Dr. Victor Chow Joe, MD

  • Orange, CA
  • General surgeon
NPI1164539953PAC ID2567439490
Medicare services, 2024
90
Medicare patients, 2024
63
Publications
55
Clinical trials
2
Hospital affiliations
2
Practice address
101 City Drive South, Orange, CA 92868
Practice phone
Call (714) 456-7890
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Mobile number
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Primary practice

UCI Health - Orange

Hospital · Orange, California

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Dr. Victor Chow Joe is a general surgeon in Orange, California

Dr. Joe practices at UCI Health - Orange in Orange, California, part of UC Irvine.

Dr. Joe's NPI, 1164539953, was assigned on August 25, 2006. Dr. Joe graduated from VCU School of Medicine in 1995. Dr. Joe holds California license A061858.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
2567439490
NPI enumeration date
August 25, 2006
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Practice phone
(714) 456-7890
Professional email
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
57
Medical school graduation
1995

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

Dr. Victor Chow Joe practices at UCI Health - Orange in Orange, California

Dr. Joe's primary practice is UCI Health - Orange, at 101 City Drive South, Orange, CA 92868 in Orange County. The practice phone is (714) 456-7890.

  • UCI Health - Orange
    101 City Drive South, Orange, CA 92868 · Orange CountyPhone(714) 456-7890

Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dr. Victor Chow Joe is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Joe's primary practice is UCI Health - Orange in Orange, California, part of UC Irvine. Dr. Joe is also affiliated with Arrowhead Regional Medical Center. The medical group on file is UCI Health Physicians. Dmand AI also links Dr. Joe to 1 more medical group, named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Victor Chow Joe's practice

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

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
UCI Health - OrangeAvailable with a free account
+1 more site and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Victor Chow Joe is one of 2,926 general surgeons in California

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

Specialties and state licenses

  • Surgery, CaliforniaPrimaryLicense A061858 · 1997 to 2027 · taxonomy 208600000X

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists gastrointestinal obstruction among the conditions Dr. Joe treats.

General surgeons near Dr. Joe

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

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

Dr. Victor Chow Joe billed Medicare for 90 services in 2024

CMS data shows 90 Medicare services from Dr. Joe across 3 procedure codes in 2024, for 63 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $6,592 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 202490
Medicare patients63
Paid by Medicare$6,592
Procedure codes3

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1052024: 9014%

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

  • Dr. Joe
  • California median
Medicare services
90vs 16646% below
Medicare patients
63vs 12148% below

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

Dr. Joe'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. Victor Chow Joe treated 63 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 71

CMS counts 63 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Joe in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 25 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 60% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.62, 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. Joe's median patient age at 45, with 45% women.

Medicare patients, 202463
Average age71
Average risk score2.62
Also on Medicaid60%

Dr. Joe's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Joe's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women3251%
  • Men3149%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Diabetes54%
  4. Arthritis52%
  5. Ischemic heart disease52%
  6. Heart failure48%
  7. Chronic kidney disease44%
  8. Anxiety41%

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

Dr. Joe's patients across all payers

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

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 45

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women45%
  • Men55%

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

How Dr. Victor Chow Joe takes part in Medicare

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

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Colonoscopy: 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)

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux: 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. Victor Chow Joe has 55 publications on record

Dmand AI links 55 papers to Dr. Joe, published from 2018 to 2025. 2018 was the busiest year, with 15. The most frequent topics are Burns, Wounds and Injuries and Burn Units. Dr. Joe has published most often in J Burn Care Res. Dr. Joe's most frequent co-authors are Areg Grigorian, MD, Jeffry T. Nahmias, MD and Sebastian Diminik Schubl, MD.

Papers55
Years published2018 to 2025

Dr. Joe's papers by year, 2018 to 2025

Topics Dr. Joe writes about most

  • Burns
  • Wounds and Injuries
  • Burn Units
  • Fractures, Bone
  • Injury Severity Score
  • Accidents, Traffic
  • Brain Injuries, Traumatic
  • Length of Stay

Dr. Joe's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Joe

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

Dr. Victor Chow Joe has worked on 2 clinical trials

Dmand AI links Dr. Joe to 2 clinical trials. Conditions studied include Burns and Wounds and Injuries. Open Payments lists research payments to Dr. Joe that name 1 trial.

