NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Infectious Disease Physician in Tennessee

194 NPPES records list infectious disease physician with a practice address in Tennessee, 2.7 per 100,000 residents, the 28th highest rate of 51. Nashville and Memphis have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Tennessee license search. Page 1 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).

Nashville has the most, 95

  1. Nashville95
  2. Memphis34
  3. Knoxville14
  4. Johnson City10
  5. Chattanooga9

Infectious Disease Physician records in Tennessee

  1. John Adams, M.D.Knoxville, TN 379161578542338
  2. Tina Agbaosi, M.DMemphis, TN 381031740423417
  3. Alfred Aiyanyor, DO, MPHJackson, TN 383011245790658
  4. Elmarie Alexander, MDMemphis, TN 381041942854336
  5. Ban Allos, MDNashville, TN 372321457435562
  6. Chinelo Animalu, MDMemphis, TN 381041881858165
  7. Julie Antique, MDJackson, TN 383011982623591
  8. Sowminya Arikapudi, MDMountain Home, TN 376841629424874
  9. David Aronoff, MDNashville, TN 372321013092089
  10. Arzina Aziz AliJackson, TN 383011952928350
  11. Samuel BailinNashville, TN 372041467848515
  12. Gregory Balabanian, M.D.Powell, TN 378491033406277
  13. Mitchell Beatus, MDMemphis, TN 381201255378238
  14. Douglas Bechard, M.D.Chattanooga, TN 374111811189004
  15. Barbara Beeler, MDChattanooga, TN 374021902843766
  16. Rebecca Berhanu, M.D.Nashville, TN 372321043462997
  17. Vladimir Berthaud, M.D.Nashville, TN 372081790763019
  18. Paul Blair, M.D.Nashville, TN 372321134563828
  19. Peter Blatz, MDMemphis, TN 381271134204662
  20. Karen Bloch, MD, MPHNashville, TN 372321083798193
  21. Kassem Bourgi, MDNashville, TN 372111780948299
  22. Inderjeet Brar, M.D.Memphis, TN 381201558777821
  23. Helen Bredenberg Talbot, MDNashville, TN 372321295899920
  24. Susan Brewer, MDMemphis, TN 381031164489092
  25. Jeffrey Brint, MDMemphis, TN 381321679530877
  26. Paul Bryant, M.D.Nashville, TN 372031437441847
  27. Kelly Byrge, M.D.Nashville, TN 372321538588470
  28. Mark Carr, M.D.Nashville, TN 372031770640187
  29. Lisa CarterBristol, TN 376201225599319
  30. Jessica Castilho, M.D.Nashville, TN 372041124292081
  31. Vladimir Chachanidze, MDMemphis, TN 381041750327607
  32. Michael Chambers, MDNashville, TN 372071194259523
  33. Cody Chastain, M.D.Nashville, TN 372321326214438
  34. Jennifer Cihlar, DONashville, TN 372321336674837
  35. Kerry Cleveland, MDMemphis, TN 381321114984911
  36. Cathy Corbett, MDMemphis, TN 381321578520714
  37. Paul Cornea, MDChattanooga, TN 374041083603906
  38. Timothy Cover, MDNashville, TN 372321013016443
  39. Sara Cross, MDMemphis, TN 381031194921551
  40. James Dale, MDMemphis, TN 381321548227689
  41. Titus Daniels, MD, MPHNashville, TN 372321235286121
  42. Michael Davis, MDChattanooga, TN 374031760643027
  43. Michael Decker, MDBaxter, TN 385441710212840
  44. Kevin Dee, M.D.Nashville, TN 372321700105319
  45. Kelly Dooley, M.D.Nashville, TN 372321568508489
  46. Wonder Drake, MDNashville, TN 372321588748693
  47. Augusto Dulanto Chiang, M.D.Nashville, TN 372321326487869
  48. John Dummer, MDNashville, TN 372321033218466
  49. Shelia DunawayNashville, TN 372321326124132
  50. Megan Edwards, M.D.Knoxville, TN 379171730446535

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

Tennessee ranks 28 of 51 per resident

  1. California2.9
  2. Louisiana2.8
  3. Virginia2.8
  4. Tennessee2.7
  5. North Carolina2.6
  6. South Dakota2.6
  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.

82.0% 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. Tennessee82.0%
  2. United States79.0%

Infectious Disease Physician records in Tennessee, measured

  • In a Medicare file159 of 194 · 82.0% here, 79.0% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file145 · 74.7% here, 68.4% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more62 · 32.0% here, 56.5% nationally
  • Median graduation year2005 · the 145 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

194 NPPES records list infectious disease physician (207RI0200X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Tennessee: 2.7 per 100,000 residents against 3.2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Nashville has 95 of them (49%).

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. Connecticut202
  2. Colorado182
  3. Arizona176
  4. Missouri212

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Virginia2.8
  2. North Carolina2.6
  3. Louisiana2.8
  4. South Dakota2.6

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.