NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician in Illinois

265 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Illinois, 2.1 per 100,000 residents, the 12th highest rate of 51. Chicago and Oak Lawn have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Illinois license search. Page 1 of 6.

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).

Chicago has the most, 116

  1. Chicago116
  2. Oak Lawn18
  3. Maywood16
  4. Springfield10
  5. Downers Grove7

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician records in Illinois

  1. Khaled Abdelhady, M.D.Chicago, IL 606121811173156
  2. Zaid Abdelsattar, MD, MSCMaywood, IL 601531760793293
  3. Paul Acosta, MD, MBAChicago, IL 606111952160863
  4. Gillian Alex, M.D.Chicago, IL 606121851730907
  5. Philip Alexander, M.D.Oak Lawn, IL 604531437159142
  6. Yazan Aljamal, MDChicago, IL 606371942618970
  7. Faisal Alshamdin, MDChicago, IL 606371831914720
  8. Rudolph Altergott, MDDowners Grove, IL 605151417910803
  9. Richard Anderson, M.D.Peoria, IL 616061699703892
  10. Robert Applebaum, M.D.Blue Island, IL 604061477553188
  11. Carl Arentzen, M.D.Springfield, IL 627011033190814
  12. Andrew Arndt, MDWinfield, IL 601901184880452
  13. John Arnold, M.D.Quincy, IL 623011932184272
  14. Favin Babu, M.D.Chicago, IL 606371912327008
  15. Narayanappa Babu, MD, MS, FRCS, M.SCDarien, IL 605611508907122
  16. Mitesh Badiwala, M.D.Chicago, IL 606111316280035
  17. Mamdouh Bakhos, MDMaywood, IL 601531992919914
  18. Husam BalkhyChicago, IL 606371790750891
  19. Walter Barker, M.D.Chicago, IL 606571952744823
  20. Allison Beckett, MDOak Lawn, IL 604531730542788
  21. Douglas Beckman, MDChicago, IL 606121417519554
  22. Sandeep BharadwajChicago, IL 606111457806614
  23. Ankit Bharat, MDChicago, IL 606111003852419
  24. Bradford Blakeman, MDDowners Grove, IL 605151447212113
  25. Ricardo Boix Garibo, MDChicago, IL 606111780269746
  26. Juan Bonilla, MDAurora, IL 605061558327015
  27. Keith Bowersox, M.D, PHDElk Grove Village, IL 600071669474870
  28. William Bradshaw, M.D.Chicago, IL 606571588637953
  29. Adam Braze, D.O.Chicago, IL 606121336265297
  30. Robert Breyer, MDChicago, IL 606571992777445
  31. Charles Brown, M.D.Northbrook, IL 600621225572928
  32. Darren Bryan, M.D.Chicago, IL 606371306284138
  33. Benjamin Bryner, M.D.Chicago, IL 606111992933006
  34. David Cable, M.D.Rockford, IL 611081033183728
  35. Charles Campbell, M.D.Chicago, IL 606161518969245
  36. Massimo Caputo, MDChicago, IL 606121376957597
  37. Ernest ChanChicago, IL 606371467802371
  38. Anirudha ChandrabhatlaChicago, IL 606111265292445
  39. Alyas Chaudhry, MDDowners Grove, IL 605751184874620
  40. Akshay Chauhan, MDMaywood, IL 601531558097683
  41. Zhanlin Chen, MDChicago, IL 606111992420186
  42. David Cheng, MDRockford, IL 611031194781849
  43. Stephen ChiuChicago, IL 606111376819706
  44. Joong Choh, MDElgin, IL 601231508821778
  45. Jeffrey Christy, M.D.Springfield, IL 627021710968490
  46. Aaron Clark, MDChicago, IL 606111245791797
  47. Micaela Collins, MDChicago, IL 606371346807450
  48. Lynn Cook, MDCarbondale, IL 629011508891219
  49. Ronald Cossman, MDUrbana, IL 618011932161619
  50. Julia Coughlin, M.D.Chicago, IL 606121629430491

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

Illinois ranks 12 of 51 per resident

  1. North Dakota2.3
  2. New York2.3
  3. Connecticut2.2
  4. Illinois2.1
  5. Michigan2.1
  6. Florida2.1
  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. Illinois71.7%
  2. United States76.2%

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

  • In a Medicare file190 of 265 · 71.7% here, 76.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file149 · 56.2% here, 63.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more124 · 46.8% here, 54.0% nationally
  • Median graduation year1999 · the 148 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

265 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician (208G00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Illinois: 2.1 per 100,000 residents against 1.9 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Chicago has 116 of them (44%).

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. Massachusetts228
  2. Ohio310
  3. Michigan208
  4. Minnesota163

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Florida2.1
  2. New Hampshire2.1
  3. Connecticut2.2
  4. West Virginia2.0

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.