NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Colon & Rectal Surgery Physician in Connecticut

54 NPPES records list colon & rectal surgery physician with a practice address in Connecticut, 1.5 per 100,000 residents, the 3rd highest rate of 50. Bloomfield and Hartford have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Connecticut license search. Page 2 of 2.

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).

Bloomfield has the most, 11

  1. Bloomfield11
  2. Hartford7
  3. New Haven6
  4. Stamford5
  5. Danbury3

Colon & Rectal Surgery Physician records in Connecticut

  1. David Walters, M.D.Bloomfield, CT 060021356303325
  2. George Yavorek, MDNew Haven, CT 065111568552461
  3. Shahzad Zafar, M.D.Stamford, CT 069021780793711
  4. Julia Zakhaleva, MDHamden, CT 065181154574606

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

Connecticut ranks 3 of 50 per resident

  1. District of Columbia1.8
  2. Minnesota1.6
  3. Connecticut1.5
  4. Vermont1.1
  5. Ohio1.0
  6. 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.

87.0% 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. Connecticut87.0%
  2. United States84.7%

Colon & Rectal Surgery Physician records in Connecticut, measured

  • In a Medicare file47 of 54 · 87.0% here, 84.7% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file43 · 79.6% here, 76.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more37 · 68.5% here, 50.9% nationally
  • Median graduation year2004 · the 43 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

54 NPPES records list colon & rectal surgery physician (208C00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Connecticut: 1.5 per 100,000 residents against 0.7 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Bloomfield has 11 of them (20%).

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. Virginia54
  2. Massachusetts55
  3. Indiana58
  4. Arizona60

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Minnesota1.6
  2. District of Columbia1.8
  3. Ohio1.0
  4. New Jersey1.0

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.