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 3 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. Edward Robbins, MDMemphis, TN 381201255330957
  2. Samuel Robbins, M.D.Germantown, TN 381381013919075
  3. Carlo Rosati, M.D.Memphis, TN 381201891131850
  4. Glenn Schoettle, M.D.Memphis, TN 381191710996624
  5. Danielle Sen, MD MPH MSMemphis, TN 381031518958107
  6. David Sewell, M. D.Kingsport, TN 376601023358793
  7. Ashish Shah, M.D.Nashville, TN 372321154350759
  8. S. Salman Shah, MDFranklin, TN 370671174713457
  9. Larry Shears, MDChattanooga, TN 374031922035864
  10. Eric Sievers, M.D.Jackson, TN 383011629222427
  11. Alan Simeone, MDChattanooga, TN 374041760563613
  12. Alanson Spalding, M.D.Jackson, TN 383011053360024
  13. John Stokes, M.D.Nashville, TN 372321740638451
  14. Sreekumar Subramanian, MDNashville, TN 372031801888680
  15. Chad Swan, MDHendersonville, TN 370751235121179
  16. Mark Tedder, M.D.Nashville, TN 372051073516340
  17. Clarence Thomas, M.D.Nashville, TN 372051255450466
  18. Henry Todd, M.D.Nashville, TN 372031134354822
  19. Hiroshi ToyoharaKnoxville, TN 379191720359862
  20. John Trahanas, M.D.Nashville, TN 372321699067819
  21. Ganpat Valaulikar, MDMemphis, TN 381041245248335
  22. William Walker, MDKnoxville, TN 379341770551368
  23. Darryl Weiman, M.D.Knoxville, TN 379341558472043
  24. Grayson Wheatley, MDNashville, TN 372031083615934
  25. Allen Wilcox, MDNashville, TN 372031154394344
  26. Aaron Williams, MDNashville, TN 372321881007193
  27. Marcus Williams, MDBristol, TN 376201730177155
  28. Bradley Wolf, M.D.Memphis, TN 381201366486821
  29. Jielin YuNashville, TN 372031083146690
  30. James Zellner, MDChattanooga, TN 374041184610867
  31. Danjing Zhao, MDKingsport, TN 376601154749927

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.