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Dr. Desmond Earl Carson, MD

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Specializes in: Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine

300 Hospital Drive
Vallejo, CA 94589

(707) 554-4444

Dr. Desmond Earl Carson, MD is a family medicine practitioner in Vallejo, CA specializing in family medicine and emergency medicine.

Office Locations

300 Hospital Drive
Vallejo, CA 94589

(707) 554-4444

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“California Clinic Doctor Talks About His Challenging Year Working During Pandemic NPR's Scott Simon talks with Dr. Desmond Carson, who works at a Bay-area clinic in California about treating...”—"California Clinic Doctor Talks About His Challenging Year Working During Pandemic", NPR, March 2021

“"Sure we are having right now traumatic stress," emergency medicine specialist Dr. Desmond Carson said.”—"'We are physically exhausted': California health care workers deal with overwhelming stress amid COVID-19", ABC7 News, November 2020

“At San Pablo's Lifelong Brookside Health Center, Dr. Desmond Carson begins each day expecting to send at least one patient to get tested for coronavirus - and one out of every 15 people he sees is...”—"Why Contra Costa County's most Latino city has its highest rate of coronavirus cases", Mercury News, September 2020

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Desmond Earl Carson, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Vallejo, CA during 2012 were emergency care, X-rays, thoracic (chest) imaging and tracheal (windpipe) procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Desmond Earl Carson, MD for Medicare patients.

emergency care	773
thoracic (chest) imaging	20
tracheal (windpipe) procedures	14
X-rays	20

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Desmond Earl Carson, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Vallejo, CA during 2013 were emergency care, X-rays and thoracic (chest) imaging.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Desmond Earl Carson, MD for Medicare patients.

emergency care	755
thoracic (chest) imaging	59
X-rays	59

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Desmond Earl Carson, MD.

**Gender**
Male	291
Female	451

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	216
Black	286
Hispanic	131
Asian	88
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	221
From 75 to 84	160
85 and over	121
Less than 65	240

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Desmond Earl Carson, MD in 2013

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	55
Stroke	11
Ischemic Heart Disease	44
Depression	30
Chronic Kidney Disease	38
Asthma	17
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	16
Heart Failure	39
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	27
Diabetes	49
Dementia	19
Cancer	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Desmond Earl Carson, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Vallejo, CA during 2014 were emergency care, X-rays and thoracic (chest) imaging.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Desmond Earl Carson, MD for Medicare patients.

emergency care	445
thoracic (chest) imaging	63
X-rays	63

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Desmond Earl Carson, MD.

**Gender**
Male	183
Female	274

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	139
Black	194
Hispanic	56
Asian	57
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	122
From 75 to 84	101
85 and over	95
Less than 65	139

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Desmond Earl Carson, MD in 2014

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	51
Stroke	12
Ischemic Heart Disease	41
Depression	32
Chronic Kidney Disease	40
Asthma	21
Osteoperosis	7
Atrial Fibrilation	15
Heart Failure	40
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	28
Diabetes	46
Dementia	24
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Desmond Earl Carson, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Vallejo, CA during 2015 were emergency care, X-rays and thoracic (chest) imaging.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Desmond Earl Carson, MD for Medicare patients.

emergency care	197
thoracic (chest) imaging	28
X-rays	28

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Desmond Earl Carson, MD.

**Gender**
Male	170
Female	198

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	92
Black	158
Hispanic	60
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	132
From 75 to 84	88
85 and over	40
Less than 65	108

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Desmond Earl Carson, MD in 2015

Hypertension	72
High Cholesterol	43
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	46
Depression	23
Chronic Kidney Disease	30
Asthma	27
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	14
Heart Failure	31
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	28
Diabetes	41
Dementia	15
Cancer	10

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2015

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Desmond Earl Carson, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Desmond Earl Carson, MD treated as a family medicine practitioner in Vallejo, CA were emergency care, X-rays, thoracic (chest) imaging and tracheal (windpipe) procedures.

emergency care	542
thoracic (chest) imaging	42
tracheal (windpipe) procedures	14
X-rays	42

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2015

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Desmond Earl Carson, MD.

**Gender**
Male	161
Female	230

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	159
Asian / Pacific Islander	36
Non-Hispanic White	111
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	61
Other	0

**Age**
85 and over	64
75 to 84	87
Less than 65	121
65 to 74	118

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Desmond Earl Carson, MD From 2012 - 2015

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

Hypertension	55
High Cholesterol	37
Stroke	7
Ischemic Heart Disease	32
Depression	21
Chronic Kidney Disease	27
Asthma	16
Osteoporosis	3
Heart Failure	27
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	20
Diabetes	34
Atrial Fibrillation	11
Dementia	14
Cancer	7

Education & Training

He has a state license in California.

Licensed In: California

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General Payments

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

**Payments by Company**
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	$96 JARDIANCE $96
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc	$87 XARELTO $77	INVOKANA $10
Pfizer Inc.	$42 NURTEC ODT $42
Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.	$38 SAMSCA $38
Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd	$12 Relistor $12
Other	$12 NON-PRODUCT $12

**Types of Payments**
Food and Beverage	$288

Biography

Dr. Desmond Carson sees patients in Vallejo, CA and San Pablo, CA. His medical specialties are family medicine and emergency medicine. Dr. Carson studied medicine at Medical College of Wisconsin. He trained at Martin Luther King, Jr.-Harbor Hospital for residency. He is affiliated with Brown and Toland Physicians. According to Brown and Toland Physicians, new patients are welcome to contact his office in San Pablo, CA.