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 2 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. Reshma Biniwale, MDLos Angeles, CA 900951972676120
  2. Peter Birnbaum, MDFresno, CA 937201740269752
  3. Arvind Bishnoi, MDPalo Alto, CA 943041376252346
  4. Shankha Biswas, MDUpland, CA 917861043230824
  5. Richard Bloom, MDSanta Clara, CA 950511104903053
  6. Marineh Bojalian, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900731871572826
  7. Joe Bolton, MDFresno, CA 937201518055441
  8. Marko Boskovski, M.D.San Francisco, CA 941431194084863
  9. Michael Bowdish, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900481992988422
  10. Jack Boyd, MDPalo Alto, CA 943041831334044
  11. Joshua Boys, M.D.San Diego, CA 921031114368990
  12. Preben Brandenhoff, M.D.San Francisco, CA 941091104923879
  13. William Brenner, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900951760770259
  14. Zachary Brewer, MDModesto, CA 953501467741975
  15. Scot Brewster, MDLa Jolla, CA 920371568469815
  16. Merrill Bronstein, M.D.San Francisco, CA 941181609151554
  17. Lisa Brown, MDSacramento, CA 958171548398118
  18. Andrew Brownlee, M.D.West Hollywood, CA 900481306196159
  19. Donald Buehler, MDLa Jolla, CA 920371588661839
  20. Thomas Burdon, M.D.Palo Alto, CA 943041215980347
  21. Nora Burgess, MDSan Francisco, CA 941151417035049
  22. Bryan Burt, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900951396902052
  23. Elan Burton, MDPalo Alto, CA 943041932338217
  24. Lamar Bushnell, M.D.Ventura, CA 930031760582159
  25. Brian Cain, MDSan Francisco, CA 941151205914900
  26. Juan Calzetta, MDSalinas, CA 939011427034685
  27. Robert Cameron, MDLos Angeles, CA 900251376578377
  28. Sergio Caminha, MDVisalia, CA 932911104891951
  29. Walter Cannon, M.D.Stanford, CA 943051114035888
  30. David Canvasser, M.D.Pismo Beach, CA 934491982711289
  31. Eli Capouya, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900171184626061
  32. Larry Cardoza, MDCarmichael, CA 956081790721322
  33. Joseph Carey, M.D.Torrance, CA 905031912081332
  34. Nels CarrollThousand Oaks, CA 913601396122099
  35. Jonathan Cash, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900331811289713
  36. Luis Castro, M.D.Redwood City, CA 940621679587893
  37. Pedro Catarino, MDWest Hollywood, CA 900481922292069
  38. Jorge Manuel Catrip Torres, MDSacramento, CA 958171366115297
  39. James Cernilia, M.D.Newport Beach, CA 926601891804423
  40. Joseph Chammas, M.D.San Diego, CA 921231902888522
  41. Jennifer Chan, M.D.Walnut Creek, CA 945981265634687
  42. Ching-Kuo Chang, MDWalnut Creek, CA 945961871671925
  43. Michael Chang, MD, MPHLos Angeles, CA 900271881681914
  44. Carol Chen, MDStanford, CA 943051700147030
  45. John Chen, MDLos Angeles, CA 900331902993058
  46. Kuan-Cheng Chen, M.D.Hemet, CA 925431821138850
  47. Raymond Chen, MDLos Angeles, CA 900271750458634
  48. Wen Cheng, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900481073597043
  49. Joanna Chikwe, M.D.West Hollywood, CA 900481467601187
  50. Shigeru Chino, M.D.Laguna Niguel, CA 926771982604781

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.