NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Interventional Pain Medicine Physician in Alabama

39 NPPES records list interventional pain medicine physician with a practice address in Alabama, 0.8 per 100,000 residents, the 19th highest rate of 51. Birmingham and Montgomery have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Alabama license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 208VP0014X · method

Birmingham has the most, 11

Interventional Pain Medicine Physician records in Alabama

  1. Ryan Almeida, MDBirmingham, AL 352491225250335
  2. Roberto Chang, M.D.Hoover, AL 352441669608923
  3. Victor Chin, MDHuntsville, AL 358021952437345
  4. Wayne Cockrell, M.D.Mobile, AL 366061053347823
  5. Michele Criner, RNLeeds, AL 350941811607609
  6. James Darden, MDTuscaloosa, AL 354041558431395
  7. Audra Eason, M.D.Birmingham, AL 352131174788970
  8. Ted Edwards, D.O.Huntsville, AL 358051932189560
  9. David Evans, MDDothan, AL 363011871572750
  10. Michael Flanagan, MDDothan, AL 363011265411136
  11. Seth Garrett, MDBirmingham, AL 352331396290946
  12. Michael Gibson, M.D.Hoover, AL 352441013068881
  13. James Gillespie, M.B.B.S.Birmingham, AL 352051376078808
  14. David Herrick, M. D.Montgomery, AL 361161205982998
  15. John Irons, M.D.Vestavia, AL 352431578822904
  16. Bradley Katz, M. D.Montgomery, AL 361171891841581
  17. Roger Kemp, M.D.Montgomery, AL 361061104984624
  18. Michael Kendrick, MDBirmingham, AL 352051225098163
  19. John Marsella, MDMontgomery, AL 361171326027236
  20. Thomas Martin, MDHoover, AL 352161558551127
  21. William McRae, M.D.Dothan, AL 363011851421051
  22. Anna Melerine, M.D.Birmingham, AL 352491851657118
  23. Victor Mendoza, MDBirmingham, AL 352421003831454
  24. Joshua Meyer, M.D.Anniston, AL 362071528296118
  25. Joseph PongettiHuntsville, AL 358011912647595
  26. Medha Pradhan, MDMontgomery, AL 361171255393393
  27. Eric Robinson, M.D.Auburn, AL 368301225041718
  28. Scott Rooney, MDHoover, AL 352161447788047
  29. Shayan Shiehzadegan, DOBirmingham, AL 352351396481107
  30. Aaron Shinkle, M.D.Prattville, AL 360661497989180
  31. Wesley Spruill, MDTuscaloosa, AL 354041184618969
  32. Richard Thoma, MDBirmingham, AL 352161437371994
  33. Quoc Tran, MDBirmingham, AL 352351457764342
  34. Kenneth Varley, M.D.Birmingham, AL 352421043380900
  35. Jacob Vella, MDMontgomery, AL 361171467603670
  36. David Walsh, M.D.Mobile, AL 366061043388390
  37. Bradley Wargo, D.O.Muscle Shoals, AL 356611447241021
  38. Richard Webb, M.D.Foley, AL 365351790125805
  39. Mark Willis, MDDothan, AL 363011740269612

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208VP0014X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Alabama ranks 19 of 51 per resident

  1. Mississippi0.8
  2. Oregon0.8
  3. Oklahoma0.8
  4. Alabama0.8
  5. South Carolina0.7
  6. Wisconsin0.7
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.8

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208VP0014X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

92.3% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 88.2% 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. Alabama92.3%
  2. United States88.2%

Interventional Pain Medicine Physician records in Alabama, measured

  • In a Medicare file36 of 39 · 92.3% here, 88.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file33 · 84.6% here, 76.6% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more21 · 53.8% here, 43.4% nationally
  • Median graduation year2003 · the 33 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 208VP0014X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

39 NPPES records list interventional pain medicine physician (208VP0014X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Alabama: 0.8 per 100,000 residents against 0.8 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Birmingham has 11 of them (28%).

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. South Carolina40
  2. Tennessee41
  3. Nevada34
  4. Oregon34

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Wisconsin0.7
  2. Oklahoma0.8
  3. New York0.7
  4. Mississippi0.8

The largest states

  1. Texas301
  2. Florida292
  3. California219
  4. New York144
  5. Georgia142

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.