NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician in Utah

50 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Utah, 1.5 per 100,000 residents, the 41st highest rate of 51. Salt Lake City and Ogden have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Utah license search.

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).

Salt Lake City has the most, 25

  1. Salt Lake City25
  2. Ogden7
  3. Murray6
  4. St George5
  5. Provo4

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician records in Utah

  1. Ammar Asban, MBBSSalt Lake City, UT 841321053727719
  2. Nkem Aziken, M.D.Provo, UT 846041740625540
  3. Syed Shahyan Bakhtiyar, MDSalt Lake City, UT 841121750841250
  4. B Bowles, MDSt George, UT 847901114950714
  5. Albert Cain, MDOgden, UT 844031609984863
  6. William Caine, MDMurray, UT 841071811075278
  7. Michael Collins, MDSalt Lake City, UT 841071366577256
  8. Rafe Connors, MDSalt Lake City, UT 841241497954416
  9. Nicolas Contreras, M.D.Salt Lake City, UT 841321790135614
  10. Guilherme Czelusniak De Oliveira, MDSalt Lake City, UT 841321841796257
  11. James Dane, MDProvo, UT 846041083629828
  12. John Doty, MDMurray, UT 841071700816667
  13. Alec Eror, M.D.St George, UT 847901497720569
  14. Rachael Essig, MDSalt Lake City, UT 841121831621655
  15. David Goff, MDOgden, UT 844031255449351
  16. Joseph Graham, MDOgden, UT 844051578638383
  17. David Griffin, MDMurray, UT 841071790998789
  18. Eric Griffiths, M.D.Salt Lake City, UT 841131811187958
  19. Joseph Heiler, MDSalt Lake City, UT 841321558940569
  20. Reilly Hobbs, MDMurray, UT 841071245591148
  21. Syed Husain, M.D.Salt Lake City, UT 841131790845873
  22. Timothy Icenogle, MDOgden, UT 844031285683029
  23. Kent Jones, MDMurray, UT 841071861422727
  24. Hiroshi KagawaSalt Lake City, UT 841321447690094
  25. Shreekanth Karwande, MDSalt Lake City, UT 841241972693570
  26. Abhishek Kashyap, M.D.Ogden, UT 844031952749111
  27. Eleanor Kitchell, MDSalt Lake City, UT 841121073132668
  28. Thomas Knapp, MDSalt Lake City, UT 841321871299404
  29. Antigoni Koliopoulou, M.D.Salt Lake City, UT 841321609319722
  30. Ganesh Kumpati, M.D.Salt Lake City, UT 841321871508671
  31. Lauren Levy, MDSalt Lake City, UT 841321427798339
  32. Ulysse McCann, M.D.Provo, UT 846041700912219
  33. Edwin McGough, MDSalt Lake City, UT 841081487994562
  34. Stephen McKellar, M.D.Salt Lake City, UT 841321407821846
  35. Spencer Melby, MDOrem, UT 840571720081243
  36. Roger Millar, MDSt George, UT 847901295753549
  37. John Mitchell, MDProvo, UT 846041699781674
  38. Charles Needham, M.D.St George, UT 847901063435899
  39. William OslundMurray, UT 841071437680055
  40. Jesse Perry, M.D.Park City, UT 840981801110531
  41. Bruce Reid, MDSalt Lake City, UT 841031093757965
  42. Devin Rigg, MDOgden, UT 844031891216602
  43. Michal Schafer, MDSalt Lake City, UT 841121659074557
  44. Gilbert Schorlemmer, MDOrem, UT 840571629060553
  45. Vikas Sharma, MBBSSalt Lake City, UT 841321619282225
  46. James Stringham, MDSalt Lake City, UT 841021538182449
  47. John Stringham, M.D.Salt Lake City, UT 841321982878021
  48. J Thorne, MDSalt Lake City, UT 841241356335970
  49. Kory Woodbury, MDSt George, UT 847901225056575
  50. Robert Zink, MDOgden, UT 844051922067651

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

Utah ranks 41 of 51 per resident

  1. Maryland1.5
  2. Colorado1.5
  3. Alabama1.5
  4. Utah1.5
  5. North Carolina1.4
  6. Nevada1.4
  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.

76.0% 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. Utah76.0%
  2. United States76.2%

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

  • In a Medicare file38 of 50 · 76.0% here, 76.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file32 · 64.0% here, 63.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more20 · 40.0% here, 54.0% nationally
  • Median graduation year1998 · the 32 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

50 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician (208G00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Utah: 1.5 per 100,000 residents against 1.9 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Salt Lake City has 25 of them (50%).

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. Oklahoma51
  2. Kansas52
  3. Mississippi48
  4. Iowa53

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Alabama1.5
  2. North Carolina1.4
  3. Colorado1.5
  4. Nevada1.4

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.