NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician in Texas

484 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Texas, 1.6 per 100,000 residents, the 34th highest rate of 51. Houston and Dallas have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Texas license search. Page 1 of 10.

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).

Houston has the most, 139

  1. Houston139
  2. Dallas51
  3. San Antonio45
  4. Austin25
  5. Plano21

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician records in Texas

  1. Aaron Abarbanell, MDSan Antonio, TX 782291245497809
  2. Ghulam Abbas, MDTyler, TX 757011003887407
  3. Raed Abdulkareem, MDMidland, TX 797011639511926
  4. Juan Abreu, M.D.Houston, TX 770241598053092
  5. Tea Acuff, MDDenton, TX 762101427065796
  6. Iki Adachi, M.D.Houston, TX 770301497062681
  7. Babawande Adesibikan, MDAmarillo, TX 791061164817748
  8. Oluwatobi AfolayanSan Antonio, TX 782511972966554
  9. Mehmet Akay, MDHouston, TX 770301457510729
  10. Shahab Akvan, M.D.Wichita Falls, TX 763011861706079
  11. Mohamed Algahim, M.D.Corpus Christi, TX 784111235428855
  12. Javier Alonso, M.D., PH.D., P.A.Corpus Christi, TX 784111194772160
  13. Masoud Alzeerah, M.D.Amarillo, TX 791061265438683
  14. Emmanuel Amulraj, M.DTemple, TX 765081407005176
  15. Nicholas Andersen, M.D.Dallas, TX 752351457519837
  16. James Anderson, MDFort Worth, TX 761041245240290
  17. William Anderson, MDFort Worth, TX 761041487694220
  18. Mara Antonoff, M.D.Houston, TX 770301679784839
  19. Marvin Atkins, MDHouston, TX 770301730160706
  20. Staton Awtrey, M.D.Midland, TX 797011376556019
  21. Clinton Baisden, MDSan Antonio, TX 782291740291269
  22. Faisal Bakaeen, MDHouston, TX 770301811908700
  23. Mustafa Baldawi, M.D.Temple, TX 765081750623526
  24. Robert Baldwin, MDHouston, TX 770741154321487
  25. Reginald Baptiste, M.D.Austin, TX 787581649202979
  26. Lauren Barron, M.D.Houston, TX 770301962765974
  27. Ghassan BaslaimFort Worth, TX 761041053763433
  28. Victor Bautista-Hernandez, MDSan Antonio, TX 782071972134013
  29. Eli Becker, MDFort Worth, TX 761041508858507
  30. Edo Bedzra, M.D., M.B.A.Fort Worth, TX 761041174889695
  31. Robert Bennett, MDSan Antonio, TX 782011518906825
  32. Don Berry, M.D.Georgetown, TX 786331902130701
  33. Aaron Bettenhausen, MDSan Antonio, TX 782291538513692
  34. Devinder Bhatia, M.D.Houston, TX 770901073517702
  35. Shabir Bhimji, MDHouston, TX 770541669635967
  36. Michael Bibler, DOAmarillo, TX 791061831279132
  37. Mark Bielefeld, MDCorpus Christi, TX 784041538255229
  38. Shanda Blackmon, M.D., M.P.H.Houston, TX 770301952347965
  39. Arie Blitz, MDWaco, TX 767121629096011
  40. Viachslav Bobovnikov, M.D.Houston, TX 770301639427594
  41. Stephen Bordes, MDHouston, TX 770301225615669
  42. Donnell Bowen, D.O.Fort Worth, TX 761041609071828
  43. Francisco Bracamontes, MDMcAllen, TX 785031912004425
  44. Darien Bradford, MDBurleson, TX 760281376560961
  45. Lawrence Breitkreutz, M.D.Abilene, TX 796061417949116
  46. Malcolm Bremer, M.D.Humble, TX 773381396747630
  47. Javier Brenes Gonzalez, M.DDallas, TX 752301164708855
  48. Donald Bricker, MDLubbock, TX 794101922063718
  49. William Brinkman, MDPlano, TX 750931902950983
  50. Lyle Brown, M.D.Nacogdoches, TX 759651467477729

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

Texas ranks 34 of 51 per resident

  1. Mississippi1.6
  2. South Dakota1.6
  3. California1.6
  4. Texas1.6
  5. Oregon1.6
  6. Virginia1.5
  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.

78.7% 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. Texas78.7%
  2. United States76.2%

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

  • In a Medicare file381 of 484 · 78.7% here, 76.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file309 · 63.8% here, 63.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more238 · 49.2% here, 54.0% nationally
  • Median graduation year1996 · the 309 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

484 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician (208G00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Texas: 1.6 per 100,000 residents against 1.9 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Houston has 139 of them (29%).

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. Florida468
  2. New York446
  3. Pennsylvania377
  4. California634

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Oregon1.6
  2. South Dakota1.6
  3. Mississippi1.6
  4. Virginia1.5

The largest states

  1. California634
  2. Florida468
  3. New York446
  4. Pennsylvania377
  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.