James Gregory Sowards, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Winston Salem, NC
James Gregory Sowards, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Winston Salem, North Carolina, and NPI 1821050832, issued on Apr 5, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 2017-02455, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- James Gregory Sowards
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License numbers
- 2017-02455 NC
036109439 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Dept OF Emergency Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157
- Phone
- (336) 716-2188
- Enumerated
- Apr 5, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 14, 2019 (not updated in 7 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicaid IDs
- 036109439 IL
0361094391 IL - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20180404000799); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Loma Linda University School Of Medicine, 1989
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify James Gregory Sowards in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 2017-02455Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Wake Forest University Health SciencesWinston Salem, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
James Gregory Sowards among 2,094 emergency medicine physician records in North Carolina
James Gregory Sowards, MD is one of 2,094 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 7% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 7% of these records are older, 61% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1989 · median 2012 among the 1,317 with a school on file
- Record last updated2019 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
174 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Winston Salem
They are 174 of the 10,040 NPPES records with a practice address in Winston Salem, and 2,094 emergency medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is James Gregory Sowards, MD's NPI number?
James Gregory Sowards, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1821050832, issued on Apr 5, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is James Gregory Sowards, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Dept OF Emergency Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, 27157. Phone: (336) 716-2188. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify James Gregory Sowards, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 2017-02455, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.