NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Cardiovascular Disease Physician in Kentucky

284 NPPES records list cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in Kentucky, 6.3 per 100,000 residents, the 30th highest rate of 51. Louisville and Lexington have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Kentucky license search. Page 6 of 6.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207RC0000X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Louisville has the most, 93

  1. Louisville93
  2. Lexington46
  3. Owensboro14
  4. Ashland13
  5. Paducah8

Cardiovascular Disease Physician records in Kentucky

  1. Marcus Stoddard, MDLouisville, KY 402021720070196
  2. Robert Strickmeyer, M.D.Florence, KY 410421184621179
  3. Sarabjeet Singh Suri, M.DLouisville, KY 402021174079404
  4. Brad Sutton, MDLouisville, KY 402021023156072
  5. Thomas Sweat, MDLouisville, KY 402021992758197
  6. Joel Talley, MDPrestonsburg, KY 416531700999703
  7. Kami Tehrani, D.O.Newport, KY 410711649302290
  8. Natarajan Thannoli, MDSomerset, KY 425031811973167
  9. John Thomas, MDLexington, KY 405041811909823
  10. Joseph Thomas, MDGeorgetown, KY 403241144315102
  11. Matthew Thomas, DOLouisville, KY 402051437610342
  12. Robert Toltzis, M.D.Newport, KY 410711265480677
  13. Thomas Trimbur, M.D.Louisville, KY 402021467470757
  14. Craig Tucker, M.D.Louisville, KY 402051356780142
  15. Grover Tussey, M.D.Frankfort, KY 406011780697037
  16. Joseph Valayam, M.D.Elizabethtown, KY 427011770817124
  17. Venkateswara Velaga, MDHopkinsville, KY 422401740246289
  18. Himachala Veligandla, M.D.Prestonsburg, KY 416531023065927
  19. Kishor Vora, M.D.Owensboro, KY 423031992753727
  20. Cristen Waespe, M.D.Paris, KY 403611750510210
  21. Donald Wakefield, MDLexington, KY 405031598777567
  22. Morris Weiss, M.D.Louisville, KY 402021982692786
  23. Arthur Westermeyer, MDOwensboro, KY 423031902801152
  24. Jerry WhiteAshland, KY 411011245655968
  25. Jim Whiteside, M.D.Glasgow, KY 421411346214939
  26. Kim Williams, MDLouisville, KY 402021831252352
  27. Thomas Wolford, MDOwensboro, KY 423031669439071
  28. Taylor Wood, MDLouisville, KY 402051285168971
  29. Mark Workman, MDCovington, KY 410111437141876
  30. Lorie Wydotis, APRN, FNP-CPrinceton, KY 424451457731770
  31. Vidya Yalamanchi, MDHazard, KY 417011053351833
  32. Daniel Zalkind, M.D.Covington, KY 410111538315700
  33. Li Zhou, MD PHDLouisville, KY 402051679703854
  34. Matthew Zimmerman, MDLexington, KY 405041154474435

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RC0000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Kentucky ranks 30 of 51 per resident

  1. Washington6.6
  2. Tennessee6.5
  3. Kansas6.5
  4. Kentucky6.3
  5. West Virginia6.3
  6. Oregon6.3
  7. 50 states and D.C.7.9

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RC0000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

87.0% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 83.3% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. Kentucky87.0%
  2. United States83.3%

Cardiovascular Disease Physician records in Kentucky, measured

  • In a Medicare file247 of 284 · 87.0% here, 83.3% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file216 · 76.1% here, 70.2% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more157 · 55.3% here, 58.2% nationally
  • Median graduation year1998 · the 216 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207RC0000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

284 NPPES records list cardiovascular disease physician (207RC0000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Kentucky: 6.3 per 100,000 residents against 7.9 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Louisville has 93 of them (33%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. South Carolina300
  2. Oregon265
  3. Puerto Rico259
  4. Alabama311

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. West Virginia6.3
  2. Kansas6.5
  3. Tennessee6.5
  4. Washington6.6

The largest states

  1. New York2,583
  2. California2,574
  3. Florida1,946
  4. Texas1,603
  5. Pennsylvania1,476

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record 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.