NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician in Iowa

53 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Iowa, 1.7 per 100,000 residents, the 29th highest rate of 51. Iowa City and Des Moines have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Iowa license search. Page 1 of 2.

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).

Iowa City has the most, 24

  1. Iowa City24
  2. Des Moines11
  3. Cedar Rapids4
  4. Dubuque3
  5. Mason City2

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician records in Iowa

  1. Shivam AgnihotriIowa City, IA 522421306771993
  2. Ali Al Ameri, MDDes Moines, IA 503141558700450
  3. Adnan Al Ayoubi, M.D., PH.D.Iowa City, IA 522421730443409
  4. Rohan Anand, MDIowa City, IA 522421447999669
  5. Evgeny Arshava, M.D.Iowa City, IA 522421326257585
  6. Mark Barnett, MDCedar Rapids, IA 524031821096660
  7. Mohammad Bashir, M.B., B.S.Iowa City, IA 522421790994960
  8. Douglas Behrendt, MDIowa City, IA 522421134112253
  9. Lance Bezzina, D.O.Dubuque, IA 520011275752511
  10. Joel Boudreaux, MDIowa City, IA 522421992496095
  11. Alejandro Bribriesco, M.D.Cedar Rapids, IA 524031245493733
  12. Michael Del Rio, M.D.Mason City, IA 504011073557757
  13. Alyssa Drewelow, MDIowa City, IA 522421699521997
  14. Ashley Fratello, M.D.Davenport, IA 528031619390465
  15. Warren Gall, M.D.Dubuque, IA 520011265482277
  16. Robert Gallegos, M.D., PH.DDes Moines, IA 503091205870805
  17. Pauline Go, MDIowa City, IA 522421033404652
  18. Hashim Hanif, MDDes Moines, IA 503141043652209
  19. Bethany Harpole, M.D.Des Moines, IA 503091891175733
  20. David Helman, M.D.Iowa City, IA 522421609836519
  21. Bart Jenson, M.D.Des Moines, IA 503091376525006
  22. Karam Karam, MDIowa City, IA 522421487893004
  23. Mohsen Karimi, MDIowa City, IA 522421366400129
  24. John Keech, MDIowa City, IA 522421770685604
  25. Roman Klos, M.D.Iowa City, IA 522421952337628
  26. Chamnahn Kongtahworn, M.D.Clive, IA 503251982973970
  27. James Levett, MDCedar Rapids, IA 524031154329092
  28. Tayyaba Malik, MDDes Moines, IA 503141215389234
  29. Mark Mankins, M.D.Des Moines, IA 503091710271549
  30. Yuki Nakamura, MBBSIowa City, IA 522421437523024
  31. Ali Nasr, MDIowa City, IA 522421417221524
  32. Christopher Nicholas, MDWest Burlington, IA 526551316037195
  33. Mark Nielsen, M.D.Sioux City, IA 511061922056894
  34. Eromosele Otoadese, MDWaterloo, IA 507011013960129
  35. Albert Pai, M.D.Iowa City, IA 522421285084814
  36. Anthony Panos, MDIowa City, IA 522421538123393
  37. Kalpaj Parekh, MDIowa City, IA 522421396849675
  38. Bhavik Patel, M.D.Waterloo, IA 507031659588424
  39. Christopher Peters, M.D.Coralville, IA 522411760461032
  40. Steven Phillips, M.D.Urbandale, IA 503221871997759
  41. Ganga Prabhakar, M.D.Des Moines, IA 503141023109444
  42. Wayne Richenbacher, MDIowa City, IA 522451144213356
  43. Robert Schneider, M.D.Des Moines, IA 503091821084765
  44. Sinan Simsir, MDDubuque, IA 520011528142445
  45. Arun Singhal, MD,PHDIowa City, IA 522421578551446
  46. Anthony Swatek, M.D.Iowa City, IA 522421457641789
  47. Kent Thieman, M.D.Des Moines, IA 503091922094747
  48. Marnix Verhofste, M.D.Des Moines, IA 503141821070657
  49. Kyle Walsh, MDIowa City, IA 522421003485970
  50. Daniel Waters, D.O.Mason City, IA 504011962490136

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

Iowa ranks 29 of 51 per resident

  1. Kansas1.8
  2. New Jersey1.7
  3. Arizona1.7
  4. Iowa1.7
  5. Rhode Island1.6
  6. Mississippi1.6
  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.

71.7% 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. Iowa71.7%
  2. United States76.2%

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

  • In a Medicare file38 of 53 · 71.7% here, 76.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file30 · 56.6% here, 63.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more33 · 62.3% here, 54.0% nationally
  • Median graduation year2000 · the 30 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

53 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician (208G00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Iowa: 1.7 per 100,000 residents against 1.9 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Iowa City has 24 of them (45%).

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. Kansas52
  2. Arkansas55
  3. Oklahoma51
  4. Utah50

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Arizona1.7
  2. Rhode Island1.6
  3. Mississippi1.6
  4. South Dakota1.6

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.