Dr. Ali Zarrinpar, MD

Dr. Zarrinpar practices at UF Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville, Florida, part of UF Health.

Dr. Zarrinpar's NPI, 1811185135, was assigned on October 11, 2007. Dr. Zarrinpar graduated from University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine in 2005. Dr. Zarrinpar holds Florida license ME131805.

Dr. Zarrinpar's primary practice is UF Health Shands Hospital, at 1600 SW Archer Rd, Gainesville, FL 32610 in Alachua County. The practice phone is (352) 265-8000.

Dr. Zarrinpar's primary practice is UF Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville, Florida, part of UF Health. The medical group on file is UF Health Physicians. Dmand AI also links Dr. Zarrinpar to 1 more medical group, named with a free account.

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

Surgery is Dr. Zarrinpar's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Zarrinpar is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Zarrinpar's licenses on file in 2 states: Florida and California.

Dmand AI lists colon removal and gallbladder removal among the conditions Dr. Zarrinpar treats.

CMS data shows 177 Medicare services from Dr. Zarrinpar across 1 procedure code in 2024, for 66 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $10,861 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 66 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Zarrinpar in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 38 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 73% have high cholesterol. 30% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.94, 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. Zarrinpar's median patient age at 68, with 51% women.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 48 out of 100 for Dr. Zarrinpar for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Zarrinpar accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Hernia repair - groin (open): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 83 papers to Dr. Zarrinpar, published from 2003 to 2025. 2023 was the busiest year, with 12. The most frequent topics are Liver Transplantation, Graft Rejection and Tissue Donors. Dr. Zarrinpar has published most often in J Am Coll Surg. Dr. Zarrinpar's most frequent co-authors are Vatche Garen Agopian, MD, Ronald W. Busuttil, MD and Fady Michael Kaldas, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Zarrinpar to 3 clinical trials, 2 of them phase 2 studies. Conditions studied include Cholecystitis and Gallbladder Diseases. University of Florida sponsors the most, 2.

CMS Open Payments shows 63 general payments to Dr. Zarrinpar from 20 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 68% of the total. Ethicon Inc. paid the most, $14,897. It also lists 1 research payment totaling $500 in 2016.

Dr. Zarrinpar graduated from University of California (San Francisco) School of Medicine in 2005. Dr. Zarrinpar is a member of AACR, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, ACS, American Society of Transplantation, American Society of Transplant Surgeons and Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association.

Dr. Zarrinpar is in network with 18 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 12. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.