NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician in Michigan

208 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Michigan, 2.1 per 100,000 residents, the 13th highest rate of 51. Ann Arbor and Grand Rapids have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Michigan license search. Page 5 of 5.

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).

Ann Arbor has the most, 44

  1. Ann Arbor44
  2. Grand Rapids29
  3. Detroit24
  4. Royal Oak10
  5. Ypsilanti8

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician records in Michigan

  1. Thomas Watson, M.D.Royal Oak, MI 480731326076209
  2. Tessa Watt, MDAnn Arbor, MI 481091144633488
  3. Robert Welsh, MDRoyal Oak, MI 480731013998731
  4. Charles Willekes, MDGrand Rapids, MI 495031801868583
  5. Bo Yang, MDAnn Arbor, MI 481091942415914
  6. Farhang Yazdchi, M.D.Ann Arbor, MI 481091194969659
  7. Kirill Zakharov, D.O.Lansing, MI 489121922445626
  8. Kenton Zehr, M.D.Detroit, MI 482011548248354

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

Michigan ranks 13 of 51 per resident

  1. New York2.3
  2. Connecticut2.2
  3. Illinois2.1
  4. Michigan2.1
  5. Florida2.1
  6. New Hampshire2.1
  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.

78.4% 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. Michigan78.4%
  2. United States76.2%

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

  • In a Medicare file163 of 208 · 78.4% here, 76.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file135 · 64.9% here, 63.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more109 · 52.4% here, 54.0% nationally
  • Median graduation year1998 · the 135 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

208 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician (208G00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Michigan: 2.1 per 100,000 residents against 1.9 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Ann Arbor has 44 of them (21%).

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. Minnesota163
  3. North Carolina157
  4. New Jersey156

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Florida2.1
  2. New Hampshire2.1
  3. West Virginia2.0
  4. Illinois2.1

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.