NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Forensic Pathology Physician in North Carolina

14 NPPES records list forensic pathology physician with a practice address in North Carolina, 0.1 per 100,000 residents, the 34th highest rate of 46. Raleigh and Greenville have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the North Carolina license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207ZF0201X · method

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

Raleigh has the most, 4

  1. Raleigh4
  2. Greenville3
  3. Winston Salem3
  4. Chapel Hill2
  5. Charlotte1

Forensic Pathology Physician records in North Carolina

  1. Michelle Aurelius, MDRaleigh, NC 276991154960755
  2. Janet Baranello, MDRaleigh, NC 276071265939771
  3. Mary Gilliland, MDGreenville, NC 278341467444265
  4. Colin Hebert, M.D.Greenville, NC 278341801182019
  5. Donald Jason, MDWinston Salem, NC 271571346224714
  6. Patrick Lantz, MDWinston Salem, NC 271571982688941
  7. James Lozano, MDCharlotte, NC 282161740424464
  8. Craig Nelson, MDRaleigh, NC 276071174131627
  9. Clay Nichols, M.D.Greenville, NC 278341396715157
  10. Deborah Radisch, MD, MPHChapel Hill, NC 275991295949048
  11. Sam Simmons, MD, MBAChapel Hill, NC 275991114088283
  12. Terrill Tops, M.D.Winston Salem, NC 271571871669341
  13. Susan Venuti, M.D.Raleigh, NC 276991063896330
  14. Robert Zipf, M.D.Rocky Mount, NC 278041932460540

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207ZF0201X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

North Carolina ranks 34 of 46 per resident

  1. Pennsylvania0.2
  2. California0.1
  3. Louisiana0.1
  4. North Carolina0.1
  5. New Jersey0.1
  6. Texas0.1
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.2

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207ZF0201X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

7.1% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 6.5% 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. North Carolina7.1%
  2. United States6.5%

Forensic Pathology Physician records in North Carolina, measured

  • In a Medicare file1 of 14 · 7.1% here, 6.5% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file1 · 7.1% here, 1.9% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more11 · 78.6% here, 64.7% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207ZF0201X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

14 NPPES records list forensic pathology physician (207ZF0201X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in North Carolina: 0.1 per 100,000 residents against 0.2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Raleigh has 4 of them (29%).

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. Kentucky14
  2. Ohio14
  3. Illinois15
  4. Massachusetts15

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. New Jersey0.1
  2. Texas0.1
  3. California0.1
  4. Pennsylvania0.2

The largest states

  1. California54
  2. Florida53
  3. New York43
  4. Texas38
  5. Maryland20

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.