NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician in North Carolina

157 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in North Carolina, 1.4 per 100,000 residents, the 42nd highest rate of 51. Charlotte and Durham have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the North Carolina license search. Page 3 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).

Charlotte has the most, 32

  1. Charlotte32
  2. Durham28
  3. Raleigh16
  4. Winston Salem15
  5. Greenville12

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician records in North Carolina

  1. Charles Murphy, M.D.Durham, NC 277101770546772
  2. Sara Najmeh, MDDurham, NC 277101861918419
  3. Jacqueline Narron, AGACNPDurham, NC 277101134779861
  4. Nnamdi NwaejikeChapel Hill, NC 275141760935274
  5. Timothy Oaks, MDBurlington, NC 272151447233143
  6. Gustavo Parrilla, MDDurham, NC 277101174872931
  7. Kunal Patel, MD, PHDDurham, NC 277101447698642
  8. Jennifer PernaDurham, NC 277101568545721
  9. Robert Peyton, MDRaleigh, NC 276071174531057
  10. Ryan Plichta, M.D.Durham, NC 277051194987115
  11. Ricardo Quarrie, MDCharlotte, NC 282041336347640
  12. Clifton Reade, MDRaleigh, NC 276071851457113
  13. Mark ReamesCharlotte, NC 282031205848330
  14. Lankala Reddy, MDDurham, NC 277051093863235
  15. Michael Roach, MDCharlotte, NC 282041487697801
  16. Joseph Rubelowsky, M.D.Raleigh, NC 276101487635199
  17. Hyde Russell, M.D.Asheville, NC 288031497994784
  18. Richard Sabulsky, PA-CDurham, NC 277101174607055
  19. Nikolaos Sachpekidis, M.D., PHDCharlotte, NC 282031215239785
  20. Gary Salasidis, MD,CMRaleigh, NC 276101962378588
  21. Hesham Saleh, M.D.Greenville, NC 278341407111081
  22. Hai Salfity, M.D.Durham, NC 277101164710174
  23. Carsten Schroeder, MDAsheville, NC 288051700088143
  24. Olivia Scott, PA-CChapel Hill, NC 275141366269185
  25. Quantia Scott, NPDurham, NC 277051083181309
  26. Philip Seibel, M.D.Charlotte, NC 282041164455333
  27. Kecia Simmons, GNPNew Bern, NC 285601497903884
  28. Remigijus Sipavicius, MDCharlotte, NC 282031174706873
  29. Eric Skipper, MDCharlotte, NC 282041972616175
  30. Gregory Smaroff, MDNew Bern, NC 285621073581898
  31. Peter Smit, M.D.Winston Salem, NC 271571619294345
  32. Brett Starr, M.D.Hickory, NC 286011538579701
  33. George Stavri, M.D.Durham, NC 277101720397482
  34. Louis-Mathieu Stevens, M.D.Greenville, NC 278341740447374
  35. Robert Stiegel, M.D.Charlotte, NC 282031881707941
  36. Koh Takeuchi, M.D.Greenville, NC 278341740603018
  37. Medhat Takla, MDConcord, NC 280251073697991
  38. Carolyn Teng, MDGreenville, NC 278341578763231
  39. Tom Theruvath, M.D.Charlotte, NC 282041083875058
  40. Betty Tong, M.D.Durham, NC 277101871750406
  41. Ishik Tuna, M.D.Clemmons, NC 270121154388619
  42. Dustin Turner, PA-CGreenville, NC 278341295209260
  43. Trevor Upham, MDRaleigh, NC 276101285895292
  44. Peter Van Trigt, MDGreensboro, NC 274011427053263
  45. Chayanin Vatcharasiritham, M.D.Greenville, NC 278341679707913
  46. Andrew Vekstein, M.D.Durham, NC 277101558894493
  47. Ashok Venkataraman, M.D.Chapel Hill, NC 275141285864074
  48. Stephen Wallenhaupt, MDCharlotte, NC 282041164421285
  49. Bruce Walley, MDWinston Salem, NC 271041891771879
  50. Larry Watts, MDCharlotte, NC 282101508979568

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

North Carolina ranks 42 of 51 per resident

  1. Colorado1.5
  2. Alabama1.5
  3. Utah1.5
  4. North Carolina1.4
  5. Nevada1.4
  6. Georgia1.4
  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.

70.7% 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. North Carolina70.7%
  2. United States76.2%

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician records in North Carolina, measured

  • In a Medicare file111 of 157 · 70.7% here, 76.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file97 · 61.8% here, 63.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more99 · 63.1% here, 54.0% nationally
  • Median graduation year1998 · the 97 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

157 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician (208G00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in North Carolina: 1.4 per 100,000 residents against 1.9 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Charlotte has 32 of them (20%).

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. New Jersey156
  2. Georgia155
  3. Minnesota163
  4. Missouri143

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Nevada1.4
  2. Utah1.5
  3. Alabama1.5
  4. Colorado1.5

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.