NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician in Missouri

143 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Missouri, 2.3 per 100,000 residents, the 8th highest rate of 51. Saint Louis and Kansas City have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Missouri 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).

Saint Louis has the most, 56

  1. Saint Louis56
  2. Kansas City24
  3. Springfield12
  4. Columbia9
  5. Joplin8

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician records in Missouri

  1. Corinne Aberle, M.D.Kansas City, MO 641111437445269
  2. Umraan Ahmad, MDChesterfield, MO 630171750401568
  3. Ali Alakhtar, MD, MSC, FRCSCSaint Louis, MO 631301295588655
  4. Keith Allen, M.D.Springfield, MO 658041134186901
  5. Trevor Axford, MDSaint Louis, MO 631171528094224
  6. Colin Bailey, M.D.Osage Beach, MO 650651457372997
  7. Joshua Baker, MDSaint Louis, MO 631311972623692
  8. Shelly Bansal, MDSaint Joseph, MO 645071174793111
  9. George Berberian, M.D.Cape Girardeau, MO 637031962569046
  10. Mark Blucher, M.D.Saint Louis, MO 631411568433951
  11. Whitney Brandt, MDSaint Louis, MO 631081700205622
  12. Alexander Brescia, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101669853289
  13. Randy Brown, M.D.Cape Girardeau, MO 637011134218662
  14. Clay Burnett, MDNorth Kansas City, MO 641161790738466
  15. Normand Caron, MDColumbia, MO 652121609813344
  16. Michael Casini, MDKansas City, MO 641281831107366
  17. George Cherian, M.B.B.S; FRCS: FACSKansas City, MO 641281487743274
  18. Jeanne Cleveland, M.D.Saint Louis, MO 631411508837121
  19. John Codd, MDSaint Louis, MO 631221124066550
  20. John Connors, MDSaint Louis, MO 631241891034484
  21. Cordie Coordes, MDChesterfield, MO 630171396744835
  22. Michael Crittenden, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101346296084
  23. John Crouch, M.D.Jefferson City, MO 651011003845405
  24. Dante Dali, DO, FACSSpringfield, MO 658041124468517
  25. Ralph Damiano, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101578580023
  26. John Davis, MDKansas City, MO 641111891775920
  27. James Day, M.D.Springfield, MO 658041225097488
  28. William Douglas, MDKansas City, MO 641081407812910
  29. Gerald Early, MDKansas City, MO 641081295798528
  30. Pirooz Eghtesady, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101780636571
  31. Joss Fernandez, M.D.Columbia, MO 652011235173642
  32. Andrew Fiore, MDSt Louis, MO 631101609985209
  33. Peter Fonseca, M.D.Bridgeton, MO 630441760483101
  34. John Forman, MDKansas City, MO 641141992871123
  35. Tyrone Galbreath, D.O.Springfield, MO 658041356636245
  36. Kimberly Gandy, MDKansas City, MO 641081629041496
  37. Ted Garrett, M.D.Saint Louis, MO 631221821022211
  38. William Gay, M.D.Saint Louis, MO 631101609131879
  39. Michael Gibson, M.D.Kansas City, MO 641111689634313
  40. William Gibson, D.O.Kansas City, MO 641081780810135
  41. Michael Gorton, MDLiberty, MO 640681679684591
  42. Anthony Grieff, M.D.Kansas City, MO 641111932555638
  43. Junaid Haroon, MDJoplin, MO 648041669736682
  44. Masaya HirayamaSaint Louis, MO 631441023984960
  45. David Hockmuth, M.D.North Kansas City, MO 641161154303832
  46. Kuo Huang, MDSpringfield, MO 658041710048822
  47. Charles Huddleston, MDSt Louis, MO 631041942226162
  48. Bruce Jones, MDSpringfield, MO 658041679531453
  49. Norah Joslin, MDKansas City, MO 641541619057940
  50. Puja Kachroo, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101881899714

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

Missouri ranks 8 of 51 per resident

  1. Delaware2.7
  2. Ohio2.6
  3. Kentucky2.4
  4. Missouri2.3
  5. North Dakota2.3
  6. New York2.3
  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.

76.2% 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. Missouri76.2%
  2. United States76.2%

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

  • In a Medicare file109 of 143 · 76.2% here, 76.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file90 · 62.9% here, 63.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more68 · 47.6% here, 54.0% nationally
  • Median graduation year1997 · the 90 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

143 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician (208G00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Missouri: 2.3 per 100,000 residents against 1.9 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Saint Louis has 56 of them (39%).

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. Indiana136
  2. Virginia133
  3. Georgia155
  4. Tennessee131

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. North Dakota2.3
  2. New York2.3
  3. Kentucky2.4
  4. Connecticut2.2

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.