NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Gastroenterology Physician in Mississippi

128 NPPES records list gastroenterology physician with a practice address in Mississippi, 4.4 per 100,000 residents, the 41st highest rate of 51. Jackson and Flowood have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Mississippi 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).

Jackson has the most, 25

  1. Jackson25
  2. Flowood21
  3. Hattiesburg14
  4. Tupelo13
  5. Meridian10

Gastroenterology Physician records in Mississippi

  1. John Sheehan, M.D.Jackson, MS 392161376549816
  2. Renee ShiaoPascagoula, MS 395811548586399
  3. Deborah Skelton, MDJackson, MS 392161740353515
  4. Robert Smith, M.D.Tupelo, MS 388011821250978
  5. James SonesJackson, MS 392161982692281
  6. Eddie Starnes, M.D.Meridian, MS 393011770550295
  7. William Stone, M.D.Tupelo, MS 388011346530599
  8. Shou - Jiang Tang, MDJackson, MS 392161427015809
  9. Spurthi Tarugu, MDJackson, MS 392161740819564
  10. William Thaggard, M.D.Meridian, MS 393011114923547
  11. Pradeep Thakare, MDGreenville, MS 387031346357092
  12. Anthony Thomas, M.D.Meridian, MS 393011639156235
  13. Stephen Threadgill, M.D.Oxford, MS 386551225046543
  14. Hamid Ullah, M.DJackson, MS 392161851725022
  15. James UnderwoodFlowood, MS 392321447240494
  16. Ralph Vance, MDFlowood, MS 392321487974192
  17. Pablo 'Paul' Varela, M.D.Meridian, MS 393011659367159
  18. Telciane Vesa, MDJackson, MS 392041295932168
  19. John Webb, M.D.Oxford, MS 386551801804133
  20. Andrew Weeks, M.D.Jackson, MS 392021346504768
  21. Ernest Weeks, M.D.Flowood, MS 392321134330822
  22. James Whatley, M.D.Jackson, MS 392021184988594
  23. Ernest Williams, MDOxford, MS 386551588623292
  24. Jane-Claire Williams, M.D.Flowood, MS 392321578760534
  25. Mark Wilson, MDJackson, MS 392161184612368
  26. Cynthia Wright, MDFlowood, MS 392321417945668
  27. Shuja Yousuf, M.D.Brandon, MS 390421881643088
  28. Mabel Zevallos, MDJackson, MS 392021336197649

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

Mississippi ranks 41 of 51 per resident

  1. New Mexico4.5
  2. Nebraska4.4
  3. Utah4.4
  4. Mississippi4.4
  5. Idaho4.2
  6. North Dakota4.1
  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.

86.7% 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. Mississippi86.7%
  2. United States84.4%

Gastroenterology Physician records in Mississippi, measured

  • In a Medicare file111 of 128 · 86.7% here, 84.4% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file102 · 79.7% here, 73.7% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more63 · 49.2% here, 55.6% nationally
  • Median graduation year1998 · the 102 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

128 NPPES records list gastroenterology physician (207RG0100X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Mississippi: 4.4 per 100,000 residents against 6.2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Jackson has 25 of them (20%).

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. Iowa122
  2. Arkansas119
  3. Nevada119
  4. Kansas111

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Utah4.4
  2. Nebraska4.4
  3. New Mexico4.5
  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.