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Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD

Accepting New Patients

(Dr. Carlos Corvera, MD, FACS)

(170 Ratings)

Specializes in: Physician, General Surgery and Surgical Oncology (Cancer Surgery)

University of California, San Diego (UCSD), School of Medicine

Professional interests include: pancreatic surgery, gastrointestinal cancer, pancreatic cancer, and more.

1479 Ygnacio Valley Road Suite 200
Walnut Creek, CA 94598

(925) 296-7340

Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD is a physician provider in San Francisco, CA specializing in physician, general surgery and surgical oncology (cancer surgery). He graduated from University of California, San Diego (UCSD), School of Medicine. Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD is affiliated with UCSF Health, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, John Muir Health, Hill Physicians and Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology Clinic.

Office Locations

1825 4th Street
San Francisco, CA 94143

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1825 Fourth Street Fourth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94158

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1825 4th Street Floor 4
San Francisco, CA 94143

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1825 4th Street Floor 6
San Francisco, CA 94143

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John Muir Health

1479 Ygnacio Valley Road Suite 200
Walnut Creek, CA 94598

(925) 296-7340

(925) 296-9042

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John Muir Health

177 La Casa Viaduct Suite 200 Ad
Walnut Creek, CA 94598

(925) 296-7390

(925) 296-7337

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5901 East Seventh Street Long Beach Vamc (600)
Long Beach, CA 90822

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In The News

“In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the UCSF Foundation, Attention Dr. Carlos Corvera's Liver Tumor Research, C/O Regan Botsford, 44 Montgomery St. Suite 2200, San Francisco, 94104, or the...”—"Steven Lowell Edde", Marin Independent Journal, January 2008

“"I have in fact sutured a laceration on my hand," says San Francisco surgeon Carlos Corvera.”—"Strange but true: Surgery: Do it yourself", Desert News, June 2005

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	26

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	38

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD.

**Gender**
Male	32
Female	44

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	54
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	43
From 75 to 84	20
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD in 2013

Hypertension	61
High Cholesterol	51
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	24
Depression	20
Chronic Kidney Disease	36
Asthma	14
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	26
Dementia	0
Cancer	45

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	69

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD.

**Gender**
Male	40
Female	39

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	46
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	14
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	43
From 75 to 84	25
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD in 2014

Hypertension	59
High Cholesterol	44
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	23
Depression	27
Chronic Kidney Disease	28
Asthma	14
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	32
Dementia	0
Cancer	42

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	93

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD.

**Gender**
Male	108
Female	86

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	128
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	28
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	118
From 75 to 84	34
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD in 2015

Hypertension	63
High Cholesterol	43
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	28
Depression	23
Chronic Kidney Disease	41
Asthma	19
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	12
Heart Failure	15
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	38
Dementia	0
Cancer	28

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	89

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD.

**Gender**
Male	49
Female	50

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	62
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	17
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	52
From 75 to 84	25
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD in 2016

Hypertension	67
High Cholesterol	52
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	26
Depression	19
Chronic Kidney Disease	36
Asthma	13
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	39
Dementia	0
Cancer	23

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	49

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD.

**Gender**
Male	41
Female	44

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	58
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	16
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	43
From 75 to 84	29
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD in 2017

Hypertension	62
High Cholesterol	58
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	25
Depression	25
Chronic Kidney Disease	35
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	13
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	33
Dementia	0
Cancer	26

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	73

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD.

**Gender**
Male	54
Female	51

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	73
Black	0
Hispanic	11
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	54
From 75 to 84	32
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD in 2018

Hypertension	72
High Cholesterol	55
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	25
Depression	23
Chronic Kidney Disease	35
Asthma	10
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	11
Heart Failure	15
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	26
Dementia	0
Cancer	25

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD treated as a physician provider in San Francisco, CA during 2019 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	41
hospital care	21
inpatient care	21

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD.

**Gender**
Male	50
Female	57

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	72
Black	0
Hispanic	15
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	63
From 75 to 84	29
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD in 2019

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	62
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	32
Depression	33
Chronic Kidney Disease	56
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	11
Heart Failure	19
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	13
Diabetes	33
Dementia	0
Cancer	26

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	14

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD.

**Gender**
Male	37
Female	36

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	48
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	47
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD in 2020

Hypertension	70
High Cholesterol	48
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	38
Depression	22
Chronic Kidney Disease	45
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	15
Heart Failure	18
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	15
Diabetes	37
Dementia	0
Cancer	30

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	24

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD.

**Gender**
Male	42
Female	28

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	50
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	39
From 75 to 84	19
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD in 2021

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	61
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	33
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	46
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	16
Heart Failure	21
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	36
Dementia	0
Cancer	20

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD treated as a physician provider in San Francisco, CA during 2022 were open surgery and abdominal surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD for Medicare patients.

abdominal surgery	16
doctor visit	38
open surgery	16

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD.

