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Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD

(Atul Malhotra, MD)

(228 Ratings)

Specializes in: Pulmonology (Lung & Respiratory Disease), Sleep Medicine and General Practice

University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry

Professional interests include: insomnia, sleep apnea, sleep disorders, and more.

4520 Executive Drive
San Diego, CA 92121

1-844-757-5337

Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD is a pulmonologist in San Diego, CA specializing in pulmonology (lung & respiratory disease), sleep medicine and general practice. He graduated from University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD is affiliated with UC San Diego Health and UC San Diego Health.

Office Locations

4520 Executive Drive
San Diego, CA 92121

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In The News (see more mentions in the news)

“The Apnea-Hypopnea Index (AHI) response rate -- a change of at least 50% from baseline and a drop below 20 events per hour -- was 44.7 percentage points higher with the aura6000 device versus...”—"Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation Reduced Sleep Apnea Events", MedPage Today, October 2025

“Pharmacotherapy is here, it's not just coming," Atul Malhotra, MD, of the University of California San Diego (UCSD), told attendees at the SLEEP meeting hosted jointly by the American Academy of...”—"Sleep Apnea Patients More Ready for GLP-1 Drugs Than Sleep Clinics Are", MedPage Today, June 2025

“-- Atul Malhotra, MD, of the University of California San Diego, discussing interest from sleep apnea patients in the GLP-1 agonist tirzepatide (Zepbound). "”—"Opinion | 'We Do Not Want to Be on the Wrong Side of History': What We Heard This Week", MedPage Today, June 2025

Noteworthy Medicare Patient Procedures Performed by Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD in 2023

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Top 25%

By Volume:

home cardiorespiratory sleep study

In 2012, Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD performed more home cardiorespiratory (type 3) sleep study procedures for Medicare patients than 75% of providers in related specialties within California.

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD treated as a pulmonologist in San Diego, CA during 2012 were airway management and sleep study.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD for Medicare patients.

airway management	76
doctor visit	210
sleep study	70

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	15

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD in 2013

Hypertension	73
High Cholesterol	0
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	0
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	0
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	0
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD treated as a pulmonologist in San Diego, CA during 2014 were sleep study.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	204
sleep study	172

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD.

**Gender**
Male	69
Female	60

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	103
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	61
From 75 to 84	42
85 and over	12
Less than 65	14

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD in 2014

Hypertension	64
High Cholesterol	53
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	46
Depression	30
Chronic Kidney Disease	29
Asthma	14
Osteoperosis	14
Atrial Fibrilation	17
Heart Failure	26
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	18
Diabetes	30
Dementia	0
Cancer	14

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD treated as a pulmonologist in San Diego, CA during 2015 were sleep study.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	287
sleep study	192

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD.

**Gender**
Male	338
Female	278

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	464
Black	32
Hispanic	52
Asian	44
Other	24
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	320
From 75 to 84	154
85 and over	44
Less than 65	98

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD in 2015

Hypertension	64
High Cholesterol	52
Stroke	6
Ischemic Heart Disease	42
Depression	31
Chronic Kidney Disease	28
Asthma	19
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	18
Heart Failure	24
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	24
Diabetes	35
Dementia	6
Cancer	16

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD treated as a pulmonologist in San Diego, CA during 2016 were sleep study.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	336
sleep study	213

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD.

**Gender**
Male	208
Female	151

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	262
Black	22
Hispanic	33
Asian	27
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	181
From 75 to 84	75
85 and over	33
Less than 65	70

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD in 2016

Hypertension	65
High Cholesterol	52
Stroke	6
Ischemic Heart Disease	43
Depression	35
Chronic Kidney Disease	34
Asthma	33
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	18
Heart Failure	34
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	30
Diabetes	29
Dementia	9
Cancer	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD treated as a pulmonologist in San Diego, CA during 2017 were sleep study, airway management, hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD for Medicare patients.

airway management	39
doctor visit	245
hospital care	25
inpatient care	25
sleep study	466

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD.

**Gender**
Male	263
Female	205

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	324
Black	28
Hispanic	70
Asian	26
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	217
From 75 to 84	124
85 and over	25
Less than 65	102

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD in 2017

Hypertension	70
High Cholesterol	51
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	51
Depression	34
Chronic Kidney Disease	40
Asthma	16
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	18
Heart Failure	39
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	28
Diabetes	33
Dementia	10
Cancer	15

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD treated as a pulmonologist in San Diego, CA during 2018 were sleep study, airway management, hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD for Medicare patients.

airway management	57
doctor visit	256
hospital care	41
inpatient care	41
sleep study	233

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD.

**Gender**
Male	222
Female	170

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	256
Black	25
Hispanic	61
Asian	29
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	170
From 75 to 84	127
85 and over	24
Less than 65	71

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD in 2018

Hypertension	71
High Cholesterol	53
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	53
Depression	38
Chronic Kidney Disease	41
Asthma	14
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	16
Heart Failure	34
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	31
Diabetes	35
Dementia	12
Cancer	14

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD treated as a pulmonologist in San Diego, CA during 2019 were sleep study, airway management, hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD for Medicare patients.

airway management	71
doctor visit	332
hospital care	50
inpatient care	50
sleep study	266

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD.

