Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of October 4, 2026.
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Michael James Pienta, MD

Individual provider Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program · NPI 1225564495

Michael James Pienta, MD practises Thoracic Surgery in Norfolk, Virginia. Graduated from University of Michigan Medical School in 2017, 9 years ago. Practices with Sentara Medical Group, a 1,403-clinician group, works from 2 locations and accepts Medicare assignment. Licensed in Michigan and Virginia.

Years since qualifying
9
Trained at
University of Michigan Medical School
Licensed in
MI, VA
In the registry since
2017
Specialties on file
2
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

Student / training record This NPI belongs to someone enrolled in a health care training programme. It carries no licence and no practice of its own, so no address or phone number is published for it.

Norfolk, VA

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Additional practice locations (1)

  • 1500 E Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5344 — (734) 936-4973

Specialties & licences

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician (primary) Taxonomy 208G00000X · Licence 0101285834 (VA)
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program Taxonomy 390200000X · Licence 4301112089 (MI)

Record details

NPI number1225564495
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorYes
NPI enumeratedMay 10, 2017
Last updated in NPPESJuly 8, 2025
Certification dateJuly 8, 2025

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyTHORACIC SURGERY
Medical schoolUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL
Graduated 2017 (9 years in practice)
Group practice Sentara Medical Group — 1403 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) 23 times · 73rd percentile
Removal of tissue 1–10 times

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Food and Beverage $278 2 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

  • Sentara Careplex Hospital Hospital · Hampton, VA
  • Sentara Leigh Hospital Hospital · Norfolk, VA · listed as Sentara Hospitals
  • Sentara Obici Hospital Hospital · Suffolk, VA · listed as Sentara Hospitals
  • Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Hospital · Norfolk, VA
  • Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital Hospital · Virginia Beach, VA
  • Sentara Home Care Services-Williamsburg Home health agency · Williamsburg, VA

Colleagues at Sentara Medical Group

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice. CMS counts 1403 clinicians in the practice; 12 are shown here.

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