

Encino Surgicenter a Medical Group

Encino, California

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Dr. Stephen D. Bresnick is a plastic surgeon in Encino, California

Dr. Bresnick practices at Encino Surgicenter a Medical Group in Encino, California.

Dr. Bresnick's NPI, 1831292275, was assigned on September 7, 2006. Dr. Bresnick graduated from UC San Diego School of Medicine in 1990. Dr. Bresnick's California license number on file is G074248.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
0749479608
NPI enumeration date
September 7, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(818) 981-3333
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
62
Medical school graduation
1990

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

Dr. Stephen D. Bresnick practices at Encino Surgicenter a Medical Group in Encino, California

Dr. Bresnick's primary practice is Encino Surgicenter a Medical Group, at 16633 W Ventura Blvd, Encino, CA 91436 in Los Angeles County. The practice phone is (818) 981-3333.

  • Encino Surgicenter a Medical Group
    16633 W Ventura Blvd, Encino, CA 91436 · Los Angeles CountyPhone(818) 981-3333

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Stephen D. Bresnick is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Bresnick's primary practice is Encino Surgicenter a Medical Group in Encino, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bresnick to 1 physician office, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Stephen D. Bresnick's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Bresnick practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Encino Surgicenter a Medical GroupAvailable with a free account
+2 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Stephen D. Bresnick is one of 778 plastic surgeons in California

Plastic surgery is Dr. Bresnick's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208200000X. Dr. Bresnick is board certified in plastic surgery by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. Dr. Bresnick has a license on file in California.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Plastic surgery, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense G074248 · 1992 to 2025 · taxonomy 208200000X

Plastic surgeons near Dr. Bresnick

Counts of plastic surgeons with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.

778plastic surgeons in California
2plastic surgeons in Encino

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

Dr. Stephen D. Bresnick billed Medicare for 21 services in 2021

CMS data shows 21 Medicare services from Dr. Bresnick across 1 procedure code in 2021, all of them office visits, for 25 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $1,229 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 202121
Medicare patients25
Paid by Medicare$1,229
Procedure codes1

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

  • 2020
  • 2021
Office and hospital visits
2020: 262021: 2119%

Dr. Bresnick compared with the California median for plastic surgeons, 2021

  • Dr. Bresnick
  • California median
Medicare services
21vs 5864% below
Medicare patients
25vs 5958% below
Part D claims
165vs 266.3 times

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

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

Dr. Stephen D. Bresnick treated 25 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73

CMS counts 25 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bresnick in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 12 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 72% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 0.98, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Bresnick's median patient age at 53, with 88% women.

Medicare patients, 202425
Average age73
Average risk score0.98

Dr. Bresnick's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

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

  1. High cholesterol75%
  2. High blood pressure72%
  3. Arthritis56%

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

Dr. Bresnick's patients across all payers

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

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 53

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women88%
  • Men12%

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

Dr. Stephen D. Bresnick wrote 250 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Bresnick wrote 250 Medicare Part D claims for 49 patients. 89% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 165 of them, across 8 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,277 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 184 claims across 8 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024250
Drugs named by CMS8
Total drug cost$1,277
Part D patients49

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

  • Generic222 claims89%
  • Brand-name28 claims11%

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

  • Opioids12%29 of 250 claims
  • Antibiotics16%39 of 250 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: 1842024: 16510%

Drugs named by CMS: 8 in 2024, 8 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. Stephen D. Bresnick takes part in Medicare

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

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Mastectomy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

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. Stephen D. Bresnick has 15 publications on record

Dmand AI links 15 papers to Dr. Bresnick, published from 2023 to 2025. The most frequent topics are Fibroblast Growth Factor 2, Immunohistochemistry and Cranial Sutures. Dr. Bresnick has published most often in Plast Reconstr Surg. Dr. Bresnick's most frequent co-authors are Stephen Alfred Schendel, DDS, MD, Michael Thornton Longaker, MBA, MD and Susie Morris, MD.

