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 3 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. Victor Phillips, M.D.Osage Beach, MO 650651831131762
  2. James Pinckley, MDSpringfield, MO 658041669531182
  3. Joseph Platz, MDSaint Louis, MO 631171699074336
  4. Francis Podbielski, M.D.Hannibal, MO 634011740278217
  5. Graham Pollock, M.D.Kansas City, MO 641111114243995
  6. Jamal RabbiJoplin, MO 648041457506388
  7. Krithika RamaprabhuColumbia, MO 652121215570866
  8. James Ramsey, M.D.Cape Girardeau, MO 637011598854028
  9. Shuddhadeb Ray, MDSaint Louis, MO 631361891081055
  10. Michael Reidy, M.D.Saint Louis, MO 631281447575964
  11. John Reinhardt, M.D.Kansas City, MO 641141760480032
  12. Andrew Rich, MDColumbia, MO 652011710976410
  13. Shauna Roberts, MDKansas City, MO 641081255393310
  14. Paul Robison, M.D.Cape Girardeau, MO 637031427010735
  15. Ahmed Romeya, MDKansas City, MO 641321598834186
  16. Victor Ruiz, MDChesterfield, MO 630171912937384
  17. James Scharff, MDSaint Louis, MO 631311407078827
  18. Matthew Schill, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101992143861
  19. Jane Schwabe, M.D.Saint Joseph, MO 645071942228879
  20. William See, MDColumbia, MO 652021477554301
  21. Frederic Seligson, MDKansas City, MO 641321548299621
  22. Dipesh Shah, MDSaint Louis, MO 631361215115993
  23. Giovanni Speziali, M.D.Saint Louis, MO 631281245218965
  24. John Steinberg, MDSpringfield, MO 658071497796346
  25. James Stewart, M.D.Kansas City, MO 641081174515597
  26. Donovan Stinnett, MDJoplin, MO 648041275712010
  27. Tracy Strevey, M.D.Frontenac, MO 631311508024753
  28. R. Stuart, M.D.Kansas City, MO 641111629020920
  29. Hon Chi Suen, MDSaint Louis, MO 631311699771741
  30. Tsuyoshi Takahashi, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101639606106
  31. Corinne Tan, M.D.Saint Louis, MO 631041770710105
  32. David Theodoro, M.D.Bridgeton, MO 630441073518577
  33. Richard Toon, MDJoplin, MO 648041679533392
  34. Jose Torres, M.D.Hannibal, MO 634011437368404
  35. Justin Van Meeteren, DOKansas City, MO 641111043460710
  36. Nirmal Veeramachaneni, MDSaint Louis, MO 631171770629354
  37. Raymond Vetsch, MDJoplin, MO 648041265477285
  38. Janani Vigneswaran, MD, MPHFenton, MO 630261447609821
  39. Sebastian Wiesemann, M.D.Columbia, MO 652121669955001
  40. John Wiggans, MDCape Girardeau, MO 637031669584603
  41. Mary Wollmering, M.D.Branson, MO 656161063474484
  42. Stanley Ziomek, M.D.Sikeston, MO 638011639124647
  43. David Zolfaghari, MDSpringfield, MO 658071104853316

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.