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 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).

Nashville has the most, 95

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

Infectious Disease Physician records in Tennessee

  1. William Schaffner, MDNashville, TN 372321063511400
  2. Wael Shams, MDJohnson City, TN 376041265420046
  3. Joanna Shaw-Kaikai, MDNashville, TN 372091881896553
  4. Henry Shiflett, D.O.Knoxville, TN 379161528421658
  5. Isha Shrimanker, MDMemphis, TN 381201558983072
  6. Gerard Shu Tangyie, MDNashville, TN 372031740252642
  7. Bryan Simmons, MDMemphis, TN 381041619971637
  8. Priscilla Sioson-Aherrera, MDJackson, TN 383011346275906
  9. James Sizemore, MDChattanooga, TN 374031124021340
  10. Casey Smiley, MDNashville, TN 372321932606639
  11. Russell Smith, MDMaryville, TN 378041831232305
  12. Adam Soufleris, MDChattanooga, TN 374031184687378
  13. Gail Stanley, M.D.Bristol, TN 376201437124641
  14. Milner Staub, MDNashville, TN 372321609118058
  15. Timothy Sterling, MDNashville, TN 372321801983929
  16. Rebecca Stern, MDNashville, TN 372321699200576
  17. Nathan Summers, M.D.Memphis, TN 381031649512468
  18. Thomas Talbot, MD, MPHNashville, TN 372321578650602
  19. Hiediliza Tan, M.D.Maryville, TN 378041306810395
  20. Lora Thomas, MDNashville, TN 372321215084108
  21. Michael Threlkeld, M.D.Memphis, TN 381201356318661
  22. Stephen Threlkeld, M.D.Memphis, TN 381201578530895
  23. Christopher Trabue, M.D.Nashville, TN 372031568406411
  24. Sarah Tran, MDNashville, TN 372321093101883
  25. Megan Uehling, MDNashville, TN 372321053948729
  26. Yuri Van Der Heijden, MDNashville, TN 372321922155811
  27. Steven Vanhook, MDNashville, TN 372051841237450
  28. Raul Vasquez - Garagatti, M.D.Knoxville, TN 379201518283522
  29. Neethu Vedantam, MDKingsport, TN 376601154851350
  30. Simi Vincent, MDKnoxville, TN 379201902836620
  31. Krystn Wagner, MDNashville, TN 372321669455127
  32. Bryan Walker, MDKnoxville, TN 379201144727959
  33. James Wang, MDKnoxville, TN 379201124524004
  34. Celestine Wanjalla, MD/PHDNashville, TN 372321255674594
  35. C. Wester, M.D.Nashville, TN 372321134376072
  36. Katie White, M.D, PH.D.Nashville, TN 372321790001410
  37. Ellen Whitnack, MDMemphis, TN 381321417915497
  38. Tina Wilson, M.D.Jackson, TN 383011376579854
  39. Patty Wright, MDNashville, TN 372321932296043
  40. Wycliffe Wright, M.D.Nashville, TN 372031992881080
  41. Zhi Qiang Yao, MDJohnson City, TN 376041285813741
  42. Dima Youssef, MDJohnson City, TN 376041245411255
  43. Casey Zelus, MDJackson, TN 383051801316583
  44. Courtney Zola, M.D.Springfield, TN 371721760744908

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.