NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician in Oregon

67 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Oregon, 1.6 per 100,000 residents, the 35th highest rate of 51. Portland and Medford have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Oregon license search. Page 2 of 2.

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).

Portland has the most, 45

  1. Portland45
  2. Medford6
  3. Bend5
  4. Salem4
  5. Corvallis2

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician records in Oregon

  1. Paul Schipper, MDPortland, OR 972391225044787
  2. Sanjeev Sharma, MDMedford, OR 975041649250895
  3. William Shely, MDSalem, OR 973011215920236
  4. Irving Shen, M.D.Portland, OR 972391396836268
  5. Terry Shih, M.D.Bend, OR 977011629206818
  6. Matthew Slater, MDBend, OR 977011487662912
  7. Shane Smith, M.D.Portland, OR 972271093177198
  8. Howard Song, MDPortland, OR 972391003822594
  9. Mithran Sukumar, MDPortland, OR 972391134134646
  10. Jeffrey Swanson, MDPortland, OR 972251225095144
  11. Frederick Tibayan, MDPortland, OR 972391174719686
  12. Brandon Tieu, MDPortland, OR 972391205047495
  13. David Tse, MDClackamas, OR 970151255490850
  14. Andrew Tsen, MDPortland, OR 972101659364719
  15. Angelo Vlessis, MD, PHDBend, OR 977011043237084
  16. George Wilkinson, MDMedford, OR 975041518015858
  17. Thomas Winkler, MDSalem, OR 973011043203086

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

Oregon ranks 35 of 51 per resident

  1. South Dakota1.6
  2. California1.6
  3. Texas1.6
  4. Oregon1.6
  5. Virginia1.5
  6. Washington1.5
  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.

73.1% 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. Oregon73.1%
  2. United States76.2%

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

  • In a Medicare file49 of 67 · 73.1% here, 76.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file39 · 58.2% here, 63.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more42 · 62.7% here, 54.0% nationally
  • Median graduation year1999 · the 39 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

67 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician (208G00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Oregon: 1.6 per 100,000 residents against 1.9 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Portland has 45 of them (67%).

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. Alabama75
  2. Arkansas55
  3. Connecticut79
  4. Iowa53

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Texas1.6
  2. Virginia1.5
  3. California1.6
  4. Washington1.5

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.