NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Infectious Disease Physician in Colorado

182 NPPES records list infectious disease physician with a practice address in Colorado, 3.1 per 100,000 residents, the 18th highest rate of 51. Aurora and Denver have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Colorado license search. Page 4 of 4.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207RI0200X · method

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

Aurora has the most, 68

  1. Aurora68
  2. Denver58
  3. Colorado Springs12
  4. Wheat Ridge11
  5. Boulder5

Infectious Disease Physician records in Colorado

  1. Sias Scherger, MDAurora, CO 800451376930578
  2. Sara Scherrer, M.D.Aurora, CO 800451063610939
  3. Patricia Schirmer, MDAurora, CO 800121700066578
  4. Marc SchulmanDenver, CO 802101427476951
  5. Sarah Scott, M.D.Aurora, CO 800451922427889
  6. Leland Shapiro, MDAurora, CO 800451518900406
  7. Rohini Sharma, MDGreenwood Vlg, CO 801211225175581
  8. Paul Siebert, MDDenver, CO 802101619395191
  9. Jennifer Spicer, MDAurora, CO 800451679839401
  10. Kathryn Springer, MDDenver, CO 802101326096280
  11. Edward Stenehjem, MD, MSCAurora, CO 800451205982980
  12. Donald Strandberg, M.D.Colorado Springs, CO 809201508865544
  13. Matthew Terra, M.D.Denver, CO 802181720265846
  14. Neena Thomas-Gosain, M.D.Aurora, CO 800451124086178
  15. Mark Thrun, MDDenver, CO 802041558471136
  16. Carolyn TillquistDenver, CO 802101831165117
  17. Todd Turner, MDBoulder, CO 803011770572653
  18. Lilian Vargas Barahona, MDAurora Co, CO 800451346761004
  19. Karen Volpe, M.D.Greeley, CO 806311497109904
  20. Taylor Washburn, M.D.Aurora, CO 800451508068735
  21. Clay Watson, M.D.Aurora, CO 800121104072636
  22. Robert Weber, M.D.Colorado Springs, CO 809201528068400
  23. Adriana Weinberg, MDAurora, CO 800451083704761
  24. Karen Wendel, M.D.Denver, CO 800121730144767
  25. Benjamin White, M.D.Broomfield, CO 800231588925044
  26. Brent Wieland, MDWheat Ridge, CO 800331154464766
  27. Cara Wilson, MDAurora, CO 800451598855272
  28. Richard Wright, MDDenver, CO 802041699885491
  29. David Wyles, M.D.Denver, CO 802041548296775
  30. Benjamin Young, M.D.Denver, CO 802091720062714
  31. Heather Young, M.D.Denver, CO 802041780738104
  32. Shanta Zimmer, M.D.Aurora, CO 800451982637542

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RI0200X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Colorado ranks 18 of 51 per resident

  1. Georgia3.2
  2. Nebraska3.1
  3. Delaware3.1
  4. Colorado3.1
  5. Oregon3.0
  6. Michigan3.0
  7. 50 states and D.C.3.2

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RI0200X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

79.1% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 79.0% 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. Colorado79.1%
  2. United States79.0%

Infectious Disease Physician records in Colorado, measured

  • In a Medicare file144 of 182 · 79.1% here, 79.0% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file125 · 68.7% here, 68.4% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more124 · 68.1% here, 56.5% nationally
  • Median graduation year2004 · the 125 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207RI0200X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

182 NPPES records list infectious disease physician (207RI0200X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Colorado: 3.1 per 100,000 residents against 3.2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Aurora has 68 of them (37%).

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. Arizona176
  2. Wisconsin171
  3. Tennessee194
  4. Connecticut202

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Delaware3.1
  2. Nebraska3.1
  3. Georgia3.2
  4. Oregon3.0

The largest states

  1. California1,119
  2. New York970
  3. Florida760
  4. Texas674
  5. Pennsylvania545

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.