NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician in Indiana

136 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Indiana, 2 per 100,000 residents, the 18th highest rate of 51. Indianapolis and Fort Wayne have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Indiana license search. Page 1 of 3.

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).

Indianapolis has the most, 47

  1. Indianapolis47
  2. Fort Wayne15
  3. Lafayette8
  4. Merrillville8
  5. Carmel7

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician records in Indiana

  1. Vinu Abraham, M.D.Indianapolis, IN 462601336123249
  2. Mehdi Akhavan-Heidari, M.D.Munster, IN 463211346414562
  3. Anthony Ascioti, MDIndianapolis, IN 462601386689776
  4. Elizabeth Ashworth, M.D.Vincennes, IN 475911396833448
  5. Thomas Aufiero, M.D.Lafayette, IN 479041477534402
  6. Anthony Azakie, MDIndianapolis, IN 462601801853197
  7. Andrew Barksdale, MDIndianapolis, IN 462371538363247
  8. Daniel Beckman, MDIndianapolis, IN 462021780797589
  9. Thomas Birdas, MDIndianapolis, IN 462021790761484
  10. Hartmuth Bittner, M.D.Lafayette, IN 479051104182245
  11. John Brown, MDIndianapolis, IN 462021699855304
  12. Larry Bucshon, MDEvansville, IN 477141760489504
  13. Domenico Calcaterra, MDIndianapolis, IN 462021003018250
  14. Crisostomo Carlos, MDMunster, IN 463211790700573
  15. Dominic Cefali, MDNewburgh, IN 476301588638639
  16. Duykhanh Ceppa, M.D.Indianapolis, IN 462021942477716
  17. Lola Chabtini, M.DIndianapolis, IN 462021568800548
  18. Frank CikachCarmel, IN 462901679078224
  19. Lindita Coku, M.D.Bloomington, IN 474081134394745
  20. Joel Corvera, MDIndianapolis, IN 462021861677361
  21. Christopher Danby, MDFort Wayne, IN 468041780686410
  22. Gregory Dedinsky, MDColumbus, IN 472011306934526
  23. Chadrick Denlinger, MDIndianapolis, IN 462021912116716
  24. William Deschner, MDFort Wayne, IN 468041811999626
  25. Kristi Dresbaugh, CSFAMerrillville, IN 464101083582092
  26. Nabeel El-Amir, MDMuncie, IN 473031841243698
  27. Michael Eng, MDMunster, IN 463211801907878
  28. Emily Farkas, MDMuncie, IN 473031811197742
  29. John Fehrenbacher, M.D.Indianapolis, IN 462021366461733
  30. Edward Fitzgerald, M.D.Carmel, IN 460321154456911
  31. Jason Fitzgerald, M.D.Crown Point, IN 463071851372346
  32. Bernard Fogelson, MDKokomo, IN 469021518965169
  33. Jason Frazier, MDMunster, IN 463211528223450
  34. Marc Gerdisch, MDIndianapolis, IN 462021508822255
  35. Felix Gozo, MDHobart, IN 463421164542940
  36. Douglas Gray, MDFort Wayne, IN 468451891787651
  37. Joseph Greenlee, M. D.Fort Wayne, IN 468451497744510
  38. Gary Griffith, MDIndianapolis, IN 462901528087038
  39. Mateo Guanzon, M.D.Dyer, IN 463111629073366
  40. Ulfur Gudjonsson, MDFort Wayne, IN 468041467656926
  41. Nabeel Gul, MDNew Albany, IN 471501568890416
  42. Christopher Gullett, MDFort Wayne, IN 468041699975342
  43. Rachit Gupta, D.O.Indianapolis, IN 462271669819629
  44. Walter Halloran, MDElkhart, IN 465141053486191
  45. Scott Hanan, MDMuncie, IN 473031588699714
  46. David Hart, MDBloomington, IN 474031639276199
  47. David Heimansohn, MDIndianapolis, IN 462901598784001
  48. Matthew Hennig, MDJeffersonville, IN 471301518127943
  49. Benoit Herbert, M.D.Indianapolis, IN 462021063807899
  50. Jeremy Herrmann, MDIndianapolis, IN 462021184881641

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

Indiana ranks 18 of 51 per resident

  1. New Hampshire2.1
  2. West Virginia2.0
  3. Montana2.0
  4. Indiana2.0
  5. Wisconsin1.9
  6. Louisiana1.9
  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.

80.9% 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. Indiana80.9%
  2. United States76.2%

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

  • In a Medicare file110 of 136 · 80.9% here, 76.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file91 · 66.9% here, 63.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more73 · 53.7% here, 54.0% nationally
  • Median graduation year1995 · the 91 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

136 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician (208G00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Indiana: 2 per 100,000 residents against 1.9 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Indianapolis has 47 of them (35%).

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. Virginia133
  2. Tennessee131
  3. Missouri143
  4. Arizona123

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Wisconsin1.9
  2. Montana2.0
  3. West Virginia2.0
  4. Louisiana1.9

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.