Walter W. Ohara, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician · Houston, TX
Walter W. Ohara, MD is a thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Houston, Texas, and NPI 1376541789, issued on Jul 9, 2005. Check the license (Texas N8699, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Walter W. Ohara
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician 208G00000X
- License numbers
- N8699 TX
0429755 KS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 6550 Fannin St, Houston, TX 77030
- Phone
- (713) 441-5200
- Enumerated
- Jul 9, 2005
- Record last updated
- Oct 18, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (713) 793-7428
- Medicaid IDs
- 280663002 TX
100422750A KS
280663001 TX
280663004 TX - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240304002403); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Eastern Virginia Medical School, 1995
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Walter W. Ohara in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license N8699Check 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: $1,197.97
26 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. 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
- Bon Secours Medical Group Richmond Specialty Care LLCRichmond, VA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Walter W. Ohara among 484 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records in Texas
Walter W. Ohara, MD 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 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 86% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
- Graduated1995 · median 1996 among the 309 with a school on file
- Record last updated2017 · 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.
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The 8 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Marvin Atkins, MDHouston, TX 770301730160706
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- Jonathan Ho, MDHouston, TX 770301417949264
- Gerald Lawrie, MDHouston, TX 770301457351074
- Thomas Macgillivray, MDHouston, TX 770301184605354
- Octavio Pajaro, M.D.Houston, TX 770301629065677
- Rick Peng, M.D.Houston, TX 770301154304103
- Mahesh Ramchandani, MDHouston, TX 770301073513693
Common questions
What is Walter W. Ohara, MD's NPI number?
Walter W. Ohara, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1376541789, issued on Jul 9, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Walter W. Ohara, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6550 Fannin St, Houston, TX, 77030. Phone: (713) 441-5200. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Walter W. Ohara, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number N8699, 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.