Samuel Ricardo Torres Landa Fernandez, MD
NPI 1972007722ActiveIndividual· Surgery· Portland, OR
Surgery (MD) with University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, practicing in Portland, Oregon. Mostly services rather than prescriptions: Medicare paid $1,150 for 12 patients in 2024, with only 40 Part D claims. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. was the largest of 2 companies reporting payments in 2025, $3,194 in all, mostly education. Lists Unc Hospitals as a hospital affiliation.
Overview
| NPI | 1972007722 |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Entity type | Individual |
| Credential | MD |
| Sole proprietor | No |
| NPI issued | Mar 19, 2018 |
| Last updated in NPPES | May 29, 2024 |
| Certified by provider | May 29, 2024 |
Specialties and licenses
| Taxonomy | Code | License | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surgery Primary | 208600000X | 99297 | GA |
| Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | 390200000X | — | — |
Exclusion screening
| List | Result | Details |
|---|---|---|
| HHS-OIG LEIE · Nov 10, 2026 | No match | Checked by NPI and by name + state |
| North Carolina Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026 | No match | — |
| New York OMIG · Nov 11, 2026 | No match | — |
| Ohio Medicaid · Nov 11, 2026 | No match | — |
| Pennsylvania Medicheck · Nov 11, 2026 | No match | — |
| Washington HCA · Nov 11, 2026 | No match | — |
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Medicare
| Enrollment (PECOS) | Enrolled Practitioner - General Surgery (GA); Practitioner - General Surgery (NC) |
|---|---|
| Accepts assignment | Yes (participating) |
Medicare services in 2024
| Medicare patients | 12 |
|---|---|
| Services billed | 12 across 9 procedure codes |
| Paid by Medicare | $1,150 |
Part D prescriptions in 2024
| Prescriptions (claims) | 40 · 44 30-day fills |
|---|---|
| Patients | 26 |
| Total drug cost | $336.22 |
| Generic share | 98% of claims |
Education and affiliations
| Graduation year | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Medicare specialty | General Surgery |
Medical group
- University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, NC · 2,052 clinicians
Hospital affiliation
- Unc HospitalsChapel Hill, NC
Industry payments (Open Payments)
- 2025$3,194 · 12 payments from 2 companies
- 2024$1,202 · 3 payments from 2 companies
Top paying companies in 2025
| Company | Amount | Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical, Inc. | $1,991 | 6 |
| Enterra Medical, Inc. | $1,203 | 6 |
What the 2025 payments were for
- Education$1,750 · 1 payment
- Food and Beverage$956.73 · 9 payments
- Travel and Lodging$486.99 · 2 payments
Receiving payments does not imply wrongdoing. What Open Payments covers ·original records
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