NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Clinical Laboratory Director (Non-physician) in Tennessee

11 NPPES records list clinical laboratory director (non-physician) with a practice address in Tennessee, 0.2 per 100,000 residents, the 21st highest rate of 46. Nashville and Knoxville have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Tennessee license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 247ZC0005X · method

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

Nashville has the most, 5

  1. Nashville5
  2. Knoxville2
  3. Memphis2
  4. Johnson City1
  5. Mountain Home1

Clinical Laboratory Director (Non-physician) records in Tennessee

  1. Shelia Dawling, PHDNashville, TN 372281427525567
  2. Jess Evans, PH.DMemphis, TN 381341336549971
  3. Donald Ferguson, PHDJohnson City, TN 376041831373414
  4. Kenneth Ferslew, PHDMountain Home, TN 376841164608857
  5. Matthew Hardison, PH.D.Nashville, TN 372281740772839
  6. Abdolrazagh Hashemi Shahraki, PHDNashville, TN 372161629968987
  7. Andrea Johnson, REGISTERED NURSEKnoxville, TN 379171407438575
  8. Saradhi MallampatiMemphis, TN 381031689447997
  9. Katherine McCommonNashville, TN 372191649982745
  10. Ryan Paulsen, PH.D.Nashville, TN 372281043550957
  11. Carol Sommerfelt, ELDKnoxville, TN 379341164858924

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 247ZC0005X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Tennessee ranks 21 of 46 per resident

  1. Wyoming0.2
  2. Connecticut0.2
  3. Vermont0.2
  4. Tennessee0.2
  5. Louisiana0.2
  6. New Jersey0.2
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.2

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 247ZC0005X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

0.0% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 0.4% 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. Tennessee0.0%
  2. United States0.4%

Clinical Laboratory Director (Non-physician) records in Tennessee, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 11 · 0.0% here, 0.4% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, 0.2% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more8 · 72.7% here, 50.9% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 247ZC0005X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

11 NPPES records list clinical laboratory director (non-physician) (247ZC0005X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Tennessee: 0.2 per 100,000 residents against 0.2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Nashville has 5 of them (45%).

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. Missouri11
  2. Pennsylvania11
  3. Arizona10
  4. Colorado12

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. New Jersey0.2
  2. Florida0.1
  3. Indiana0.1
  4. Massachusetts0.1

The largest states

  1. Texas58
  2. New York47
  3. Florida33
  4. Georgia33
  5. Ohio31

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.