There are 27 physician-owned vascular surgery practices in Minnesota, vetted against the NPPES NPI Registry. Hospital-employed, government, and academic positions are excluded.
Before you accept a hospital offer in Minnesota, see how many physician-owned vascular surgery groups already exist. The answer is 45, and it changes everything you can ask for in negotiation.
Every year of training came with a script. Apply, interview, rotate, take the exam, advance. The next thing to do was never in question.
Most vascular surgery physicians sign their first contract without knowing how many other groups exist within driving distance. This is the single largest source of leverage you give away in your career, and you give it away because nobody told you the information was out there. 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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Blaine, MN
Offering vascular surgery care in Blaine, Minnesota, North Memorial Health Heart & Vascular Clinic - Blaine maintains independence from hospital systems. The practice also provides outpatient medical care, heart and cardiovascular care, and vascular and circulatory surgery. Visit the practice website or call to discuss potential openings.
4181 108th Ave, Blaine, MN 55449
Duluth, MN
Aspirus St. Luke's Clinic - Duluth - Cardiothoracic Surgery is a Duluth-based vascular surgery practice serving patients across the Minnesota region. Beyond vascular surgery, the office offers heart and cardiovascular care and vascular and circulatory surgery. Employment and partnership inquiries can be directed to the practice via their website.
920 E 1st St Suite 303, Duluth, MN 55805
Duluth, MN
Aspirus St. Luke's Clinic - Duluth - Vascular Surgery serves the Duluth, Minnesota community with vascular surgery care as a privately run practice. Services extend to vascular and circulatory surgery. Reach the office through their website or direct phone line for career-related questions.
1000 E 1st St Suite 203, Duluth, MN 55805
Duluth, MN
Aspirus St. Luke's Heart & Vascular Care - Duluth is a private vascular surgery practice located in Duluth, Minnesota. Beyond vascular surgery, the office offers heart and cardiovascular care and vascular and circulatory surgery. Employment and partnership inquiries can be directed to the practice via their website.
Lakeview Building, 1001 E Superior St #201, Duluth, MN 55802
Duluth, MN
At Aspirus St. Luke's Clinic - Duluth - General Surgery, our team of compassionate, highly skilled experts provides compassionate surgical care. All trained in general surgery, our surgeons also have additional training in trauma, colorectal and vascular surgery. Their dedication is exemplified in every interaction with our patients, and they are passionate about caring for each person as an individual. Formerly St. Luke's Surgical Associates, we continue to provide the compassionate, expert car
920 E 1st St #302, Duluth, MN 55805
Duluth, MN
In Duluth, Minnesota, Ayad Jindeel, MBCHB offers vascular surgery care as part of the region's private practice scene. Services extend to internal medicine and vascular and circulatory surgery. Reach out by phone for information about joining this practice.
400 E 3rd St, Duluth, MN 55805
Duluth, MN
Practicing vascular surgery in Duluth, Minnesota, Benjamin David Jorgensen offers care through an owner-operated medical office. Services extend to vascular and circulatory surgery. Reach the office through their website or direct phone line for career-related questions.
402 E 2nd St, Duluth, MN 55805
Duluth, MN
Practicing vascular surgery in Duluth, Minnesota, Benjamin Gregory Selle offers care through an owner-operated medical office. Services extend to vascular and circulatory surgery. Reach the office through their website or direct phone line for career-related questions.
402 E 2nd St, Duluth, MN 55805
Duluth, MN
Located in Duluth, Minnesota, Jason Hwang delivers vascular surgery care through an independently managed medical practice. Services extend to vascular and circulatory surgery. Reach the office through their website or direct phone line for career-related questions.
1000 E 1st St, Duluth, MN 55805
Duluth, MN
Javariah Asghar maintains a private vascular surgery practice in Duluth, Minnesota, where clinical decisions remain physician-led. Additional capabilities include vascular and circulatory surgery. Call the practice directly to ask about current physician openings or partnership opportunities.
400 E 3rd St, Duluth, MN 55805
Duluth, MN
Jessica Marie Titus sees patients at a private vascular surgery office in Duluth, Minnesota, emphasizing physician autonomy in clinical care. Additional capabilities include vascular and circulatory surgery. Physicians exploring opportunities can reach out through the practice website or by phone.
402 E 2nd St, Duluth, MN 55805
Duluth, MN
Offering vascular surgery services in Duluth, Minnesota, Mark Eginton, MD operates outside of hospital employment. Services extend to vascular and circulatory surgery and surgical procedures. Reach the office through their website or direct phone line for career-related questions.
1000 E 1st St Suite 203, Duluth, MN 55805
Duluth, MN
"The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease" Voltaire
400 E 3rd St, Duluth, MN 55805
Duluth, MN
Naomi Kathleen Atkins, DO operates a physician-owned vascular surgery practice in Duluth, Minnesota, offering personalized patient care in a private setting. Additional capabilities include diagnostic imaging and vascular and circulatory surgery. Physicians exploring opportunities can reach out through the practice website or by phone.
402 E 2nd St, Duluth, MN 55805
Edina, MN
Based in Edina, Minnesota, C. Phifer Nicholson, MD runs an independently owned vascular surgery practice focused on direct physician-patient relationships. The practice also provides vascular and circulatory surgery. Physicians interested in this practice can inquire by phone.
6401 France Ave S, Edina, MN 55435
Edina, MN
Located in Edina, Minnesota, Christopher Foley, MD delivers vascular surgery care through an independently managed medical practice. The practice also provides heart and cardiovascular care and vascular and circulatory surgery. Visit the practice website or call to discuss potential openings.
