NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Colon & Rectal Surgery Physician in Texas

209 NPPES records list colon & rectal surgery physician with a practice address in Texas, 0.7 per 100,000 residents, the 21st highest rate of 50. Houston and Dallas have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Texas license search. Page 5 of 5.

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).

Houston has the most, 41

  1. Houston41
  2. Dallas32
  3. San Antonio22
  4. Austin13
  5. Fort Worth11

Colon & Rectal Surgery Physician records in Texas

  1. Rachel Weinheimer, M.D.Amarillo, TX 791241851734735
  2. Katerina Wells, MD, MPHDallas, TX 752461669796322
  3. Britton West, MDFort Worth, TX 761041356368955
  4. Stewart WhitneyDallas, TX 752311497142491
  5. Ellen Wicker, DOEl Paso, TX 799111821452350
  6. John Winston, M.D.San Antonio, TX 782581356357255
  7. Lai Xue, M.D.Dallas, TX 753901336553478
  8. Irene Yu, MDBurleson, TX 760281083176317
  9. Robert ZaunbrecherAustin, TX 787561083147250

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

Texas ranks 21 of 50 per resident

  1. Rhode Island0.7
  2. Georgia0.7
  3. South Carolina0.7
  4. Texas0.7
  5. Kentucky0.7
  6. Nebraska0.7
  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.

89.0% 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. Texas89.0%
  2. United States84.7%

Colon & Rectal Surgery Physician records in Texas, measured

  • In a Medicare file186 of 209 · 89.0% here, 84.7% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file175 · 83.7% here, 76.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more84 · 40.2% here, 50.9% nationally
  • Median graduation year2004 · the 174 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

209 NPPES records list colon & rectal surgery physician (208C00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Texas: 0.7 per 100,000 residents against 0.7 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Houston has 41 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. New York199
  2. California198
  3. Florida178
  4. Ohio123

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Kentucky0.7
  2. South Carolina0.7
  3. Georgia0.7
  4. Nebraska0.7

The largest states

  1. New York199
  2. California198
  3. Florida178
  4. Ohio123
  5. Pennsylvania122

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.