NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician in Georgia

155 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Georgia, 1.4 per 100,000 residents, the 44th highest rate of 51. Atlanta and Augusta have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Georgia license search. Page 1 of 4.

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).

Atlanta has the most, 74

  1. Atlanta74
  2. Augusta14
  3. Macon9
  4. Marietta9
  5. Savannah9

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician records in Georgia

  1. Mohamed Abdelkhalek, MBBCH,MSC,FRCS(CTH)Atlanta, GA 303221225950074
  2. Ademola Adeseye, MDRome, GA 301651518301340
  3. John Anastasi, M.D.Augusta, GA 309011285691113
  4. Joshua Appelstein, MDAtlanta, GA 303091508029612
  5. Tamer Attia, MDAtlanta, GA 303221164659892
  6. Brian Bailey, M.D.Savannah, GA 314051609801810
  7. Zachary Baker, MDAugusta, GA 309011235364951
  8. Christian Bermudez, MDAtlanta, GA 303091083783179
  9. Jeremiah Blair, PAMarietta, GA 300601922640739
  10. Alicia Bonanno, M.D.Atlanta, GA 303081225455355
  11. Phil Botha, MBCHB, PHDAtlanta, GA 303221295174902
  12. Randall Brown, M.D.Macon, GA 312011124062831
  13. William Brown, MDAtlanta, GA 303091780649616
  14. Jason Budde, M.D.Gainesville, GA 305011992711915
  15. David Capallo, M.D.Savannah, GA 314191558325845
  16. Glenn Carlos, MDSavannah, GA 314041083705842
  17. Paul Chai, MDAtlanta, GA 303221083688196
  18. Joshua Chan, M.D.Atlanta, GA 303221083020275
  19. Edward Chen, M.D.Atlanta, GA 303221801985882
  20. Edward ChiouAtlanta, GA 303221699338467
  21. Paraag Chowdhary, M.D.Augusta, GA 309011699094235
  22. Mark Corbitt, MDValdosta, GA 316021780624445
  23. Sagar Damle, M.D.Atlanta, GA 303091891832176
  24. Mani Daneshmand, M.D.Atlanta, GA 303221962676700
  25. Ashley Dawson, MDAtlanta, GA 303221750815007
  26. David Dean, MDAtlanta, GA 303091851391403
  27. Shady Eldaif, M.D.Atlanta, GA 303421790969111
  28. Woodrow Farrington, M.D.Atlanta, GA 303421659637361
  29. Kurt Fichtner, M.D.Macon, GA 312171699888297
  30. James Fonger, M.D.Atlanta, GA 303421497736797
  31. Seth Force, M.D.Atlanta, GA 303221184713984
  32. Jessica Forcillo, MDAtlanta, GA 303081154704195
  33. Daniel Fortes, M.D.Marietta, GA 300601124037486
  34. James Foster, M.D.Macon, GA 312011235172230
  35. Dominic Gallo, M.D.Augusta, GA 309041891803821
  36. Karen Gersch, MDGainesville, GA 305011649294240
  37. Dhru Girard, MDRome, GA 301651851452270
  38. Daniel Goldfaden, MDRome, GA 301651619038080
  39. John Gott, MDAtlanta, GA 303091558326918
  40. John Gouldman, MDAtlanta, GA 303421871511071
  41. Robert Guyton, M.D.Atlanta, GA 303221124117924
  42. Daniel Gwan-Nulla, M.D.Columbus, GA 319041194725762
  43. Michael Halkos, M.D.Atlanta, GA 303081801071501
  44. Richard Harvey, M.D.Macon, GA 312171093758104
  45. John Hastings, MDGainesville, GA 305011174506869
  46. Christopher HeAtlanta, GA 303221023740776
  47. Dariush Heidary, MDSavannah, GA 314041720028517
  48. Mark Helmers, MDAtlanta, GA 303091518207018
  49. Larry Hogan, PACAltanta, GA 303221518906189
  50. Anthony Holden, MDMacon, GA 312011720086606

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

Georgia ranks 44 of 51 per resident

  1. Utah1.5
  2. North Carolina1.4
  3. Nevada1.4
  4. Georgia1.4
  5. Hawaii1.3
  6. Oklahoma1.3
  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.

80.6% 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. Georgia80.6%
  2. United States76.2%

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

  • In a Medicare file125 of 155 · 80.6% here, 76.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file111 · 71.6% here, 63.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more90 · 58.1% here, 54.0% nationally
  • Median graduation year1998 · the 111 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

155 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician (208G00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Georgia: 1.4 per 100,000 residents against 1.9 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Atlanta has 74 of them (48%).

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 Jersey156
  2. North Carolina157
  3. Minnesota163
  4. Missouri143

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Nevada1.4
  2. Utah1.5
  3. Alabama1.5
  4. Colorado1.5

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.