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

Individual provider Surgery Physician · NPI 1578827499

Liesl Close, MD practises Neurosurgery in Oakland, California. Graduated from Oregon Health Sciences University School of Medicine in 2012, 14 years ago. Practices with Alameda Health System, a 601-clinician group, works from 2 locations and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Arizona, California and Iowa.

Years since qualifying
14
Trained at
Oregon Health Sciences University School of Medicine
Licensed in
AZ, CA, IA
In the registry since
2012
Specialties on file
3
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

1411 E 31st St
Oakland, CA 94602-1092
Phone: (415) 353-7500
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Additional practice locations (1)

  • 1001 Potrero Ave, San Francisco, CA 94110-3518 — (628) 208-8000

Specialties & licences

Neurological Surgery Physician (primary) Taxonomy 207T00000X · Licence A174945 (CA)
Surgery Physician Taxonomy 208600000X · Licence R73227 (AZ)
General Acute Care Hospital Taxonomy 282N00000X · Licence R-9872 (IA)

Record details

NPI number1578827499
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorYes
NPI enumeratedJune 25, 2012
Last updated in NPPESOctober 14, 2021
Certification dateOctober 14, 2021

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyNEUROSURGERY
Medical schoolOREGON HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 2012 (14 years in practice)
Group practice Alameda Health System — 601 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
Practice locations3 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.

Laminectomy or laminotomy (partial removal of spine bones) 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 patients29
Services billed 48 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age72

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.

Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician.

Colleagues at Alameda Health System

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 601 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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