Karen Letha Whittaker, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Dayton, TN
Karen Letha Whittaker, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Dayton, Tennessee, and NPI 1851321285, issued on Jul 3, 2006. Check the license (Tennessee 35106, as entered in NPPES) on the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Karen Letha Whittaker
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 35106 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 9400 Rhea County Hwy, Dayton, TN 37321
- Phone
- (423) 775-1121
- Enumerated
- Jul 3, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 16, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (865) 291-3228
- Medicaid ID
- 3867785 TN
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050728001152); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of South Florida College Of Medicine, 1994
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 9400 Rhea County Hwy
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Paige LamphierAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1336998665
Verify Karen Letha Whittaker in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTennessee Board of Medical Examiners
Search for license 35106Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
74% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
394 Medicare Part D claims for 251 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 56 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Ondansetron Odt36 claims
- Meloxicam35 claims
- Prednisone35 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen33 claims
- Cefdinir18 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen17 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Southeastern Emergency Physicians LLCKnoxville, TN
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Karen Letha Whittaker among 1,174 emergency medicine physician records in Tennessee
Karen Letha Whittaker, MD is one of 1,174 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Tennessee. 83% 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 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 54% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 57% of these records are
- Graduated1994 · median 2012 among the 667 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 57% 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 Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
5 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Dayton
They are 5 of the 167 NPPES records with a practice address in Dayton, and 1,174 emergency medicine physician records in Tennessee.
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The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Algianon Jeffero, MDDayton, TN 373211063458479
- Diana Kessler, DODayton, TN 373211295701795
- Edmund Lane, MDDayton, TN 373211154407427
- James Sego, D.O.Dayton, TN 373211942225370
- Lester McCartney, M.D.Copperhill, TN 373171316958044
- Ramsey Daugherty, MDDunlap, TN 373271255036950
- Timothy Crumpler, MDCleveland, TN 373121275577231
- Jerry Devane, MDCleveland, TN 373121750322863
Common questions
What is Karen Letha Whittaker, MD's NPI number?
Karen Letha Whittaker, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1851321285, issued on Jul 3, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Karen Letha Whittaker, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 9400 Rhea County Hwy, Dayton, TN, 37321. Phone: (423) 775-1121. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Karen Letha Whittaker, MD's license?
NPPES lists Tennessee license number 35106, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners at https://www.tn.gov/health/licensure/me.html. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Karen Letha Whittaker, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Karen Letha Whittaker, MD had 394 Medicare Part D claims for 251 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.