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

Individual provider Internal Medicine Physician · NPI 1578671608

David Stanley Shields, MD practises Gastroenterology in Stanford, California. Graduated from University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine in 1978, 48 years ago. Practices with County of San Mateo, a 316-clinician group, works from 2 locations and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in California.

Years since qualifying
48
Trained at
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
Licensed in
CA
In the registry since
2006
Specialties on file
2
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

300 Pasteur Dr
Stanford, CA 94305-2200
Phone: (650) 723-4000
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Additional practice locations (1)

  • 770 Welch Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94304-1511 — (650) 324-1020

Specialties & licences

Gastroenterology Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207RG0100X · Licence G43100 (CA)
Internal Medicine Physician Taxonomy 207R00000X · Licence G43100 (CA)

Record details

NPI number1578671608
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedAugust 28, 2006
Last updated in NPPESApril 16, 2024
Certification dateApril 16, 2024

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyGASTROENTEROLOGY
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 1978 (48 years in practice)
Group practice County Of San Mateo — 316 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

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.

Colonoscopy 33 times · 55th percentile
Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux 26 times · 54th percentile

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 patients52
Services billed 60 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age68

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.

Consulting Fee $22,000 4 payments
Food and Beverage $26 1 payment · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Colleagues at County of San Mateo

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 316 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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