NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician in North Carolina

157 NPPES records list geriatric medicine (internal medicine) physician with a practice address in North Carolina, 1.4 per 100,000 residents, the 17th highest rate of 51. Durham and Winston Salem have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the North Carolina license search. Page 1 of 4.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207RG0300X · method

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

Durham has the most, 32

  1. Durham32
  2. Winston Salem27
  3. Chapel Hill25
  4. Asheville9
  5. Raleigh7

Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician records in North Carolina

  1. Muhammad Shahmir Abbasi, M.D.Wilson, NC 278931598408866
  2. Lior Abramson, MDDurham, NC 277131467072272
  3. Saifullah Afridi, MDRaleigh, NC 276101700096161
  4. Cynthia Aguirre Valdivieso, M.D.Winston Salem, NC 271571720498132
  5. Ashley Allen, MDChapel Hill, NC 275141265883516
  6. Nichole Arkfeld, MDCharlotte, NC 282081861675613
  7. Lloyd Armstrong, D.P.M.Durham, NC 277131154384980
  8. Hal Atkinson, MDWinston Salem, NC 271571053397539
  9. Mary Averill, M.D.Salisbury, NC 281441679535611
  10. John Batsis, MBBCHChapel Hill, NC 275171124092812
  11. Rayomand Bengali, MDDurham, NC 277131811152804
  12. Maurice Bienenfeld, M.D.Cary, NC 275131528021631
  13. Ben Blomberg, MDChapel Hill, NC 275171033554811
  14. Dominic Boccaccio, MDChapel Hill, NC 275141265098578
  15. Lorenzo Briones, MDFayetteville, NC 283011942269675
  16. Gwendolen Buhr, M.D.Durham, NC 277101891878039
  17. Mary Busby-Whitehead, M.D.Chapel Hill, NC 275171952356263
  18. Debra Bynum, MDChapel Hill, NC 275991548348543
  19. Kathryn Callahan, M.D.Winston Salem, NC 271571346396694
  20. Jayme CannonMorganton, NC 286551598296220
  21. Dana Chopra, M.D.Charlotte, NC 282261194189183
  22. Pushp Claudius, MDBiscoe, NC 272091013995612
  23. George Clement, MDChapel Hill, NC 275141740630607
  24. Cathleen Colon-Emeric, M.D.Durham, NC 277101760545537
  25. Allison Combs, D.O.Greensboro, NC 274061861852196
  26. Holly Coward, M.D.Winston Salem, NC 271571306891007
  27. Vanessa Crerar, DOGastonia, NC 280521790341410
  28. Donald Culver, MDHendersonville, NC 287921144228800
  29. Maryann Curl, MDAsheville, NC 288051316906266
  30. Toni Cutson, M.D.Durham, NC 277051679655997
  31. Racquel Daley-Placide, M.D.Charlotte, NC 282021205058252
  32. Michael Dowling, MDMurphy, NC 289061336107499
  33. Mahesh Duggal, MDConcord, NC 280251922100981
  34. Katja Elbert-Avila, M.D.Durham, NC 277101992888150
  35. Rachel Eliach, MDChapel Hill, NC 275141922569722
  36. Nurum Erdem, MDChapel Hill, NC 275991114972585
  37. Albert Ford, MDHendersonville, NC 287921558369462
  38. Marsha Fretwell, M.D.Wilmington, NC 284111639139660
  39. Stephen Friedman, M.D.Durham, NC 277131588748289
  40. Jennifer Gabbard, M.D.Winston Salem, NC 271571730319583
  41. Janet Gafford, MDAsheville, NC 288051447282959
  42. Shyam Garg, M.D.Hampstead, NC 284431063587095
  43. Nicholas Gatto, NPNags Head, NC 279591689501322
  44. Mobolanle Gbadamosi, M.D.Butner, NC 275091699009704
  45. Liza Genao, M.D.Durham, NC 277101508086182
  46. Jessica Gendernalik, MDNewton, NC 286581396208799
  47. Jennifer GentryDurham, NC 277101215010475
  48. Meredith Gilliam, MDChapel Hill, NC 275171437595444
  49. Pearly Graham-Hoskins, MDElizabethtown, NC 283371396834529
  50. Arthur Green, MDGreensboro, NC 274011174506224

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RG0300X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

North Carolina ranks 17 of 51 per resident

  1. Pennsylvania1.8
  2. Colorado1.8
  3. Oregon1.6
  4. North Carolina1.4
  5. Illinois1.4
  6. California1.4
  7. 50 states and D.C.1.4

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RG0300X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

77.7% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 72.8% 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 Carolina77.7%
  2. United States72.8%

Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician records in North Carolina, measured

  • In a Medicare file122 of 157 · 77.7% here, 72.8% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file97 · 61.8% here, 51.3% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more93 · 59.2% here, 61.4% nationally
  • Median graduation year2006 · the 97 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207RG0300X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

157 NPPES records list geriatric medicine (internal medicine) physician (207RG0300X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in North Carolina: 1.4 per 100,000 residents against 1.4 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Durham has 32 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. New Jersey165
  2. Maryland139
  3. Illinois179
  4. Ohio132

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. California1.4
  2. Minnesota1.3
  3. Oregon1.6
  4. Arkansas1.3

The largest states

  1. California532
  2. New York508
  3. Florida287
  4. Texas256
  5. Pennsylvania228

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.