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 12 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. Carol Tabak, MDBurlingame, CA 940101760560312
  2. Eddie Tang, M.D.San Francisco, CA 941171093729691
  3. Ahmad Tarakji, M.D.Palo Alto, CA 943041588868020
  4. Riyad Tarazi, MDSan Diego, CA 921221386018687
  5. Mark Taylor, M.D.Sacramento, CA 958191679525000
  6. Dominic Tedesco, M.D.Ventura, CA 930031942300330
  7. Amod Tendulkar, MDSanta Clara, CA 950511457511628
  8. William Thibault, MDOrange, CA 928681417981929
  9. Patricia Thistlethwaite, MD/PHDSan Diego, CA 921031831121789
  10. Donald Thomas, MDOxnard, CA 930301609961671
  11. Hugh Tobin, MDModesto, CA 953561316987373
  12. Jesus Torpoco, MDLos Angeles, CA 900271154480747
  13. Paul Toste, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900951386964823
  14. Eduardo Tovar, MDWhittier, CA 906021598766446
  15. Hoang-Vu Tran, MDOakland, CA 946091679960892
  16. Alfredo Trento, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900481285618207
  17. Binh Trinh, MD/PHDIrvine, CA 926181790914430
  18. Dhaval Trivedi, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900271427269398
  19. Rohit Trivedi, M.D.Pomona, CA 917671114937992
  20. Lillian Tsai, MDStanford, CA 943051225490519
  21. Wilson Tsai, MDWalnut Creek, CA 945981609035666
  22. Pei Tsau, MDPalo Alto, CA 943011235203910
  23. Elaine Tseng, M.D.San Francisco, CA 941211649243197
  24. Thomas Tung, M.D.San Leandro, CA 945771053474379
  25. Harma TurbendianLoma Linda, CA 923501811157993
  26. John Tyner, M.D.La Jolla, CA 920371144270620
  27. Thomas Tzeng, MDLa Habra, CA 906311306845102
  28. Merry Uchiyama, M.D.Danville, CA 945261518255454
  29. Brooks Udelsman, MDLos Angeles, CA 900331639582786
  30. Kanti Uppal, MDWalnut Creek, CA 945961144308206
  31. Glen Van Arsdell, MDLos Angeles, CA 900241871072553
  32. Timothy Vannatta, MDTorrance, CA 905021255324885
  33. Ramesh Veeragandham, MDDanville, CA 945261710972427
  34. Ryan Vela, M.D.Ventura, CA 930031487033551
  35. Katherine Verdi, MDStanford, CA 943051295158590
  36. Conrad Vial, M.D.San Francisco, CA 941091083726699
  37. Melita Viegas, MDLos Angeles, CA 900481285855403
  38. Minh Quan Vu, MDStanford, CA 943051609484641
  39. Jennifer Wan, MDVentura, CA 930031922264522
  40. Hanjay Wang, MDSanta Clara, CA 950511992182000
  41. Nan Wang, M.D.Upland, CA 917861023040839
  42. William Wang, MDLa Jolla, CA 920371033116223
  43. Naruhito Watanabe, M.D.Sacramento, CA 958191780911032
  44. Amelia Watkins, MDPalo Alto, CA 943041558596213
  45. Peter Wawro, M.D.Santa Ana, CA 927051487691051
  46. Steven Webster, MDOakland, CA 946111902984701
  47. Noah WeingartenWest Hollywood, CA 900481437523313
  48. Asher Weisberg, MDLos Angeles, CA 900481033537204
  49. Winfield Wells, MDLos Angeles, CA 900331942229604
  50. Luke Wiggins, MDLos Angeles, CA 900271124443122

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.