- Dr. Stephen L Kuchenbecker, MD
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Dr. Stephen L Kuchenbecker, MD
General Surgery - California, Los Angeles
Overview
Dr. Stephen L Kuchenbecker, MD works in Los Angeles, California is a specialist in General Surgery and graduated Stanford University in 1970. Dr. Kuchenbecker is affiliated with Saint John's Health Center and practicing for 49 years
Specialties
- General Surgery
Conditions
• Acupuncture Meridian Therapy• Aspiration Pneumonia
• Cervical Spine Reconstruction
• Charcot Reconstruction
• Chronic Renal Insufficiency
• Conjunctivoplasty
• Cupping Therapy
• Descemet's Stripping With Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSEK)
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
• Dystonia 7, Torsion
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• Fear of Getting Married
• Gastrointestinal Surgery, Laproscopic
• Genetic Testing
• Herpes Simplex Virus Antenatal Infection
• Hypnosis (Medical Hypnotherapy)
• Hypochondriasis
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Kidney Damage - Ethylene Glycol
• Laparoscopic Salpingectomy
• Minimally Invasive Resection of Mediastinal Tumor
• Mongolian Spot
• Muscular Dystrophy, Congenital, Type 1C
• Non-24-Hour Sleep-Wake Syndrome
• Optic Ataxia
• Photosensitivity
• Radical Retropubic Prostate Removal
• Renal Artery Stenosis (RAS)
• Shoulder and Thorax Deformity - Congenital Heart Disease
• Shoulder Fractures
• Skin Lesion
• Throat Swab
• Vertebral Artery Occlusion
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Procedures
• Abdominal Pain• Anal and Rectal Cancer
• Anal Fissure
• Anorectal Abscess
• Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
• Appendectomy, Open
• Appendicitis
• Atelectasis
• Biopsy of Breast
• Breast Cancer
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• Breast Lump
• Carcinoma in Situ
• Cholecystitis and Gallstones
• Colectomy
• Colorectal Cancer
• Crohn's Disease (Regional Enteritis)
• Destruction of Anal Tumor
• Diaphragmatic and-or Hiatal Hernia
• Enterostomy (Laparoscopic or Open)
• Esophageal Varices
• Excision of Breast Tumor
• Excision of Rectal Tumor
• Excision, Shaving, or Destruction of Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue (incl. Mohs Micrographic Surgery), Tissue Transfer
• Femoral Hernia Repair, Open
• Fistulectomy or Fistulotomy, Anal
• Gallbladder Removal (Cholecystectomy), Laparoscopic
• Hemorrhoidectomy or Excision of Anal Tags
• Hemorrhoids
• Hyperparathyroidism
• Incisional Hernia
• Inguinal Hernia
• Inguinal Hernia Repair, Laparoscopic
• Inguinal Hernia Repair, Open
• Intestinal Abscess
• Intestinal Obstruction
• Intestinal Transplant (incl. Enterectomy)
• Lipomas
• Liver Cancer
• Lymph Node Biopsy or Excision
• Mastectomy
• Neuroendocrine Tumors
• Open Incisional and-or Ventral Hernia Repair
• Peripheral Vascular Disease (PAD, PVD)
• Proctectomy, Open or Laparoscopic (incl. Swenson and Duhamel Procedures)
• Removal of Reproductive Organs (Hysterectomy, Oophorectomy, Salpingectomy, Salpingo-Oophorectomy, Resection of Peritoneal Malignancy)
• Removal or Destruction of Rectal or Intestinal Tumor (incl. Colonoscopy, Proctosigmoidoscopy, Sigmoidoscopy and Control of Hemorrhage)
• Rib Fracture
• Secondary Malignancies
• Soft Tissue Sarcoma
• Sphincterotomy
• Stomach and Small Intestine Cancer
• Thoracentesis
• Trigger Point Injection
• Ulcerative Colitis
• Umbilical Hernia
• Umbilical or Ventral Hernia Repair, Laparoscopic
• Varicose Veins
• Ventral Hernia
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Board Certifications
- Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery
Years Since Graduation
- 49
State License
- California
Spoken Languages
- Spanish
Education & Training
Undergraduate School
Stanford University
Graduated: 1970
Graduated: 1970
Medical School
Ucla
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Graduated: 1974
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Graduated: 1974
Internship Hospital
Ucla Medical Center
Year completed: 1975
Year completed: 1975
Awards
1 ACS
2 American College of Surgeons
3 Bay Surg Soc
4 Chief of Surgery
5 Clinical Faculty - Colon & Rectal Clinic Professor - contd.
6 LACMA
7 Los Angeles County Medical Association
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Office Locations
Primary location
UCLA Pfleger Liver Institute Clinic
200 Ucla Medical Plaza Suite 214
California (CA)
Los Angeles
90095
Phone:(310) 825-6078
Additional data:
Free Standing Surgery Center? No
Office Volume: 40 patients per day
Performs Procedures On Site? Yes
Year Dr. Kuchenbecker Joined Practice: 1983
Other Office Locations
Pacific Surgical Associates
2001 Santa Monica Boulevard Suite 460
California (CA)
Los Angeles
90404
Phone:(310) 829-9400
Accepting New Patients
- Yes
Map & Directions
UCLA Pfleger Liver Institute Clinic, 200 Ucla Medical Plaza Suite 214, Los Angeles, California (CA), 90095
Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)
- Access Plus Savenet
- Basic Exclusive PPO for Small Business
- Basic PPO
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of California
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of California PPO
- Blue Shield of California
- Health Net
- Medicare
- Medicare Advantage PFFS
- Medicare MCR
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Affiliated Hospitals
Saint John's Health Center
1328 22nd Street
California CA,
Santa Monica,
90404
Saint John's Health Center is a non-profit hospital located in Santa Monica, CA. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are at the state average in 14 of 14 procedures. Length of Stay is shorter than the state average in 2 of 14 procedures.
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