Dr. Leonardo A. Palau, MD

Dr. Palau practices at Houston Center for Infectious Diseases PA in Spring, Texas.

Dr. Palau's NPI, 1982701496, was assigned on September 19, 2006. Dr. Palau graduated from Universidad Catolica de Santiago de Guayaquil in 1985. Dr. Palau's Texas license number on file is K3377.

Dr. Palau's primary practice is Houston Center for Infectious Diseases PA, at 1111 Medical Plaza Dr, Spring, TX 77380 in Montgomery County. The practice phone is (281) 444-1303.

Dr. Palau's primary practice is Houston Center for Infectious Diseases PA in Spring, Texas. Dr. Palau is also affiliated with Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital. The medical group on file is Houston Center for Infectious Diseases. Dmand AI also links Dr. Palau to 2 more hospitals, 1 physician office 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. Palau practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Infectious disease is Dr. Palau's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RI0200X. Dr. Palau is board certified in infectious disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dmand AI has Dr. Palau's licenses on file in 2 states: Texas and Louisiana.

Dmand AI lists acute skin infection, facial skin infection, hiv/aids, immune deficiency disease, joint or bone infection, pneumonia and UTI among the conditions Dr. Palau treats.

CMS data shows 472,926 Medicare services from Dr. Palau across 19 procedure codes in 2024, for 165 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $569,444 for them. Every service was in an office.

CMS counts 165 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Palau in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 68 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 7% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.14, 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. Palau's median patient age at 70, with 49% women.

In 2024, Dr. Palau wrote 770 Medicare Part D claims for 157 patients. 61% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 612 of them, across 18 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,292,633 in total drug cost.

Dr. Palau accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 81 procedures of removal of tissue by Dr. Palau, more than 83% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 9 papers to Dr. Palau in 2001. The most frequent topics are Bacteremia, HIV Antibodies and HIV Seropositivity. Dr. Palau has published most often in Clin Infect Dis.

CMS Open Payments shows 377 general payments to Dr. Palau from 21 drug and device companies from 2024 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Gilead Sciences, Inc. paid the most, $2,591.

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Palau, most recently CMS Stage 1 2012 in 2012.

Dr. Palau graduated from Universidad Catolica de Santiago de Guayaquil in 1985. Dr. Palau is a member of ACP.

Dr. Palau is in network with 20 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and Cigna. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 13. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.