NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Rafe C. Connors, MD

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · Salt Lake City, UT

Rafe C. Connors, MD is a thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Salt Lake City, Utah, and NPI 1497954416, issued on Jul 11, 2007. Check the license (Utah 5414427-1205, as entered in NPPES) on the Utah Medical Licensing Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1497954416
Name
Rafe C. Connors
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician 208G00000X
License number
5414427-1205 UT
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1160 E 3900 S Ste 3500, Salt Lake City, UT 84124
Phone
(801) 476-6900
Enumerated
Jul 11, 2007
Record last updated
Mar 15, 2022
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20120912000073); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of Utah School Of Medicine, 2002
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 1160 E 3900 S Ste 3500

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Briana Civello, ACNPNurse Practitioner1669236444
  2. Gabriel Frampton, PA-CSurgical Physician Assistant1063882272
  3. Benjamin Wallace, PASurgical Physician Assistant1992936066

Verify Rafe C. Connors in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersUtah Medical Licensing Board
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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Industry payments in 2024: $1,123.99

9 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. 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.

  1. Rafe Connors$1,123.99
  2. Specialty average$7,828.84

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Bills Medicare through 2 group practices

  1. Mountainstar Cardiovascular Services LLCSalt Lake City, UT
  2. Salem HealthSalem, OR

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Rafe C. Connors among 50 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in Utah

Rafe C. Connors, MD is one of 50 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with a practice address in Utah. 76% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 48% of them.

  • NPI issued2007 · 48% of these records are older, 42% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
  • Graduated2002 · median 1998 among the 32 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2022 · 40% 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 Utah 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 Utah

There are 50 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in Utah.

The 8 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Shreekanth Karwande, MDSalt Lake City, UT 841241972693570
  2. J Thorne, MDSalt Lake City, UT 841241356335970
  3. Ammar Asban, MBBSSalt Lake City, UT 841321053727719
  4. Nicolas Contreras, M.D.Salt Lake City, UT 841321790135614
  5. Guilherme Czelusniak De Oliveira, MDSalt Lake City, UT 841321841796257
  6. Joseph Heiler, MDSalt Lake City, UT 841321558940569
  7. Hiroshi KagawaSalt Lake City, UT 841321447690094
  8. Antigoni Koliopoulou, M.D.Salt Lake City, UT 841321609319722

Common questions

What is Rafe C. Connors, MD's NPI number?

Rafe C. Connors, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1497954416, issued on Jul 11, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Rafe C. Connors, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1160 E 3900 S Ste 3500, Salt Lake City, UT, 84124. Phone: (801) 476-6900. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Rafe C. Connors, MD's license?

NPPES lists Utah license number 5414427-1205, as entered by the provider. Search the Utah Medical Licensing Board at https://secure.utah.gov/llv/search/index.html. 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.