NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician in Alabama

75 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Alabama, 1.5 per 100,000 residents, the 40th highest rate of 51. Birmingham and Mobile have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Alabama license search. Page 2 of 2.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 208G00000X · method

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

Birmingham has the most, 28

  1. Birmingham28
  2. Mobile18
  3. Huntsville10
  4. Dothan3
  5. Gadsden3

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician records in Alabama

  1. Lee Riggins, M.D.Birmingham, AL 352111659381291
  2. George Robinson, M.D.Gadsden, AL 359031003873670
  3. William Roush, MDOpelika, AL 368011639663131
  4. Andres Samayoa, M.D.Huntsville, AL 358011699038497
  5. Sasha Still, MDBirmingham, AL 352491700206729
  6. John Stone, M.D.Mobile, AL 366071083612899
  7. Parvez Sultan, MDBirmingham, AL 352421356381685
  8. Yong Tan, MDMontgomery, AL 361161891115325
  9. Gregory Thomas, M.D.Huntsville, AL 358011083624357
  10. John Thurber, M.D.Birmingham, AL 352431699737155
  11. Shannon TurneyHuntsville, AL 358021811306681
  12. Frans Vanwagenberg, M.D.Huntsville, AL 358011982999728
  13. Rajamiyer Venkateswaran, MD FRCS-CTHBirmingham, AL 352491235936170
  14. Tung Vu, M.D.Mobile, AL 366071174058671
  15. Tyler Wahl, MD, MSPHBirmingham, AL 352421750724654
  16. Fady Wanna, M.D.Dothan, AL 363051861471096
  17. Thomas Washburn, M.D.Huntsville, AL 358011639162571
  18. Benjamin Wei, MDBirmingham, AL 352331013154962
  19. James West, M.D.Birmingham, AL 352111679009302
  20. Robert Wilson, M.D.Mobile, AL 366081629002928
  21. Adam WitcherBirmingham, AL 352331740667997
  22. Michael Wood, MDGadsden, AL 359011659391548
  23. Matthew WoodsMobile, AL 366071003351941
  24. Charles Wyatt, MDMobile, AL 366081740287630
  25. Peter Yu, MDHuntsville, AL 358011134393507

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208G00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Alabama ranks 40 of 51 per resident

  1. Washington1.5
  2. Maryland1.5
  3. Colorado1.5
  4. Alabama1.5
  5. Utah1.5
  6. North Carolina1.4
  7. 50 states and D.C.1.9

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208G00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

86.7% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 76.2% 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. Alabama86.7%
  2. United States76.2%

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician records in Alabama, measured

  • In a Medicare file65 of 75 · 86.7% here, 76.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file59 · 78.7% here, 63.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more31 · 41.3% here, 54.0% nationally
  • Median graduation year1996 · the 59 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 208G00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

75 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician (208G00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Alabama: 1.5 per 100,000 residents against 1.9 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Birmingham has 28 of them (37%).

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. Connecticut79
  2. Oregon67
  3. Colorado87
  4. Louisiana87

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Utah1.5
  2. North Carolina1.4
  3. Maryland1.5
  4. Nevada1.4

The largest states

  1. California634
  2. Texas484
  3. Florida468
  4. New York446
  5. Pennsylvania377

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.