NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician in Washington

120 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Washington, 1.5 per 100,000 residents, the 37th highest rate of 51. Seattle and Spokane have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Washington license search. Page 3 of 3.

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).

Seattle has the most, 56

  1. Seattle56
  2. Spokane14
  3. Tacoma14
  4. Everett7
  5. Olympia5

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician records in Washington

  1. Patrick Ryan, MDSeattle, WA 981221659328078
  2. Tomoki Sakata, MD, PHDSeattle, WA 981951528746542
  3. Luis Santamarina, M.D.Olympia, WA 985061962452664
  4. Leland Siwek, M.D.Spokane, WA 992041801894811
  5. Mary Smith, MDSpokane, WA 992041003988312
  6. Wendel Smith, M.D.Tacoma, WA 984071043256779
  7. Joel Sternbach, M.D., M.B.A.Seattle, WA 981011376838334
  8. Thomas Templin, M.D.Tacoma, WA 984051538471503
  9. Joseph Teply, MDSeattle, WA 981221578573168
  10. Eric Vallieres, MDSeattle, WA 981041881750743
  11. Thomas Varghese, M.D.Seattle, WA 981951427274349
  12. Gautam Velamoor, M.D.Seattle, WA 981011578760880
  13. Edward VerrierSeattle, WA 981951669557484
  14. Mandya Vishwanath, M.D.Spokane, WA 992041851399703
  15. Peter White, MDSeattle, WA 981041619264165
  16. Douglas WoodSeattle, WA 981951902984362
  17. Neil Worrall, M.D.Spokane, WA 992041619975653
  18. Thomas Wyatt, DOSeattle, WA 981041659725125
  19. Nicholson Yam, MBBSSeattle, WA 981051467805945
  20. Samuel Youssef, MDSeattle, WA 981221639330475

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

Washington ranks 37 of 51 per resident

  1. Texas1.6
  2. Oregon1.6
  3. Virginia1.5
  4. Washington1.5
  5. Maryland1.5
  6. Colorado1.5
  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.

77.5% 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. Washington77.5%
  2. United States76.2%

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

  • In a Medicare file93 of 120 · 77.5% here, 76.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file77 · 64.2% here, 63.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more78 · 65.0% here, 54.0% nationally
  • Median graduation year2002 · the 77 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

120 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician (208G00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Washington: 1.5 per 100,000 residents against 1.9 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Seattle has 56 of them (47%).

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. Arizona123
  2. Wisconsin115
  3. Kentucky109
  4. Tennessee131

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Virginia1.5
  2. Oregon1.6
  3. Maryland1.5
  4. Texas1.6

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.