Dr. Elson La So, MD

Dr. So practices at Mayo Clinic Breast Diagnostic Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

Dr. So's NPI, 1417937814, was assigned on January 20, 2006. Dr. So graduated from University of Santo Tomas in 1974. Dr. So holds Minnesota license 34687.

Dr. So's primary practice is Mayo Clinic Breast Diagnostic Clinic, at 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905. The practice phone is (507) 284-5968.

Dr. So's primary practice is Mayo Clinic Breast Diagnostic Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. So is also affiliated with Mayo Clinic Hospital, Saint Marys Campus. The medical group on file is Mayo Clinic. Dmand AI also links Dr. So to 1 more hospital, 3 medical groups, 1 clinical lab and 1 hospice, each named with a free account. Dr. So's employer is on file too: a breast imaging center.

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

Epilepsy is Dr. So's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 2084E0001X. Dmand AI has Dr. So's licenses on file in 5 states: Minnesota, Arizona, Florida, North Dakota and Wisconsin.

CMS data shows 122 Medicare services from Dr. So across 4 procedure codes in 2024, for 151 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $23,239 for them.

CMS counts 151 Medicare patients who saw Dr. So in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 65 patients. 66% of them have high cholesterol, and 65% have high blood pressure. 21% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.28, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. So's median patient age at 45, with 53% women.

In 2024, Dr. So wrote 579 Medicare Part D claims for 97 patients. 87% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 515 of them, across 15 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $130,933 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 444 claims across 14 drugs.

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

Dmand AI links 48 papers to Dr. So, published from 2008 to 2024. 2014 was the busiest year, with 5. The most frequent topics are Electroencephalography, Epilepsy and Seizures. Dr. So has published most often in Epilepsia. Dr. So's most frequent co-authors are Jeffrey W. Britton, MD, Jeffrey W. Britton, MD and Elaine C. Wirrell, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 3 general payments to Dr. So from 2 drug and device companies from 2019 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. SK Life Science, Inc. paid the most, $128.

Dr. So graduated from University of Santo Tomas in 1974.