Brian Lee Ganzel, M.D.
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · Louisville, KY
Brian Lee Ganzel, M.D. is a thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Louisville, Kentucky, and NPI 1447206826, issued on May 26, 2006. Check the license (Kentucky 23080, as entered in NPPES) on the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Brian Lee Ganzel
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician 208G00000X
- License number
- 23080 KY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 201 Abraham Flexner Way, Louisville, KY 40202
- Phone
- (502) 583-8383
- Enumerated
- May 26, 2006
- Record last updated
- Apr 6, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (502) 561-2190
- Medicaid IDs
- 64230808 KY
100347700 IN - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20031216000263); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Nebraska College Of Medicine, 1978
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records → All 109 in Kentucky → Look up another NPI →
Also registered at 201 Abraham Flexner Way
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Syed Abbas, MDInternal Medicine Physician1285081398
- Suresh Alankar, MDVascular Surgery Physician1669404265
- Abdulmajeed Aljuhiman, MDCardiovascular Disease Physician1730735556
- Sawsan Almasri, PAPhysician Assistant1235896572
- Forest Arnold, DOInfectious Disease Physician1134119472
- Erle Austin, M.D.Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician1710926290
Verify Brian Lee Ganzel in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersKentucky Board of Medical Licensure
Search for license 23080Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $771.13
20 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Cook Medical LLC. The 4,047 providers of this specialty with any payment received $7,828.84 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- University OF Louisville Physicians IncLouisville, KY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Brian Lee Ganzel among 109 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in Kentucky
Brian Lee Ganzel, M.D. is one of 109 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with a practice address in Kentucky. 86% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 14% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 14% of these records are older, 43% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 86% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 72% of these records are
- Graduated1978 · median 2000 among the 79 with a school on file
- Record last updated2016 · 62% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208G00000X and a Kentucky practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician providers in Kentucky
There are 109 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in Kentucky.
All 109 in Kentucky → Every provider in Louisville → Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician nationwide →
The 8 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Erle Austin, M.D.Louisville, KY 402021710926290
- Ronald Barbie, MDLouisville, KY 402021821004367
- Roy Bowling, MDLouisville, KY 402021871525865
- Matthew Fox, M.D.Louisville, KY 402021861513541
- William Hymes, M.D.Louisville, KY 402021770534232
- Brian Kogon, MDLouisville, KY 402021811086515
- Deborah Kozik, DOLouisville, KY 402021477609154
- Anna Meyer, M.D.Louisville, KY 402021649571159
Common questions
What is Brian Lee Ganzel, M.D.'s NPI number?
Brian Lee Ganzel, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1447206826, issued on May 26, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Brian Lee Ganzel, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 201 Abraham Flexner Way, Louisville, KY, 40202. Phone: (502) 583-8383. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Brian Lee Ganzel, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Kentucky license number 23080, as entered by the provider. Search the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure at https://web1.ky.gov/GenSearch/LicenseSearch.aspx?AGY=5. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
What is Brian Lee Ganzel, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.