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 13 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. Sean Wightman, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900331174802755
  2. David Williams, M.D.La Jolla, CA 920371215347851
  3. Julio Williams, MDSan Bernardino, CA 924041588761001
  4. Trevor Williams, M.D.Carmichael, CA 956081528294436
  5. Donald Wilson, M.D.Angwin, CA 945081275513376
  6. Joseph Wilson, MDRancho Mirage, CA 922701851499370
  7. Matthew Wingo, MDNewport Beach, CA 926631932593274
  8. Eugene Won, MDOrange, CA 928681659799658
  9. Angela Wong, MDLos Angeles, CA 900271568514925
  10. Ka-Kit Wong, CCPConcord, CA 945201801698832
  11. Rose Wong, MDBellflower, CA 907061073684973
  12. Russell Woo, M.D.San Francisco, CA 941151013079110
  13. Yi-Ping Woo, MDPalo Alto, CA 943051043240120
  14. Katherine Wood, MDOrange, CA 928681689931719
  15. Michael Wood, MDBurlingame, CA 940101972695112
  16. Gavitt Woodard, M.D.San Francisco, CA 941431467742353
  17. Curtis Wozniak, M.D.Travis Afb, CA 945351023187358
  18. Darrell Wu, M.D.Escondido, CA 920291598921272
  19. Geena Wu, M.D.Riverside, CA 925051053605691
  20. James Wu, M.D.Pasadena, CA 911011407873995
  21. Jane Yanagawa, MDLos Angeles, CA 900951205085065
  22. Alexander Yap, M.D.San Francisco, CA 941581346254463
  23. Roderick Yasuda, MDNorthridge, CA 913251518997527
  24. Edward Yee, M.D.San Francisco, CA 941151912929241
  25. Joseph Young, M.D.Sacramento, CA 958171285616680
  26. Kwok Yun, MDLos Angeles, CA 900271134296080
  27. Salman Zaheer, MBBSLoma Linda, CA 923541154394013
  28. James Zalez, MDSanta Monica, CA 904041679689822
  29. Ashley Zander, D.O.San Diego, CA 921031780940031
  30. Louis Zanger, M.D.Saratoga, CA 950701306218052
  31. Dongning Zhang, MD, MPHPomona, CA 917671508215674
  32. Xun Zhou, MDPalo Alto, CA 943041073854030
  33. Henry Zhu, M.D.Sacramento, CA 958191144249376
  34. Yuanjia Zhu, MDStanford, CA 943051558822841

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.