NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician in Minnesota

163 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Minnesota, 2.8 per 100,000 residents, the 4th highest rate of 51. Rochester and Minneapolis have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Minnesota license search. Page 1 of 4.

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).

Rochester has the most, 96

  1. Rochester96
  2. Minneapolis35
  3. Duluth9
  4. Saint Paul5
  5. St Louis Park4

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician records in Minnesota

  1. Jonathan Afoke, MBBS MD FRCSRochester, MN 559051750016507
  2. Matthew Aizpuru, MDRochester, MN 559051669932836
  3. Fu'Ad Al-Azzam, MDRochester, MN 559051295136232
  4. Khaled Algarni, BMBCHRochester, MN 559051609206887
  5. Mohammed Alharbi, MBBSRochester, MN 559051427893882
  6. Mark Allen, M.D.Rochester, MN 559051396721312
  7. Salah Eldien Altarabsheh, MBBCHRochester, MN 559051013248681
  8. Yahya Alwatari, MDRochester, MN 559051376063180
  9. Eric Anderson, M.D.Minneapolis, MN 554071962729327
  10. Rafael Andrade, M.D.Minneapolis, MN 554551538103155
  11. Akihito Arai, M.D.Rochester, MN 559051639054414
  12. Arman Arghami, MDRochester, MN 559051144541723
  13. David Arzouman, M.D.Duluth, MN 558051972505667
  14. Rizwan Attia, MBCHBMinneapolis, MN 554071770133969
  15. Gabor Bagameri, MDRochester, MN 559051356556310
  16. Douglas Baldwin, MDSaint Paul, MN 551011104853092
  17. Vinayak Bapat, MDMinneapolis, MN 554071730617713
  18. Erik Beckmann, MDMinneapolis, MN 554071801310065
  19. Amit Bhargava, MDMinneapolis, MN 554551679796999
  20. Jonathan Boksberger, D.O.Saint Paul, MN 551011487846002
  21. James Butz, M.D.Rochester, MN 559051689100349
  22. Rolando Calderon, MDRochester, MN 559051528528528
  23. Elvis CamachoRochester, MN 559051407385057
  24. Michael Carr, MDRochester, MN 559051396286621
  25. Stephen Cassivi, M.D.Rochester, MN 559051659350833
  26. Nathaniel Castro, MDSt Cloud, MN 563031184854218
  27. Sanjay Chaubey, MD PHDRochester, MN 559051659155695
  28. Mehmet Cicek, M.D.Rochester, MN 559051578000857
  29. Ryan Clark, M.D.Duluth, MN 558051689061822
  30. Juan Crestanello, MDRochester, MN 559051477505048
  31. Brett Curran, MDRochester, MN 559051487234563
  32. Richard Daly, M.D.Rochester, MN 559051568448900
  33. Daren Danielson, MDSaint Cloud, MN 563031720252455
  34. Ramoncito DavidSt Louis Park, MN 554261942563366
  35. Joseph Dearani, M.D.Rochester, MN 559051407834344
  36. Ilitch Diaz Gutierrez, M.D.Maplewood, MN 551091629209366
  37. Pierre Olivier Dionne, MDRochester, MN 559051326567298
  38. Andrew Donaldson, MDRochester, MN 559051417417171
  39. Peter DyrudSt Louis Park, MN 554261831174382
  40. Frazier Eales, MDDuluth, MN 558051881658532
  41. Robert Emery, MDSt Paul, MN 551021326013178
  42. Yuan Feng, M.B. PHDRochester, MN 559051326744236
  43. Thomas Flavin, MDMinneapolis, MN 554071992766919
  44. Masaki Funamoto, M.D.Rochester, MN 559051346607637
  45. Andrew Giles, MDRochester, MN 559051841968393
  46. Anny Godin, MDRochester, MN 559051306456892
  47. Matthew Graczyk, M.D.Minneapolis, MN 554041598965121
  48. Kevin Greason, M.D.Rochester, MN 559051366477580
  49. Elaine Griffeth, MDRochester, MN 559051396206355
  50. Jennilyn Gunn, CNP, RNMinneapolis, MN 554551174990089

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

Minnesota ranks 4 of 51 per resident

  1. District of Columbia4.4
  2. Massachusetts3.3
  3. Pennsylvania2.9
  4. Minnesota2.8
  5. Delaware2.7
  6. Ohio2.6
  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.

70.6% 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. Minnesota70.6%
  2. United States76.2%

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

  • In a Medicare file115 of 163 · 70.6% here, 76.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file91 · 55.8% here, 63.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more69 · 42.3% here, 54.0% nationally
  • Median graduation year2008 · 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

163 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician (208G00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Minnesota: 2.8 per 100,000 residents against 1.9 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Rochester has 96 of them (59%).

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. North Carolina157
  2. New Jersey156
  3. Georgia155
  4. Missouri143

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Pennsylvania2.9
  2. Delaware2.7
  3. Ohio2.6
  4. Massachusetts3.3

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.