Dr. Derek Ray Serna-Gallegos, MD

Dr. Serna-Gallegos practices at UPMC Presbyterian in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, part of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

Dr. Serna-Gallegos' NPI, 1003222381, was assigned on July 7, 2014. Dr. Serna-Gallegos holds Pennsylvania license MD463917.

Dr. Serna-Gallegos' primary practice is UPMC Presbyterian, at 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 in Allegheny County. The practice phone is (412) 647-2345.

Dr. Serna-Gallegos' primary practice is UPMC Presbyterian in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, part of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Dr. Serna-Gallegos is also affiliated with Select Specialty Hospital - Pittsburgh / UPMC. The medical group on file is University of Pittsburgh Physicians, Department of Radiology. Dmand AI also links Dr. Serna-Gallegos to 5 more hospitals, 2 home health agencies and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Serna-Gallegos practices, 10 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Surgery is Dr. Serna-Gallegos' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Serna-Gallegos' licenses on file in 2 states: Pennsylvania and California.

CMS data shows 31 Medicare services from Dr. Serna-Gallegos across 1 procedure code in 2024, for 67 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $16,834 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 67 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Serna-Gallegos in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 27 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 1.90, 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. Serna-Gallegos' median patient age at 72, with 32% women.

In 2024, Dr. Serna-Gallegos wrote 199 Medicare Part D claims for 91 patients. 94% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 121 of them, across 7 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,150 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 136 claims across 7 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 81 out of 100 for Dr. Serna-Gallegos for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Serna-Gallegos accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 11 procedures of coronary artery bypass graft (cabg) by Dr. Serna-Gallegos, more than 43% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 130 papers to Dr. Serna-Gallegos, published from 2020 to 2025. 2024 was the busiest year, with 36. The most frequent topics are Aortic Valve, Postoperative Complications and Aortic Valve Stenosis. Dr. Serna-Gallegos has published most often in J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. Dr. Serna-Gallegos' most frequent co-authors are Ibrahim Sultan, MD, Danny Chu, MD and Forozan Navid, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 216 general payments to Dr. Serna-Gallegos from 10 drug and device companies from 2021 to 2025. Travel and lodging make up the largest share, 46% of the total. Medtronic, Inc. paid the most, $12,714.