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Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology

Accepting New Patients
(Dr. Eric Kaoru Nakakura, MD)
Specializes in: General Surgery and Surgical Oncology (Cancer Surgery)
Stanford University School of Medicine
Professional interests include: stomach cancer, gastrointestinal cancer surgery, esophageal cancer, and more.
1825 4th Street
San Francisco, CA 94143

Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology is a general surgeon in San Francisco, CA specializing in general surgery and surgical oncology (cancer surgery). He graduated from Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology is affiliated with UCSF Health, Hill Physicians and UCSF DEPT OF SURGERY.

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Office Locations

1825 4th Street
San Francisco, CA 94143
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1825 4th Street Floor 4
San Francisco, CA 94143
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1825 4th Street Floor 6
San Francisco, CA 94143
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Hill Physicians

1600 Divisadero Street Suite 4
San Francisco, CA 94115
(415) 353-9888
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UCSF Health

1825 Fourth Street Fourth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94158
(415) 502-5577
(415) 502-2236
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In The News 

“However, in a commentary accompanying the study, Daniel B. Hoffman, MD, and Eric K. Nakakura, MD, PhD, both of the University of California San Francisco Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer...”—"Laparoscopy, Surgery in a Draw for Gastric Cancer Survival", MedPage Today, March 2023
“A special thank you to the staff of Hospice East Bay, Michael Sherman M.D., and the many doctors and staff at UCSF, especially Eric Nakakura M.D. Please join in a celebration of Judy's wonderful...”—"Judith Ruby Wofford", East Bay Times, December 2018

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology for Medicare patients.

doctor visit 209

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology for Medicare patients.

doctor visit 213

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology.

Gender
Male 99
Female 75
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 117
Black 0
Hispanic 16
Asian 21
Other 0
Native American 0
Age
From 65 to 74 87
From 75 to 84 49
85 and over 12
Less than 65 26

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology in 2013

Hypertension 63
High Cholesterol 48
Stroke 0
Ischemic Heart Disease 30
Depression 19
Chronic Kidney Disease 28
Asthma 7
Osteoperosis 0
Atrial Fibrilation 11
Heart Failure 11
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 7
Diabetes 34
Dementia 6
Cancer 37

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology treated as a general surgeon in San Francisco, CA during 2014 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology for Medicare patients.

doctor visit 200
hospital care 14
inpatient care 14

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology.

Gender
Male 83
Female 98
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 127
Black 0
Hispanic 13
Asian 26
Other 0
Native American 0
Age
From 65 to 74 90
From 75 to 84 50
85 and over 12
Less than 65 29

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology in 2014

Hypertension 65
High Cholesterol 51
Stroke 0
Ischemic Heart Disease 33
Depression 24
Chronic Kidney Disease 30
Asthma 9
Osteoperosis 10
Atrial Fibrilation 9
Heart Failure 13
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 9
Diabetes 26
Dementia 0
Cancer 29

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology treated as a general surgeon in San Francisco, CA during 2015 were open surgery, endocrine surgery, abdominal surgery and gastrointestinal procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology for Medicare patients.

abdominal surgery 11
doctor visit 263
endocrine surgery 11
gastrointestinal procedures 11
open surgery 11

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology.

Gender
Male 212
Female 176
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 266
Black 0
Hispanic 36
Asian 50
Other 0
Native American 0
Age
From 65 to 74 236
From 75 to 84 94
85 and over 0
Less than 65 0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology in 2015

Hypertension 61
High Cholesterol 53
Stroke 0
Ischemic Heart Disease 29
Depression 19
Chronic Kidney Disease 31
Asthma 11
Osteoperosis 9
Atrial Fibrilation 13
Heart Failure 11
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 11
Diabetes 33
Dementia 0
Cancer 25

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology treated as a general surgeon in San Francisco, CA during 2016 were open surgery, endocrine surgery, abdominal surgery and gastrointestinal procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology for Medicare patients.

abdominal surgery 11
doctor visit 262
endocrine surgery 11
gastrointestinal procedures 11
open surgery 11

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology.

