Addiction Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician providers in the U.S.
319 NPPES records list addiction medicine (preventive medicine) physician as their primary taxonomy, about 0.1 per 100,000 residents; Maine and Tennessee have the most per resident. 224 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 2083A0300X means
2083A0300X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Preventive Medicine, Addiction Medicine, in the grouping Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians. 319 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
A physician engaged in the subspecialty practice of Addiction Medicine who specializes in the prevention, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, and recovery of persons with the disease of addiction.
Source: NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, definition as NUCC publishes it (nucc.org); counts from CMS NPPES.
Most per resident: the 8 highest
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2083A0300X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Columbus has the most, 11
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2083A0300X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 41 states and D.C. with records, by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 1 | 0.0 |
| Alaska | 2 | 0.3 |
| Arizona | 7 | 0.1 |
| California | 50 | 0.1 |
| Colorado | 1 | 0.0 |
| Connecticut | 4 | 0.1 |
| Delaware | 1 | 0.1 |
| District of Columbia | 1 | 0.1 |
| Florida | 12 | 0.1 |
| Georgia | 6 | 0.1 |
| Illinois | 6 | 0.0 |
| Indiana | 8 | 0.1 |
| Kentucky | 9 | 0.2 |
| Louisiana | 4 | 0.1 |
| Maine | 5 | 0.4 |
| Maryland | 5 | 0.1 |
| Massachusetts | 18 | 0.3 |
| Michigan | 8 | 0.1 |
| Minnesota | 9 | 0.2 |
| Mississippi | 3 | 0.1 |
| Missouri | 2 | 0.0 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | 1 | 0.1 |
| Nevada | 2 | 0.1 |
| New Hampshire | 2 | 0.1 |
| New Jersey | 9 | 0.1 |
| New Mexico | 5 | 0.2 |
| New York | 12 | 0.1 |
| North Carolina | 12 | 0.1 |
| North Dakota | 1 | 0.1 |
| Ohio | 26 | 0.2 |
| Oklahoma | 4 | 0.1 |
| Oregon | 7 | 0.2 |
| Pennsylvania | 18 | 0.1 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 0.1 |
| South Carolina | 2 | 0.0 |
| Tennessee | 19 | 0.3 |
| Texas | 11 | 0.0 |
| Utah | 1 | 0.0 |
| Virginia | 10 | 0.1 |
| Washington | 8 | 0.1 |
| Wisconsin | 5 | 0.1 |
In federal data
- NUCC code2083A0300X · Preventive Medicine
- Size rank390th of 688 specialties by records (0% of all)
- In its family5th of 10 Preventive Medicine codes, 4.7% of the family
- Part D prescribers224 (70.2% of records)
- Part D claims420 a year per prescriber, on average (185th of 496)
- Industry payments112 physicians paid $67K in 2024, $596 each on average
- Concentration8 states hold half of all records
Source: CMS NPPES; Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Presence in these files is not a quality judgment.
A sample of addiction medicine (preventive medicine) physician records
- Cynthia Kahn, MDAnchorage, AK1912990599
- Melodie Isgro, MDAnchorage, AK1528094968
- William Lemons, MDHoover, AL1679542294
- Amirarsalan Eissa, M.D.Phoenix, AZ1184913659
- Simon Olstein, MDPhoenix, AZ1972896520
- Daanish Shaikh, M.D.Gilbert, AZ1902105588
- Rosekamal McKinney, M.D.Glendale, AZ1457794885
- Amara Jabateh, MANAGER/CO-OWNERTolleson, AZ1417737891
- Rob Ashby, M.D.Prescott, AZ1174690606
- Michael Sheehy, DOKingman, AZ1174681126
- Kenisha Nisbett, D.O.Los Angeles, CA1316471527
- Angela Tobar, RADTBell Gardens, CA1013736479
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
How should I read Addiction Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician's mid-pack national roster?
319 CMS-registered Addiction Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician providers sit across 42 states; California leads with 50. Rank 390th of 688 NUCC specialties by headcount.
How does Addiction Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician show up in Open Payments mid-pack?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 112 Addiction Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician physicians receiving $67K across 692 payments (average $596; 274th of 470 specialties). Not a quality score.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Addiction Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician NPIs, 224 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 420 claims and $50K drug cost per prescriber; 185th of 496 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org); Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts are self-designated primary taxonomy, not board certification.
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.