NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Colon & Rectal Surgery Physician in Kentucky

31 NPPES records list colon & rectal surgery physician with a practice address in Kentucky, 0.7 per 100,000 residents, the 22nd highest rate of 50. Lexington and Louisville have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Kentucky 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).

Lexington has the most, 15

  1. Lexington15
  2. Louisville12
  3. Edgewood2
  4. Ashland1
  5. Florence1

Colon & Rectal Surgery Physician records in Kentucky

  1. Sandra Beck, MDLexington, KY 405361508866435
  2. Bruce Belin, MDLexington, KY 405031891790697
  3. Avinash Bhakta, M.D.Lexington, KY 405361417274028
  4. Jai Bikhchandani, MBBSEdgewood, KY 410171205082229
  5. Kelli Bullard Dunn, MDLouisville, KY 402021003892472
  6. Alfred CohenLexington, KY 405361821047549
  7. John Dvorak, MDLexington, KY 405031902807985
  8. Clayton Ellis, M.D.Louisville, KY 402021881988582
  9. Russell Farmer, M.D.Louisville, KY 402021699981191
  10. John Fox, MDLexington, KY 405031053312041
  11. Susan Galandiuk, MDLouisville, KY 402021447220447
  12. Scarlett Hao, MDLouisville, KY 402071326575309
  13. Ross HempelLexington, KY 405031235660523
  14. Jon Hourigan, M.D.Lexington, KY 405361811010531
  15. Ryan Jones, M.D.Louisville, KY 402071770921801
  16. Jeffrey Jorden, MDLouisville, KY 402021902876782
  17. Michelle Julien, MDLouisville, KY 402071720387079
  18. Lowell Katz, MDLouisville, KY 402021942291091
  19. Sandra Kavalukas, M.D.Louisville, KY 402021164570867
  20. Ramesh Kumar, MDFlorence, KY 410421538325295
  21. Shauna Lorenzo-Rivero, M.D.Ashland, KY 411011336169804
  22. Erin McAtee, DOLexington, KY 405361205396777
  23. Teena Nerwal, M.D.Edgewood, KY 410171942613146
  24. Charles Papp, MDLexington, KY 405031316948664
  25. Jitesh Patel, M.D.Lexington, KY 405361265522601
  26. Jennifer Rea, MDLexington, KY 405031386853190
  27. Frank RutiglianoLexington, KY 405031477916484
  28. David Svetich, MDLexington, KY 405031669472593
  29. Wayne Tuckson, MDLouisville, KY 402071922039023
  30. Amy Wise, M.D.Louisville, KY 402071912438557
  31. Erin Wolf Horrell, MDLexington, KY 405361609364496

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

Kentucky ranks 22 of 50 per resident

  1. Georgia0.7
  2. South Carolina0.7
  3. Texas0.7
  4. Kentucky0.7
  5. Nebraska0.7
  6. Maine0.6
  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.

87.1% 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. Kentucky87.1%
  2. United States84.7%

Colon & Rectal Surgery Physician records in Kentucky, measured

  • In a Medicare file27 of 31 · 87.1% here, 84.7% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file23 · 74.2% here, 76.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more20 · 64.5% here, 50.9% nationally
  • Median graduation year2007 · the 23 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

31 NPPES records list colon & rectal surgery physician (208C00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Kentucky: 0.7 per 100,000 residents against 0.7 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Lexington has 15 of them (48%).

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. Oregon31
  2. Wisconsin31
  3. Maryland32
  4. North Carolina32

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Texas0.7
  2. South Carolina0.7
  3. Georgia0.7
  4. Nebraska0.7

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.