Dr. Ruston James Sanchez, MD

Dr. Sanchez practices at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, part of Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady.

Dr. Sanchez's NPI, 1043639495, was assigned on April 14, 2014. Dr. Sanchez graduated from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans in 2014. Dr. Sanchez holds Louisiana license 322082.

Dr. Sanchez's primary practice is Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, at 5000 Hennessy Blvd, Baton Rouge, LA 70808 in E. Baton Rouge Parish. The practice phone is (225) 765-6565.

Dr. Sanchez's primary practice is Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, part of Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady. The medical group on file is Our Lady of the Lake Physician Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Sanchez to 1 more physician office and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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

Plastic surgery is Dr. Sanchez's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208200000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Sanchez's licenses on file in 2 states: Louisiana and Wisconsin.

CMS data shows 35 Medicare services from Dr. Sanchez across 2 procedure codes in 2024, for 50 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $2,426 for them.

CMS counts 50 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Sanchez in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 19 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 68% have high cholesterol. 32% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.76, 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. Sanchez's median patient age at 49, with 58% women.

In 2024, Dr. Sanchez wrote 70 Medicare Part D claims for 24 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 33 of them, across 2 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $254 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 16 claims across 1 drug.

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

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision: 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)

Dmand AI links 19 papers to Dr. Sanchez, published from 2014 to 2024. 2015 was the busiest year, with 3. The most frequent topics are Plastic Surgery Procedures, Free Tissue Flaps and Anastomosis, Surgical. Dr. Sanchez has published most often in Plast Reconstr Surg. Dr. Sanchez's most frequent co-authors are Samuel O. Poore, MD, PhD, Ravi K. Garg and Ahmed Medhat Afifi, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 43 general payments to Dr. Sanchez from 16 drug and device companies from 2019 to 2025. Compensation for serving as faculty or as a speaker for a medical education program make up the largest share, 66% of the total. Kerecis Limited paid the most, $21,936. It also lists 1 research payment totaling $2,500 in 2024.

Dr. Sanchez graduated from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans in 2014.