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 4 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. Mikiko Une, MDRochester, MN 559051578308672
  2. Neal VanstromDuluth, MN 558051265622401
  3. Muhammed VarolRochester, MN 559051487313078
  4. Mauricio Villavicencio, MD, MBARochester, MN 559051497153332
  5. Saiesh Voppuru, MBBSRochester, MN 559051073240255
  6. Salim Walji, MDRochester, MN 559051992709794
  7. Calvin Wan, M.D.Rochester, MN 559051265406276
  8. Nicole Wheeler, M.D.Rochester, MN 559051447468566
  9. Dennis Wigle, MDRochester, MN 559051922117969
  10. Keyn Mun Joshua Wong, M.DMinneapolis, MN 554551235490707
  11. Benjamin Zhang, M.D.Saint Paul, MN 551021275911414
  12. Anita Zheng, MBBSRochester, MN 559051164982179
  13. Elchanan ZuroffRochester, MN 559051730924523

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.