NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Gastroenterology Physician in North Dakota

32 NPPES records list gastroenterology physician with a practice address in North Dakota, 4.1 per 100,000 residents, the 43rd highest rate of 51. Fargo and Bismarck have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the North Dakota license search.

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).

Fargo has the most, 13

  1. Fargo13
  2. Bismarck10
  3. Grand Forks5
  4. Minot2
  5. Devils Lake1

Gastroenterology Physician records in North Dakota

  1. Nicholas Battista, M.D.Bismarck, ND 585011528470135
  2. Somasundaram Bharath, MDDevils Lake, ND 583011093714800
  3. Mark Brewster, M.D.Watford City, ND 588541275773046
  4. Makda Bsrat, MDBismarck, ND 585041124553540
  5. Anthony Chu, MDGrand Forks, ND 582011649365990
  6. Tawhid Gazi, M.D.Bismarck, ND 585011235236571
  7. Arcelia Guerson GilFargo, ND 581021770087108
  8. Krishna Gurram, MDGrand Forks, ND 582011255360244
  9. Howard Hack, M.D.Grand Forks, ND 582011952483786
  10. Kevin Karls, M.D.Bismarck, ND 585011790762086
  11. Surianarayanan Karthikeyan, MDFargo, ND 581021881725836
  12. Mustafa Kathawala, MDBismarck, ND 585011497709695
  13. Kimberly Kolkhorst, DOFargo, ND 581031245558428
  14. Ross Meidinger, M.D.Fargo, ND 581221043420722
  15. Stephanie Melquist, MD, MPHFargo, ND 581041780118331
  16. Yeshitila Mengesha, MDBismarck, ND 585011518298728
  17. Ira Michaelson, MDMinot, ND 587011649261256
  18. Fadel Nammour, MDFargo, ND 581041922039684
  19. Emuejevoke Okoh, M.D.Fargo, ND 581021013970482
  20. Steven Park, MDBismarck, ND 585011396300323
  21. Navin Paul, M.D.Fargo, ND 581021164674644
  22. Steven Pletcher, M.DFargo, ND 581021467429613
  23. Settihalli Rajender, MDFargo, ND 581031992735757
  24. Douglas Renton, M.D.Bismarck, ND 585011972623577
  25. Israr Sheikh, MDFargo, ND 581021396038162
  26. Stephen Spellman, MDFargo, ND 581021821020066
  27. Bruce Swenson, MDMinot, ND 587011083788467
  28. Marcin Szember, MDGrand Forks, ND 582011023295300
  29. Arezoo Taheri, MDFargo, ND 581031215917992
  30. Elida Voth, MDBismarck, ND 585041356835334
  31. James Wood, MDGrand Forks, ND 582061073573044
  32. Syed Zaidi, M.D.Bismarck, ND 585011467486969

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

North Dakota ranks 43 of 51 per resident

  1. Utah4.4
  2. Mississippi4.4
  3. Idaho4.2
  4. North Dakota4.1
  5. Oklahoma3.9
  6. Montana3.9
  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.

87.5% 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. North Dakota87.5%
  2. United States84.4%

Gastroenterology Physician records in North Dakota, measured

  • In a Medicare file28 of 32 · 87.5% here, 84.4% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file28 · 87.5% here, 73.7% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more16 · 50.0% here, 55.6% nationally
  • Median graduation year2003 · the 28 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

32 NPPES records list gastroenterology physician (207RG0100X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in North Dakota: 4.1 per 100,000 residents against 6.2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Fargo has 13 of them (41%).

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. Vermont35
  2. Alaska25
  3. Montana44
  4. Delaware47

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Idaho4.2
  2. Oklahoma3.9
  3. Arkansas3.9
  4. Mississippi4.4

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.