Conditions in Dr. Joe's trials

  • Burns
  • Wounds and Injuries

Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Joe

Recent clinical trials with Dr. Joe

Sources: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026; Dmand AI Research Linkage; and ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine)

Dr. Victor Chow Joe received $13,594 in industry payments from 2016 to 2024

CMS Open Payments shows 30 general payments to Dr. Joe from 8 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2024. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 74% of the total. Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc. paid the most, $9,016. It also lists 2 research payments totaling $239 from 2017 to 2018, naming 1 clinical trial.

General payments to Dr. Joe by program year, 2016 to 2024

General payments to Dr. Joe by kind, 2016 to 2024

$13.6Kin total
  • Consulting fees$10,12074%
  • Travel and lodging$2,37117%
  • Food and beverage$1,1038%

Companies that paid Dr. Joe the most, 2016 to 2024

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

Dr. Victor Chow Joe has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Joe.

Awards and honors for Dr. Joe

  1. Undated
    • ACS Fellow

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Victor Chow Joe graduated from VCU School of Medicine

Dr. Joe graduated from VCU School of Medicine in 1995. Dr. Joe is a member of ACS.

  1. Medical schoolVCU School of Medicine
  2. Board certified in surgeryAmerican Board of Surgery
  3. Board certified in surgical critical careAmerican Board of Surgery

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Victor Chow Joe accepts plans from 13 insurance carriers

Dr. Joe is in network with 13 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. Joe accepts, by number of carriers

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

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Victor Chow Joe'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)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. Victor Chow Joe's NPI number?

Dr. Victor Chow Joe's NPI number is 1164539953. It was assigned on August 25, 2006, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Victor Chow Joe?

Dr. Victor Chow Joe is a general surgeon in Orange, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).

Where does Dr. Victor Chow Joe practice?

Dr. Joe practices at 101 City Drive South, Orange, CA 92868. Dr. Joe's primary practice is UCI Health - Orange in Orange, California, part of UC Irvine. Dmand AI also links Dr. Joe to 1 medical group.

What is Dr. Victor Chow Joe's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Joe is (714) 456-7890.

What is Dr. Victor Chow Joe's medical license number?

Dr. Joe holds California license A061858.

Which hospitals is Dr. Victor Chow Joe affiliated with?

Dr. Joe practices at UCI Health - Orange in Orange, California. Dr. Joe is also affiliated with Arrowhead Regional Medical Center.

What medical group is Dr. Victor Chow Joe part of?

Dr. Joe is linked to UCI Health Physicians. Dmand AI links Dr. Joe to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. Victor Chow Joe accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Joe billed Medicare for 90 services in 2024, and Dr. Joe accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Victor Chow Joe see?

CMS counts 63 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Joe in 2024, with an average age of 71.

Is Dr. Victor Chow Joe board certified?

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

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What services does Dr. Victor Chow Joe bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Joe's most billed Medicare services were hospital inpatient care (99233), hospital inpatient care (99232) and office visit, established patient (99212).

Where did Dr. Victor Chow Joe go to medical school?

Dr. Joe graduated from VCU School of Medicine in 1995.

Has Dr. Victor Chow Joe received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $13,594 in general payments to Dr. Joe from 8 companies from 2016 to 2024. The largest total came from Mallinckrodt Hospital Products Inc.

How long has Dr. Victor Chow Joe been practicing?

Dr. Joe graduated from medical school in 1995, 31 years ago.

Does Dr. Victor Chow Joe do research?

Dmand AI links 55 publications to Dr. Joe, published from 2018 to 2025. Dr. Joe has worked on 2 clinical trials.

Who does Dr. Victor Chow Joe publish with?

Dr. Joe's most frequent co-authors are Areg Grigorian, MD (27 shared papers), Jeffry T. Nahmias, MD (26 shared papers) and Sebastian Diminik Schubl, MD (23 shared papers).

What insurance does Dr. Victor Chow Joe accept?

Dr. Joe is in network with 13 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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