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 3 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. B. Douglas Stokes, MDLittle Rock, AR 722231205830080
  2. Vishnu Charan Suresh Kumar, M.DLittle Rock, AR 722051801384839
  3. Robert Svoboda, MDLittle Rock, AR 722121205850682
  4. Abdalla Tahiri, MDLittle Rock, AR 722051558330431
  5. Cyrus Tamboli, MDPine Bluff, AR 716031265420830
  6. Felix Tellez AvilaLittle Rock, AR 722051013681154
  7. Benjamin Tharian, MD MRCP FRACPLittle Rock, AR 722051932599164
  8. Gary Thomas, MDFayetteville, AR 727031831125731
  9. Cody Timmermann, MDLittle Rock, AR 722231457980237
  10. James Trice, M.D.Pine Bluff, AR 716031174531255
  11. Wa'El Tuqan, M.D.Little Rock, AR 722051346620606
  12. Louis Velez, M.D.Little Rock, AR 722041730172099
  13. Sidney Vinson, MDSpringdale, AR 727621215970561
  14. Nathan Voise, D.O.Hot Springs, AR 719131538471701
  15. Scott Wardlaw, M.D.Little Rock, AR 722231992152508
  16. Robert Wells, MDRogers, AR 727581437104007
  17. William Wigington, D.O.Rogers, AR 727581114028701
  18. Alonzo Williams, M.D.Little Rock, AR 722051326018581
  19. Paul Williams, M.D.Little Rock, AR 722051487682613

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.