There are 4 physician-owned vascular surgery practices in Delaware, vetted against the NPPES NPI Registry. Hospital-employed, government, and academic positions are excluded.
Before you accept a hospital offer in Delaware, see how many physician-owned vascular surgery groups already exist. The answer is 4, and it changes everything you can ask for in negotiation.
MCAT. STEPs. Match. ABIM. Each one was a milestone someone else designed. You hit them in order, on time, and the path kept going.
A physician who can see that there are 40 physician-owned vascular surgery groups within 50 miles walks into a contract negotiation with completely different leverage than one who assumes the hospital is the only option. Non-compete radius, buy-in terms, tail coverage, all of it becomes more negotiable once you actually know what is around you. The Real Contract course walks you through every clause that matters.
Hospital-employed, government-operated, and academic positions are excluded. These are not independent private practices:
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Newark, DE
Donald Hahn, MD brings vascular surgery expertise to patients in Newark, Delaware through a physician-owned practice. Beyond vascular surgery, the office offers vascular and circulatory surgery. Employment and partnership inquiries can be directed to the practice via their website.
537 Stanton Christiana Rd, Newark, DE 19713
Newark, DE
Micah Girotti, MD provides vascular surgery services from a privately held practice in Newark, Delaware. Additional capabilities include vascular and circulatory surgery. Physicians exploring opportunities can reach out through the practice website or by phone.
537 Stanton Christiana Rd, Newark, DE 19713
Newark, DE
Richard Bafford, MD, FACS, is a board-certified vascular surgeon at Vascular Surgery Associates, LLC, serving patients in Bel Air, Towson, and Elkton, Maryland. Dr. Bafford has been with the practice since 2013. Dr. Bafford was born and raised in the Baltimore metropolitan area. He is a graduate of Loyola University New Orleans and received a Master of Science in Public Health from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana. Afterward, he completed
537 Stanton Christiana Rd, Newark, DE 19713
Wilmington, DE
EndoVascular Consultants operates a physician-owned vascular surgery practice in Wilmington, Delaware, offering personalized patient care in a private setting. Additional capabilities include vascular and circulatory surgery. Physicians exploring opportunities can reach out through the practice website or by phone.
701 N Clayton St Suite 601, Wilmington, DE 19805
Then PGY-Final hits, and the page is blank. A recruiter calls. A contract lands in your inbox with a 50-mile non-compete, an opaque productivity model, and a signing bonus you do not understand the strings on.
The map of independent vascular surgery in Delaware was never compiled. So we compiled it. 4 practices, all physician-owned, all in one place. Now you can see what is around you before you sign into one corner of it.
There are 4 vascular surgery practices in Delaware on this page, and every single one is physician-owned. I built the list from the NPPES NPI Registry, then layered on business data from DataForSEO for practice websites, phone numbers, and descriptions. Hospital-system practices, government clinics, academic positions, and corporate-acquired groups didn't make the cut. The listings cover 2 cities across Delaware.
Most physicians looking for vascular surgery opportunities in Delaware start with a recruiter or a job board. Both of those sources mix hospital-employed roles with genuine private practice opportunities, and they rarely disclose ownership structure upfront. This page does one thing differently: it filters for physician ownership using the federal NPPES registry. That's it. The result is 4 practices you can contact directly, without a middleman deciding what you're allowed to see.
Delaware's physician-owned vascular surgery directory lists 4 practice locations across 2 cities.
Three steps. Skip any one of them and you are back to signing the first thing handed to you.
You are already here. 4 physician-owned vascular surgery groups in Delaware, vetted against NPPES.
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Daniel Aragón, MD, MBAThere are 4 physician-owned vascular surgery private practices in Delaware, verified against the NPPES NPI Registry. All are independently operated. Hospital-employed, government, corporate, and academic positions are excluded.
A physician-owned practice is one where licensed physicians hold controlling ownership of the business entity. This is distinct from hospital employment, corporate medical groups, or private equity-backed practices where non-physician entities control the business.
The Corporate-Acquired flag means the practice was historically physician-owned but has since been acquired by a corporate entity such as Optum. The MSO-Affiliated flag means the practice uses a Management Services Organization for billing and administration while physicians retain practice-level ownership.
Delaware doesn't have physician-owned independent vascular surgery practices in this directory. Vascular surgery care here runs through hospital systems like Bayhealth Medical Center, Beebe Healthcare, and TidalHealth Nanticoke.
NPPES is the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System, a federal database maintained by CMS. Every practice in this directory has an active NPI record in NPPES, confirming it is a registered U.S. medical practice.
When a vascular surgery practice owns its vascular ultrasound equipment and employs its own vascular technologist, the practice bills and collects the technical component of duplex ultrasound studies (carotid, lower extremity arterial/venous, ABI, AAA) separately from the physician's interpretation. The technical component is typically 2-3x the interpretation fee. For a surgeon generating 10 studies per week, that adds substantial annual revenue over and above professional fee income. IAC accreditation (InterSocietal Accreditation Commission) is required by most payers for technical component billing of vascular ultrasound.
| Physician-Owned | Hospital-Employed | Corporate / PE-Backed | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who controls the practice | Physicians | Health system | Non-physician entity |
| Non-compete scope | Narrower, negotiable | Broad | Very broad |
| Partnership / buy-in path | Common | Rare | Rare |
| Call schedule flexibility | Higher | Variable | Lower |
| Productivity bonus upside | High | Moderate | Moderate |
| Included in this directory | Yes | No | Flagged |
This directory is maintained by Daniel Aragón, MD, MBA, a physician who just walked this path. All listings are pulled from the NPPES NPI Registry (CMS.gov), the federal database of all U.S. medical providers. Hospital-employed, corporate, and government-operated positions are excluded. Last updated: .
Built by Daniel Aragón, MD, MBA, a physician who just walked this path.
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