Hematology (Internal Medicine) Physician providers in the U.S.
1,485 NPPES records list hematology (internal medicine) physician as their primary taxonomy, about 0.4 per 100,000 residents; Minnesota and Massachusetts have the most per resident. 1,036 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 207RH0000X means
207RH0000X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Internal Medicine, Hematology, in the grouping Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians. 1,485 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
An internist with additional training who specializes in diseases of the blood, spleen and lymph. This specialist treats conditions such as anemia, clotting disorders, sickle cell disease, hemophilia, leukemia and lymphoma.
Source: NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, definition as NUCC publishes it (nucc.org); counts from CMS NPPES.
Most per resident: the 8 highest
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RH0000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Rochester has the most, 106
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RH0000X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 48 states and D.C. with records, by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 2 | 0.0 |
| Arizona | 10 | 0.1 |
| Arkansas | 4 | 0.1 |
| California | 175 | 0.4 |
| Colorado | 8 | 0.1 |
| Connecticut | 21 | 0.6 |
| Delaware | 8 | 0.8 |
| District of Columbia | 8 | 1.2 |
| Florida | 67 | 0.3 |
| Georgia | 28 | 0.3 |
| Hawaii | 1 | 0.1 |
| Illinois | 47 | 0.4 |
| Indiana | 16 | 0.2 |
| Iowa | 10 | 0.3 |
| Kansas | 10 | 0.3 |
| Kentucky | 12 | 0.3 |
| Louisiana | 2 | 0.0 |
| Maine | 6 | 0.4 |
| Maryland | 33 | 0.5 |
| Massachusetts | 117 | 1.7 |
| Michigan | 57 | 0.6 |
| Minnesota | 128 | 2.2 |
| Mississippi | 7 | 0.2 |
| Missouri | 22 | 0.4 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 1 | 0.1 |
| Nebraska | 5 | 0.3 |
| Nevada | 2 | 0.1 |
| New Hampshire | 8 | 0.6 |
| New Jersey | 37 | 0.4 |
| New Mexico | 2 | 0.1 |
| New York | 161 | 0.8 |
| North Carolina | 72 | 0.7 |
| North Dakota | 1 | 0.1 |
| Ohio | 89 | 0.8 |
| Oklahoma | 3 | 0.1 |
| Oregon | 31 | 0.7 |
| Pennsylvania | 67 | 0.5 |
| Rhode Island | 4 | 0.4 |
| South Carolina | 9 | 0.2 |
| South Dakota | 1 | 0.1 |
| Tennessee | 24 | 0.3 |
| Texas | 73 | 0.2 |
| Utah | 11 | 0.3 |
| Vermont | 6 | 0.9 |
| Virginia | 21 | 0.2 |
| Washington | 34 | 0.4 |
| West Virginia | 4 | 0.2 |
| Wisconsin | 18 | 0.3 |
In federal data
- NUCC code207RH0000X · Internal Medicine
- Size rank232nd of 688 specialties by records (0.02% of all)
- In its family16th of 31 Internal Medicine codes, 0.5% of the family
- Part D prescribers1,036 (69.8% of records)
- Part D claims496 a year per prescriber, on average (173rd of 496)
- Industry payments721 physicians paid $9.9M in 2024, $14K each on average
- Concentration6 states hold half of all records
Source: CMS NPPES; Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Presence in these files is not a quality judgment.
A sample of hematology (internal medicine) physician records
- Luigi Bertoli, MDBirmingham, AL1164514386
- Katia KhouryBirmingham, AL1013322445
- Tyler Fugere, MDBenton, AR1720549934
- Rangaswamy Govindarajan, MDLittle Rock, AR1831289313
- Leslie Lockridge, MDMountain Home, AR1437133352
- Rebecca Fleck, MDFort Smith, AR1578595021
- John Pawloski, M.D., PH. D.Phoenix, AZ1093899981
- Danielle Nance, MDGilbert, AZ1689718264
- Pedro Camacho, MDGilbert, AZ1861151441
- Abdullah Ladha, MDScottsdale, AZ1033341672
- Rafael Fonseca, M.D.Scottsdale, AZ1275517898
- Pierre NoelScottsdale, AZ1992789671
- Joseph Mikhael, M.D.Scottsdale, AZ1972781581
- Misam Zawit, M.DGoodyear, AZ1861757494
- Abdulrahman Abonofal, MDGoodyear, AZ1164983748
- Chirag Kapadia, MDTucson, AZ1275153595
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Hematology (Internal Medicine) Physician headcount concentrate?
1,485 Hematology (Internal Medicine) Physician NPIs span 49 states; California alone holds 175. Top metros include Rochester, MN; Boston, MA; New York, NY; Columbus, OH. Nationally this is 232nd of 688 NUCC codes.
How large is Hematology (Internal Medicine) Physician's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 721 Hematology (Internal Medicine) Physician physicians totaling $9.9M (12,700 payments; average $14K, 27th of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Hematology (Internal Medicine) Physician Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Hematology (Internal Medicine) Physician NPIs, 1,036 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 496 claims and $1.5M drug cost per prescriber; 173rd of 496 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org); Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts are self-designated primary taxonomy, not board certification.
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.