Dr. David C. Liu, MD

  • Boston, MA
  • Cardiothoracic surgeon
NPI1043210768PAC ID7810894995
Medicare services, 2024
174
Medicare patients, 2024
169
Part D claims, 2018
12
Publications
30
Clinical trials
7
Practice address
330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215
Practice phone
Call (617) 667-7000
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Primary practice

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Hospital · Boston, Massachusetts

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Dr. David C. Liu is a cardiothoracic surgeon in Boston, Massachusetts

Dr. Liu practices at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, part of Beth Israel Lahey Health.

Dr. Liu's NPI, 1043210768, was assigned on July 22, 2005. Dr. Liu graduated from Tufts University School Of Medicine in 1994. Dr. Liu holds Massachusetts license 210495.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
7810894995
NPI enumeration date
July 22, 2005
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(617) 667-7000
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
58
Medical school graduation
1994

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

Dr. David C. Liu practices at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts

Dr. Liu's primary practice is Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, at 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215 in Suffolk County. The practice phone is (617) 667-7000.

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Dr. David C. Liu is affiliated with 3 sites of care and 2 medical groups

Dr. Liu's primary practice is Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, part of Beth Israel Lahey Health. The medical group on file is Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (HMFP). Dmand AI also links Dr. Liu to 2 more group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. David C. Liu's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Liu practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterAvailable with a free account
+2 more sites and 1 medical groupAvailable with a free account

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Dr. David C. Liu is one of 166 cardiothoracic surgeons in Massachusetts

Thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) is Dr. Liu's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208G00000X. Dr. Liu is board certified in thoracic and cardiac surgery by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Liu's licenses on file in 4 states: Massachusetts, California, Indiana and Ohio.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery), MassachusettsPrimaryLicense 210495 · 2001 to 2026 · taxonomy 208G00000X
  • California licenseSince 2005
  • Indiana license2003 to 2011
  • Ohio license2000 to 2001

Cardiothoracic surgeons near Dr. Liu

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Dr. David C. Liu billed Medicare for 174 services in 2024

CMS data shows 174 Medicare services from Dr. Liu across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 169 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $122,299 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

Medicare services, 2024174
Medicare patients169
Paid by Medicare$122,299
Procedure codes5

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

  • 2023
  • 2024
Surgery
2023: 1422024: 17423%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 422024: 0100%

Dr. Liu compared with the Massachusetts median for cardiothoracic surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Liu
  • Massachusetts median
Medicare services
174vs 19310% below
Medicare patients
169vs 15211% above
Part D claims
12vs 1937% below

Medians across 131 cardiothoracic surgeons in Massachusetts with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Liu'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. David C. Liu treated 169 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 78

CMS counts 169 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Liu in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 69 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 15% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.11, 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. Liu's median patient age at 74, with 24% women.

Medicare patients, 2024169
Average age78
Average risk score2.11
Also on Medicaid15%

Dr. Liu's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Liu's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women7444%
  • Men9556%

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

  1. High blood pressure75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. Ischemic heart disease75%
  4. Heart failure69%
  5. Atrial fibrillation65%
  6. Arthritis51%
  7. Chronic kidney disease48%
  8. Diabetes41%

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

Dr. Liu's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 74

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women24%
  • Men75%

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

Dr. David C. Liu wrote 12 Medicare Part D claims in 2018

In 2018, Dr. Liu wrote 12 Medicare Part D claims. They cover 1 drug, with $2,164 in total drug cost. In 2017, CMS named 13 claims across 1 drug.

Part D claims, 201812
Drugs named by CMS1
Total drug cost$2,164

Dr. Liu's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2018

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2017 to 2018

  • 2017
  • 2018
Claims for drugs CMS names
2017: 132018: 128%

Drugs named by CMS: 1 in 2018, 1 in 2017.

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Source: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026

Dr. David C. Liu ranks in the 78th percentile for coronary artery bypass graft (cabg) in Medicare

Dr. Liu accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Liu as offering telehealth. CMS counts 26 procedures of coronary artery bypass graft (cabg) by Dr. Liu, more than 78% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Where Dr. Liu ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)
78th percentile26 procedures

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Pacemaker insertion or repair: 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. David C. Liu has 30 publications on record

Dmand AI links 30 papers to Dr. Liu, published from 2013 to 2025. 2020 was the busiest year, with 4. The most frequent topics are Echocardiography, Transesophageal, Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional and Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation. Dr. Liu has published most often in J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. Dr. Liu's most frequent co-authors are Venkatachalam Senthilnathan, MD, Robina Matyal, MD and Ziyad O. Knio.

