NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician in Kentucky

109 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Kentucky, 2.4 per 100,000 residents, the 7th highest rate of 51. Lexington and Louisville have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Kentucky 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).

Lexington has the most, 36

  1. Lexington36
  2. Louisville35
  3. Edgewood12
  4. Bowling Green5
  5. Paducah5

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician records in Kentucky

  1. Bahaaldin Alsoufi, MDLouisville, KY 402021578807632
  2. Douglas Anderson, D.O.Lexington, KY 405041124400759
  3. Abdulla Attum, MDPikeville, KY 415011164473377
  4. Erle Austin, M.D.Louisville, KY 402021710926290
  5. Carl Backer, M.D.Lexington, KY 405361760477608
  6. Ronald Barbie, MDLouisville, KY 402021821004367
  7. Juan Bastidas, M.D.Ashland, KY 411011033301080
  8. Andrew BishopLexington, KY 405361528527447
  9. Roy Bowling, MDLouisville, KY 402021871525865
  10. Eric Bronstein, M.D.Ashland, KY 411011265401566
  11. Royce Calhoun, MDEdgewood, KY 410171477535110
  12. Mariano Camporrotondo, MDLouisville, KY 402071912572595
  13. Edward Cantu, MDLexington, KY 405361558528166
  14. Wallace Carter, M.D.Bowling Green, KY 421011659370070
  15. Mario Castillo-Sang, M.D.Edgewood, KY 410171225293418
  16. John Chaney, MDLexington, KY 405031033377049
  17. Ahmad Chaudhry, M.D.Lexington, KY 405041144304635
  18. George Christensen, DOEdgewood, KY 410171669637187
  19. Jin Woo Chung, M.D., PH.D.Lexington, KY 405361992131312
  20. Edward Coleman, M.D.Paducah, KY 420031801889845
  21. Alberto De Hoyos, MDLexington, KY 405361851355333
  22. John Deel, MDPikeville, KY 415011013116946
  23. George Dimeling, MDLexington, KY 405041932398161
  24. Gary Earle, M.D.Lexington, KY 405031316908452
  25. Steven Etoch, MDLouisville, KY 402171669541066
  26. Victor Ferraris, MDLexington, KY 405361508821455
  27. Matthew Fox, M.D.Louisville, KY 402021861513541
  28. Robert Fried, M.D.Ashland, KY 411011710989751
  29. Michele Gallo, MDLouisville, KY 402021548991300
  30. Brian Ganzel, M.D.Louisville, KY 402021447206826
  31. Lawrence Goldberg, M.D.Louisville, KY 402151982608543
  32. Kevin Graham, M.D.Louisville, KY 402171346653656
  33. Robert Groves, MDMadisonville, KY 424311659477628
  34. Dermot Halpin, M.D.Pikeville, KY 415011215910898
  35. Dennis Havens, M.D.Lexington, KY 405031558301853
  36. Charles Holley, MDDanville, KY 404221598737728
  37. Charles Hoopes, M.D.Lexington, KY 405361699717074
  38. Austen Hufton, MDLouisville, KY 402171174938310
  39. William Hymes, M.D.Louisville, KY 402021770534232
  40. Michael IsingEdgewood, KY 410171427442540
  41. Carl Johnson, M.D.Paducah, KY 420031073519070
  42. Michael Johnson, M.D.Edgewood, KY 410171568806511
  43. Michael Kasten, MDEdgewood, KY 410171760748164
  44. Masashi Kawabori, MDLexington, KY 405361508273665
  45. Suresh Keshavamurthy, M.DLexington, KY 405361215101787
  46. Brian Kogon, MDLouisville, KY 402021811086515
  47. Deborah Kozik, DOLouisville, KY 402021477609154
  48. David Ladden, MDMadisonville, KY 424311093764284
  49. Robert Lee, M.D.Paducah, KY 420031285785709
  50. Robert Linker, MDLouisville, KY 402071720010713

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

Kentucky ranks 7 of 51 per resident

  1. Minnesota2.8
  2. Delaware2.7
  3. Ohio2.6
  4. Kentucky2.4
  5. Missouri2.3
  6. North Dakota2.3
  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.

86.2% 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. Kentucky86.2%
  2. United States76.2%

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

  • In a Medicare file94 of 109 · 86.2% here, 76.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file79 · 72.5% here, 63.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more68 · 62.4% here, 54.0% nationally
  • Median graduation year2000 · the 79 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

109 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician (208G00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Kentucky: 2.4 per 100,000 residents against 1.9 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Lexington has 36 of them (33%).

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. Wisconsin115
  2. Washington120
  3. South Carolina97
  4. Arizona123

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Missouri2.3
  2. North Dakota2.3
  3. New York2.3
  4. Ohio2.6

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.