NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Foot & Ankle Surgery Podiatrist in North Carolina

206 NPPES records list foot & ankle surgery podiatrist with a practice address in North Carolina, 1.9 per 100,000 residents, the 41st highest rate of 51. Winston Salem and Mooresville have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the North Carolina license search. Page 5 of 5.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 213ES0103X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Winston Salem has the most, 22

  1. Winston Salem22
  2. Mooresville13
  3. Raleigh11
  4. Charlotte10
  5. Durham8

Foot & Ankle Surgery Podiatrist records in North Carolina

  1. Guy Werkhoven, DPMAsheville, NC 288051942288980
  2. Kirk Woelffer, DPMRaleigh, NC 276091275580862
  3. Francesca ZappasodiMooresville, NC 281171407105869
  4. Walter Zelasko, DPMWinston Salem, NC 271031811937741
  5. Jeffrey Zimmerman, DPMFort Bragg, NC 283101851490619
  6. Emily Zulauf, DPMMooresville, NC 281171265937189

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 213ES0103X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

North Carolina ranks 41 of 51 per resident

  1. Wyoming2.1
  2. Louisiana1.9
  3. Wisconsin1.9
  4. North Carolina1.9
  5. Tennessee1.8
  6. Massachusetts1.8
  7. 50 states and D.C.3.0

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 213ES0103X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

88.3% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 85.2% 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. North Carolina88.3%
  2. United States85.2%

Foot & Ankle Surgery Podiatrist records in North Carolina, measured

  • In a Medicare file182 of 206 · 88.3% here, 85.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file164 · 79.6% here, 76.9% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more96 · 46.6% here, 52.7% nationally
  • Median graduation year2010 · the 164 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 213ES0103X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

206 NPPES records list foot & ankle surgery podiatrist (213ES0103X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in North Carolina: 1.9 per 100,000 residents against 3 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Winston Salem has 22 of them (11%).

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. Indiana210
  2. Washington211
  3. Maryland177
  4. Georgia236

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Wisconsin1.9
  2. Louisiana1.9
  3. Tennessee1.8
  4. Massachusetts1.8

The largest states

  1. California1,248
  2. Florida897
  3. New York669
  4. Texas663
  5. Pennsylvania640

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.