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Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD

(5 Ratings)

Specializes in: Orthopedics/Orthopedic Surgery and Hand Surgery

4201 Torrance Boulevard Suite 190
Torrance, CA 90503

(310) 413-6616

Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD is an orthopedist in Torrance, CA specializing in orthopedics/orthopedic surgery and hand surgery. Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD is affiliated with David J. Slutsky, MD.

Office Locations

2808 Columbia Street
Torrance, CA 90503

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4201 Torrance Boulevard Suite 190
Torrance, CA 90503

(310) 413-6616

(310) 618-8445

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In The News

“After Dr. David Slutsky managed to replant one finger, leech therapy began.”—"Science Opens Up a Can of Worms : The Leech, Long Dismissed as Medical Quackery, Makes a Comeback as an Aid in Reattaching Severed Parts", Los Angeles Times, June 2025

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD treated as an orthopedist in Torrance, CA during 2012 were rehabilitation, manual therapy and diagnostic evaluation.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD for Medicare patients.

diagnostic evaluation	13
doctor visit	107
manual therapy	78
rehabilitation	223

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	145

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD.

**Gender**
Male	43
Female	51

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	72
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	11
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	35
From 75 to 84	39
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD in 2013

Hypertension	66
High Cholesterol	56
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	30
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	18
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	13
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	18
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	13
Diabetes	27
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	168

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD.

**Gender**
Male	39
Female	59

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	68
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	13
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	51
From 75 to 84	32
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD in 2014

Hypertension	66
High Cholesterol	58
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	27
Depression	15
Chronic Kidney Disease	13
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	35
Dementia	0
Cancer	11

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD treated as an orthopedist in Torrance, CA during 2015 were manual therapy, rehabilitation, injections and diagnostic evaluation.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD for Medicare patients.

diagnostic evaluation	16
doctor visit	149
injections	17
manual therapy	236
rehabilitation	235

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD.

**Gender**
Male	94
Female	118

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	158
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	120
From 75 to 84	52
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD in 2015

Hypertension	55
High Cholesterol	46
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	29
Depression	13
Chronic Kidney Disease	20
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	12
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	30
Dementia	0
Cancer	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD treated as an orthopedist in Torrance, CA during 2016 were manual therapy, rehabilitation and injections.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	149
injections	12
manual therapy	210
rehabilitation	183

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD.

**Gender**
Male	42
Female	55

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	65
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	20
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	50
From 75 to 84	33
85 and over	14
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD in 2016

Hypertension	74
High Cholesterol	64
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	26
Depression	16
Chronic Kidney Disease	18
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	12
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	32
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD treated as an orthopedist in Torrance, CA during 2017 were rehabilitation and injections.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	125
injections	14
rehabilitation	172

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD.

**Gender**
Male	33
Female	45

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	53
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	33
From 75 to 84	33
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD in 2017

Hypertension	74
High Cholesterol	51
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	27
Depression	14
Chronic Kidney Disease	18
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	24
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	69

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD.

**Gender**
Male	0
Female	30

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	38
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

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

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD in 2018

Hypertension	55
High Cholesterol	52
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	0
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	23
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	27
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	143

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD.

**Gender**
Male	39
Female	41

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	53
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	13
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	44
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD in 2019

Hypertension	64
High Cholesterol	63
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	29
Depression	15
Chronic Kidney Disease	23
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	15
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	36
Dementia	0
Cancer	18

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	96

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD.

**Gender**
Male	33
Female	36

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	47
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	38
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD in 2020

Hypertension	57
High Cholesterol	51
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	22
Depression	17
Chronic Kidney Disease	22
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	0
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	62

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD.

**Gender**
Male	28
Female	32

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	38
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	25
From 75 to 84	19
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD in 2021

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	67
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	27
Depression	23
Chronic Kidney Disease	30
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	18
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	28
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	40

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD.

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

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	12
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD in 2022

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	0
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	0
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	38
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD treated as an orthopedist in Torrance, CA were rehabilitation, manual therapy, diagnostic evaluation and injections.

diagnostic evaluation	14
doctor visit	113
injections	14
manual therapy	174
rehabilitation	203

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD.

**Gender**
Male	31
Female	42

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	0
Asian / Pacific Islander	5
Non-Hispanic White	55
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	0
Other	0

**Age**
75 to 84	20
85 and over	1
Less than 65	0
65 to 74	38

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD From 2012 - 2022

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes and ischemic heart disease.

Hypertension	60
High Cholesterol	53
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	19
Depression	10
Chronic Kidney Disease	16
Asthma	0
Osteoporosis	1
Heart Failure	5
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	1
Diabetes	25
Atrial Fibrillation	1
Dementia	0
Cancer	3

Education & Training

He has a state license in California.

Licensed In: California

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

David J. Slutsky, MD

Ratings & Reviews

Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD has an average of 2.4 out of 5 stars based on 5 ratings. We collect ratings and reviews of Dr. David Joseph Slutsky, MD from all over the web to help you find the right in Torrance, CA.

2.4

Overall Rating

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General Payments

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

**Payments by Company**
ACUMED LLC	$2,429 Polarus 3 Solution $552	$1,877
Integra LifeSciences Corporation	$115 Freedom Wrist $76	Salto Talaris Total Ankle Prosthesis $23	Biofix $15
DePuy Synthes Sales Inc.	$88 ViviGen $38	TFN ADVANCED $37	Early Intervention $13
AbbVie Inc.	$68 UBRELVY $68
Team_Makena_LLC	$38 Kneehab $38
Other	$131 Biologics $38	IONSYS $22	Orthopedics $20	ZTLido $19	NERVE CUFF $17	Other $15

**Types of Payments**
Consulting Fee	$1,834
Food and Beverage	$762
Travel and Lodging	$272

Biography

Dr. David Slutsky specializes in hand surgery, general surgery, and orthopedics/orthopedic surgery. The average patient rating for Dr. Slutsky is 2.5 stars (out of 5). He has received the distinction of Southern California Super Doctors.