NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician in New Jersey

156 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in New Jersey, 1.7 per 100,000 residents, the 27th highest rate of 51. Cherry Hill and Hackensack have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the New Jersey 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).

Cherry Hill has the most, 12

  1. Cherry Hill12
  2. Hackensack12
  3. New Brunswick12
  4. Morristown10
  5. Newark8

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician records in New Jersey

  1. Geoffrey Pelz, M.D.Hackensack, NJ 076011457503237
  2. Santusht Perera, M.D.Jersey City, NJ 073061942311147
  3. Godfrey Pinder, M.D.Kinnelon, NJ 074051891785945
  4. Honesto Poblete, M.D.Trenton, NJ 086191427091552
  5. Michael Pontoriero, M.D.Clifton, NJ 070131275536765
  6. Kostantinos Poulikidis, M.D.Edison, NJ 088201689018830
  7. Frederic Primich, M.D.Metuchen, NJ 088401669621538
  8. Dennis Quinlan, JR MDTrenton, NJ 086381255480919
  9. Ahmad Rajaii-Khorasani, MDLong Branch, NJ 077401104471184
  10. Noel Raskin, M.D.Summit, NJ 079011639327497
  11. Atiq Rehman, M.D.Cherry Hill, NJ 080341184657645
  12. Alexandra Renzi, M.D.Teaneck, NJ 076661770960817
  13. Alejandro Rodriguez, MDNeptune, NJ 077531609877786
  14. Karla Rodriguez-Barragan, MDNewark, NJ 071121063942019
  15. Michael Rosenbloom, MDCamden, NJ 081031508852500
  16. Ronald Ross, M.B.BSBrowns Mills, NJ 080151538472873
  17. Mark Russo, M.D., M.SNew Brunswick, NJ 089011326289786
  18. Justin Sambol, MDNewark, NJ 071031376523266
  19. Enrique Saro-Servando, MDNewark, NJ 071121841259736
  20. Peter Scalia, M.D.Wall, NJ 077191285633321
  21. Peter Scholz, MDNew Brunswick, NJ 089011255400719
  22. Molly Schultheis, M.D.Englewood, NJ 076311073824702
  23. Philip Seaver, M.D.Florham Park, NJ 079321588647192
  24. Fredric Seinfeld, MDPennington, NJ 085341275582728
  25. Joanna Sesti, M.D.West Orange, NJ 070521396988986
  26. Shamji Shah, MDMillburn, NJ 070411588631626
  27. Huzaifa Shakir, MDPassaic, NJ 070551437290707
  28. Mark Shapiro, M.D.Morristown, NJ 079601720246309
  29. Nazly Shariati, MDMorristown, NJ 079601992770168
  30. Charles Shieh, MDTeaneck, NJ 076661861651739
  31. Loki Skylizard, M.D.Long Branch, NJ 077401326110081
  32. James Slater, MDMorristown, NJ 079601841292232
  33. Jitendra Sodhi, MDBrowns Mills, NJ 080151598702953
  34. Pedro Solis, MDHazlet, NJ 077301033139464
  35. Eric Somberg, MDHackensack, NJ 076011245330232
  36. Ilia Spaho, PA-CHackensack, NJ 076011366965493
  37. Michael Spallone, M.D.Hackensack, NJ 076011700270618
  38. Alan Spotnitz, MDNew Brunswick, NJ 089011164591640
  39. Anthony Squillaro, MDOcean, NJ 077121740289875
  40. Louis Stein, MD, PHDNewark, NJ 071121356503148
  41. Federico Steiner, M.D.Morristown, NJ 079601598828527
  42. Charles Stivala, DOPomona, NJ 082401295721447
  43. Ibrahim Sultan, M.D.Cherry Hill, NJ 080341477726115
  44. Gengo Sunagawa, MDCherry Hill, NJ 080341255857504
  45. Girija Surya, MDHolmdel, NJ 077331073607321
  46. Manabu Takebe, MDNew Brunswick, NJ 089011366853368
  47. Robert Thompson, MDOcean, NJ 077121760480909
  48. Benjamin Van Boxtel, M.D.Morristown, NJ 079601962727644
  49. Dennis Vega, MDSummit, NJ 079011750571253
  50. Dioscoro Villanueva, M.D.Cherry Hill, NJ 080031346299401

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

New Jersey ranks 27 of 51 per resident

  1. Maine1.8
  2. Nebraska1.8
  3. Kansas1.8
  4. New Jersey1.7
  5. Arizona1.7
  6. Iowa1.7
  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.

73.7% 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. New Jersey73.7%
  2. United States76.2%

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician records in New Jersey, measured

  • In a Medicare file115 of 156 · 73.7% here, 76.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file94 · 60.3% here, 63.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more88 · 56.4% here, 54.0% nationally
  • Median graduation year1997 · the 94 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

156 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician (208G00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in New Jersey: 1.7 per 100,000 residents against 1.9 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Cherry Hill has 12 of them (8%).

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. Georgia155
  2. North Carolina157
  3. Minnesota163
  4. Missouri143

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Arizona1.7
  2. Iowa1.7
  3. Rhode Island1.6
  4. Mississippi1.6

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.