NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Cardiovascular Disease Physician in Alabama

311 NPPES records list cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in Alabama, 6.1 per 100,000 residents, the 33rd highest rate of 51. Birmingham and Mobile have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Alabama license search. Page 7 of 7.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207RC0000X · 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, 117

  1. Birmingham117
  2. Mobile36
  3. Huntsville33
  4. Dothan16
  5. Gadsden11

Cardiovascular Disease Physician records in Alabama

  1. Gretchen WellsBirmingham, AL 352331740265958
  2. Russell Whitaker, M.D.Gadsden, AL 359031710988183
  3. James White, MDBirmingham, AL 352431124017728
  4. Allan Wilensky, MDBirmingham, AL 352111760447932
  5. Michael Wilensky, MDBirmingham, AL 352051801851142
  6. Jerry Williams, M.D.Sheffield, AL 356601699746552
  7. Michael Williams, M.D.Auburn, AL 368301184652091
  8. Raymond Workman, MDBessemer, AL 350221649275512
  9. Thomas Wright, M.D.Huntsville, AL 358011124099205
  10. Min XieBirmingham, AL 352331487854543
  11. Thomas Young, M.D.Dothan, AL 363011083694665

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RC0000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Alabama ranks 33 of 51 per resident

  1. Kentucky6.3
  2. West Virginia6.3
  3. Oregon6.3
  4. Alabama6.1
  5. Nebraska5.9
  6. Hawaii5.9
  7. 50 states and D.C.7.9

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RC0000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

86.5% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 83.3% 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. Alabama86.5%
  2. United States83.3%

Cardiovascular Disease Physician records in Alabama, measured

  • In a Medicare file269 of 311 · 86.5% here, 83.3% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file221 · 71.1% here, 70.2% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more177 · 56.9% here, 58.2% nationally
  • Median graduation year1995 · the 221 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207RC0000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

311 NPPES records list cardiovascular disease physician (207RC0000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Alabama: 6.1 per 100,000 residents against 7.9 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Birmingham has 117 of them (38%).

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. South Carolina300
  2. Louisiana327
  3. Colorado332
  4. Kentucky284

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Oregon6.3
  2. Nebraska5.9
  3. West Virginia6.3
  4. Hawaii5.9

The largest states

  1. New York2,583
  2. California2,574
  3. Florida1,946
  4. Texas1,603
  5. Pennsylvania1,476

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.