Robert Taylor Ripley, MD

Primary specialty

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) PhysicianTaxonomy code 208G00000X

License

77146 Issued in TN

Practice address

1301 Medical Center Dr
Nashville, TN 37232-0028

Phone

(615) 322-5000

NPI assigned

Jan 26, 2007

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 5

Addresses

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in TX, TN2 enrollments

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 2

Specialty

Thoracic SurgeryAlso: General Surgery

Education

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 2004

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Vanderbilt University Medical CenterGroup PAC ID 5092023416, shared by 11 NPIs, 3,510 clinicians

Baylor College of MedicineGroup PAC ID 8022243971, 1,230 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Baylor St Lukes Medical Center Hospital, Houston, TX, CCN 450193

Procedures performed for Medicare patients

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships and National Provider Directory roles.

• Baylor College of Medicine

  • Ph.D. Medical Genetics
  • Houston, TX
  • NPI 1881026664

  Surgery

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Baylor College of Medicine

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Sugar Land, TX
  • NPI 1700683844
  NPD

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• CHI St. Luke'S Health Baylor College of Medicine Medical Center

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Houston, TX
  • NPI 1184622847
  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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• Riolan Marbun
• Yudieth Rios Nava
• Avona Djuna Rios
• Rachel Lynn Rios, MD
• Robert Craig Ripley, M.D.
• Katie Rippetoe
• Kenneth Bruce Rippetoe, RT(R)(VI)
• Wade Rippy, CRNA
• Tonya Rischbeck, CRNA
• Rising Sun Wellness

• Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician in Nashville, TN
• Providers in Nashville, TN by specialty
• Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician in Tennessee

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on May 29, 2026; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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