Paul L. Sousa, MD

What this record establishes

The authenticated AAHKS directory lists this surgeon as a member, and CMS published hip or knee replacement services under this surgeon's NPI.

What still needs verification: years in practice and board certification. An unmet criterion is never a finding against a surgeon: CMS publishes only the Medicare half of a practice, and a credential nobody has documented is unknown, not absent.

How each fact was established

Joint-replacement fellowship verified

Adult reconstruction fellowship — Rothman Institute. Read on the cited page.

… completed his orthopedic surgery residency at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He then underwent a hip and knee surgery fellowship at the Rothman Institute in Philadelphia. Through his wide range of knowledge and experience, Dr. Sousa is well equipped to manage an array of joint replacemen

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Years in practice

Approximately 5 years estimated from training dates. Not confirmed against a primary source.

Joint replacement volume

231 primary hip and knee replacements were published under this NPI in 2024 Original Medicare fee-for-service claims (126 hip, 105 knee). That is a lower bound: cash and commercially insured cases are published nowhere, for anyone. Above the 100 the criterion asks Medicare to show, the unpublished half is assumed to at least match it, which is how the 200-a-year criterion is credited: half counted, half assumed.

Medicare participation: accepts Medicare assignment

The CMS Doctors & Clinicians file reports that this clinician accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full.

CMS Medicare-listed practice: Center For Orthopedic Research And Education LLC · Sun City West, AZ 85375.

AAHKS membership

Listed in the authenticated AAHKS member directory as Fellow Member.

Board certification

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery certification is not covered by the retained dataset and has not been checked.