Carlos Omar Encarnacion, M.D.
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · Houston, TX
Carlos Omar Encarnacion, M.D. is a thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1508132812, issued on Mar 30, 2012. Check the license (Texas S2025, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Carlos Omar Encarnacion
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician 208G00000X
- License number
- S2025 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX 77004
- Phone
- (713) 527-5000
- Enumerated
- Mar 30, 2012
- Record last updated
- Jul 1, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20190820003192); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Texas Tech University Health Science Center School Of Medicine, 2013
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1313 Hermann Dr
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Carlos Omar Encarnacion in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license S2025Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $549.45
10 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abiomed. 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
- Specialty Associates OF West Houston PLLCCypress, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Carlos Omar Encarnacion among 484 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in Texas
Carlos Omar Encarnacion, M.D. is one of 484 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with a practice address in Texas. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2012, is newer than 79% of them.
- NPI issued2012 · 79% of these records are older, 18% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated2013 · median 1996 among the 309 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 49% 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 Texas 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 Texas
There are 484 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in Texas.
All 484 in Texas → Every provider in Houston → Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician nationwide →
The 8 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Kamal Khalil, M.D.Houston, TX 770041396939070
- Eyal Porat, M.D.Houston, TX 770041013946789
- John Davis, MDHouston, TX 770021003858127
- Christos Katsigiannis, MDHouston, TX 770081194725234
- Michael Macris, M.D.Houston, TX 770081780753905
- David Corbut, M.D.Houston, TX 770171700167020
- Jon-Cecil Walkes, MDHouston, TX 770181669472288
- Juan Abreu, M.D.Houston, TX 770241598053092
Common questions
What is Carlos Omar Encarnacion, M.D.'s NPI number?
Carlos Omar Encarnacion, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1508132812, issued on Mar 30, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Carlos Omar Encarnacion, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX, 77004. Phone: (713) 527-5000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Carlos Omar Encarnacion, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Texas license number S2025, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
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.