Dr. Heather Lyn Karu, MD

Dr. Karu practices at Sanford Clinic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Dr. Karu's NPI, 1396791232, was assigned on May 25, 2006. Dr. Karu graduated from Sanford School of Medicine of University of South Dakota in 1999. Dr. Karu holds South Dakota license 5094.

Dr. Karu's primary practice is Sanford Clinic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, at 1500 W 22nd St, Sioux Falls, SD 57105 in Minnehaha County. The practice phone is (605) 328-0000.

Dr. Karu's primary practice is Sanford Clinic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Dr. Karu is also affiliated with Sanford USD Medical Center. The medical group on file is Edith Sanford Breast Center Sioux Falls. Dmand AI also links Dr. Karu to 2 more group practices and clinics and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.

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

Plastic and reconstructive surgery is Dr. Karu's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 2086S0122X. Dr. Karu is licensed in South Dakota.

CMS data shows 136 Medicare services from Dr. Karu across 4 procedure codes in 2024, for 89 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $6,843 for them.

CMS counts 89 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Karu in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 47 patients. 67% of them have high blood pressure, and 67% have high cholesterol. 22% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.25, 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. Karu's median patient age at 58, with 70% women.

In 2024, Dr. Karu wrote 21 Medicare Part D claims for 12 patients. 100% of them were for generic drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 83 out of 100 for Dr. Karu for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Karu accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 21 procedures of mastectomy by Dr. Karu, more than 79% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 4 papers to Dr. Karu, published from 2016 to 2025. 2024 was the busiest year, with 2. Dr. Karu has published most often in J Surg Case Rep. Dr. Karu's most frequent co-authors are Sydney L. Bormann, MD and Brendan Joseph Collins, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 443 general payments to Dr. Karu from 43 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 40% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $38,890.

Dr. Karu graduated from Sanford School of Medicine of University of South Dakota in 1999.