NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Gastroenterology Physician in South Dakota

49 NPPES records list gastroenterology physician with a practice address in South Dakota, 5.3 per 100,000 residents, the 31st highest rate of 51. Sioux Falls and Rapid City have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the South 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).

Sioux Falls has the most, 29

  1. Sioux Falls29
  2. Rapid City13
  3. Dakota Dunes5
  4. Yankton2

Gastroenterology Physician records in South Dakota

  1. Backer Abdu, MDSioux Falls, SD 571051306366760
  2. Mouhanna Abu Ghanimeh, M.D.Sioux Falls, SD 571051962812982
  3. Kesiena AkpoigbeYankton, SD 570781922599612
  4. Oksana Aleksenko, MDRapid City, SD 577011043439631
  5. Aydamir AlrakawiRapid City, SD 577011154343051
  6. Muslim Atiq, M.D.Sioux Falls, SD 571051548475031
  7. Lee Austin, M.D.Sioux Falls, SD 571051306927074
  8. Dale BachwichRapid City, SD 577011114978947
  9. Brett Baloun, MDSioux Falls, SD 571051245448869
  10. John Barker, M.D.Sioux Falls, SD 571051063486975
  11. Matthew Bell, MDSioux Falls, SD 571051467081547
  12. Sarah Bligh, MDDakota Dunes, SD 570491225266364
  13. Gary BochnaRapid City, SD 577011497700108
  14. Edward Burkhalter, M.D.Sioux Falls, SD 571051396708046
  15. Muhammad Salman Faisal, MDSioux Falls, SD 571051780162156
  16. Gerald Fletcher, MDSioux Falls, SD 571051093207417
  17. Jorge Gilbert, M.D.Sioux Falls, SD 571051205831377
  18. Steve Gutnik, MDYankton, SD 570781295736205
  19. Sanford Herold, MDRapid City, SD 577011275556920
  20. Cristina Hill Jensen, M.D.Sioux Falls, SD 571051760691794
  21. Christopher Hurley, M.D.Sioux Falls, SD 571051619972783
  22. Nathan Jaqua, M.D.Rapid City, SD 577011376863738
  23. Blake Jones, MDRapid City, SD 577011659370930
  24. Harika Kandlakunta, MDSioux Falls, SD 571051992267207
  25. Andrew Kelts, D.O.Rapid City, SD 577011669890448
  26. Ahmed Kurdi, M.D.Sioux Falls, SD 571051427580471
  27. Robert Lapp, M.D.Sioux Falls, SD 571081588829436
  28. Kamolyut LapumnuaypolSioux Falls, SD 571051912357823
  29. Heather McDougall, MDSioux Falls, SD 571051396840401
  30. Michael McGuireRapid City, SD 577011831138098
  31. Robert Meyer, M.D.Sioux Falls, SD 571051972551471
  32. Jeffrey Michalak, DODakota Dunes, SD 570491962622431
  33. Cassie Moser, CNPSioux Falls, SD 571081912738394
  34. Jeffrey Murray, M.D.Sioux Falls, SD 571051457356529
  35. Joann Ormand, M.D.Sioux Falls, SD 571051316942485
  36. Kristi Owen, CNPSioux Falls, SD 571081851072243
  37. Michael Persaud, DODakota Dunes, SD 570491235192402
  38. Kevin Preston, D.O.Dakota Dunes, SD 570491396717229
  39. Erik Raborn, DO MPHRapid City, SD 577011417482225
  40. Tim Ridgway, M.D.Sioux Falls, SD 571051295730356
  41. Alexander Sarkisian, M.D.Dakota Dunes, SD 570491174985568
  42. Larry Schafer, M.D.Sioux Falls, SD 571051972577880
  43. Chandar Singaram, MDSioux Falls, SD 571081235183807
  44. Brad Solomon, D.O.Sioux Falls, SD 571051457693780
  45. Valerie StephensRapid City, SD 577011245276617
  46. Philip Tanner, MDSioux Falls, SD 571051215981600
  47. Kenneth VogeleRapid City, SD 577011417986522
  48. Antonios Wehbeh, M.D.Sioux Falls, SD 571051437564820
  49. Ali Zakaria, M.D.Rapid City, SD 577011144604661

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

South Dakota ranks 31 of 51 per resident

  1. Indiana5.4
  2. Vermont5.4
  3. Tennessee5.4
  4. South Dakota5.3
  5. Kentucky5.0
  6. Texas4.8
  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.

75.5% 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. South Dakota75.5%
  2. United States84.4%

Gastroenterology Physician records in South Dakota, measured

  • In a Medicare file37 of 49 · 75.5% here, 84.4% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file32 · 65.3% here, 73.7% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more24 · 49.0% here, 55.6% nationally
  • Median graduation year2009 · the 32 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

49 NPPES records list gastroenterology physician (207RG0100X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in South Dakota: 5.3 per 100,000 residents against 6.2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Sioux Falls has 29 of them (59%).

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. Delaware47
  2. Montana44
  3. Vermont35
  4. North Dakota32

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Tennessee5.4
  2. Indiana5.4
  3. Arizona5.4
  4. Michigan5.5

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.