NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician in California

634 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in California, 1.6 per 100,000 residents, the 33rd highest rate of 51. Los Angeles and San Francisco have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the California license search. Page 10 of 13.

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).

Los Angeles has the most, 103

  1. Los Angeles103
  2. San Francisco45
  3. Palo Alto43
  4. San Diego39
  5. Sacramento37

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician records in California

  1. Andrew Rabenstein, M.D.Fountain Valley, CA 927081841652385
  2. David Rabkin, MDLos Angeles, CA 900951255595427
  3. Osman Radi, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900951366228785
  4. Gary Raff, M.D.Sacramento, CA 958171518940741
  5. Amy Rahm, M.D.San Diego, CA 921231659581957
  6. Vignesh Raman, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900951548623192
  7. Aidan Raney, M.D.Newport Beach, CA 926631225105653
  8. Samine Ravanbakhsh, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900271902166564
  9. Anthony Rayner, MDSacramento, CA 958231710037510
  10. Dan Raz, M.D.Duarte, CA 910101598893398
  11. Anees Razzouk, M.D.Loma Linda, CA 923541487682084
  12. Kuruganti Reddy, M.DCovina, CA 917221326060401
  13. Vadiyala ReddySan Francisco, CA 941431851312391
  14. Alexander ReedPalo Alto, CA 943041578208054
  15. Adeel Rehman, M.D.San Francisco, CA 941431376807941
  16. Heidi Reich, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900481730440686
  17. Robert Reichman, MDEscondido, CA 920251902879505
  18. Olaf Reinhartz, MDPalo Alto, CA 943041679590376
  19. Bruce Reitz, M.D.Stanford, CA 943051962510677
  20. Sha'Shonda Revels, MDLos Angeles, CA 900951346402039
  21. Richard Richter, MDSan Francisco, CA 941151730253345
  22. Jerome Riebman, MDNapa, CA 945581780613802
  23. Jose Rivas, MDHuntington Park, CA 902551801897681
  24. Robert Robbins, M.D.Stanford, CA 943051346358900
  25. Randall Roberts, MDGlendale, CA 912041114929809
  26. John Robertson, MDSanta Monica, CA 904041689760480
  27. Raffaele Rocco, MDLos Angeles, CA 900481598287138
  28. Ancel Rogers, M.D.Colton, CA 923241578673489
  29. Kg Romine, M.D.San Jose, CA 951241225441033
  30. Graeme RosenbergLos Angeles, CA 900331164841938
  31. Jeffrey RosenburgEscondido, CA 920291972576189
  32. Stephen Rossiter, M.D.Sacramento, CA 958191356391080
  33. Chawannuch Ruaengsri, MDPalo Alto, CA 943041134788136
  34. Naohide Sakakibara, M.D.San Diego, CA 920931588697916
  35. Andreas Sakopoulos, M.D.Salinas, CA 939011720067028
  36. Marc Sakwa, MDLong Beach, CA 908081750363552
  37. Reza Salabat, M.D.West Hollywood, CA 900481265757280
  38. Michael Salna, MDStanford, CA 943051477088466
  39. Yas SanaihaLos Angeles, CA 900241194110593
  40. Shunji Sano, MDSan Francisco, CA 941431033657192
  41. Sohail Sareh, MDOrange, CA 928681891158010
  42. Amir Sarkeshik, D.O., M.S.Larkspur, CA 949391013367135
  43. Srinivas Sarma, MDLos Angeles, CA 900271801967880
  44. Raymond Schaerf, M.D.Burbank, CA 915051912903295
  45. Douglas Schuch, M.D.Sacramento, CA 958191457359622
  46. Steven Schwartz, MDLos Gatos, CA 950321275574832
  47. Rosalyn Scott, MDLos Angeles, CA 900431447305982
  48. Vinod Sebastian, M.D.San Francisco, CA 941431073713079
  49. Rajesh Sekar, M.D., PH.D.San Francisco, CA 941431386914265
  50. Daniel Serna, MDLos Angeles, CA 900271730256660

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

California ranks 33 of 51 per resident

  1. Rhode Island1.6
  2. Mississippi1.6
  3. South Dakota1.6
  4. California1.6
  5. Texas1.6
  6. Oregon1.6
  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.

75.2% 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. California75.2%
  2. United States76.2%

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

  • In a Medicare file477 of 634 · 75.2% here, 76.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file408 · 64.4% here, 63.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more372 · 58.7% here, 54.0% nationally
  • Median graduation year1997 · the 408 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

634 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician (208G00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in California: 1.6 per 100,000 residents against 1.9 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Los Angeles has 103 of them (16%).

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. Texas484
  2. Florida468
  3. New York446
  4. Pennsylvania377

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. South Dakota1.6
  2. Mississippi1.6
  3. Rhode Island1.6
  4. Iowa1.7

The largest states

  1. Texas484
  2. Florida468
  3. New York446
  4. Pennsylvania377
  5. Ohio310

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.