SAN DIEGO MEDICAL CONSULTANTS APC
NPI 1295688653
Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology in San Diego, CA

NPI Status: Active since February 17, 2026

Contact Information

8880 RIO SAN DIEGO DR STE 800
SAN DIEGO, CA
ZIP 92108
Phone: (619) 600-5942

NPI Profile Information
Primary Taxonomy
Group Taxonomy
Authorized Official
NPI Validation
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Frequently Asked Questions

Organization
Internal Medicine
Gastroenterology

About SAN DIEGO MEDICAL CONSULTANTS APC

This page provides the complete NPI Profile along with additional information for San Diego Medical Consultants Apc, an internist established in San Diego, California operating as a Internal Medicine, focusing in gastroenterology . The healthcare provider is registered in the NPI registry with number 1295688653 assigned on February 2026. The practitioner's primary taxonomy code is 207RG0100X. The provider is registered as an organization and their NPI record was last updated March 2026. San Diego Medical Consultants Apc operates as a Multi-Specialty Group with one or more individual practitioners, who practice different areas of specialization. The authorized official of this NPI record is Jaafar Al-dahwi Md (Owner)

NPI: 1295688653
Provider Name: SAN DIEGO MEDICAL CONSULTANTS APC
Entity Type: Organization
Location Address: 8880 RIO SAN DIEGO DR STE 800 SAN DIEGO, CA 92108
Location Phone: (619) 600-5942
Mailing Address: 3755 AVOCADO BLVD # 146 LA MESA, CA 91941
Mailing Phone: (619) 600-5942
Is Sole Proprietor?: No
Is Organization Subpart?: No
Enumeration Date: 02-17-2026
Last Update Date: 03-16-2026
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An internist like San Diego Medical Consultants Apc is a physician who has completed an internal medicine residency and is board-certified or board-eligible in an internist specialty. Internists are trained to care for adults of all ages for many different medical conditions. An internist typically monitors chronic physical conditions, identifies acute diseases, provides family planning, provides counseling about wellness and disease prevention, etc.

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Specialty - Primary Taxonomy

The NPI enumerator requires providers to submit at least one taxonomy code. A taxonomy code is a unique 10-character code that describes the healthcare provider type, classification, and the area of specialization. There could be only one primary taxonomy code per NPI record. For individual NPIs the license data is associated to the taxonomy code.

Classification: Internal Medicine Gastroenterology
Taxonomy Code: 207RG0100X
Type: Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Taxonomy Description: An internist who specializes in diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the digestive organs including the stomach, bowels, liver and gallbladder. This specialist treats conditions such as abdominal pain, ulcers, diarrhea, cancer and jaundice and performs complex diagnostic and therapeutic procedures using endoscopes to visualize internal organs.

Group Taxonomy 193200000X MULTI-SPECIALTY GROUP

This provider is a business group of one or more individual practitioners, who practice with different areas of specialization.

Authorized Official

The authorized official is the designated individual with the legal authority to make changes to the provider’s official NPI record. For organizations, the authorized official must be a general partner, chairman of the board, CEO, CFO or a direct owner holding at least a 5 percent stake in the medical organization.

Authorized Official Name: JAAFAR AL-DAHWI MD
Authorized Official Title: OWNER
Authorized Official Phone: (619) 600-5942

NPI NPI Number Validation

How NPI Validation Works

The NPI validation process uses the ISO-standard Luhn algorithm, a mathematical "handshake", to ensure that a provider's 10-digit ID is authentic and free of common typing errors.

To verify the NPI 1295688653, we treat the final digit (3) as the Check Digit—the target answer we need to reach. The process begins by taking the first nine digits and adding a constant value of 24, which accounts for the "80840" prefix required for all U.S. health identifiers. We then double every other digit starting from the right and sum the individual digits of those results together. For this specific NPI, that total comes to 67. The final step is to find the difference between that total and the next multiple of ten (70 - 67 = 3).

Digit-by-digit view

Use the first nine digits for the calculation. Starting from the right, double every other digit. The last digit is the check digit and is not part of the calculation.

Pos 1

Doubled → 2

Pos 2

Unchanged

Pos 3

Doubled → 18 → 1 + 8

Pos 4

Unchanged

Pos 5

Doubled → 12 → 1 + 2

Pos 6

Unchanged

Pos 7

Doubled → 16 → 1 + 6

Pos 8

Unchanged

Pos 9

Doubled → 10 → 1 + 0

Check

Target digit

Regular digit Doubled digit Check digit

Step 1: Double every other digit from the right

Starting with the rightmost digit of the first nine digits, double every other value. If doubling creates a two-digit number, add those digits together.

1 → 2 9 → 18 → 9 6 → 12 → 3 8 → 16 → 7 5 → 10 → 1

Step 2: Add all digits plus the NPI constant

Add the transformed values, the unchanged digits, and the constant 24.

2 + 2 + 1 + 8 + 5 + 1 + 2 + 8 + 1 + 6 + 6 + 1 + 0 + 24 = 67

Step 3: Find the amount needed to reach the next multiple of 10

The next multiple of ten after 67 is 70. The difference is the calculated check digit.

70 - 67 = 3

This NPI is valid

The calculated check digit is 3, which matches the last digit of 1295688653.