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 2 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. Wayne Lipson, MDMadisonville, KY 424311740353077
  2. James Locher, M.D.Edgewood, KY 410171841215597
  3. Matthias Loebe, MDLexington, KY 405361740360148
  4. Tessa London-Bounds, M.D.Lexington, KY 405361558654715
  5. Nicholas Lopez, M.D.Paducah, KY 420031316037005
  6. Aaron Lucas, M.D.Louisville, KY 402151669485694
  7. Angela Mahan, MDLouisville, KY 402071275670556
  8. Charles Martin, M.D.Lexington, KY 405041912981424
  9. Peter McKeown, MDLondon, KY 407411699737494
  10. Anna Meyer, M.D.Louisville, KY 402021649571159
  11. Shari Meyerson, M.D.Lexington, KY 405361366402992
  12. George Mikos, MDLouisville, KY 402171972564268
  13. Jordan Miller, D.O.Lexington, KY 405361013159540
  14. Robert Mitchell, M.D.Lexington, KY 405031942261094
  15. Hamid Mohammadzadeh, M.D.Lexington, KY 405041053394619
  16. Paul Moore, M.D.Bowling Green, KY 421011295734515
  17. Clinton Morgan, M.D.Lexington, KY 405361538502265
  18. Anthony Mozer, M.D.Owensboro, KY 423031730446915
  19. Karen Nelson, DOBowling Green, KY 421011285848119
  20. James O'Rourke, MD, FACS, FCCPPaducah, KY 420031144226598
  21. Erinn Ogburn, M.D.Lexington, KY 405361386025047
  22. Sebastian Pagni, M.D.Louisville, KY 402071255384004
  23. Siddharth PahwaLouisville, KY 402021003398207
  24. Hetal Patel, M.D.Lexington, KY 405361689991481
  25. Juan Penaranda Canal, M.DEdgewood, KY 410171588786784
  26. Steven Peterson, M.D.Louisville, KY 402171265454490
  27. Samuel Pollock, M.D.Louisville, KY 402071164593471
  28. Harvey Poret, MDOwensboro, KY 423031760459747
  29. Rahul Rajeev, M.B.B.S.Bowling Green, KY 421011922461797
  30. Mohinder Randhawa, M.DPikeville, KY 415011851326482
  31. Hassan Reda, MDLexington, KY 405361205854114
  32. Marco Ricci, MDLexington, KY 405361245296664
  33. Anthony Rogers, MDLexington, KY 405031629039755
  34. David Rosenbaum, MDLouisville, KY 402171558565333
  35. John Rumisek, M.D.Louisville, KY 402021144270463
  36. Sibu Saha, MDLexington, KY 405361144285297
  37. Robert Salley, MDLexington, KY 405041790888113
  38. Victor Schmelzer, MDEdgewood, KY 410171013973262
  39. Erin Schumer, MDLouisville, KY 402021518266832
  40. Michael Sekela, M.D.Lexington, KY 405041649254137
  41. Mansi Shah-Jadeja, M.D.Lexington, KY 405361689967440
  42. James Shoptaw, M.D.Hazard, KY 417011710951942
  43. A Slater, MDLouisville, KY 402021457308454
  44. Mark Slaughter, M.D.Louisville, KY 402021326034760
  45. Paul Spence, M.D.Louisville, KY 402221578988408
  46. T. Stanfield, MDMadisonville, KY 424311689771396
  47. Felix Tsai, M.D.Louisville, KY 402021972703015
  48. Karl Ulicny, MDEdgewood, KY 410171124085980
  49. Yash Vaidya, M.D.Louisville, KY 402021790124857
  50. Victor Vanberkel, MD PHDLouisville, KY 402021083740757

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.