6405 France Ave S, Edina, MN 55435
Edina, MN
H.L. Saylor III, MD operates a physician-owned vascular surgery practice in Edina, Minnesota, offering personalized patient care in a private setting. Beyond vascular surgery, the office offers vascular and circulatory surgery and surgical procedures. Contact by phone to discuss potential employment or buy-in opportunities.
6401 France Ave S, Edina, MN 55435
Edina, MN
Welcome to Vascular and Interventional Experts (VIE), an outpatient vascular practice committed to providing exceptional patient care through innovative technology and minimally invasive procedures. In 2022, Dr. Peter Bretzman joined VIE, bringing his expertise in vascular and interventional radiology and a passion for creative problem-solving. Our advanced outpatient center offers comprehensive care for various vascular conditions, wound care, and specialized women's health services at
4100 Minnesota Dr Suite 310, Edina, MN 55435
Golden Valley, MN
North Star Vascular & Interventional operates a vascular surgery medical office in Golden Valley, Minnesota, outside of hospital employment. Beyond vascular surgery, the office offers diagnostic imaging, outpatient medical care, and vascular and circulatory surgery. Employment and partnership inquiries can be directed to the practice via their website.
8401 Golden Valley Rd #340, Golden Valley, MN 55427
Minneapolis, MN
Dr. Timothy J. Gavin, MD brings vascular surgery expertise to patients in Minneapolis, Minnesota through a physician-owned practice. Beyond vascular surgery, the office offers vascular and circulatory surgery and surgical procedures. Employment and partnership inquiries can be directed to the practice via their website.
6405 France Ave S # W440, Minneapolis, MN 55435
Minneapolis, MN
A solo vascular surgery practitioner in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Ramachandra Tummala provides care under an independent practice model. The practice also provides vascular and circulatory surgery. Visit the practice website or call to discuss potential openings.
717 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455
Minneapolis, MN
Rumi Faizer maintains a private vascular surgery practice in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where clinical decisions remain physician-led. Beyond vascular surgery, the office offers vascular and circulatory surgery. Contact by phone to discuss potential employment or buy-in opportunities.
909 Fulton St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455
Minneapolis, MN
Susan Shafii sees patients at a private vascular surgery office in Minneapolis, Minnesota, emphasizing physician autonomy in clinical care. Beyond vascular surgery, the office offers vascular and circulatory surgery. Contact by phone to discuss potential employment or buy-in opportunities.
909 Fulton St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455
Plymouth, MN
Gomes Maria D MD sees patients at a private vascular surgery office in Plymouth, Minnesota, emphasizing physician autonomy in clinical care. Beyond vascular surgery, the office offers vascular and circulatory surgery and chronic and acute pain treatment. Employment and partnership inquiries can be directed to the practice via their website.
2800 Campus Dr Suite 20, Plymouth, MN 55441
Rochester, MN
Tiziano Tallarita operates a physician-owned vascular surgery practice in Rochester, Minnesota, offering personalized patient care in a private setting. Beyond vascular surgery, the office offers vascular and circulatory surgery. Contact by phone to discuss potential employment or buy-in opportunities.
200 1st St SW, Rochester, MN 55905
Woodbury, MN
Andrew J. Surmak, M.D., DABVLM provides outpatient vascular surgery care from its office in Woodbury, Minnesota. Beyond vascular surgery, the office offers vascular and circulatory surgery. Employment and partnership inquiries can be directed to the practice via their website.
8360 City Centre Dr, Woodbury, MN 55125
Woodbury, MN
Kamran Afzal, MD provides vascular surgery services from a privately held practice in Woodbury, Minnesota. Additional capabilities include vascular and circulatory surgery. Physicians exploring opportunities can reach out through the practice website or by phone.
755 Bielenberg Dr #104, Woodbury, MN 55125
Then you hit your last year of training and the structure ends. Someone wires you a stipend to come look at a hospital. Someone else sends an MSA with a non-compete you do not have time to read.
What this directory does is hand you the page you were missing. Every physician-owned vascular surgery group in Minnesota, in one place, so the first contract you sign is not the only contract you ever saw.
I built this directory by starting with the NPPES NPI Registry, the federal database where every medical practice in the country has to register. From there, I filtered Minnesota's vascular surgery listings down to practices that are genuinely physician-owned. That means no hospital-employed roles, no academic faculty positions, no corporate-acquired clinics. What you're looking at is 45 independent vascular surgery practices across 8 cities in Minnesota.
What makes this useful is specificity. Instead of scrolling through a job board where hospital positions, locum postings, and real private practice opportunities all look the same, you get a focused list of physician-owned vascular surgery practices in Minnesota. Every one has been verified through the federal NPI registry. Contact information and websites are included so you can start your research without a recruiter standing between you and the practice.
Minnesota's physician-owned vascular surgery directory lists 27 practice locations across 8 cities.
None of the vascular surgery practices listed in Minnesota carry a PE-Backed or Corporate-Acquired flag. All listings in this directory are physician-owned independent practices verified through NPPES.
Practices span 8 cities including Blaine, Duluth, Edina, and Golden Valley.
Three steps. Skip any one of them and you are back to signing the first thing handed to you.
You are already here. 27 physician-owned vascular surgery groups in Minnesota, vetted against NPPES.
The Real Contract walks you through every clause that matters: non-compete, productivity, tail coverage, partnership track.
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“You spent fifteen years on a map. Then someone took it away.”
Daniel Aragón, MD, MBAThere are 27 physician-owned vascular surgery private practices in Minnesota, 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.
Minnesota's only physician-owned vascular surgery practice in this directory is Minneapolis Vascular Physicians / Minnesota Vascular Surgery Center in New Brighton (5 physicians).
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 a physician who just walked this path. Daniel Aragón, MD, MBA.
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