Dr. Lawrence A. Garcia, MD

Dr. Garcia practices at Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip, New York, part of Diocese of Rockville Centre.

Dr. Garcia's NPI, 1871528968, was assigned on July 11, 2006. Dr. Garcia graduated from College of Medicine - Tucson in 1991. Dr. Garcia's Massachusetts license number on file is 156159.

Dr. Garcia's primary practice is Good Samaritan University Hospital, at 1000 Montauk Highway, West Islip, NY 11795 in Suffolk County. The practice phone is (631) 376-3000.

Dr. Garcia's primary practice is Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip, New York, part of Diocese of Rockville Centre. Dr. Garcia is also affiliated with St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center. The medical group on file is Cardiac Interventional Group. Dmand AI also links Dr. Garcia to 4 more hospitals, 2 medical groups and 1 home health agency, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Garcia practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Interventional cardiology is Dr. Garcia's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RI0011X. Dr. Garcia is board certified in cardiovascular disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Garcia's licenses on file in 6 states: Massachusetts, Arizona, New York, Texas, Florida and Iowa.

Dmand AI lists aneurysm, angioplasty, atrial fibrillation and flutter, cardiac catheterization, cerebrovascular disease, chronic hypertension, circulation problems and coronary artery disease among the conditions Dr. Garcia treats.

CMS data shows 250 Medicare services from Dr. Garcia across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 162 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $32,062 for them.

CMS counts 162 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Garcia in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 78 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 9% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.58, 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. Garcia's median patient age at 76, with 45% women.

In 2024, Dr. Garcia wrote 176 Medicare Part D claims for 65 patients. 81% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 119 of them, across 5 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $31,328 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 437 claims across 13 drugs.

Dr. Garcia accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 38 procedures of leg revascularization (restoring blood flow) by Dr. Garcia, more than 92% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Coronary angioplasty and stenting: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 47 papers to Dr. Garcia, published from 2004 to 2023. 2017 was the busiest year, with 6. The most frequent topics are Peripheral Arterial Disease, Stents and Atherectomy. Dr. Garcia has published most often in Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. Dr. Garcia's most frequent co-authors are Michael Ritt Jaff, DO, Krishna J. Rocha-Singh, MD and James F. McKinsey, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Garcia to 5 clinical trials. Conditions studied include Peripheral Arterial Disease, Peripheral Vascular Diseases and Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia. C. R. Bard sponsors the most, 2. Open Payments lists research payments to Dr. Garcia that name 2 trials.

CMS Open Payments shows 307 general payments to Dr. Garcia from 37 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Royalties and licenses make up the largest share, 69% of the total. Medtronic Vascular, Inc. paid the most, $479,705. It also lists 3 research payments totaling $6,892 in 2016, naming 2 clinical trials.

Dmand AI lists 3 awards for Dr. Garcia, most recently Boston Magazine in 2013.

Dr. Garcia graduated from College of Medicine - Tucson in 1991. Dr. Garcia is a member of ACC and ACP.

Dr. Garcia is in network with 17 carriers, including Elevance, Aetna and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 12. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.