NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Colon & Rectal Surgery Physician in Alabama

22 NPPES records list colon & rectal surgery physician with a practice address in Alabama, 0.4 per 100,000 residents, the 40th highest rate of 50. Birmingham and Huntsville have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Alabama license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 208C00000X · 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, 9

  1. Birmingham9
  2. Huntsville6
  3. Mobile4
  4. Montgomery2
  5. Fairhope1

Colon & Rectal Surgery Physician records in Alabama

  1. Heath Beckham, MDBirmingham, AL 352331366570640
  2. Robert Campbell, M.D.Huntsville, AL 358011700838067
  3. Jad Chamieh, MDMontgomery, AL 361061285084087
  4. Stephen Clark, M.D.Huntsville, AL 358011225080781
  5. Katherine Dean, MDBirmingham, AL 352331518317106
  6. Javad Golzarian, M.D.Huntsville, AL 358011922058411
  7. Leander Grimm, M.D.Mobile, AL 366171720281819
  8. Karin HardimanBirmingham, AL 352331992903751
  9. John Hunter, M.D.Mobile, AL 366171780845040
  10. Gregory KennedyBirmingham, AL 352331689622185
  11. Andrew Mitchell, M.D.Huntsville, AL 358011669855466
  12. William Nuessle, M.D.Huntsville, AL 358011366493587
  13. Mark Parker, MDBirmingham, AL 352331033103189
  14. Isaac Payne, D.O.Mobile, AL 366071902168552
  15. Paul Rider, MDMobile, AL 366171538329446
  16. Luis Rivera Aguasvivas, MDMontgomery, AL 361161972064103
  17. Jon Rosser, MDBirmingham, AL 352331528052818
  18. Gayla Royer, MDBirmingham, AL 352331003819632
  19. Rachel Sabo, M.D.Birmingham, AL 352421255690616
  20. James Sahawneh, MDFairhope, AL 365321497118319
  21. Steven Scarcliff, M.D.Birmingham, AL 352421710168745
  22. Blake Spindler, MDHuntsville, AL 358011205198264

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208C00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Alabama ranks 40 of 50 per resident

  1. New Hampshire0.5
  2. Colorado0.5
  3. Oklahoma0.5
  4. Alabama0.4
  5. New Mexico0.4
  6. Alaska0.4
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.7

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208C00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

90.9% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 84.7% 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. Alabama90.9%
  2. United States84.7%

Colon & Rectal Surgery Physician records in Alabama, measured

  • In a Medicare file20 of 22 · 90.9% here, 84.7% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file20 · 90.9% here, 76.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more8 · 36.4% here, 50.9% nationally
  • Median graduation year2004 · the 20 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 208C00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

22 NPPES records list colon & rectal surgery physician (208C00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Alabama: 0.4 per 100,000 residents against 0.7 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Birmingham has 9 of them (41%).

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. Iowa19
  2. Oklahoma19
  3. Arkansas18
  4. Utah18

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Puerto Rico0.4
  2. Colorado0.5
  3. Kansas0.4
  4. California0.5

The largest states

  1. Texas209
  2. New York199
  3. California198
  4. Florida178
  5. Ohio123

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.