Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.

Christopher E Salem, DO

Individual provider Emergency Medicine Physician · NPI 1124273313

Christopher E Salem, DO is registered under Family Practice in Irvine, California. Qualified in 2007, 19 years ago. Practices with Salem DO Inc, a 2-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in California.

Years since qualifying
19
Licensed in
CA
In the registry since
2008
Specialties on file
3
What do these letters mean?
DO — Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
A fully licensed physician, trained like an MD with additional musculoskeletal training. Equivalent practice rights in all 50 states.

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Practice location Address checks out

18021 Sky Park Cir Ste G
Irvine, CA 92614-6569
Phone: (949) 260-0744
Fax: (949) 260-0744
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Pin is approximate — placed at the ZIP-code centre, not the exact door.

Specialties & licences

Geriatric Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207QG0300X · Licence 20A10607 (CA)
Emergency Medicine Physician Taxonomy 207P00000X · Licence 20A10607 (CA)
Family Medicine Physician Taxonomy 207Q00000X · Licence 20A10607 (CA)

Record details

NPI number1124273313
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials DO
Sole proprietorYes
NPI enumeratedDecember 1, 2008
Last updated in NPPESNovember 10, 2020
Certification dateNovember 10, 2020

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyFAMILY PRACTICE
Also practisesGERIATRIC MEDICINE
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 2007 (19 years in practice)
Group practice Salem Do Inc — 2 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services
Practice locations6 on file with Medicare

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Removal of tissue 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients674
Services billed 5,416 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age73

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Food and Beverage $892 45 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Education $43 1 payment · educational material or training, not a fee

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

Also affiliated with 1 long-term care hospital, which CMS identifies by certification number only.

Colleagues at Salem DO Inc

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice.

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