Dr. Tammy T. Chang, MD, PhD

  • San Francisco, CA
  • General surgeon
NPI1972787174PAC ID0840314498
Medicare services, 2024
84
Medicare patients, 2024
32
Publications
25
MIPS score, 2024
98
Hospital affiliations
1
Practice address
505 Parnassus Ave, Box 0296, San Francisco, CA 94143
Practice phone
Call (415) 353-2733
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Primary practice

UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights

Hospital · San Francisco, California

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Dr. Tammy T. Chang is a general surgeon in San Francisco, California

Dr. Chang practices at UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights in San Francisco, California, part of University of California Health.

Dr. Chang's NPI, 1972787174, was assigned on December 24, 2007. Dr. Chang graduated from Harvard Medical School in 2003. Dr. Chang holds California license A90279.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
0840314498
NPI enumeration date
December 24, 2007
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(415) 353-2733
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
49
Medical school graduation
2003

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

Dr. Tammy T. Chang practices at UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights in San Francisco, California

Dr. Chang'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.

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Tammy T. Chang is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 5 medical groups

Dr. Chang'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 Dr. Chang to 4 more group practices and clinics and 4 medical groups, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Tammy T. Chang's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Chang practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus HeightsAvailable with a free account
+4 more sites and 4 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Tammy T. Chang is one of 2,926 general surgeons in California

Surgery is Dr. Chang's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Chang is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery. Dr. Chang is licensed in California.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Surgery, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense A90279 · 2005 to 2026 · taxonomy 208600000X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists appendectomy, gallbladder removal and gastrointestinal obstruction among the conditions Dr. Chang treats.

General surgeons near Dr. Chang

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

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Dr. Tammy T. Chang billed Medicare for 84 services in 2024

CMS data shows 84 Medicare services from Dr. Chang across 4 procedure codes in 2024, for 32 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $7,612 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 202484
Medicare patients32
Paid by Medicare$7,612
Procedure codes4

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Imaging
2023: 482024: 4310%
Surgery
2023: 242024: 234%
Tests and treatments
2023: 02024: 18

Dr. Chang compared with the California median for general surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Chang
  • California median
Medicare services
84vs 16649% below
Medicare patients
32vs 12174% below

Medians across 2,606 general surgeons in California with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Chang'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. Tammy T. Chang treated 32 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74

CMS counts 32 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Chang in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 16 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 72% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 2.01, 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. Chang's median patient age at 66, with 62% women.

Medicare patients, 202432
Average age74
Average risk score2.01

Dr. Chang's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Chang's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women1753%
  • Men1547%

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

  1. High cholesterol75%
  2. High blood pressure72%
  3. Cancer41%

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

Dr. Chang's patients across all payers

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

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 66

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women62%
  • Men38%

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

Dr. Tammy T. Chang scored 98 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 98 out of 100 for Dr. Chang for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Chang accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Dr. Chang's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 98of 100Final score
  • 92.7of 100Quality
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 72of 100Cost

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

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

Hernia repair - groin (open): 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)

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. Tammy T. Chang has 25 publications on record

Dmand AI links 25 papers to Dr. Chang, published from 2008 to 2025. 2023 was the busiest year, with 4. The most frequent topics are Liver, Electroporation and Hepatocytes. Dr. Chang has published most often in J Surg Res. Dr. Chang's most frequent co-authors are Tasce Riika Simon Bongiovanni, MD, Li Che, DO and Won-Tak Choi, MD, PhD.

Papers25
Years published2008 to 2025

Dr. Chang's papers by year, 2013 to 2025

Topics Dr. Chang writes about most

  • Liver
  • Electroporation
  • Hepatocytes
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Signal Transduction
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Collagen

Dr. Chang's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Chang

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

Dr. Tammy T. Chang received $13 in industry payments in 2020

CMS Open Payments shows 1 general payment to Dr. Chang from 1 drug or device company in 2020. Gifts make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Ormco Corporation paid the most, $13.

Companies that paid Dr. Chang the most, 2020 to 2020

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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

Dr. Tammy T. Chang has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Chang.

Awards and honors for Dr. Chang

  1. Undated
    • ACS Fellow

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Tammy T. Chang graduated from Harvard Medical School

Dr. Chang graduated from Harvard Medical School in 2003. Dr. Chang is a member of ACS.

  1. Medical schoolHarvard Medical School
  2. Board certified in surgeryAmerican Board of Surgery

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Tammy T. Chang accepts plans from 8 insurance carriers

Dr. Chang is in network with 8 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • United Healthcare
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • HCSC
  • Regence Health Plans
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City
  • CMS Medicare

Plan types Dr. Chang accepts, by number of carriers

  1. Medicare7
  2. PPO6
  3. HMO3
  4. POS3
  5. EPO2

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Tammy T. Chang'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)
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)
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. Tammy T. Chang's NPI number?

Dr. Tammy T. Chang's NPI number is 1972787174. It was assigned on December 24, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Tammy T. Chang?

Dr. Tammy T. Chang is a general surgeon in San Francisco, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).

Where does Dr. Tammy T. Chang practice?

Dr. Chang practices at 505 Parnassus Ave, Box 0296, San Francisco, CA 94143. Dr. Chang'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 Dr. Chang to 4 group practices and clinics and 4 medical groups.

What is Dr. Tammy T. Chang's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Chang is (415) 353-2733.

What is Dr. Tammy T. Chang's medical license number?

Dr. Chang holds California license A90279.

Which hospitals is Dr. Tammy T. Chang affiliated with?

Dr. Chang practices at UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights in San Francisco, California.

What medical group is Dr. Tammy T. Chang part of?

Dr. Chang is linked to UCSF Pediatrics. Dmand AI links Dr. Chang to 4 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Tammy T. Chang accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Chang billed Medicare for 84 services in 2024, and Dr. Chang accepts Medicare assignment.

What is Dr. Tammy T. Chang's MIPS score?

Dr. Chang's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 98 out of 100, reported as part of a group.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Tammy T. Chang see?

CMS counts 32 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Chang in 2024, with an average age of 74.

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Is Dr. Tammy T. Chang board certified?

Yes. Dr. Chang is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery.

What services does Dr. Tammy T. Chang bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Chang's most billed Medicare services were surgery: heart and blood vessels (36561), radiation oncology (77001) and ultrasound (76937).

Where did Dr. Tammy T. Chang go to medical school?

Dr. Chang graduated from Harvard Medical School in 2003.

Has Dr. Tammy T. Chang received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $13 in general payments to Dr. Chang from 1 company from 2020 to 2020. The largest total came from Ormco Corporation.

How long has Dr. Tammy T. Chang been practicing?

Dr. Chang graduated from medical school in 2003, 23 years ago.

Does Dr. Tammy T. Chang do research?

Dmand AI links 25 publications to Dr. Chang, published from 2008 to 2025.

Who does Dr. Tammy T. Chang publish with?

Dr. Chang's most frequent co-authors are Tasce Riika Simon Bongiovanni, MD (1 shared paper), Li Che, DO (1 shared paper) and Won-Tak Choi, MD, PhD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. Tammy T. Chang accept?

Dr. Chang is in network with 8 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 7. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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