Buddy P Lopez, MD

Overview

Entity Type: Individual Healthcare Provider
NPI: 1255438990
Primary Specialty: Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
Practice Location: Evansville, Indiana
Sole Proprietor: No

Federal Screening

NPISignal checked this NPI against federal exclusion sources. Results below are based on the NPI number itself — an identifier match, not a name match.

List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE)

HHS Office of Inspector General

Potential match — review required

1 potential match identified in List of Excluded Individuals/Entities (LEIE). Review required.

Source data: September 10, 2026
Records indexed: 84,001
Screened: Sep 22, 2026, 3:08 PM UTC

NPI match

BUDDY PASTRANO LOPEZ

Why NPISignal flagged this

The NPI on both records is identical

The exclusion record carries the same NPI. This is the strongest signal available in the public data, and still warrants confirmation with the source before any action is taken.

The source record

Name on the exclusion record: BUDDY PASTRANO LOPEZ
NPI on the exclusion record: 1255438990
General category: PHYSICIAN (MD, DO)
Specialty: SURGERY
Exclusion type: 1128b4
Exclusion date: May 20, 2014
Excluding agency: HHS Office of Inspector General
Location on record: MADISONVILLE, KY, 42431
Date of birth on record: Held by the source, not shown

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SAM.gov Exclusions

U.S. General Services Administration

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Specialties & Taxonomies

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
Primary
A thoracic surgeon provides the operative, perioperative and critical care of patients with pathologic conditions within the chest. Included is the surgical care of coronary artery disease, cancers of the lung, esophagus and chest wall, abnormalities of the trachea, abnormalities of the great vessels and heart valves, congenital anomalies, tumors of the mediastinum and diseases of the diaphragm. The management of the airway and injuries of the chest is within the scope of the specialty.
Taxonomy code 208G00000X

Provider-Reported License Information

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) (Kentucky): 34381

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Practice Locations

Practice Location

7145 E Virginia St

Suite 2000

Evansville, Indiana 47715-9124

Phone: (812) 476-6161

Record Information

Enumeration Date: September 17, 2006
Provider's NPPES Record Last Updated: November 27, 2007
NPISignal NPPES Dataset: August 2026

Same specialty and location, currently active.

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