NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Colon & Rectal Surgery Physician in Pennsylvania

122 NPPES records list colon & rectal surgery physician with a practice address in Pennsylvania, 0.9 per 100,000 residents, the 9th highest rate of 50. Pittsburgh and Philadelphia have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Pennsylvania license search. Page 3 of 3.

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).

Pittsburgh has the most, 15

  1. Pittsburgh15
  2. Philadelphia12
  3. Allentown9
  4. Hershey9
  5. Erie7

Colon & Rectal Surgery Physician records in Pennsylvania

  1. Kristie Ressler, D.O.Havertown, PA 190831467646406
  2. Andrew Richards, M.D.Harrisburg, PA 171101750390753
  3. Sherif Rizk, MDPittsburgh, PA 152121235156795
  4. John Rombeau, MDPhiladelphia, PA 191401093745069
  5. William Sangster, M.D.Allentown, PA 181031740574953
  6. Lisa Savoie, M.D.York, PA 174021154357895
  7. David Schaffzin, M.D.Langhorne, PA 190471275582587
  8. Henry Schoonyoung, M.D.Wynnewood, PA 190961578792461
  9. Michael Scott, M.D.Doylestown, PA 189011801277595
  10. Jeffrey Scow, MDHershey, PA 170331255451423
  11. Amit Sharma, MDErie, PA 165071629210836
  12. Shirley Shih, MDMedia, PA 190631770718397
  13. Stephen Silver, MDHavertown, PA 190831740325513
  14. Sasha Slipak, M.D.York, PA 174031124446232
  15. Larry Sollenberger, M.D.Harrisburg, PA 171101508875592
  16. John Stasik, M.D.Allentown, PA 181031861472227
  17. George Tchirkow, MDPittsburgh, PA 152431508894668
  18. Julia Tolentino, MDEaston, PA 180451598147969
  19. Benjamin Vabi, M.D.York, PA 174031124388756
  20. Alexandra Vagasi, MDEast Stroudsburg, PA 183011417445925
  21. Sean Whelan, M.D.Pittsburgh, PA 152151639335581
  22. David Zebley, MDAbington, PA 190011780689232

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

Pennsylvania ranks 9 of 50 per resident

  1. New Jersey1.0
  2. New York1.0
  3. Louisiana1.0
  4. Pennsylvania0.9
  5. Michigan0.9
  6. Indiana0.8
  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.

83.6% 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. Pennsylvania83.6%
  2. United States84.7%

Colon & Rectal Surgery Physician records in Pennsylvania, measured

  • In a Medicare file102 of 122 · 83.6% here, 84.7% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file91 · 74.6% here, 76.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more79 · 64.8% here, 50.9% nationally
  • Median graduation year2000 · the 91 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

122 NPPES records list colon & rectal surgery physician (208C00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Pennsylvania: 0.9 per 100,000 residents against 0.7 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Pittsburgh has 15 of them (12%).

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. Ohio123
  2. Illinois97
  3. New Jersey95
  4. Minnesota92

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Louisiana1.0
  2. Michigan0.9
  3. New York1.0
  4. Indiana0.8

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.