NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Legal Medicine in Georgia

12 NPPES records list legal medicine with a practice address in Georgia, 0.1 per 100,000 residents, the 33rd highest rate of 46. Atlanta and Duluth have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Georgia license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 173000000X · method

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

Atlanta has the most, 2

  1. Atlanta2
  2. Duluth2
  3. Augusta1
  4. Braselton1
  5. Dublin1

Legal Medicine records in Georgia

  1. Reginald Brown, M.D.Augusta, GA 309041801848304
  2. Jennifer Carlson, ATCAtlanta, GA 303191124171061
  3. Tom CauthornKennesaw, GA 301521932471216
  4. Pamella Charles-Pryce, MDDuluth, GA 300961629087465
  5. Terresa Ferruccio, DOCTORATE OF PTMarietta, GA 300621609989292
  6. Ronald Kaplan, M.D.Atlanta, GA 303281801911789
  7. Lenus Louis, MDMilton, GA 300041811946593
  8. Gabriel Nguena, MDDuluth, GA 300961801845680
  9. Champak Patel, MDBraselton, GA 305171073585782
  10. Shailender Peesapati, M.D.Lawrenceville, GA 300461093817801
  11. Sanjeeva Rao, MDJackson, GA 302331841381696
  12. Nathaniel VealDublin, GA 310211760101901

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 173000000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Georgia ranks 33 of 46 per resident

  1. Missouri0.1
  2. Alaska0.1
  3. Massachusetts0.1
  4. Georgia0.1
  5. Ohio0.1
  6. Arkansas0.1
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.2

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 173000000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

33.3% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 37.7% 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. Georgia33.3%
  2. United States37.7%

Legal Medicine records in Georgia, measured

  • In a Medicare file4 of 12 · 33.3% here, 37.7% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file4 · 33.3% here, 19.2% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more8 · 66.7% here, 77.1% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 173000000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

12 NPPES records list legal medicine (173000000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Georgia: 0.1 per 100,000 residents against 0.2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Atlanta has 2 of them (17%).

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. Ohio12
  2. Virginia13
  3. Alabama14
  4. Arizona14

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Texas0.1
  2. North Carolina0.2
  3. Michigan0.2
  4. Tennessee0.2

The largest states

  1. California112
  2. New York112
  3. Florida76
  4. Pennsylvania34
  5. Illinois30

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.