Gender
Male 106
Female 91
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 135
Black 0
Hispanic 15
Asian 29
Other 0
Native American 0
Age
From 65 to 74 111
From 75 to 84 60
85 and over 0
Less than 65 0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology in 2016

Hypertension 62
High Cholesterol 49
Stroke 0
Ischemic Heart Disease 25
Depression 20
Chronic Kidney Disease 36
Asthma 14
Osteoperosis 10
Atrial Fibrilation 10
Heart Failure 10
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 8
Diabetes 34
Dementia 7
Cancer 25

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology treated as a general surgeon in San Francisco, CA during 2017 were hospital care, inpatient care, open surgery and endocrine surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology for Medicare patients.

abdominal surgery 11
doctor visit 155
endocrine surgery 11
gastrointestinal procedures 11
hospital care 36
inpatient care 36
open surgery 11

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology.

Gender
Male 92
Female 74
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 116
Black 0
Hispanic 17
Asian 22
Other 0
Native American 0
Age
From 65 to 74 92
From 75 to 84 48
85 and over 0
Less than 65 0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology in 2017

Hypertension 66
High Cholesterol 50
Stroke 0
Ischemic Heart Disease 29
Depression 24
Chronic Kidney Disease 45
Asthma 13
Osteoperosis 8
Atrial Fibrilation 9
Heart Failure 11
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 11
Diabetes 35
Dementia 0
Cancer 24

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology treated as a general surgeon in San Francisco, CA during 2018 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology for Medicare patients.

doctor visit 157
hospital care 21
inpatient care 21

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology.

Gender
Male 83
Female 95
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 123
Black 0
Hispanic 16
Asian 21
Other 0
Native American 0
Age
From 65 to 74 101
From 75 to 84 49
85 and over 0
Less than 65 0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology in 2018

Hypertension 62
High Cholesterol 51
Stroke 0
Ischemic Heart Disease 25
Depression 21
Chronic Kidney Disease 41
Asthma 12
Osteoperosis 10
Atrial Fibrilation 0
Heart Failure 12
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 6
Diabetes 35
Dementia 0
Cancer 21

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology for Medicare patients.

doctor visit 155

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology.

Gender
Male 91
Female 85
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 127
Black 0
Hispanic 12
Asian 23
Other 0
Native American 0
Age
From 65 to 74 93
From 75 to 84 59
85 and over 0
Less than 65 0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology in 2019

Hypertension 70
High Cholesterol 65
Stroke 0
Ischemic Heart Disease 38
Depression 26
Chronic Kidney Disease 45
Asthma 13
Osteoperosis 6
Atrial Fibrilation 10
Heart Failure 12
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 9
Diabetes 35
Dementia 11
Cancer 24

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology treated as a general surgeon in San Francisco, CA during 2020 were open surgery, endocrine surgery, abdominal surgery and gastrointestinal procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology for Medicare patients.

abdominal surgery 18
doctor visit 135
endocrine surgery 18
gastrointestinal procedures 18
hospital care 13
inpatient care 13
open surgery 18

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology.

Gender
Male 104
Female 89
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 139
Black 0
Hispanic 11
Asian 27
Other 0
Native American 0
Age
From 65 to 74 106
From 75 to 84 66
85 and over 0
Less than 65 0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology in 2020

Hypertension 58
High Cholesterol 57
Stroke 0
Ischemic Heart Disease 33
Depression 17
Chronic Kidney Disease 41
Asthma 13
Osteoperosis 9
Atrial Fibrilation 9
Heart Failure 18
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 16
Diabetes 30
Dementia 6
Cancer 24

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology for Medicare patients.

doctor visit 166

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology.

Gender
Male 87
Female 84
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 119
Black 0
Hispanic 0
Asian 22
Other 0
Native American 0
Age
From 65 to 74 95
From 75 to 84 52
85 and over 0
Less than 65 0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology in 2021

Hypertension 63
High Cholesterol 61
Stroke 0
Ischemic Heart Disease 29
Depression 23
Chronic Kidney Disease 43
Asthma 11
Osteoperosis 8
Atrial Fibrilation 11
Heart Failure 14
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 10
Diabetes 29
Dementia 0
Cancer 22

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology for Medicare patients.

doctor visit 158

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology.

