Paul Leon Ruff, MD
Pediatrics Physician · Starkville, MS
Paul Leon Ruff, MD is a pediatrics physician with a practice address in Starkville, Mississippi, and NPI 1629080627, issued on Aug 12, 2006. Check the license (Mississippi 16400, as entered in NPPES) on the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Paul Leon Ruff
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Pediatrics Physician 208000000X
- License number
- 16400 MS
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5 Professional Plz, Starkville, MS 39759
- Phone
- (662) 323-0999
- Enumerated
- Aug 12, 2006
- Record last updated
- Nov 3, 2011 (not updated in 15 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (662) 324-0250
- Medicaid ID
- 00122247 MS
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 5 Professional Plz
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Alicia BoxNurse Practitioner1689552481
- Robert Cain, MDPediatrics Physician1770595753
- Elizabeth FiserPediatric Nurse Practitioner1174172308
- Shannon Jones, MDPediatrics Physician1467199836
- Ellen Minaldi, MDPediatrics Physician1255996906
- Deborah Shirley, MDPediatrics Physician1144232109
Verify Paul Leon Ruff in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMississippi State Board of Medical Licensure
Search for license 16400Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $61.83
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Pfizer Inc. The 21,580 providers of this specialty with any payment received $842.05 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Pediatrics Physician providers in Mississippi
There are 417 pediatrics physician records in Mississippi.
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Common questions
What is Paul Leon Ruff, MD's NPI number?
Paul Leon Ruff, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1629080627, issued on Aug 12, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Paul Leon Ruff, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5 Professional Plz, Starkville, MS, 39759. Phone: (662) 323-0999. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Paul Leon Ruff, MD's license?
NPPES lists Mississippi license number 16400, as entered by the provider. Search the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure at https://www.msbml.ms.gov/. 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.