Dr. Samuel So, FACS, MD

Dr. So practices at Stanford Hospital at 300 Pasteur Drive in Stanford, California, part of Stanford University.

Dr. So's NPI, 1982730065, was assigned on February 26, 2007. Dr. So graduated from University of Hong Kong Faculty of Medicine in 1978. Dr. So holds California license A51497.

Dr. So's primary practice is Stanford Hospital at 300 Pasteur Drive, at 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305 in Santa Clara County. The practice phone is (650) 723-4000.

Dr. So's primary practice is Stanford Hospital at 300 Pasteur Drive in Stanford, California, part of Stanford University. The medical group on file is Stanford Health Care. Dmand AI also links Dr. So to 1 more hospital, named with a free account. Dr. So's employer is on file too: a hospital.

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

Surgery is Dr. So's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dmand AI has Dr. So's licenses on file in 2 states: California and Minnesota.

CMS data shows 24 Medicare services from Dr. So across 1 procedure code in 2024, all of them office visits, for 16 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $1,975 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 16 Medicare patients who saw Dr. So in 2024. The largest group is under 65, with 0 patients. 69% of them have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 1.53, 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. So's median patient age at 63, with 19% women.

In 2024, Dr. So wrote 72 Medicare Part D claims for 14 patients. 60% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 52 of them, across 2 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $33,161 in total drug cost.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 89 out of 100 for Dr. So for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. So accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. So as offering telehealth.

Dmand AI links 205 papers to Dr. So, published from 2005 to 2025. 2017 was the busiest year, with 7. The most frequent topics are Liver Neoplasms, Liver Transplantation and Carcinoma, Hepatocellular. Dr. So has published most often in Transplantation. Dr. So's most frequent co-authors are Carlos Orlando Esquivel, MD, PhD, Kenneth Cox, MD and Waldo Concepcion, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. So to 5 clinical trials. 1 is still active or recruiting. Conditions studied include Hepadnaviridae Infections, Liver Neoplasms and Hepatitis B. Stanford University sponsors the most, 4.

CMS Open Payments shows 1 general payment to Dr. So from 1 drug or device company in 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. paid the most, $16.

Dmand AI lists 2 awards for Dr. So, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2013.

Dr. So graduated from University of Hong Kong Faculty of Medicine in 1978. Dr. So is a member of ACS.

Dr. So is in network with 8 carriers, including Elevance, Aetna and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 5. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.