Critical Care Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician providers in the U.S.
1,330 NPPES records list critical care medicine (anesthesiology) physician as their primary taxonomy, about 0.4 per 100,000 residents; District of Columbia and Maryland have the most per resident. 107 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 207LC0200X means
207LC0200X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, in the grouping Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians. 1,330 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
An anesthesiologist, who specializes in critical care medicine diagnoses, treats and supports patients with multiple organ dysfunction. This specialist may have administrative responsibilities for intensive care units and may also facilitate and coordinate patient care among the primary physician, the critical care staff and other specialists.
Source: NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, definition as NUCC publishes it (nucc.org); counts from CMS NPPES.
Most per resident: the 8 highest
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207LC0200X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
New York has the most, 72
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207LC0200X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 43 states and D.C. with records, by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 13 | 0.3 |
| Arizona | 12 | 0.2 |
| Arkansas | 10 | 0.3 |
| California | 146 | 0.4 |
| Colorado | 18 | 0.3 |
| Connecticut | 14 | 0.4 |
| District of Columbia | 15 | 2.2 |
| Florida | 86 | 0.4 |
| Georgia | 50 | 0.5 |
| Hawaii | 4 | 0.3 |
| Idaho | 2 | 0.1 |
| Illinois | 32 | 0.3 |
| Indiana | 13 | 0.2 |
| Iowa | 12 | 0.4 |
| Kansas | 8 | 0.3 |
| Kentucky | 26 | 0.6 |
| Louisiana | 10 | 0.2 |
| Maine | 5 | 0.4 |
| Maryland | 81 | 1.3 |
| Massachusetts | 69 | 1.0 |
| Michigan | 43 | 0.4 |
| Minnesota | 27 | 0.5 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 3 | 0.1 |
| Missouri | 71 | 1.1 |
| Nebraska | 6 | 0.3 |
| Nevada | 8 | 0.3 |
| New Hampshire | 9 | 0.6 |
| New Jersey | 15 | 0.2 |
| New Mexico | 6 | 0.3 |
| New York | 112 | 0.6 |
| North Carolina | 25 | 0.2 |
| Ohio | 81 | 0.7 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | 0.1 |
| Oregon | 11 | 0.3 |
| Pennsylvania | 65 | 0.5 |
| South Carolina | 13 | 0.2 |
| Tennessee | 59 | 0.8 |
| Texas | 54 | 0.2 |
| Utah | 8 | 0.2 |
| Vermont | 2 | 0.3 |
| Virginia | 25 | 0.3 |
| Washington | 30 | 0.4 |
| Wisconsin | 22 | 0.4 |
In federal data
- NUCC code207LC0200X · Anesthesiology
- Size rank240th of 688 specialties by records (0.02% of all)
- In its family4th of 6 Anesthesiology codes, 1.9% of the family
- Part D prescribers107 (8% of records)
- Part D claims192 a year per prescriber, on average (281st of 496)
- Industry payments394 physicians paid $789K in 2024, $2K each on average
- Concentration8 states hold half of all records
Source: CMS NPPES; Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Presence in these files is not a quality judgment.
A sample of critical care medicine (anesthesiology) physician records
- Vipul Shah, M.D.Birmingham, AL1790948545
- Annamalai Nadarajan, MDHoover, AL1285139667
- Kenneth SmithsonBirmingham, AL1356433775
- Andrew Barker, M.D.Birmingham, AL1982832358
- Christian Balabanoff Acosta, MDBirmingham, AL1619317112
- Sonia JohnBirmingham, AL1841600707
- Nicole SchreinerBirmingham, AL1912393828
- Asma Virjee, PA-CBirmingham, AL1619609583
- Amanda Hopkins, M.D.Vestavia, AL1962821108
- Dylan Nguyen, M.D.Birmingham, AL1982749511
- Moheb Ashraf Emeel Gohar, MBBCHBirmingham, AL1932585015
- Matthew Sorensen, DOMontgomery, AL1346878808
- Richard Teplick, MDMobile, AL1609816685
- Muhammad Jaffar, MDLittle Rock, AR1568552032
- Rudolf Klima, M.D.Little Rock, AR1720163991
- Russell Roberson, M.D.Little Rock, AR1750572277
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
How should I read Critical Care Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician's mid-pack national roster?
1,330 CMS-registered Critical Care Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician providers sit across 44 states; California leads with 146. Leading metros: New York, NY; Baltimore, MD; Saint Louis, MO; Cleveland, OH. Rank 240th of 688 NUCC specialties by headcount.
How does Critical Care Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician show up in Open Payments mid-pack?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 394 Critical Care Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician physicians receiving $789K across 1,885 payments (average $2K; 163rd of 470 specialties). Not a quality score.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Critical Care Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician NPIs, 107 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 192 claims and $28K drug cost per prescriber; 281st of 496 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org); Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts are self-designated primary taxonomy, not board certification.
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.