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 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).

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. Jussuf Kaifi, M.D.Columbia, MO 652121144555723
  2. Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101780979070
  3. Ali Khiabani, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101528449527
  4. Buup Kim, MDCape Girardeau, MO 637031346255650
  5. Gordon Knight, D.O.Saint Peters, MO 633761942234331
  6. Kunal Kotkar, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101104292275
  7. Nicholas Kouchoukos, MDSaint Louis, MO 631311972614576
  8. Daniel Kreisel, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101407872716
  9. Jennifer Lawton, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101447276761
  10. Anh-Thu LeSpringfield, MO 658041184982100
  11. Charles Lee, MDKansas City, MO 641101376538009
  12. Jeffrey Lee, MDJoplin, MO 648041659309128
  13. Jeremy Leidenfrost, MDChesterfield, MO 630171275739872
  14. Ronald Leidenfrost, MDChesterfield, MO 630171215936745
  15. Dishen Lin, MDJoplin, MO 648041902462153
  16. Taras Lysyy, MD, MCHSaint Louis, MO 631101336984244
  17. Hersh Maniar, MDSpringfield, MO 658041497965214
  18. John Marbarger, M.D.Saint Louis, MO 631411619948205
  19. John Markley, M.D.Columbia, MO 652121932190980
  20. Muhammad Masood, MDSaint Louis, MO 631361306166327
  21. Michael MauneySaint Louis, MO 631311104937713
  22. Sean McCarney, M.D.Kansas City, MO 641111124255161
  23. William McGee, M.D.West Plains, MO 657751023087764
  24. Richard Mellitt, M.D.Columbia, MO 652011730171026
  25. Stephen Meyer, MDJoplin, MO 648011396712972
  26. Bryan Meyers, MDSaint Louis, MO 631081275551913
  27. Jacob Miller, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101366738189
  28. Nabil Munfakh, MDSaint Louis, MO 631361578634226
  29. Takashi Murashita, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101760824924
  30. J MurphySaint Louis, MO 631311972614568
  31. Michael MurphySaint Louis, MO 631311649355355
  32. Kevin Murray, M.D.Jefferson City, MO 651011093813875
  33. Sudhan Nagarajan, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101053574129
  34. Alexandros Nantsios, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101811837198
  35. Dilip Nath, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101679539316
  36. Keith Naunheim, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101932202363
  37. Ruben Nava-Bahena, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101386834901
  38. Ronald New, MDCape Girardeau, MO 637031912019019
  39. Seiichi Noda, MDSaint Louis, MO 631281881690931
  40. Charles Norris, M.D.Osage Beach, MO 650651811979859
  41. James O'Brien, M.D.Kansas City, MO 641081528017746
  42. William Ogle, M.D.Saint Louis, MO 631171205925690
  43. Alexander Pak, M.D.Kansas City, MO 641111376594614
  44. Matthew Parmley, M.D.Springfield, MO 658071346370335
  45. Michael Pasque, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101750309175
  46. Mayank Patel, MDSaint Louis, MO 631061124079918
  47. Parth Patel, MDSaint Louis, MO 631411235583055
  48. George Patterson, MDSaint Louis, MO 631081154347375
  49. Amit Pawale, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101760716161
  50. Orlando Petrucci, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101518333558

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.