NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician in North Dakota

18 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in North Dakota, 2.3 per 100,000 residents, the 9th highest rate of 51. Fargo and Bismarck have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the North Dakota 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).

Fargo has the most, 10

  1. Fargo10
  2. Bismarck4
  3. Grand Forks2
  4. Minot2

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

  1. David Affleck, MDBismarck, ND 585011710979653
  2. Saeed Ally, M.D.Fargo, ND 581031609845460
  3. Judah Askew, M.D.Fargo, ND 581031821288929
  4. Gurjyot Bajwa, M.D.Fargo, ND 581041720226210
  5. Barry Bjorgaard, MDGrand Forks, ND 582011144250226
  6. Allen Booth, MDBismarck, ND 585011568562098
  7. Charles Canver, MD, MBAFargo, ND 581031477855450
  8. Mohanad ElshiekhBismarck, ND 585011013274869
  9. Edward Johnson, MDFargo, ND 581031497715064
  10. Jeffrey Knutson, MDFargo, ND 581031902830425
  11. Boyd Marts, M.D.Fargo, ND 581031295823425
  12. Roxanne Newman, MDFargo, ND 581021033146543
  13. Martin Rothberg, MDMinot, ND 587011538247721
  14. Alexander Stein, MDFargo, ND 581041861440430
  15. Cyril Tabe, MDMinot, ND 587011558457135
  16. Nader Tadros, MDFargo, ND 581031932133543
  17. Edward Williams, MDBismarck, ND 585011043310964
  18. James Wright, MDGrand Forks, ND 582011780663260

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

North Dakota ranks 9 of 51 per resident

  1. Ohio2.6
  2. Kentucky2.4
  3. Missouri2.3
  4. North Dakota2.3
  5. New York2.3
  6. Connecticut2.2
  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.

66.7% 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 Dakota66.7%
  2. United States76.2%

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

  • In a Medicare file12 of 18 · 66.7% here, 76.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file11 · 61.1% here, 63.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more8 · 44.4% here, 54.0% nationally
  • Median graduation year1989 · the 11 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

18 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician (208G00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in North Dakota: 2.3 per 100,000 residents against 1.9 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Fargo has 10 of them (56%).

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. Rhode Island18
  2. Hawaii19
  3. New Mexico20
  4. Puerto Rico20

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Missouri2.3
  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.