George H Canizares, M.D.

Primary specialty

Orthopaedic Surgery PhysicianTaxonomy code 207X00000X

License

ME0082101 Issued in FL

Practice address

10051 5TH St N
St Petersburg, FL 33702-2289

Phone

(727) 527-5272

NPI assigned

Feb 13, 2006

Last updated

Dec 4, 2025By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Other identifiers 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in FL

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Orthopedic Surgery

Education

University of South Florida College of Medicine, 1996

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Telehealth

Offers telehealth services

Group practices

Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic III PLGroup PAC ID 4284532755, 538 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Primecare Home Health Home health agency, Saint Petersburg, FL, CCN 103197
• Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital Hospital, Saint Petersburg, FL, CCN 100032
• St Anthonys Hospital Hospital, Saint Petersburg, FL, CCN 100067
• HCA Florida Pasadena Hospital a Part of HCA Florid Hospital, Saint Petersburg, FL, CCN 100126

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Networks

• Optimum HealthCare HMO Network
• Freedom Health HMO Network

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: gcanizares189299@orlandohealth.medalliesdirect.net
• Direct secure messaging: george.canizares.2@18802.direct.athenahealth.com

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships, National Provider Directory roles and organizations whose NPPES authorized official is this provider.

• Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic III PL

  dba Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic

  • Medical Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Tallahassee, FL
  • NPI 1194778050

  Orthopaedic Surgery

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Musculoskeletal Institute Chartered

  dba Florida Orthopaedic Institute

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Temple Terrace, FL
  • NPI 1386639920
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Musculoskeletal Institute Chartered

  dba Florida Orthopaedic Institute

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Palm Harbor, FL
  • NPI 1588812168
  NPD
• Orlando Health, Inc.

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Orlando, FL
  • NPI 1184709057
  NPD
• Tallahassee Orthopedic Clinic III, P.L.

  • Durable Medical Equipment & Medical Supplies
  • Panama City Beach, FL
  • NPI 1497617948
  NPD

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• Ohi West, Inc

  dba Bayfront Health St Petersburg

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • St Petersburg, FL
  • NPI 1154399749
  Care Compare affiliation
• St. Anthonys Hospital, Inc.

  dba St. Anthonys Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • St Petersburg, FL
  • NPI 1427024942
  Care Compare affiliation
• Sumilang Health Care LLC

  dba Primecare Home Health

  • Home Health Agency
  • Clearwater, FL
  • NPI 1134487697
  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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• Carina D. Canizares, DMD
• Rachel C Canizares, APRN
• Irma Cankusic, MS
• Judith Cann-Trump
• Kathrina Cann, LMHC
• Rachael Katherine Cano

• Orthopaedic Surgery Physician in St Petersburg, FL
• Providers in St Petersburg, FL by specialty
• Orthopaedic Surgery Physician in Florida

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Dec 4, 2025; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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