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 2 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. Raymond Brown, M.D.Arlington, TX 760121093782401
  2. Phillip Burch, MDFort Worth, TX 761041215027800
  3. John Byrne, MDWebster, TX 775981952498073
  4. James Caccitolo, MDTyler, TX 757011528074317
  5. Tung Cai, MDDenton, TX 762011598710501
  6. Christopher Caldarone, MDHouston, TX 770301124504113
  7. John Calhoon, MDSan Antonio, TX 782291568579548
  8. Rodrigo Campana, M.D.Bryan, TX 778021477917755
  9. John Capehart, MDDallas, TX 752461841279791
  10. David Carlson, M.D.Abilene, TX 796011194717652
  11. Andrea Carpenter, MDSan Antonio, TX 782291902913981
  12. David Carter, M.D.Bedford, TX 760221164422440
  13. Themistokles ChamogeorgakisDallas, TX 752461962710699
  14. Edward Chan, MDHouston, TX 770301831357292
  15. Eric Chang-Tung, M. D.Plano, TX 750931891748588
  16. Vicky Chappell, M.D.Sherman, TX 750901366547390
  17. Oscar Chastain, MDLongview, TX 756011285635409
  18. Hannan Chaugle, M.D.Webster, TX 775981730100660
  19. Dharmraj Chauhan, M.D.Houston, TX 770741568775096
  20. Peter Chen, M.D.Houston, TX 770301902070428
  21. Edson Cheung, MDDallas, TX 752461437110103
  22. Ray Chihara, M.D.Houston, TX 770301740438928
  23. Enoch Ching, CCPSan Antonio, TX 782291194369694
  24. Lin-Chiang Chou, M.D.San Antonio, TX 782291629395801
  25. Karamat Choudhry, M.D.Fort Worth, TX 761041538123633
  26. Charles Christian, M.D.San Antonio, TX 782291962577718
  27. John Clarke, M.D.Bullard, TX 757571003811928
  28. William Cohn, M.D.Houston, TX 770301730288580
  29. Justin Collier, M.D.Plano, TX 750931205270220
  30. William Conner, MDAustin, TX 787561801887864
  31. Vincent Conti, MDGalveston, TX 775551063511186
  32. Andrea Cooley, D.O.Tyler, TX 757011003070483
  33. David Corbut, M.D.Houston, TX 770171700167020
  34. Jess Cornell, MDSan Angelo, TX 769031427039460
  35. E Cox, M.D.El Paso, TX 799201598757767
  36. Jennifer Cozart, MDHouston, TX 770301831393495
  37. Wilfredo Crespo-Velez, MDCorpus Christi, TX 784041952408585
  38. Scott Crocker, M.D.Abilene, TX 796061073505889
  39. Augusto Cuellar, M.D.Texarkana, TX 755031376516153
  40. Thomas Damato, M.D.Waco, TX 767121073544235
  41. David Daniel, M.D.Temple, TX 765081164698221
  42. Ryan Davies, MDDallas, TX 752351780688291
  43. Cornelius Davis, M.D.Houston, TX 770561528037975
  44. John Davis, MDHouston, TX 770021003858127
  45. William Davis, M.D.San Antonio, TX 782291437195187
  46. Daniel De Armond, M.D.San Antonio, TX 782291861595779
  47. Nilto De Oliveira, MDSan Antonio, TX 782291376507939
  48. Keli Dean, MS, RN, AGACNP-BCPasadena, TX 775041730605221
  49. William Dean, MDWichita Falls, TX 763011104822154
  50. Catherine Deshaies, MD,PHDHouston, TX 770301144959438

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.