NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Infectious Disease Physician in Kentucky

111 NPPES records list infectious disease physician with a practice address in Kentucky, 2.5 per 100,000 residents, the 33rd highest rate of 51. Louisville and Lexington have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Kentucky license search. Page 3 of 3.

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).

Louisville has the most, 41

  1. Louisville41
  2. Lexington38
  3. Edgewood6
  4. Bowling Green4
  5. Ashland3

Infectious Disease Physician records in Kentucky

  1. Alice Thornton, MDLexington, KY 405361063524841
  2. Mario Valdez Imbert, MDAshland, KY 411011700456340
  3. Nicholas Van Sickels, M.D.Lexington, KY 405131962683581
  4. Praveen Kumar Vikraman, MDHazard, KY 417011952888166
  5. Evelyn Villacorta Cari, MDLexington, KY 405131902371404
  6. Patrick Villafuerte, M.DAshland, KY 411011114295722
  7. Gary Wilson, MDOwensboro, KY 423031225025935
  8. Barbara Wojda, M.D.Louisville, KY 402071225049661
  9. Eric Xia, M.D.Louisville, KY 402071346202264
  10. Cynthia Young, MDLexington, KY 405361346569290
  11. Michael Young, MDLexington, KY 405361003901208

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

Kentucky ranks 33 of 51 per resident

  1. South Dakota2.6
  2. West Virginia2.6
  3. Maine2.5
  4. Kentucky2.5
  5. Arizona2.4
  6. Indiana2.4
  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.

81.1% 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. Kentucky81.1%
  2. United States79.0%

Infectious Disease Physician records in Kentucky, measured

  • In a Medicare file90 of 111 · 81.1% here, 79.0% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file81 · 73.0% here, 68.4% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more68 · 61.3% here, 56.5% nationally
  • Median graduation year2004 · the 81 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

111 NPPES records list infectious disease physician (207RI0200X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Kentucky: 2.5 per 100,000 residents against 3.2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Louisville has 41 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. Alabama112
  2. District of Columbia110
  3. South Carolina119
  4. Puerto Rico120

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Maine2.5
  2. Arizona2.4
  3. Indiana2.4
  4. Iowa2.3

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.