Papers30
Years published2013 to 2025

Dr. Liu's papers by year, 2014 to 2025

Topics Dr. Liu writes about most

  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
  • Tricuspid Valve
  • Cardiopulmonary Bypass
  • Coronary Artery Bypass
  • Hemodynamics
  • Mitral Valve

Dr. Liu's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Liu

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

Dr. David C. Liu has worked on 7 clinical trials

Dmand AI links Dr. Liu to 7 clinical trials. 2 are still active or recruiting. Conditions studied include Blood Loss, Surgical, Mitral Valve Insufficiency and Ventricular Outflow Obstruction. CytoSorbents, Inc sponsors the most, 2.

Conditions in Dr. Liu's trials

  • Blood Loss, Surgical
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency
  • Ventricular Outflow Obstruction
  • Postoperative Hemorrhage
  • Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease

Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Liu

Recent clinical trials with Dr. Liu

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

Dr. David C. Liu received $63,207 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 240 general payments to Dr. Liu from 17 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 64% of the total. Edwards Lifesciences Corporation paid the most, $44,611.

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

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

$63.2Kin total
  • Consulting fees$40,65564%
  • Food and beverage$16,73826%
  • Honoraria$3,7006%
  • Grants$1,0002%
  • Other$1,1142%

Companies that paid Dr. Liu 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. David C. Liu has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Liu.

Awards and honors for Dr. Liu

  1. Undated
    • ACS Fellow

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. David C. Liu graduated from Tufts University School Of Medicine

Dr. Liu graduated from Tufts University School Of Medicine in 1994. Dr. Liu is a member of ACS and STS.

  1. Medical schoolTufts University School Of Medicine
  2. Board certified in thoracic and cardiac surgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic Surgery

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. David C. Liu accepts plans from 11 insurance carriers

Dr. Liu is in network with 11 carriers, including Aetna, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • United Healthcare
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • Elevance
  • HCSC
  • Molina
  • +3 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Liu accepts, by number of carriers

  1. Medicare9
  2. PPO8
  3. HMO6
  4. POS5
  5. EPO2
  6. Medicaid1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. David C. Liu'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)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (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. David C. Liu's NPI number?

Dr. David C. Liu's NPI number is 1043210768. It was assigned on July 22, 2005, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. David C. Liu?

Dr. David C. Liu is a cardiothoracic surgeon in Boston, Massachusetts. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician (taxonomy code 208G00000X).

Where does Dr. David C. Liu practice?

Dr. Liu practices at 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215. Dr. Liu's primary practice is Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, part of Beth Israel Lahey Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Liu to 2 group practices and clinics and 1 medical group.

What is Dr. David C. Liu's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Liu is (617) 667-7000.

What is Dr. David C. Liu's medical license number?

Dr. Liu holds Massachusetts license 210495, one of the licenses on file in 4 states.

Which states has Dr. David C. Liu been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Liu in Massachusetts (2001 to 2026), California (since 2005), Indiana (2003 to 2011) and Ohio (2000 to 2001).

Which hospitals is Dr. David C. Liu affiliated with?

Dr. Liu practices at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts.

What medical group is Dr. David C. Liu part of?

Dr. Liu is linked to Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (HMFP). Dmand AI links Dr. Liu to 1 more medical group.

Does Dr. David C. Liu accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Liu billed Medicare for 174 services in 2024, and Dr. Liu accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. David C. Liu offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Liu as offering telehealth services.

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. David C. Liu see?

CMS counts 169 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Liu in 2024, with an average age of 78.

Is Dr. David C. Liu board certified?

Yes. Dr. Liu is board certified in thoracic and cardiac surgery by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery.

What services does Dr. David C. Liu bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Liu's most billed Medicare services were surgery: heart and blood vessels (33418), surgery: heart and blood vessels (33361) and surgery: heart and blood vessels (33508).

Where did Dr. David C. Liu go to medical school?

Dr. Liu graduated from Tufts University School Of Medicine in 1994.

What drugs does Dr. David C. Liu prescribe most?

In 2018 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Liu's most prescribed drugs by claims were Amantadine.

Has Dr. David C. Liu received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $63,207 in general payments to Dr. Liu from 17 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Edwards Lifesciences Corporation.

How long has Dr. David C. Liu been practicing?

Dr. Liu graduated from medical school in 1994, 32 years ago.

Does Dr. David C. Liu do research?

Dmand AI links 30 publications to Dr. Liu, published from 2013 to 2025. Dr. Liu has worked on 7 clinical trials.

Who does Dr. David C. Liu publish with?

Dr. Liu's most frequent co-authors are Venkatachalam Senthilnathan, MD (11 shared papers), Robina Matyal, MD (9 shared papers) and Ziyad O. Knio (4 shared papers).

What insurance does Dr. David C. Liu accept?

Dr. Liu is in network with 11 carriers, including Aetna, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 9. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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