Gender
Male 76
Female 80
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 109
Black 0
Hispanic 0
Asian 24
Other 0
Native American 0
Age
From 65 to 74 90
From 75 to 84 51
85 and over 0
Less than 65 0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology in 2022

Hypertension 69
High Cholesterol 67
Stroke 8
Ischemic Heart Disease 20
Depression 22
Chronic Kidney Disease 19
Asthma 16
Osteoperosis 17
Atrial Fibrilation 15
Heart Failure 9
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 10
Diabetes 31
Dementia 0
Cancer 28

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology treated as a general surgeon in San Francisco, CA were hospital care, inpatient care, open surgery and endocrine surgery.

abdominal surgery 12
doctor visit 188
endocrine surgery 12
gastrointestinal procedures 12
hospital care 21
inpatient care 21
open surgery 12

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology.

Gender
Male 93
Female 86
Ethnicity
Black / African American 0
Asian / Pacific Islander 24
Non-Hispanic White 125
Native American / Alaskan Native 0
Hispanic 12
Other 0
Age
75 to 84 52
85 and over 2
Less than 65 5
65 to 74 100

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology From 2012 - 2022

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, chronic kidney disease and diabetes.

Hypertension 58
High Cholesterol 50
Stroke 0
Ischemic Heart Disease 26
Depression 19
Chronic Kidney Disease 32
Asthma 10
Osteoporosis 7
Heart Failure 11
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 8
Diabetes 29
Atrial Fibrillation 8
Dementia 2
Cancer 23

Education & Training

Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology graduated from Stanford University School of Medicine. He completed residency at Johns Hopkins University Affiliated Hospitals. He is certified by the American Board of Surgery, General Surgery and has a state license in California.

Medical School: Stanford University School of Medicine

Residency: Johns Hopkins University Affiliated Hospitals

Board Certification: American Board of Surgery, General Surgery

Licensed In: California

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

UCSF Health
Hill Physicians
UCSF DEPT OF SURGERY

Ratings & Reviews

Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology has an exceptional overall rating with an average of 4.81 out of 5 stars based on 392 ratings. We collect ratings and reviews of Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology from all over the web to help you find the right in San Francisco, CA. 

4.81
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Reviews From Around The Web
Overall Rating: 5.0 2025-03-06
Patient verified via Press Ganey
Dr. Nalakura saved my life with his diagnosis and surgery on my four malignant tumors that had been misdiagnosed for years by other doctors.
Overall Rating: 5.0 2025-04-01
Patient verified via Press Ganey
This refers to my meeting with Dr. Nakakura.
Overall Rating: 5.0 2025-09-23
Patient verified via Press Ganey
Dr. Nakakura is the BEST!

General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. Eric K. Nakakura, MD, Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology | Sarcoma and Connective Tissue Surgical Oncology. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

Payments by Company
Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc $3,455 Somatuline Depot 120mg-.5ml
$3,455
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. $1,015 Da Vinci Surgical System
$1,015
Boston Scientific Corporation $140 TheraSphere Y90 Glass Microspheres 10 GBq
$140
Medtronic, Inc. $77 Emprint
$77
Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $14 ONIVYDE
$14
Types of Payments
Consulting Fee $2,674
Travel and Lodging $1,725
Food and Beverage $301

Biography

Dr. Eric Nakakura is a specialist in general surgery and surgical oncology (cancer surgery). His areas of expertise consist of esophageal cancer, connective tissue disorders, and stomach cancer. Dr. Nakakura's professional affiliations include UCSF Health and Hill Physicians. He attended Stanford University School of Medicine and subsequently trained at a hospital affiliated with Johns Hopkins University for residency. Patient ratings for Dr. Nakakura average 5.0 stars (out of 5). He has received the distinction of San Francisco Super Doctors. He has an open panel in San Francisco, CA according to Doctor.com.

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