Dr. Rachel Kim Sobel, MD

Dr. Sobel practices at Vanderbilt Surgery Center Cool Springs in Franklin, Tennessee.

Dr. Sobel's NPI, 1164628368, was assigned on June 25, 2007. Dr. Sobel graduated from University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine in 2006. Dr. Sobel holds Tennessee license 53450.

Dr. Sobel's primary practice is Vanderbilt Surgery Center Cool Springs, at 2009 Mallory Lane, Suite 100, Franklin, TN 37067. The practice phone is (615) 468-2772.

Dr. Sobel's primary practice is Vanderbilt Surgery Center Cool Springs in Franklin, Tennessee. Dr. Sobel is also affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The medical group on file is Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Dmand AI also links Dr. Sobel to 1 more group practice or clinic, named with a free account.

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

Ophthalmology is Dr. Sobel's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207W00000X. Dmand AI has Dr. Sobel's licenses on file in 3 states: Tennessee, Iowa and Pennsylvania.

CMS data shows 478 Medicare services from Dr. Sobel across 11 procedure codes in 2024, for 274 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $53,235 for them.

CMS counts 274 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Sobel in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 130 patients. 72% of them have high cholesterol, and 70% have high blood pressure. 4% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.10, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Sobel's median patient age at 70, with 64% women.

In 2024, Dr. Sobel wrote 230 Medicare Part D claims for 126 patients. 73% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 185 of them, across 4 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $17,962 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 171 claims across 2 drugs.

Dr. Sobel accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Sobel as offering telehealth. CMS counts 19 procedures of melanoma (skin cancer) excision by Dr. Sobel, more than 74% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 54 papers to Dr. Sobel, published from 2012 to 2025. 2019 was the busiest year, with 5. The most frequent topics are Ophthalmology, Academies and Institutes and Lacrimal Duct Obstruction. Dr. Sobel has published most often in Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. Dr. Sobel's most frequent co-authors are Vinay Kumar Aakalu, MD, Edward J. Wladis, MD and Michael T. Yen, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 8 general payments to Dr. Sobel from 4 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 55% of the total. Allergan Inc. paid the most, $500.

Dr. Sobel graduated from University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine in 2006.