NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Anesthesiology Physician in Alabama

581 NPPES records list anesthesiology physician with a practice address in Alabama, 11 per 100,000 residents, the 48th highest rate of 51. Birmingham and Huntsville have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Alabama license search. Page 12 of 12.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207L00000X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Birmingham has the most, 267

  1. Birmingham267
  2. Huntsville59
  3. Mobile54
  4. Dothan31
  5. Montgomery23

Anesthesiology Physician records in Alabama

  1. Emily Wasson, MD, MPHBirmingham, AL 352331396279816
  2. Charles Watkins, CRNADecatur, AL 356011437199122
  3. Ralph Weatherford, M.D.Dothan, AL 363011568627842
  4. Sarah Weaver, M.D.Vestavia, AL 352431497117048
  5. Nicholas WeitenbernerBirmingham, AL 352091194843995
  6. George Wells, M.D.Birmingham, AL 352051013908078
  7. Ursula Wesselmann, M.D.Birmingham, AL 352491962444257
  8. David West, M.D.Birmingham, AL 352421497789580
  9. Mary Whitley, M.D.Birmingham, AL 352421215979968
  10. Ronnie Wiggins, MDDothan, AL 363051336128545
  11. Collier Williams, MDBirmingham, AL 352051205455979
  12. Jane Williams, M.D.Birmingham, AL 352441306884424
  13. Mark Williams, M.D.Birmingham, AL 352341588602601
  14. Timothy Williams, M.D.Florence, AL 356301548219272
  15. Willis Williams, M.D.Decatur, AL 356011801114145
  16. Chloe WilsonBirmingham, AL 352431427477660
  17. Samuel Winegar, DODothan, AL 363011417586207
  18. Matthew Witzel, M.D.Decatur, AL 356011851824205
  19. William Womack, M.D.Fairhope, AL 365321528012291
  20. Alexander Woods, MDBirmingham, AL 352331780213017
  21. Glenn Woods, MDOpelika, AL 368011750346367
  22. Songwei Wu, M.D.Birmingham, AL 352491679837595
  23. Anne Xavier, MDBirmingham, AL 352331275557894
  24. Aubrey Yeager, CRNABirmingham, AL 352431316401524
  25. Henry Younes, D.O.Birmingham, AL 352421881646461
  26. Charles Young, AAMobile, AL 366071023264918
  27. Beekman Youngblood, MDSelma, AL 367011164495065
  28. Nerrin Zaharias, MDBirmingham, AL 352351912970211
  29. Xiaolu Zhang, DOBirmingham, AL 352491144859455
  30. Chen Zhao, DOBirmingham, AL 352051760845366
  31. Chengshui Zhao, M.D., PH DBirmingham, AL 352941932495074

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207L00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Alabama ranks 48 of 51 per resident

  1. New Mexico13
  2. Arkansas13
  3. Delaware12
  4. Alabama11
  5. Mississippi11
  6. South Dakota10
  7. 50 states and D.C.18

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207L00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

79.7% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 73.7% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. Alabama79.7%
  2. United States73.7%

Anesthesiology Physician records in Alabama, measured

  • In a Medicare file463 of 581 · 79.7% here, 73.7% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file421 · 72.5% here, 67.2% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more322 · 55.4% here, 57.8% nationally
  • Median graduation year2004 · the 421 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207L00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

581 NPPES records list anesthesiology physician (207L00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Alabama: 11 per 100,000 residents against 18 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Birmingham has 267 of them (46%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. Iowa569
  2. Oklahoma611
  3. Louisiana623
  4. Nevada536

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Mississippi10.9
  2. Delaware12.0
  3. South Dakota10.4
  4. Arkansas12.7

The largest states

  1. California7,571
  2. New York5,062
  3. Texas4,635
  4. Florida3,375
  5. Illinois2,575

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record 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.