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 8 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. Eitan Podgaetz Gliksberg, MDDallas, TX 752461689825119
  2. Thomas Pollard, M.D.San Antonio, TX 782151225012693
  3. Eyal Porat, M.D.Houston, TX 770041013946789
  4. Edward Pottmeyer, MDRound Rock, TX 786651982710539
  5. Ourania Preventza, M.D.San Antonio, TX 782011508984303
  6. Andrea Giulio Quarti, MDHouston, TX 770301134905219
  7. Iyad Radwan, M.D.Katy, TX 774501750673901
  8. Aldo Rafael Yarihuaman, MDDallas, TX 752261043462609
  9. Keshava Rajagopal, MD PHDHouston, TX 770901295993889
  10. Mahesh Ramchandani, MDHouston, TX 770301073513693
  11. Fernando Ramirez Del Val, MDHouston, TX 770701144753526
  12. Danny Ramzy, MDHouston, TX 770241679723175
  13. Philip Rascoe, MDHouston, TX 770301568660157
  14. Michael Reardon, MDHouston, TX 770301174523229
  15. Gaddum ReddyBig Spring, TX 797201043224496
  16. Neha Reddy, MDWebster, TX 775981043533755
  17. Ramachandra Reddy, M.D.Tyler, TX 757011184606626
  18. Victor Reis, M.D.Edinburg, TX 785391841586484
  19. Dewei Ren, M.D.Houston, TX 770301891022414
  20. Ross Reul, M.D.Houston, TX 770301972690428
  21. Karl ReyesDallas, TX 752351043484678
  22. Scott Reznik, M.D.Dallas, TX 753901821059569
  23. David Rice, M.D.Houston, TX 770301861577868
  24. William Ring, MDDallas, TX 753901689637357
  25. Donald Robertson, M.D.Lubbock, TX 794151447307871
  26. Francisco Rodriguez, MDSan Antonio, TX 782581063434504
  27. Filiberto Rodriguez Salinas, M.D.McAllen, TX 785041750352456
  28. Jaime Roman-Pavajeau, M.D.Katy, TX 774931396943296
  29. Fermin Romero-Arreola, M.D.Laredo, TX 780411396717872
  30. Jack Roth, M.D.Houston, TX 770301245336320
  31. Patrick Roughneen, M.D.Wichita Falls, TX 763011205847936
  32. Richard Rouse, M.D.San Antonio, TX 782291962446484
  33. Hazim Safi, M.D.Houston, TX 770301609814169
  34. Edward Sako, MDSan Antonio, TX 782291871502187
  35. Rafael Salas, M.D.Paris, TX 754601750390282
  36. Ismael Salas De Armas, M.D.Houston, TX 770301245478585
  37. Jorge Salazar, M.D.Houston, TX 770301659380970
  38. Caner Salih, MD,MBCHB, FRCS (CTH)Houston, TX 770301568293520
  39. Arthur Santos, MDLaredo, TX 780411598787004
  40. Robert Santoscoy, M.D.El Paso, TX 799021467455022
  41. Ziyab Sarfaraz, MDHouston, TX 770301396598371
  42. Michal Savcenko, M.D.Plano, TX 750931225026776
  43. Michael Savitt, M.D.San Antonio, TX 782171609838184
  44. Justin Schaffer, M.D.Plano, TX 750931144475229
  45. Scott Scheinin, MDHouston, TX 770301619977238
  46. Larry Schorn, M.D.Irving, TX 750381720076276
  47. Alexander Schutz, MDHouston, TX 770301578857470
  48. Gary Schwartz, MDDallas, TX 752461386979144
  49. Melissa Scott, AGACNPDenison, TX 750201740782762
  50. David Sees, M.D.Lufkin, TX 759041740269505

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.