**Gender**
Male	230
Female	217

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	291
Black	0
Hispanic	55
Asian	42
Other	30
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	196
From 75 to 84	116
85 and over	38
Less than 65	97

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD in 2019

Hypertension	68
High Cholesterol	53
Stroke	6
Ischemic Heart Disease	47
Depression	36
Chronic Kidney Disease	37
Asthma	16
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	18
Heart Failure	34
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	32
Diabetes	30
Dementia	15
Cancer	16

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD treated as a pulmonologist in San Diego, CA during 2020 were sleep study, hospital care, inpatient care and airway management.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD for Medicare patients.

airway management	16
catheterization	15
doctor visit	292
hospital care	53
inpatient care	53
sleep study	190

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD.

**Gender**
Male	228
Female	189

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	257
Black	28
Hispanic	74
Asian	37
Other	21
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	197
From 75 to 84	103
85 and over	31
Less than 65	86

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD in 2020

Hypertension	71
High Cholesterol	59
Stroke	8
Ischemic Heart Disease	48
Depression	43
Chronic Kidney Disease	53
Asthma	15
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	18
Heart Failure	33
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	24
Diabetes	38
Dementia	16
Cancer	14

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD treated as a pulmonologist in San Diego, CA during 2021 were sleep study, hospital care, inpatient care and airway management.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD for Medicare patients.

airway management	58
doctor visit	306
hospital care	66
inpatient care	66
sleep study	261

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD.

**Gender**
Male	232
Female	195

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	270
Black	23
Hispanic	74
Asian	36
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	200
From 75 to 84	109
85 and over	29
Less than 65	89

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD in 2021

Hypertension	67
High Cholesterol	57
Stroke	7
Ischemic Heart Disease	43
Depression	44
Chronic Kidney Disease	41
Asthma	14
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	18
Heart Failure	29
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	23
Diabetes	31
Dementia	19
Cancer	15

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD treated as a pulmonologist in San Diego, CA during 2022 were sleep study, hospital care, inpatient care and airway management.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD for Medicare patients.

airway management	63
doctor visit	264
hospital care	85
inpatient care	85
sleep study	156

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD.

**Gender**
Male	208
Female	167

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	242
Black	28
Hispanic	57
Asian	30
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	166
From 75 to 84	117
85 and over	29
Less than 65	63

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD in 2022

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	74
Stroke	13
Ischemic Heart Disease	36
Depression	39
Chronic Kidney Disease	38
Asthma	19
Osteoperosis	17
Atrial Fibrilation	31
Heart Failure	30
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	25
Diabetes	40
Dementia	13
Cancer	18

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD treated as a pulmonologist in San Diego, CA were sleep study, airway management, hospital care and inpatient care.

airway management	54
catheterization	15
doctor visit	249
hospital care	53
inpatient care	53
sleep study	221

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD.

**Gender**
Male	181
Female	148

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	16
Asian / Pacific Islander	24
Non-Hispanic White	224
Hispanic	43
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Other	6

**Age**
75 to 84	87
85 and over	24
Less than 65	62
65 to 74	155

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD From 2012 - 2022

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, ischemic heart disease and chronic kidney disease.

Hypertension	62
High Cholesterol	45
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	37
Depression	30
Chronic Kidney Disease	31
Asthma	14
Osteoporosis	9
Heart Failure	25
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	21
Diabetes	27
Atrial Fibrillation	15
Cancer	12
Dementia	9

Education & Training

Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD graduated from University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. He completed residency at Mayo Clinic. He is certified by the Board Certification: Sleep Medicine and has a state license in California.

Medical School: University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry

Residency: Mayo Clinic

Board Certification: Board Certification: Sleep Medicine

Licensed In: California

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

UC San Diego Health

Ratings & Reviews

Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD has an exceptional overall rating with an average of 4.54 out of 5 stars based on 228 ratings. We collect ratings and reviews of Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD from all over the web to help you find the right in San Diego, CA.

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General Payments

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

**Payments by Company**
LivaNova USA, Inc.	$96,739 THN Sleep Therapy $96,739
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc.	$92,314 SUNOSI $73,711	Xyrem $1,372	XYWAV $41	$17,189
Resmed Corp	$62,810 AIR 11 $55,712	Reassure $5,417	AirSense $538	AirFit $335	Sleep Disorder Breathing $238	Other $571
Eli Lilly and Company	$58,478 $58,478
Itamar Medical Inc	$34,515 WatchPAT $24,000	WatchPATONE $10,515
Other	$87,516 remede System $14,635	Dayvigo $4,999	Wakix $1,698	BOTOX $492	ANORO $230	Other $65,461

**Types of Payments**
Consulting Fee	$380,457
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program	$26,979
Travel and Lodging	$10,324
Entertainment	$5,970
Food and Beverage	$4,548
Other	$4,095

Research Payments

Dr. Atul Malhotra, MD has received 29 research payments totaling $836,262.

Biography

Dr. Atul Malhotra is a physician who specializes in general practice, pulmonology (lung & respiratory disease), and sleep medicine. Dr. Malhotra's average patient rating is 4.5 stars (out of 5). Areas of particular interest for Dr. Malhotra include sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome, and insomnia. He is professionally affiliated with UC San Diego Health and Regents of the University of California. After attending the University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry for medical school, Dr. Malhotra completed his residency training at Mayo Clinic.