NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Gastroenterology Physician in Arkansas

119 NPPES records list gastroenterology physician with a practice address in Arkansas, 3.9 per 100,000 residents, the 46th highest rate of 51. Little Rock and Pine Bluff have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Arkansas license search. Page 1 of 3.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207RG0100X · method

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

Little Rock has the most, 56

  1. Little Rock56
  2. Pine Bluff10
  3. Fayetteville7
  4. Fort Smith6
  5. Hot Springs6

Gastroenterology Physician records in Arkansas

  1. Jose Albisu, M.D.Little Rock, AR 722051336272913
  2. Meer Ali, M.D.Pine Bluff, AR 716031770775157
  3. Ioannis AnastasiouLittle Rock, AR 722051104201532
  4. Terence Angtuaco, M.D.Little Rock, AR 722121497790877
  5. Thomas AugustineLittle Rock, AR 722051124510250
  6. John Baber, MDLittle Rock, AR 722051699762484
  7. David Backstedt, MDLittle Rock, AR 722231245587203
  8. Abodunrin Badejo, M.D.Mountain Home, AR 726531831157551
  9. Ranga Balasekaran, MDSpringdale, AR 727641518965813
  10. Terri Blackstock, M.D.Hot Springs, AR 719011881696433
  11. James Blake, DOPine Bluff, AR 716031720176381
  12. John Brandt, M.D.Hot Springs, AR 719131558350900
  13. Daniel Brown, M.D.Little Rock, AR 722051730280165
  14. Meenakshi Budhraja, MDLittle Rock, AR 722091700931755
  15. Cem Cengiz, MDLittle Rock, AR 722051346898467
  16. Pavan Chepyala, MDLittle Rock, AR 722051982828133
  17. Angelo Coppola, M.D.Little Rock, AR 722121528003977
  18. Kirsten Cotter, APRNMountain Home, AR 726531851218192
  19. Christopher Cross, MDFort Smith, AR 729031013170596
  20. Shyam Dang, M.D.Little Rock, AR 722051982812483
  21. Glenn Davis, MDLittle Rock, AR 722051568450757
  22. Eduardo Demondesert, MDFort Smith, AR 729031386675536
  23. Matthew Deneke, MDLittle Rock, AR 722051689764151
  24. Pardha Devaki, MDBentonville, AR 727121912285644
  25. Jonathan Dranoff, MDLittle Rock, AR 722051669458469
  26. Richard Dunn, M.D.Hot Springs, AR 719131578609004
  27. Samuel Dunn, MDNorth Little Rock, AR 721171689038416
  28. William Dyer, M.D.Mountain Home, AR 726531437114717
  29. Jeffrey Ellison, MDFayetteville, AR 727031407040488
  30. Ian Gaillard, M.D.Pine Bluff, AR 716031912112632
  31. Ismail Ganim, MDSearcy, AR 721431659832772
  32. Barry Garner, M.D.Jonesboro, AR 724011306832811
  33. Vijay Bhaskar Gayam, M.D.Rogers, AR 727581316296668
  34. Kelly Gibbs, MDLittle Rock, AR 722231871955963
  35. Johnathan Goodwin, M.D.North Little Rock, AR 721171295963379
  36. O Gordon, M.D.Pine Bluff, AR 716031457314288
  37. Otis Gordon, M.D.Little Rock, AR 722051851355218
  38. Spencer HansenSpringdale, AR 727621164954814
  39. Ronald Hardin, M.D.Little Rock, AR 722051356312433
  40. Kevin Heath, MDConway, AR 720341992702336
  41. Stephen Hicks, M.D.Fayetteville, AR 727031225492531
  42. Sven Hida, M.D.Little Rock, AR 722051750612065
  43. Michael Hightower, M.D.Jonesboro, AR 724011053389353
  44. Brian Hughes, MDLittle Rock, AR 722051518181775
  45. Sumant Inamdar, M.B.B.S, M.D., M.P.HLittle Rock, AR 722051346472917
  46. Kemmian JohnsonLittle Rock, AR 722051528529252
  47. M. Bruce Johnson, MDLittle Rock, AR 722231134123813
  48. Ordia JohnsonPine Bluff, AR 716031679069207
  49. Roy Jones, M.D.Little Rock, AR 722121083640072
  50. Steve Jones, MD PAEl Dorado, AR 717301831177468

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RG0100X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Arkansas ranks 46 of 51 per resident

  1. North Dakota4.1
  2. Oklahoma3.9
  3. Montana3.9
  4. Arkansas3.9
  5. Iowa3.8
  6. Kansas3.8
  7. 50 states and D.C.6.2

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RG0100X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

86.6% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 84.4% 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. Arkansas86.6%
  2. United States84.4%

Gastroenterology Physician records in Arkansas, measured

  • In a Medicare file103 of 119 · 86.6% here, 84.4% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file89 · 74.8% here, 73.7% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more68 · 57.1% here, 55.6% nationally
  • Median graduation year2001 · the 89 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207RG0100X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

119 NPPES records list gastroenterology physician (207RG0100X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Arkansas: 3.9 per 100,000 residents against 6.2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Little Rock has 56 of them (47%).

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. Nevada119
  2. Iowa122
  3. Kansas111
  4. Mississippi128

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Montana3.9
  2. Oklahoma3.9
  3. North Dakota4.1
  4. Idaho4.2

The largest states

  1. California2,140
  2. New York1,797
  3. Florida1,513
  4. Texas1,478
  5. Pennsylvania1,049

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.