Leonidas Tapias Vargas, M.D.
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · Cleveland, OH
Leonidas Tapias Vargas, M.D. is a thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Cleveland, Ohio, and NPI 1215160031, issued on Aug 27, 2009. Check the license (Ohio 35.143782, as entered in NPPES) on the State Medical Board of Ohio; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Leonidas Tapias Vargas
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician 208G00000X
- License number
- 35.143782 OH
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 11100 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106
- Phone
- (216) 844-7154
- Enumerated
- Aug 27, 2009
- Record last updated
- Mar 12, 2022
- Fax
- (216) 844-7597
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20211206000974); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Leonidas Tapias Vargas in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersState Medical Board of Ohio
Search for license 35.143782Check 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: $636.59
6 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. 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 Hospitals Medical Group IncBeachwood, OH
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Leonidas Tapias Vargas among 310 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in Ohio
Leonidas Tapias Vargas, M.D. is one of 310 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with a practice address in Ohio. 71% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2009, is newer than 58% of them.
- NPI issued2009 · 58% of these records are older, 39% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 71% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
- Graduated2008 · median 1998 among the 188 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 51% 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 Ohio 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 Ohio
There are 310 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in Ohio.
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The 8 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Mohamed Abdel Halim Mohamed, M.D., PHD.Cleveland, OH 441061558664706
- Cristian Baeza, MDCleveland, OH 441061407310006
- Brian Cmolik, MDCleveland, OH 441061871526814
- Salil Deo, MDCleveland, OH 441061316269400
- Yakov Elgudin, MDCleveland, OH 441061730107996
- Claudio Gelape, MDCleveland, OH 441061588096291
- Boxiang JiangCleveland, OH 441061730541657
- Philip Linden, MDCleveland, OH 441061649268343
Common questions
What is Leonidas Tapias Vargas, M.D.'s NPI number?
Leonidas Tapias Vargas, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1215160031, issued on Aug 27, 2009. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Leonidas Tapias Vargas, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 11100 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH, 44106. Phone: (216) 844-7154. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Leonidas Tapias Vargas, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists Ohio license number 35.143782, as entered by the provider. Search the State Medical Board of Ohio at https://elicense.ohio.gov/oh_verifylicense. 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.