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 3 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. Ryan Chiu, M.D.Long Beach, CA 908061306107743
  2. Isaac Choy, M.D.San Leandro, CA 945771578641320
  3. Joshua Chung, M.D.West Hollywood, CA 900481528245644
  4. John Cleveland, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900271952725764
  5. Mustafa Cobanoglu, MDLoma Linda, CA 923541487688339
  6. Robbin Cohen, MDLos Angeles, CA 900331417972621
  7. Joseph Cohn, MDSanta Rosa, CA 954091023071065
  8. Joelle Coletta, M.D.San Diego, CA 921031447222377
  9. Noel Concepcion, MDOakland, CA 946051942243308
  10. Ann Connor, MDSan Bernardino, CA 924041710098272
  11. Cary Conyers, MDSanta Barbara, CA 931051447234216
  12. David Cooke, M.D.Sacramento, CA 958171831316181
  13. Andrea Corpora, PA-CRancho Mirage, CA 922701003160888
  14. Ralph Cox, M.D.Sacramento, CA 958191962454306
  15. Ryan Cox, MDSacramento, CA 958231477631190
  16. Maria Currie, MD, PHDPalo Alto, CA 943041568986818
  17. Alex Dalal, MDSanta Clara, CA 950511710411756
  18. Nandkumar Dandekar, MDCovina, CA 917231427002427
  19. Malini Daniel, MDLos Angeles, CA 900241982083630
  20. Sevak Darbinian, M.D.Orange, CA 928681306859178
  21. Marc Davison, MDAnaheim, CA 928071447308366
  22. Vincent De Filippi, MDSalinas, CA 939011053302257
  23. Ramzi Deeik, M.D.Santa Rosa, CA 954051093746182
  24. John Degraft-Johnson, M.D.,Modesto, CA 953501043472871
  25. John Dein, M.D.Sacramento, CA 958191124087838
  26. Walter Dembitsky, M.D.San Diego, CA 921231891777421
  27. Frantz Derenoncourt, MDNational City, CA 919501194736884
  28. Manan Desai, MDStanford, CA 943051962999615
  29. Tobias Deuse, M.D.Stanford, CA 943051518152149
  30. Eric Devaney, MDSan Diego, CA 921231790877173
  31. Naveen Dhar, M.D.Garden Grove, CA 928431871604116
  32. Murali Dharan, MDDanville, CA 945261336143882
  33. Anil Dharmapuram, M.D.Stanford, CA 943051780734228
  34. Puneet Dhawan, M.D.Orange, CA 928681447247853
  35. Jatinder Dhillon, MDDanville, CA 945261669581732
  36. Laura Dichiacchio, MD, PHDLos Angeles, CA 900481548641418
  37. Peter Downey, MDLos Angeles, CA 900951417272683
  38. Herve Dumont, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900291982608238
  39. Gansevoort Dunnington, M.D.Saint Helena, CA 945741336335140
  40. Dennis Durzinsky, MDOakland, CA 946111346328135
  41. Sam Ebrahimi, MDTarzana, CA 913561114916376
  42. Phyllis Edwards, MDVisalia, CA 932911164497954
  43. Glenn Egrie, MDSan Francisco, CA 941091689646994
  44. Guy Elgar, MDSacramento, CA 958171851194914
  45. Irmina Elliott, MDPalo Alto, CA 943041770926875
  46. Robert Ellis, M.D.San Francisco, CA 941171710036777
  47. Dominic Emerson, MDWest Hollywood, CA 900481295050441
  48. Daniel Enter, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900481366705329
  49. Loretta Erhunmwunsee, M.D.South Pasadena, CA 910301336307735
  50. Jamie Eridon, M.D.Long Beach, CA 908061225329840

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.