NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician in Arkansas

55 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Arkansas, 1.8 per 100,000 residents, the 23rd highest rate of 51. Little Rock and Jonesboro have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Arkansas license search. Page 1 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).

Little Rock has the most, 33

  1. Little Rock33
  2. Jonesboro4
  3. Fort Smith3
  4. Hot Springs3
  5. Rogers3

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician records in Arkansas

  1. Brett Alberty, M.D.Little Rock, AR 722051518009000
  2. Meagan Backs, PAFayetteville, AR 727031235779349
  3. Frank Bauer, M.D.Little Rock, AR 722051902982754
  4. Thurston Bauer, MDLittle Rock, AR 722051346551314
  5. Jay Bhama, MDJonesboro, AR 724011760491989
  6. John Busby, M.D.Little Rock, AR 722051578529970
  7. Edgar Chauvin, MDRodgers, AR 727581669471157
  8. Charles Cole, M.D.Little Rock, AR 722051891957320
  9. David Dean, MDLittle Rock, AR 722051790744811
  10. Louis Elkins, M.D.Mountain Home, AR 726531114993060
  11. Gregory Fink, MDFayetteville, AR 727031134171713
  12. Kristofer Freeland, MDLittle Rock, AR 722111568605905
  13. Lawrence Greiten, M.D.Little Rock, AR 722021104076439
  14. Ahmed Halal, MDLittle Rock, AR 722051447495569
  15. Mark Hardin, M.D.Little Rock, AR 722051861697815
  16. Pouya Hemmati, MDLittle Rock, AR 722051932589850
  17. Octavio Herrera-VerdugoLittle Rock, AR 722051467820928
  18. Thomas Hoffmann, MDLittle Rock, AR 722051619939220
  19. Herbert Howe, MDHot Springs, AR 719131225039720
  20. Kenneth Howell, M.D.Little Rock, AR 722051255621009
  21. Kyla Joubert, MDLittle Rock, AR 722051154664514
  22. Damon Kennedy, DOJonesboro, AR 724051992733224
  23. Faiza Khan, MDLittle Rock, AR 722051578958963
  24. Paul Levy, MDJonesboro, AR 724011699779686
  25. Katy Marino, M.D.Little Rock, AR 722051942562186
  26. Daniel McCoy, M.D.Hot Springs, AR 719011174558001
  27. Frederick Meadors, M.D.Little Rock, AR 722051699851436
  28. Randy Metcalf, MDFort Smith, AR 729011073506648
  29. Karol Mudy, M.D.Little Rock, AR 722051487814273
  30. Jason Muesse, M.D.Little Rock, AR 722051386872695
  31. Michael Nolen, M.D.Little Rock, AR 722111164515318
  32. Natalie Ostro, M.D.Mountain Home, AR 726531124415583
  33. Aytekin Ozdemir, MDLittle Rock, AR 722051851481428
  34. Michael Raborn, M.D.Jonesboro, AR 724011225095094
  35. Taufiek Rajab, M.B. B.CHIRLittle Rock, AR 722021689800872
  36. John Ransom, MDLittle Rock, AR 722051477513778
  37. Samuel Rayburn, M.D.Little Rock, AR 722051629017587
  38. Clyde Redmond, MDSpringdale, AR 727641700952462
  39. Brian Reemtsen, MDLittle Rock, AR 722021598795288
  40. Frank Schmidt, MDSpringdale, AR 727641154497717
  41. Takeshi Shinkawa, MDLittle Rock, AR 722021447406566
  42. Bassam Shukrallah, MDLittle Rock, AR 722051205977634
  43. James Spann, M.D.Rogers, AR 727581134209273
  44. Travis Spears, MDSaint Joe, AR 726751265435085
  45. Matthew Steliga, M.D.Little Rock, AR 722051417121591
  46. Whitney Taylor, MDRogers, AR 727581215432273
  47. Nicholas Tingquist, MDLittle Rock, AR 722051083009252
  48. Trung Tran, M.D.Rogers, AR 727581609211572
  49. Rowland Vernon, MDFort Smith, AR 729031003825498
  50. Edward Warren, MDHot Springs, AR 719011184684946

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

Arkansas ranks 23 of 51 per resident

  1. Louisiana1.9
  2. Tennessee1.8
  3. South Carolina1.8
  4. Arkansas1.8
  5. Maine1.8
  6. Nebraska1.8
  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.

78.2% 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. Arkansas78.2%
  2. United States76.2%

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

  • In a Medicare file43 of 55 · 78.2% here, 76.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file36 · 65.5% here, 63.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more24 · 43.6% here, 54.0% nationally
  • Median graduation year1998 · the 36 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

55 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician (208G00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Arkansas: 1.8 per 100,000 residents against 1.9 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Little Rock has 33 of them (60%).

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. Iowa53
  2. Kansas52
  3. Oklahoma51
  4. Utah50

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Maine1.8
  2. South Carolina1.8
  3. Nebraska1.8
  4. Tennessee1.8

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.