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 9 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. Aditya Sengupta, M.D.Dallas, TX 752431336642123
  2. Harsh SethHouston, TX 770301386320455
  3. Basem Shabb, M.D.Lufkin, TX 759041568623155
  4. Alexis Shafii, M.D.Houston, TX 770301730354945
  5. Prashant Shah, MDTemple, TX 765081164605994
  6. Baljit Sharma, M.D.Waco, TX 767121720167372
  7. Mahesh Sharma, MDSan Antonio, TX 782291891998183
  8. Emily Shih, MDPlano, TX 750931700373792
  9. Ali Shirafkan, M.D.Galveston, TX 775551407221500
  10. Herbert Short, M.D.Tyler, TX 757021194735613
  11. Michael Siegenthaler, MDLongview, TX 756011093863532
  12. Mini Sivadasan, M.D.Dallas, TX 752371336330570
  13. Mariusz Sledz, MDHouston, TX 770301700367323
  14. Charles Smith, M.D.Bryan, TX 778021659337608
  15. John Smith, MDSan Antonio, TX 782011770589525
  16. Robert Smith, MDPlano, TX 750931972718633
  17. William Smythe, M.D.Temple, TX 765081942261649
  18. Andre Son, MDGalveston, TX 775551083155303
  19. Tanuntorn Songdechakraiwut, M.D.Houston, TX 770301902247547
  20. Tyler Spata, MDBryan, TX 778021467611996
  21. Jonathan Spicer, MDHouston, TX 770301326470592
  22. Jon Spiers, MD JDHouston, TX 770251184782120
  23. Aaron Spooner, MDHouston, TX 770301588215008
  24. William Springer, MDLubbock, TX 794151780796714
  25. John Squiers, M.D.Dallas, TX 752461053845982
  26. Venkatesan Srinivasan, M.D.San Antonio, TX 782291548228638
  27. Chad Stasik, M.D.San Antonio, TX 782291164511200
  28. Nicholas Stephens, M.D.Austin, TX 787231306196522
  29. Branislav Stojkovic, MDHouston, TX 770301952915894
  30. Sarah Stuart, PA-CHouston, TX 770301699243527
  31. Erik Suarez, M.D.Houston, TX 770301356589675
  32. Sujata Subramanian, MDTemple, TX 765081487792057
  33. Timothy Swain, MDCorpus Christi, TX 784111295742898
  34. Michael Sweeney, M.D.,Houston, TX 770301013912690
  35. Stephen Swisher, M.D.Houston, TX 770301063518959
  36. Amit Taggarse, MBBSMcAllen, TX 785041629491246
  37. Nirupama Talwalkar, M.D.Midland, TX 797011275572117
  38. Vincent Tam, MDFort Worth, TX 761041356439491
  39. Mikko Tauriainen, M.D.Plano, TX 750931174529325
  40. Sergio Tavares, M.D.Corpus Christi, TX 784111801895222
  41. Giuseppe Tavilla, MD, PHDTemple, TX 765081588264683
  42. Robert Taylor, MDAmarillo, TX 791061427031251
  43. Navin Thakur, MDLufkin, TX 759041639146566
  44. Shawn Tittle, MDBaytown, TX 775211396778601
  45. Minh Tran, M.D.Denton, TX 762101598975310
  46. Uttam Tripathy, MDSugar Land, TX 774791144285966
  47. Michael Troncone, MDHouston, TX 770301023836442
  48. William Turner, M.D.Tyler, TX 757011790799856
  49. Jose Urencio Marcue, M.D.San Antonio, TX 782241871872093
  50. Vicente Valero, MDRound Rock, TX 786651104055128

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.