**Gender**
Male	42
Female	47

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	63
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	11
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	50
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD in 2022

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	26
Depression	24
Chronic Kidney Disease	27
Asthma	16
Osteoperosis	19
Atrial Fibrilation	24
Heart Failure	17
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	24
Diabetes	31
Dementia	0
Cancer	24

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2023 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD.

**Gender**
Male	28
Female	33

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	40
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	40
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD in 2023

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	72
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	20
Depression	38
Chronic Kidney Disease	38
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	18
Atrial Fibrilation	25
Heart Failure	23
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	18
Diabetes	38
Dementia	0
Cancer	21

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2024 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD.

**Gender**
Male	24
Female	30

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	36
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	29
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD in 2024

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	72
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	0
Depression	24
Chronic Kidney Disease	28
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	22
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	33
Dementia	0
Cancer	30

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2024

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD treated as a physician provider in San Francisco, CA were hospital care, inpatient care, open surgery and abdominal surgery.

abdominal surgery	16
doctor visit	50
hospital care	21
inpatient care	21
open surgery	16

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2024

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD.

**Gender**
Female	41
Male	42

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	0
Asian / Pacific Islander	6
Non-Hispanic White	56
Hispanic	2
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Other	0

**Age**
85 and over	0
75 to 84	16
Less than 65	0
65 to 74	47

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD From 2012 - 2024

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, chronic kidney disease and diabetes.

Hypertension	63
High Cholesterol	53
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	23
Depression	21
Chronic Kidney Disease	34
Asthma	6
Osteoporosis	6
Heart Failure	9
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	5
Diabetes	30
Atrial Fibrillation	8
Cancer	26
Dementia	0

Education & Training

Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD graduated from University of California, San Diego (UCSD), School of Medicine. He completed residency at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Affiliated Hospitals. He is certified by the Board certification: General Surgery, American Board of Surgery and has a state license in California.

Medical School: University of California, San Diego (UCSD), School of Medicine

Residency: University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Affiliated Hospitals (2001)

Board Certification: Board certification: General Surgery, American Board of Surgery

Licensed In: California

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

UCSF Health

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

John Muir Health

Hill Physicians

Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology Clinic

Insurance Information

Please note: Insurance information may change at any time, and the provider may accept your insurance plan even if it is not listed below. Please contact the provider's office to confirm that your insurance is accepted.

Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD appears to accept the following insurance providers: Cigna, Aetna, Blue Shield of California, UnitedHealthcare, SCAN Health Plan, Anthem, Health Net, Hill Physicians Care Solutions, Central Health Plan, CCHP Health Plan (Chinese Community Health Plan) and Canopy Health.

Insurance Accepted by Provider includes:

According to our sources, Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD accepts the following insurance providers:

Cigna

Aetna

Blue Shield of California

UnitedHealthcare

SCAN Health Plan

Anthem

Health Net

Hill Physicians Care Solutions

Central Health Plan

CCHP Health Plan (Chinese Community Health Plan)

Canopy Health

Ratings & Reviews

Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD has an exceptional overall rating with an average of 4.82 out of 5 stars based on 170 ratings. We collect ratings and reviews of Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD from all over the web to help you find the right in San Francisco, CA.

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Reviews From Around The Web

Overall Rating: 5.0 2025-05-05

Patient verified via Press Ganey

I appreciated the time spent with the provider and his honesty about my situation. I continue to hope that UCSF will be able to address my cancer at a future time.

General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. Carlos Uriel Corvera, MD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
Ethicon US, LLC	$12,778 CERTUS 140 MICROWAVE ABLATION SYSTEM $11,430	NEUWAVE Flex Microwave Ablation System $1,114	Neuwave $234
Medical Device Business Services, Inc.	$5,785 CERTUS 140 MICROWAVE ABLATION SYSTEM $3,825	Certus 140 $1,960
Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc.	$1,500 Other N/A $1,500
Medtronic Xomed, Inc.	$1,052 Advanced Energy Hemostatic Device $1,052
AngioDynamics, Inc.	$823 VenaCure EVLT System $823
Other	$883 Da Vinci Surgical System $243	HEMOBLAST Bellows $202	TheraSphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 10 GBq $140	Surgical Technologies $134	Ablation $64	Other $100

**Types of Payments**
Consulting Fee	$18,344
Travel and Lodging	$2,898
Food and Beverage	$1,578

Biography

Dr. Carlos Corvera's areas of specialization are general surgery, surgical oncology (cancer surgery), and physician; he sees patients in San Francisco, CA, Walnut Creek, CA, and Long Beach, CA. Dr. Corvera's areas of expertise include cancer surgery, stomach cancer, and bile duct cancer (cholangiocarcinoma). He has a 5.0 out of 5 star average patient rating. He accepts Blue Shield, Anthem, Health Net, and more. After attending the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), School of Medicine, Dr. Corvera completed his residency training at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and a hospital affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He is conversant in Spanish. He is affiliated with UCSF Health, Hill Physicians, and John Muir Health. He has an open panel in San Francisco, CA according to Hill Physicians.