Lara Heather Spence, MD

Primary specialty

Surgery PhysicianTaxonomy code 208600000X

License

A133366 Issued in CA

Practice address

Ucsd Trauma Critical Care Fellowship
200 West Arbor Dr #8896
San Diego, CA 92103

Phone

(619) 543-7107

NPI assigned

Jan 20, 2011

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

Yes

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

Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Other names 1

• Lara Heather Driggers Former name

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in CA

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

General SurgeryAlso: Critical Care (Intensivists)

Education

University of California, Davis School of Medicine, 2013

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Regents of the University of CaliforniaGroup PAC ID 3577476761, 2,047 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• UC San Diego Health Hillcrest - Hillcrest Med Ctr Hospital, San Diego, CA, CCN 050025
• El Centro Regional Medical Center Hospital, El Centro, CA, CCN 050045
• Scripps Mercy Hospital Hospital, San Diego, CA, CCN 050077

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

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

• Regents of the University of California

  • Surgery Physician
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1740382993
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Regents of the University of California

  • Diagnostic Radiology Physician
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1558463927
  NPD

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

• El Centro Regional Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • El Centro, CA
  • NPI 1861409823
  Care Compare affiliation
• Regents of the University of California

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1184722779
  Care Compare affiliation
• Scripps Health

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1659359446
  Care Compare affiliation

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

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            "address_1": "UCSD TRAUMA CRITICAL CARE FELLOWSHIP",
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            "city": "SAN DIEGO",
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    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
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        {
            "first_name": "LARA",
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            "middle_name": "HEATHER",
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        }
    ]
}

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• Alysha Spence
• Christopher M Spence, D.C.
• Dejoisnet Jean Spence
• Isis Spence, CRNA
• Melissa Spence, PA-C
• Claire Spencer
• Jenna Spencer
• Joel Robert Spencer, M.D.
• Kathleen Marie Spencer, LPCC

• Surgery Physician in San Diego, CA
• Providers in San Diego, CA by specialty
• Surgery Physician in California

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jun 24, 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.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.