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 9 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. Ramsay Nucho, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900331366462806
  2. Robert Nutting, MDGardena, CA 902471407853062
  3. James O'Dorisio, M.D.Santa Rosa, CA 954041598820219
  4. Mervin O'Neil, MDSacramento, CA 958251972681641
  5. Oluwatomisin ObafemiLong Beach, CA 908061841796976
  6. Yousef Odeh, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900951912930629
  7. Daniel Oh, M.D.Irvine, CA 926181932396611
  8. Tomomi Oka, MDBurlingame, CA 940101679788749
  9. Jemi Olak, MDBakersfield, CA 933051750363586
  10. Bassam Omari, M.D.Lynwood, CA 902621528078425
  11. Mark Onaitis, MDSan Diego, CA 921031841310638
  12. Osita Onugha, M.D.Culver City, CA 902321164600128
  13. Vahram OrnekianLos Angeles, CA 900171689017246
  14. William Ostermiller, M.D.Palm Springs, CA 922621194778399
  15. Richard Ott, M.D.Anaheim, CA 928011821004144
  16. John Overton, MDStockton, CA 952031144261173
  17. Philip Oyer, M.D.Stanford, CA 943051124136767
  18. Karina Pambukhchian, MDFontana, CA 923351396995502
  19. Ramesh Pamula, M.D.Fresno, CA 937201356382295
  20. George Panagiotides, M.D., F.A.C.S.Lakewood, CA 907121952317745
  21. Sanjeet Patel, MDLos Angeles, CA 900331063737567
  22. Viral Patel, MDSacramento, CA 958191124555008
  23. Michael Paulsen, M.D.Palo Alto, CA 943041063832442
  24. Patrick Paw, M.D.Bakersfield, CA 933011306946793
  25. Daryl Pearlstein, MDNewport Beach, CA 926631831118140
  26. Eric Peck, M.D.Bakersfield, CA 933011124128517
  27. Albert Pedroza, MDPalo Alto, CA 943041467806612
  28. Glenn Pelletier, MDPalo Alto, CA 943041861440273
  29. Michael Perelman, M.D.Oceanside, CA 920561750376448
  30. Carlos Perez, MDSacramento, CA 958251831277599
  31. David Perkowski, MDLaguna Hills, CA 926531942226279
  32. Anthony Perricone, M.D.San Diego, CA 921031104842129
  33. Gopinath Perumal, MDSan Francisco, CA 941431457909160
  34. Thomas Pfeffer, MDLos Angeles, CA 900271073684049
  35. Timothy Pirolli, M.D.Sacramento, CA 958171477714699
  36. Steven Plato, M.D.Visalia, CA 932911023300647
  37. Li Poa, M.D.Torrance, CA 905031346277605
  38. Travis Pollema, D.O.La Jolla, CA 920371871752956
  39. Mario Pompili, MDSan Francisco, CA 941151154409795
  40. Terrence Pong, M.D., PH.D.Stanford, CA 943051316393747
  41. Joachim Postel, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900951578528485
  42. Ledford Powell, MDLaguna Hills, CA 926531700832110
  43. Matthew Powers, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900331033346812
  44. Jonathan Praeger, M.D.Los Angeles, CA 900331083927503
  45. Eric Presser, M.D.Rancho Mirage, CA 922701548279755
  46. Gert Pretorius, MDSan Diego, CA 921031629385836
  47. Shea Pribyl, D.O.Napa, CA 945581639336050
  48. Miguel Puig Palomar, MDChico, CA 959261558361139
  49. Sarabjit Purewal, M.D.Bakersfield, CA 933011043310436
  50. Shawn Purnell, M.D.Santa Clara, CA 950511235587072

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.