NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Foot Surgery Podiatrist in Tennessee

27 NPPES records list foot surgery podiatrist with a practice address in Tennessee, 0.4 per 100,000 residents, the 21st highest rate of 49. Nashville and Oak Ridge have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Tennessee license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 213ES0131X · method

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

Nashville has the most, 3

  1. Nashville3
  2. Oak Ridge3
  3. Kingsport2
  4. Knoxville2
  5. Memphis2

Foot Surgery Podiatrist records in Tennessee

  1. Carol Akerman, DPMKnoxville, TN 379141720039779
  2. Mark Baxter, D.P.M.Kingsport, TN 376601386634301
  3. Steven Chase, D.P.M.Bartlett, TN 381331558365080
  4. Brian Christiansen, DPMOak Ridge, TN 378301922095454
  5. Gary Cockrell, D.P.M.Brentwood, TN 370271053452128
  6. Laurel Cook, DPMMaryville, TN 378031073500823
  7. Joseph Creazzo, DPMMorristown, TN 378141518955707
  8. James Engblom, DPMOak Ridge, TN 378301053398107
  9. David Franklin, DPMAlcoa, TN 377011174576433
  10. Robert Hurst, D.P.M.Savannah, TN 383721598755100
  11. Julie Jones, DPMMorristown, TN 378131982661559
  12. Christopher Juels, DPMCookeville, TN 385011831501824
  13. Brian Kiel, D.P.M.Memphis, TN 381191316931272
  14. Patricia Kirk, DPMLexington, TN 383511376575969
  15. David Moinester, D.P.M.Memphis, TN 381191386639789
  16. Berkeley Nicholls, D.P.MNashville, TN 372031295755528
  17. Aaron Owens, D.P.M.Columbia, TN 384011144420118
  18. Milton Penn, DPMNashville, TN 372031407827314
  19. Lance Reeves, DPMFranklin, TN 370671679065890
  20. Ignis Retief, DPMNashville, TN 372111306825211
  21. Paul Schodowski, D.P.M.Kingsport, TN 376601033109327
  22. Matthew Swanson, DPMOak Ridge, TN 378301023702347
  23. Amber Tessmer-Neubauer, DPMMurfreesboro, TN 371291487762894
  24. Martin Toy, DPMSmyrna, TN 371671255329264
  25. David Velarde, DPMKnoxville, TN 379121134161979
  26. Mark Wright, D.P.M.Murfreesboro, TN 371291538158340
  27. Paulo Yen, D.P.M.Clarksville, TN 370431982621603

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 213ES0131X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Tennessee ranks 21 of 49 per resident

  1. Hawaii0.4
  2. Kansas0.4
  3. Ohio0.4
  4. Tennessee0.4
  5. New Hampshire0.4
  6. Oregon0.4
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.5

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 213ES0131X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

77.8% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 70.5% 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. Tennessee77.8%
  2. United States70.5%

Foot Surgery Podiatrist records in Tennessee, measured

  • In a Medicare file21 of 27 · 77.8% here, 70.5% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file19 · 70.4% here, 60.9% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more15 · 55.6% here, 72.2% nationally
  • Median graduation year1989 · the 19 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 213ES0131X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

27 NPPES records list foot surgery podiatrist (213ES0131X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Tennessee: 0.4 per 100,000 residents against 0.5 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Nashville has 3 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. Missouri27
  2. Connecticut28
  3. Michigan28
  4. South Carolina31

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Oregon0.4
  2. Ohio0.4
  3. Kansas0.4
  4. Utah0.3

The largest states

  1. New York379
  2. Florida120
  3. California104
  4. Pennsylvania95
  5. Texas88

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.