NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician in Delaware

28 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Delaware, 2.7 per 100,000 residents, the 5th highest rate of 51. Newark and Dover have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Delaware license search.

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).

Newark has the most, 16

  1. Newark16
  2. Dover4
  3. Wilmington4
  4. Lewes2
  5. Georgetown1

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician records in Delaware

  1. Alain Asher, MDNewark, DE 197181871569400
  2. Michael Banbury, MDNewark, DE 197181891723581
  3. Thomas Bauer, MDNewark, DE 197131679551717
  4. Claude Beaty, MDWilmington, DE 198031922273804
  5. Chandra Shekhar Beesam, M.D.Newark, DE 197131760566855
  6. Ray Blackwell, M.D.Newark, DE 197181033200084
  7. Henry Childers, MDGeorgetown, DE 199471265415491
  8. Joseph Costic, DONewark, DE 197181770532228
  9. Christopher Derby, MDWilmington, DE 198031962593236
  10. Aaron Eckhauser, MDWilmington, DE 198031083761951
  11. Paul Fedalen, MDDover, DE 199041538151741
  12. Ahmad Khan, M.D.Newark, DE 197181073703369
  13. Mwazhuwa Kuretu, MDLewes, DE 199581881633220
  14. Vincent Lotano, MDLewes, DE 199581932281664
  15. John Mannion, M.D.Dover, DE 199041780685677
  16. Daniel Marelli, M.D.Dover, DE 199041518983147
  17. Katrhleen McNicholas, M.D.Newark, DE 197181326139353
  18. Charles Mulligan, MDNewark, DE 197131255465571
  19. Brian Nam, MDNewark, DE 197131275509937
  20. D Panasuk, MDNewark, DE 197131750352407
  21. Christian Pizarro, MDWilmington, DE 198031982796710
  22. David Polidori, M.D.Newark, DE 197131487742706
  23. John Pool, MDNewark, DE 197181134338114
  24. Michael Sanusi, MDNewark, DE 197181720019102
  25. Hisham Sherif, M.D.Newark, DE 198051811085152
  26. Gary Szydlowski, MDDover, DE 199041164473070
  27. Kurt Wehberg, MDMillsboro, DE 199661275507535
  28. Li Zhang, M.D.Newark, DE 197181104252998

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208G00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Delaware ranks 5 of 51 per resident

  1. Massachusetts3.3
  2. Pennsylvania2.9
  3. Minnesota2.8
  4. Delaware2.7
  5. Ohio2.6
  6. Kentucky2.4
  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.

71.4% 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. Delaware71.4%
  2. United States76.2%

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician records in Delaware, measured

  • In a Medicare file20 of 28 · 71.4% here, 76.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file17 · 60.7% here, 63.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more16 · 57.1% here, 54.0% nationally
  • Median graduation year1992 · the 17 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

28 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician (208G00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Delaware: 2.7 per 100,000 residents against 1.9 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Newark has 16 of them (57%).

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. New Hampshire29
  2. District of Columbia30
  3. Maine25
  4. Idaho24

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Ohio2.6
  2. Minnesota2.8
  3. Pennsylvania2.9
  4. Kentucky2.4

The largest states

  1. California634
  2. Texas484
  3. Florida468
  4. New York446
  5. Pennsylvania377

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.