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

Ruth A Larson, MD

Individual provider MOHS-Micrographic Surgery Physician · NPI 1538167911

Ruth A Larson, MD practises Dermatology in Poway, California. Graduated from Oregon Health Sciences University School of Medicine in 1977, 49 years ago. Practices with Bernardo Dermatology Medical Group Inc, an 8-clinician group and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in California.

Years since qualifying
49
Trained at
Oregon Health Sciences University School of Medicine
Licensed in
CA
In the registry since
2005
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

15525 Pomerado Rd Ste A2
Poway, CA 92064-2435
Phone: (858) 451-3311
Fax: (858) 451-1142
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Pin is approximate — placed at the ZIP-code centre, not the exact door.

Specialties & licences

Specialist (primary) Taxonomy 174400000X · Licence G41388 (CA)
MOHS-Micrographic Surgery Physician Taxonomy 207ND0101X · Licence G41388 (CA)

Record details

NPI number1538167911
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderFemale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorNo
NPI enumeratedJuly 11, 2005
Last updated in NPPESNovember 19, 2020
Certification dateNovember 19, 2020

Medicare enrollment

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

Medicare specialtyDERMATOLOGY
Medical schoolOREGON HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Graduated 1977 (49 years in practice)
Group practice Bernardo Dermatology Medical Group Inc — 8 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.

Melanoma (skin cancer) excision 24 times · 77th percentile
Removal of skin lesions 65 times · 73rd percentile
Skin biopsy 20 times · 63rd percentile
Removal of skin cancer 179 times · 32nd percentile
Removal or shaving of skin growth 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 patients238
Services billed 1,311 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age79

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.

Colleagues at Bernardo Dermatology Medical Group Inc

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