Linden Shih
Plastic Surgery • Houston, TX
1 Baylor Plz
Houston, TX 770303411
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Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
1 Baylor Plz
Houston, TX 770303411
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
What Public CMS Data Show
Plastic Surgery: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Open Payments general payments, program year 2025
All general payments: $432.30 across 6 records.
By nature of payment
- Food and Beverage: $432.30 across 6 records.
Reporting-company totals (3 largest of 4)
- DePuy Synthes Sales Inc.: $145.04 across 2 records.
- Kerecis Limited: $135.12 across 1 record.
- ABBVIE INC.: $79.34 across 1 record.
A reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper and is not a measure of care quality. Clinicians can review and dispute these records.
Source: Calculated by T-MedInfo from CMS Open Payments general-payment records for program year 2025 (published June 30, 2026).
NPI first issued
2021
The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.
What this does not show: NPI first issued
NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
Medicare assignment not listed
CMS data do not show whether this clinician accepts Medicare assignment. This does not mean they do not accept Medicare. Ask the office.
Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians; Medicare.gov, “Does your provider accept Medicare as full payment?”
No telehealth indicator
CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.
Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians.
Compared with the same specialty in Houston and Texas
104 active clinicians are listed under Plastic Surgery with a practice address in Houston, TX (374 in Texas).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Houston
5.8% of these 104 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
34.6% of these 104 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.
CMS data by year
Changes may reflect reporting, coverage or privacy limits, not changes in care quality.
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Industry payments (Open Payments)
Industry payments (Open Payments) went from $291.70 in 2021 to $432.30 in 2025.
- 2021: $291.70
- 2022: $32.54
- 2023: $317.00
- 2024: $59.13
- 2025: $432.30
Sources: CMS Open Payments (2025), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Pharma & Medical Device Financial Disclosures
Payments and other transfers of value that drug and medical device companies reported to CMS Open Payments
Program year 2025 (payments made January 1 – December 31, 2025): fewer than 11 records totaling $432.30.
| Manufacturer | Payment Nature | Product | Type | Amount ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerecis Limited |
Food and Beverage
Cash or cash equivalent
|
Kerecis SurgiClose | General | $135.12 |
| DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
|
MATRIXCOMBO | General | $128.34 |
| ABBVIE INC. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
|
ALLODERM | General | $79.34 |
| Ethicon Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
|
Harmonic | General | $38.06 |
| Ethicon Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
|
Harmonic | General | $34.74 |
| DePuy Synthes Sales Inc. |
Food and Beverage
In-kind items and services
|
MATRIXMANDIBLE | General | $16.70 |
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2025, released June 30, 2026.
Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
Self-certified to NPPES: 2021-05-10NUCC Taxonomy Code: 208200000X
A plastic surgeon deals with the repair, reconstruction or replacement of physical defects of form or function involving the skin, musculoskeletal system, craniomaxillofacial structures, hand, extremities, breast and trunk and external genitalia or cosmetic enhancement of these areas of the body. Cosmetic surgery is an essential component of plastic surgery. The plastic surgeon uses cosmetic surgical principles to both improve overall appearance and to optimize the outcome of reconstructive procedures. The surgeon uses aesthetic surgical principles not only to improve undesirable qualities of normal structures but in all reconstructive procedures as well.
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
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Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
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Psychiatry & Neurology - Psychiatry
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program
Career & Practice History
NPI enumerated May 11, 2021.
No changes to the name, practice address, taxonomy or NPI status in this record have been observed in the monthly NPPES data files from June 2021 to August 2026.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Plastic Surgery Specialists in Houston
- Dr. Pierre Lapaine, MD
- Dr. Nandhika Wijay, MD
- Dr. Forrest Roth, MD
- Dr. Franklin Rose, MD
- Dr. Michael Streitmann, MD
- Dr. Abigail Rodriguez, MD
Mailing Address
1 Baylor Plz
Houston, TX 770303411