NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician in Tennessee

131 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Tennessee, 1.8 per 100,000 residents, the 21st highest rate of 51. Nashville and Knoxville have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Tennessee license search. Page 1 of 3.

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).

Nashville has the most, 47

  1. Nashville47
  2. Knoxville22
  3. Memphis17
  4. Chattanooga15
  5. Kingsport6

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician records in Tennessee

  1. Tarek Absi, MDNashville, TN 372321578647681
  2. Douglas Appleby, M.D.Jackson, TN 383011275581720
  3. John Austin, MDNashville, TN 372031326021064
  4. Joel Avery, M.D.Signal Mtn, TN 373771811145584
  5. Matthew Bacchetta, MDNashville, TN 372321598866840
  6. David Baker, MDJohnson City, TN 376041376833210
  7. Keki Balsara, MDNashville, TN 372321942467642
  8. Ben Barton, MDNashville, TN 372321487757605
  9. Norbert Baumgartner, MDKnoxville, TN 379231538148630
  10. Tammy Baxter, M.D.Nashville, TN 372031003090424
  11. David Bichell, MDNashville, TN 372321346337474
  12. James Blatchford, M.D.Memphis, TN 381191922035971
  13. Swaroop Bommareddi, M.D.Nashville, TN 372321609142470
  14. Mark Bonnell, M.D.Chattanooga, TN 374041215123450
  15. Richard Briggs, M.D.Knoxville, TN 379341861476038
  16. Phillip Brown, M.D.Nashville, TN 372051780728089
  17. Gerald Chapman, M.D.Cookeville, TN 385011417988924
  18. Karla Christian, MDNashville, TN 372321174621023
  19. Eve Cieutat, M.D.Bartlett, TN 381331336184936
  20. Wilson Clements, M.D.Chattanooga, TN 374041154418150
  21. Garrett Coyan, MD, MSNashville, TN 372321164837548
  22. John Craig, MDChattanooga, TN 374041245459403
  23. John DansbyNashville, TN 372051578429650
  24. Caitlin Demarest, M.D.Nashville, TN 372321598054074
  25. Nidhi Desai, MDMemphis, TN 381201437655974
  26. Raymond Dieter, MDKnoxville, TN 379201063405603
  27. Amber Edwards, MDNashville, TN 372031699031591
  28. Richard Feit, M.D.Johnson City, TN 376141164793774
  29. Robert Ferguson, D.O.Kingsport, TN 376601326314808
  30. Sean Forrest, MDKingsport, TN 376601740643899
  31. William Frist, M.D.Nashville, TN 372031841621273
  32. Thomas Gaines, MDKnoxville, TN 379201447243068
  33. Stanley Gall, MDKingsport, TN 376601982633467
  34. Harvey Garrett, M.D.Memphis, TN 381201508800905
  35. Merideth Geib, MDKnoxville, TN 379201023671716
  36. Vanessa Gibson, M.D.Memphis, TN 381041407053036
  37. Erin Gillaspie, MDNashville, TN 372321073777470
  38. David Glassford, M.D.Nashville, TN 372051083616387
  39. Christina Glenn, MDKnoxville, TN 379201609188754
  40. Jerry Gooch, M.D.Memphis, TN 381201558305557
  41. David Graham, MDKnoxville, TN 379231962606822
  42. D Greenfield, MDKingsport, TN 376601710942545
  43. Arthur Grimball, M.D.Jackson, TN 383011023067972
  44. Brent Grishkin, MDKnoxville, TN 379231003809617
  45. Eric Grogan, M.D.Nashville, TN 372321023220753
  46. Thomas Guy, MDKnoxville, TN 379231558308858
  47. John Hance, MD, MPHKnoxville, TN 379231225321086
  48. Rachel Harrison, MDMemphis, TN 381201104056555
  49. Harold Head, MDChattanooga, TN 374041477549152
  50. James Headrick, MDChattanooga, TN 374041104812817

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

Tennessee ranks 21 of 51 per resident

  1. Indiana2.0
  2. Wisconsin1.9
  3. Louisiana1.9
  4. Tennessee1.8
  5. South Carolina1.8
  6. Arkansas1.8
  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.

75.6% 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. Tennessee75.6%
  2. United States76.2%

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

  • In a Medicare file99 of 131 · 75.6% here, 76.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file88 · 67.2% here, 63.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more61 · 46.6% here, 54.0% nationally
  • Median graduation year1999 · the 88 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

131 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician (208G00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Tennessee: 1.8 per 100,000 residents against 1.9 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Nashville has 47 of them (36%).

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. Virginia133
  2. Indiana136
  3. Arizona123
  4. Washington120

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. South Carolina1.8
  2. Arkansas1.8
  3. Maine1.8
  4. Louisiana1.9

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.