Dr. Carmi Santos Punzalan, MD

Dr. Punzalan practices at Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Massachusetts, part of Beth Israel Lahey Health.

Dr. Punzalan's NPI, 1053584037, was assigned on April 10, 2008. Dr. Punzalan graduated from Boston University School of Medicine in 2008. Dr. Punzalan holds Massachusetts license 262302.

Dr. Punzalan's primary practice is Lahey Clinic, at 41 & 45 Mall Road, Burlington, MA 01803 in Middlesex County. The practice phone is (781) 744-5100.

Dr. Punzalan's primary practice is Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Massachusetts, part of Beth Israel Lahey Health. Dr. Punzalan is also affiliated with Beverly Hospital. The medical group on file is Lahey Clinic. Dmand AI also links Dr. Punzalan to 3 more hospitals, each named with a free account.

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

Gastroenterology is Dr. Punzalan's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RG0100X. Dmand AI has Dr. Punzalan's licenses on file in 2 states: Massachusetts and California.

CMS data shows 467 Medicare services from Dr. Punzalan across 8 procedure codes in 2024, for 263 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $48,372 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 263 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Punzalan in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 138 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 67% have high cholesterol. 28% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.29, 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. Punzalan's median patient age at 66, with 50% women.

In 2024, Dr. Punzalan wrote 1,345 Medicare Part D claims for 238 patients. 81% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,231 of them, across 20 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $905,088 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,227 claims across 21 drugs.

Dr. Punzalan accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Punzalan as offering telehealth. CMS counts 16 procedures of upper gastrointestinal (gi) endoscopy for acid reflux by Dr. Punzalan, more than 47% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 4 papers to Dr. Punzalan, published from 2015 to 2021. 2015 was the busiest year, with 2. Dr. Punzalan's most frequent co-authors are Curtis Tran Barry, MD, Graham F. Barnard, MD and Adel Bozorgzadeh, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 40 general payments to Dr. Punzalan from 8 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 43% of the total. Madrigal Pharmaceuticals paid the most, $8,184.

Dr. Punzalan graduated from Boston University School of Medicine in 2008.