Papers15
Years published2023 to 2025

Dr. Bresnick's papers by year, 2023 to 2025

Topics Dr. Bresnick writes about most

  • Fibroblast Growth Factor 2
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Cranial Sutures
  • Gene Expression
  • Guinea Pigs
  • In Situ Hybridization
  • Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor
  • RNA, Messenger

Dr. Bresnick's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Bresnick

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

Dr. Stephen D. Bresnick received $104,513 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 90 general payments to Dr. Bresnick from 10 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 97% of the total. Sientra, Inc. paid the most, $101,889.

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

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

$104.5Kin total
  • Consulting fees$101,45697%
  • Food and beverage$2,9973%
  • Gifts$600%
  • Speaker and faculty fees$10%

Companies that paid Dr. Bresnick 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. Stephen D. Bresnick has 5 awards and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 5 awards for Dr. Bresnick, most recently Castle Connolly Top Doctor in 2017.

Awards and honors for Dr. Bresnick

  1. 2017
    • Castle Connolly Top Doctor
  2. 2014
    • Regional Top Doctor
  3. Undated
    • Super Doc
    • Top Plastic Surgeon
    • US News and World Report

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Stephen D. Bresnick graduated from UC San Diego School of Medicine

Dr. Bresnick graduated from UC San Diego School of Medicine in 1990. Dr. Bresnick is a member of ASPS.

  1. Medical schoolUC San Diego School of Medicine
  2. Board certified in plastic surgeryAmerican Board of Plastic Surgery

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Stephen D. Bresnick accepts plans from 6 insurance carriers

Dr. Bresnick is in network with 6 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 5. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Elevance
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • HCSC
  • CMS Medicare

Plan types Dr. Bresnick accepts, by number of carriers

  1. Medicare5
  2. PPO5
  3. EPO2
  4. POS2
  5. HMO1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Stephen D. Bresnick'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 phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand 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
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. Stephen D. Bresnick's NPI number?

Dr. Stephen D. Bresnick's NPI number is 1831292275. It was assigned on September 7, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Stephen D. Bresnick?

Dr. Stephen D. Bresnick is a plastic surgeon in Encino, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Plastic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208200000X).

Where does Dr. Stephen D. Bresnick practice?

Dr. Bresnick practices at 16633 W Ventura Blvd, Encino, CA 91436. Dr. Bresnick's primary practice is Encino Surgicenter a Medical Group in Encino, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bresnick to 1 physician office, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Stephen D. Bresnick's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Bresnick is (818) 981-3333.

What is Dr. Stephen D. Bresnick's medical license number?

Dr. Bresnick's California license number on file is G074248.

Does Dr. Stephen D. Bresnick accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Bresnick billed Medicare for 21 services in 2021, and Dr. Bresnick accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Stephen D. Bresnick see?

CMS counts 25 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bresnick in 2024, with an average age of 73.

Is Dr. Stephen D. Bresnick board certified?

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

What services does Dr. Stephen D. Bresnick bill to Medicare?

In 2021, Dr. Bresnick's most billed Medicare services were office visit, new patient (99202).

Where did Dr. Stephen D. Bresnick go to medical school?

Dr. Bresnick graduated from UC San Diego School of Medicine in 1990.

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What drugs does Dr. Stephen D. Bresnick prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Bresnick's most prescribed drugs by claims were Cephalexin, Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen and Montelukast Sodium.

Has Dr. Stephen D. Bresnick received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $104,513 in general payments to Dr. Bresnick from 10 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Sientra, Inc.

How long has Dr. Stephen D. Bresnick been practicing?

Dr. Bresnick graduated from medical school in 1990, 36 years ago.

Does Dr. Stephen D. Bresnick do research?

Dmand AI links 15 publications to Dr. Bresnick, published from 2023 to 2025.

Who does Dr. Stephen D. Bresnick publish with?

Dr. Bresnick's most frequent co-authors are Stephen Alfred Schendel, DDS, MD (3 shared papers), Michael Thornton Longaker, MBA, MD (2 shared papers) and Susie Morris, MD (2 shared papers).

What insurance does Dr. Stephen D. Bresnick accept?

Dr. Bresnick is in network with 6 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 5. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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