NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician in Mississippi

48 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Mississippi, 1.6 per 100,000 residents, the 31st highest rate of 51. Jackson and Tupelo have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Mississippi license search.

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).

Jackson has the most, 18

  1. Jackson18
  2. Tupelo7
  3. Columbus4
  4. Hattiesburg4
  5. Gulfport3

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician records in Mississippi

  1. Craig Adams, M.D.Jackson, MS 392161114969011
  2. John Agnone, MDGulfport, MS 395011346311404
  3. David Allen, MDPascagoula, MS 395811841387727
  4. Giorgio Aru, M.D.Jackson, MS 392161477649465
  5. Hazem Barmada, MD, FRCSOcean Springs, MS 395641740203199
  6. John Calhoun, MDJackson, MS 392161275943037
  7. Richard Cochran, MDJackson, MS 392161013996586
  8. Lawrence Creswell, M.D.Jackson, MS 392161083729362
  9. Edward Crocker, M.D.Columbus, MS 397051770519951
  10. Pierre De Delva, MDJackson, MS 392161043294432
  11. Lawrence Deese, MDOxford, MS 386551265480156
  12. Robert Derveloy, M.D.Tupelo, MS 388011689674707
  13. Ali Dodge-Khatami, MDJackson, MS 392161134462849
  14. Hector Dox, M.D.Columbus, MS 397051154324895
  15. Henry Ewing, M.D.Tupelo, MS 388011558361519
  16. Evan Garner, M.D.Tupelo, MS 388011043654312
  17. James Gilmore, M.D.Corinth, MS 388341477560050
  18. Christopher Greenleaf, M.D., M.B.A.Jackson, MS 392161689981078
  19. William Harris, M.D.Jackson, MS 392021912058520
  20. Scott Henry, M.D.Hattiesburg, MS 394021003020561
  21. William Horsley, M.D.Columbus, MS 397051841341369
  22. Clyde Hutchinson, M.D.Corinth, MS 388341609876739
  23. Robert Johnson, MDOcean Springs, MS 395641114021722
  24. David Kastl, M.D.Biloxi, MS 395311679573125
  25. Ronald Kennedy, M.D.Jackson, MS 392161689725202
  26. Dakota King, MDTupelo, MS 388011992236715
  27. Kelsey Koch, MDJackson, MS 392161619327848
  28. James Kot, MDHattiesburg, MS 394021144334814
  29. Albert Koury, M.D.Jackson, MS 392021225143910
  30. Lacy McClain, MDHattiesburg, MS 394021427163724
  31. Jacob Moremen, M.D.Jackson, MS 392161972743797
  32. Gerhard Mundinger, M.D.Jackson, MS 392041316098833
  33. John Neill, M.D.Tupelo, MS 388011114330180
  34. Donald Netherland, MDMcComb, MS 396481275601015
  35. Stewart Nutting, M.D.Diamondhead, MS 395251932400769
  36. Charles O'Mara, M.D.Jackson, MS 392161215088364
  37. Komal ParikhJackson, MS 392161851910699
  38. Jonathan Reimer, DOJackson, MS 392161720517873
  39. Robert Robbins, MDHattiesburg, MS 394011780792945
  40. Lee Roberson, M.D.Columbus, MS 397051790750065
  41. Vishal Sachdev, M.D.Tupelo, MS 388011538169503
  42. William Safley, M.D.Gulfport, MS 395031588939581
  43. Jay Shake, MDJackson, MS 392161215967500
  44. Robert Shearin, M.D.Madison, MS 391101407072747
  45. Walter Surowiec, D.O.,F.A.C.S.Gulfport, MS 395011134142821
  46. David Talton, M.D.Tupelo, MS 388011629078746
  47. Michael Trotter, MDGreenville, MS 387031518964535
  48. Athanasios Tsiouris, M.D. FACSMeridian, MS 393011336370576

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

Mississippi ranks 31 of 51 per resident

  1. Arizona1.7
  2. Iowa1.7
  3. Rhode Island1.6
  4. Mississippi1.6
  5. South Dakota1.6
  6. California1.6
  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.

77.1% 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. Mississippi77.1%
  2. United States76.2%

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

  • In a Medicare file37 of 48 · 77.1% here, 76.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file25 · 52.1% here, 63.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more28 · 58.3% here, 54.0% nationally
  • Median graduation year1994 · the 25 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

48 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician (208G00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Mississippi: 1.6 per 100,000 residents against 1.9 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Jackson has 18 of them (38%).

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. Nevada46
  2. Utah50
  3. Oklahoma51
  4. Kansas52

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. South Dakota1.6
  2. California1.6
  3. Rhode Island1.6
  4. Iowa1.7

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.