Dr. Valerie L. Traina, MD

  • Los Gatos, CA
  • General surgeon
NPI1447384698PAC ID1153589593
Medicare services, 2024
571
Medicare patients, 2024
189
Part D claims, 2024
34
Clinical trials
1
Hospital affiliations
2
Practice address
700 W Parr Ave Ste A, Los Gatos, CA 95032
Practice phone
Call (408) 871-3400
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Primary practice

EL CAMINO HEALTH MEDICAL NETWORK, LLC

Urgent Care - Additional Location · Los Gatos, California

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Dr. Valerie L. Traina is a general surgeon in Los Gatos, California

Dr. Traina practices at EL CAMINO HEALTH MEDICAL NETWORK, LLC in Los Gatos, California.

Dr. Traina's NPI, 1447384698, was assigned on March 16, 2007. Dr. Traina graduated from Tufts University School Of Medicine in 1981. Dr. Traina holds California license A49393.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
1153589593
NPI enumeration date
March 16, 2007
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(408) 871-3400
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Sex
Female
Estimated age
71
Medical school graduation
1981

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

Dr. Valerie L. Traina practices at 2 locations in Los Gatos, California

Dr. Traina's primary practice is EL CAMINO HEALTH MEDICAL NETWORK, LLC, at 700 W Parr Ave Ste A, Los Gatos, CA 95032. The practice phone is (408) 871-3400. Dr. Traina also practices at El Camino Health Medical Network, 973 University Ave, Los Gatos, CA 95032.

  • EL CAMINO HEALTH MEDICAL NETWORK, LLCPrimary
    700 W Parr Ave Ste A, Los Gatos, CA 95032Phone(408) 871-3400
  • El Camino Health Medical Network
    973 University Ave, Los Gatos, CA 95032 · Santa Clara CountyPhone(408) 871-3400

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

Dr. Valerie L. Traina is affiliated with 6 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Traina's primary practice is EL CAMINO HEALTH MEDICAL NETWORK, LLC in Los Gatos, California. Dr. Traina is also affiliated with El Camino Health - Mountain View Hospital. The medical group on file is El Camino Health Medical Network. Dmand AI also links Dr. Traina to 1 more hospital, 2 urgent care centers and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account. Dr. Traina's employer is on file too: an urgent care center.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Valerie L. Traina's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Traina practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
EL CAMINO HEALTH MEDICAL NETWORK, LLCAvailable with a free account
+5 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Valerie L. Traina is one of 2,926 general surgeons in California

Surgery is Dr. Traina's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Traina is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Traina's licenses on file in 4 states: California, Arizona, Maine and New York.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Surgery, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense A49393 · 1991 to 2027 · taxonomy 208600000X
  • Arizona licenseSince 1990
  • Maine licenseSince 1990
  • New York license1989 to 1992

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists cancerous skin growth removal, groin hernia surgery and mastectomy among the conditions Dr. Traina treats.

General surgeons near Dr. Traina

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

Dr. Valerie L. Traina billed Medicare for 571 services in 2024

CMS data shows 571 Medicare services from Dr. Traina across 12 procedure codes in 2024, for 189 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $66,439 for them.

Medicare services, 2024571
Medicare patients189
Paid by Medicare$66,439
Procedure codes12

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 3742024: 41711%
Imaging
2023: 882024: 925%
Surgery
2023: 02024: 41
Other services
2023: 132024: 2162%
Tests and treatments
2023: 312024: 0100%

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

  • In an office53093%
  • In a facility417%

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

  • Dr. Traina
  • California median
Medicare services
571vs 1663.4 times
Medicare patients
189vs 12156% above
Part D claims
25vs 3426% below

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

Dr. Traina'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 L. Traina treated 189 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 77

CMS counts 189 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Traina in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 92 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 69% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 0.89, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Traina's median patient age at 60, with 97% women.

Medicare patients, 2024189
Average age77
Average risk score0.89

Dr. Traina's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Traina's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women16989%
  • Men2011%

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

  1. High cholesterol75%
  2. High blood pressure69%
  3. Cancer58%
  4. Arthritis48%
  5. Osteoporosis33%
  6. Diabetes24%
  7. Atrial fibrillation19%
  8. Ischemic heart disease18%

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

Dr. Traina's patients across all payers

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

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 60

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women97%
  • Men1%

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

Dr. Valerie L. Traina wrote 34 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Traina wrote 34 Medicare Part D claims for 24 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 25 of them, across 2 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $94 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 12 claims across 1 drug.

