NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician in Pennsylvania

377 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Pennsylvania, 2.9 per 100,000 residents, the 3rd highest rate of 51. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Pennsylvania license search. Page 2 of 8.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 208G00000X · method

Philadelphia has the most, 112

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician records in Pennsylvania

  1. Raul Caso, MD, MSCIPittsburgh, PA 152321821451352
  2. Mario Castro Medina, MDPittsburgh, PA 152241649750951
  3. Marisa Cevasco, M.D., M.P.HPhiladelphia, PA 191041104098169
  4. Louis Chai, M.D.Philadelphia, PA 191111164870689
  5. Richard Chang, M.D.Allentown, PA 181031942240619
  6. Ramakrishna Chaparala, MDPittsburgh, PA 152131427363761
  7. Edward Cheong, MDPittsburgh, PA 152131700034774
  8. Cecillia ChinPhiladelphia, PA 191071013256684
  9. Harry Chin, PA-CReading, PA 196051780162503
  10. Ferdinand ChristianNorth Wales, PA 194541710386420
  11. Danny ChuPittsburgh, PA 152401164517660
  12. Daniel Ciaburri, MD, MBAAltoona, PA 166011710002910
  13. Brianna Clark, PAPittsburgh, PA 152371518700764
  14. Nicholas Clarke, M.D.Wynnewood, PA 190961881950376
  15. David Cohen, MDLebanon, PA 170421861499337
  16. Mabelle Cohen, MDCamp Hill, PA 170111770661167
  17. John Conte, M.D.Wilkes Barre, PA 187111326087990
  18. Joel Cooper, MDPhiladelphia, PA 191041770529729
  19. Jeffrey Cope, M.D.Lancaster, PA 176021679510648
  20. Scott Cowan, MDPhiladelphia, PA 191071437219987
  21. Lawrence Crist, D.O.Pittsburgh, PA 152121639106263
  22. Ray Crouch, MDPittsburgh, PA 152121689666299
  23. Michael Culig, MDMonroeville, PA 151461801872585
  24. Alex D'AngeloFountain Hill, PA 180151750745071
  25. Luciana Da Fonseca Da SilvaPittsburgh, PA 152241023582418
  26. Jose Pedro Da SilvaPittsburgh, PA 152241144681479
  27. John Darrell, M.D.Wilkes Barre, PA 187111801893573
  28. Uday Dasika, M.D.West Reading, PA 196111437150307
  29. George Davliakos, M.D.Butler, PA 160011184694549
  30. Daniel Messias De Moraes Neto, MDPittsburgh, PA 152131770126765
  31. Nimesh Desai, MDPhiladelphia, PA 191041457517716
  32. Anil Deshpande, M.D.Newtown, PA 189401942220090
  33. Paul Devlin, MD,MSCPhiladelphia, PA 191041528457223
  34. Rajeev DhuparPittsburgh, PA 152131750559761
  35. Jennifer DigianPhiladelphia, PA 191041134711310
  36. Ross Dimarco, M.D.Pittsburgh, PA 152431932170115
  37. Verdi Disesa, M.D.Philadelphia, PA 191401063475234
  38. Francis Duhay, M.D.Fountain Hill, PA 180151346344652
  39. Jeffrey Dunn, MDPhiladelphia, PA 191061215279112
  40. Hazem El-Khatib, M.D.Pittsburgh, PA 152121710957162
  41. Abdulrhman Elnaggar, M.D.Hershey, PA 170331285077446
  42. John Entwistle, MDPhiladelphia, PA 191071831132398
  43. Mark Epler, M.D.Lancaster, PA 176021568678894
  44. Cherie Erkmen, M.D.Philadelphia, PA 191401518089325
  45. Yasin Essa, MDRidley Park, PA 190781649799008
  46. Charles Evans, M.D.Philadelphia, PA 191041184919433
  47. Nathaniel Evans, M.D.Philadelphia, PA 191071285780239
  48. Matthew Facktor, M.D.Danville, PA 178221891747895
  49. Marshall Feaster, M.D.West Reading, PA 196111942203344
  50. Francis FerdinandWynnewood, PA 190961104806769

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

Pennsylvania ranks 3 of 51 per resident

  1. District of Columbia4.4
  2. Massachusetts3.3
  3. Pennsylvania2.9
  4. Minnesota2.8
  5. Delaware2.7
  6. 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.

74.8% 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. Pennsylvania74.8%
  2. United States76.2%

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

  • In a Medicare file282 of 377 · 74.8% here, 76.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file223 · 59.2% here, 63.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more245 · 65.0% here, 54.0% nationally
  • Median graduation year1998 · the 223 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

377 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician (208G00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Pennsylvania: 2.9 per 100,000 residents against 1.9 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Philadelphia has 112 of them (30%).

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. Ohio310
  2. New York446
  3. Florida468
  4. Texas484

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Minnesota2.8
  2. Delaware2.7
  3. Massachusetts3.3
  4. Kentucky2.4

The largest states

  1. California634
  2. Texas484
  3. Florida468
  4. New York446
  5. Ohio310

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.