Part D claims, 202434
Drugs named by CMS2
Total drug cost$94
Part D patients24

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

  • Opioids50%17 of 34 claims
  • Antibiotics47%16 of 34 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: 122024: 25108%

Drugs named by CMS: 2 in 2024, 1 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 L. Traina ranks in the 81st percentile for mastectomy in Medicare

Dr. Traina accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 23 procedures of mastectomy by Dr. Traina, more than 81% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Where Dr. Traina ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Mastectomy
81st percentile23 procedures

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

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. Valerie L. Traina has worked on 1 clinical trial

Dmand AI links Dr. Traina to 1 clinical trial. 1 is still active or recruiting. Conditions studied include Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating and Breast Carcinoma In Situ.

Conditions in Dr. Traina's trials

  • Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating
  • Breast Carcinoma In Situ

Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Traina

Recent clinical trials with Dr. Traina

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

Dr. Valerie L. Traina received $3,767 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 56 general payments to Dr. Traina from 28 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 87% of the total. ImpediMed, Inc. paid the most, $500.

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

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

$3.8Kin total
  • Food and beverage$3,26787%
  • Honoraria$50013%

Companies that paid Dr. Traina 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 L. Traina has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Traina.

Awards and honors for Dr. Traina

  1. Undated
    • ACS Fellow

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Valerie L. Traina graduated from Tufts University School Of Medicine

Dr. Traina graduated from Tufts University School Of Medicine in 1981. Dr. Traina is a member of ACS.

  1. Medical schoolTufts University School Of Medicine
  2. Board certified in surgeryAmerican Board of Surgery

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Valerie L. Traina accepts plans from 15 insurance carriers

Dr. Traina is in network with 15 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare 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
  • United Healthcare
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • Elevance
  • HCSC
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • Regence Health Plans
  • Alliant Health Plans
  • +7 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Traina accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO9
  2. Medicare8
  3. HMO6
  4. EPO4
  5. POS4
  6. Medicaid1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Valerie L. Traina'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 Affiliation DataDmand AI Practice 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)
Clinical trials and co-investigatorsClinicalTrials.gov (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. Valerie L. Traina's NPI number?

Dr. Valerie L. Traina's NPI number is 1447384698. It was assigned on March 16, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Valerie L. Traina?

Dr. Valerie L. Traina is a general surgeon in Los Gatos, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).

Where does Dr. Valerie L. Traina practice?

Dr. Traina practices at 700 W Parr Ave Ste A, Los Gatos, CA 95032. Dr. Traina also practices at 973 University Ave, Los Gatos, CA 95032. Dr. Traina's primary practice is EL CAMINO HEALTH MEDICAL NETWORK, LLC in Los Gatos, California. Dmand AI also links Dr. Traina to 1 hospital, 2 urgent care centers and 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. Valerie L. Traina's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Traina is (408) 871-3400.

What is Dr. Valerie L. Traina's medical license number?

Dr. Traina holds California license A49393, one of the licenses on file in 4 states.

Which states has Dr. Valerie L. Traina been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Traina in California (1991 to 2027), Arizona (since 1990), Maine (since 1990) and New York (1989 to 1992).

Which hospitals is Dr. Valerie L. Traina affiliated with?

Dr. Traina is affiliated with El Camino Health - Mountain View Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Traina to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Valerie L. Traina part of?

Dr. Traina is linked to El Camino Health Medical Network.

Does Dr. Valerie L. Traina accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Traina billed Medicare for 571 services in 2024, and Dr. Traina accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Valerie L. Traina see?

CMS counts 189 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Traina in 2024, with an average age of 77.

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Is Dr. Valerie L. Traina board certified?

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

What services does Dr. Valerie L. Traina bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Traina's most billed Medicare services were office visit, established patient (99214), office visit, established patient (99215) and ultrasound (76536).

Where did Dr. Valerie L. Traina go to medical school?

Dr. Traina graduated from Tufts University School Of Medicine in 1981.

What drugs does Dr. Valerie L. Traina prescribe most?

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

Has Dr. Valerie L. Traina received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $3,767 in general payments to Dr. Traina from 28 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from ImpediMed, Inc.

How long has Dr. Valerie L. Traina been practicing?

Dr. Traina graduated from medical school in 1981, 45 years ago.

Does Dr. Valerie L. Traina do research?

Dr. Traina has worked on 1 clinical trial.

What insurance does Dr. Valerie L. Traina accept?

Dr. Traina is in network with 15 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare 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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