NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Legal Medicine in New Jersey

30 NPPES records list legal medicine with a practice address in New Jersey, 0.3 per 100,000 residents, the 7th highest rate of 46. Morristown and Clifton have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the New Jersey 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).

Morristown has the most, 3

  1. Morristown3
  2. Clifton2
  3. Closter2
  4. Newark2
  5. Basking Ridge1

Legal Medicine records in New Jersey

  1. Paul Arias, MDNewark, NJ 071051255482022
  2. Mark Bartiss, M.D.Manahawkin, NJ 080501043432925
  3. Robert Bock, M.D.Newfoundland, NJ 074351245251891
  4. Nadia Chaudhry, M.D.Marlton, NJ 080531013115690
  5. Roy Cobb, M.D.Morristown, NJ 079601548350556
  6. Donald Cotler, M.D.,F.A.A.P.Millburn, NJ 070411801853049
  7. James CouchBelle Mead, NJ 085021275467441
  8. Rita Gunawan, M.D., F.A.A.P.Somerset, NJ 088731720021827
  9. Wendy Hurst, MD, FACOGEnglewood, NJ 076311215025440
  10. Paul Kiell, M.D.Basking Ridge, NJ 079201063631729
  11. Michael Kozaczek, M.D.Morristown, NJ 079601598855470
  12. Liya Levinsky, MDElizabeth, NJ 072081487827630
  13. Martin Lewis, MED, MSN, APRN-BCRingoes, NJ 085511427296771
  14. Tanya Leykin, M.D.Edgewater, NJ 070201750468971
  15. Jennie Li, M.D.Closter, NJ 076241699729822
  16. Stacey Linwood, M.D.Closter, NJ 076241730134594
  17. Dipak Mallik, MDRahway, NJ 070651427139997
  18. John Miller, MD, JDParamus, NJ 076521669339313
  19. Joseph Mosquera, M.D.Newark, NJ 071051588719587
  20. Gerald Novik, M.D.Mercerville, NJ 086191417934597
  21. Sylvia Pagulayan, M.D.Jersey City, NJ 073041568402733
  22. Mahesh Patel, MDOrange, NJ 070501942202841
  23. Carlos Rivera, M.D.,Long Branch, NJ 077401992741326
  24. Syed Rizvi, M.D.Clifton, NJ 070111548371297
  25. Melchiorre Russo, MDClifton, NJ 070131245291277
  26. Jeanne Schwartz, M.D.Morristown, NJ 079601023115102
  27. Ronald Suarez, MDGreen Village, NJ 079351245539261
  28. Samuel The, M.D.Rutherford, NJ 070701588637292
  29. Fu-Li Tsai, M.D.New Milford, NJ 076461417084294
  30. Svetlana Zonn, MDPlainfield, NJ 070601013948199

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

New Jersey ranks 7 of 46 per resident

  1. Maryland0.5
  2. Delaware0.4
  3. Florida0.3
  4. New Jersey0.3
  5. Mississippi0.3
  6. California0.3
  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.

50.0% 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. New Jersey50.0%
  2. United States37.7%

Legal Medicine records in New Jersey, measured

  • In a Medicare file15 of 30 · 50.0% here, 37.7% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file5 · 16.7% here, 19.2% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more24 · 80.0% 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

30 NPPES records list legal medicine (173000000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in New Jersey: 0.3 per 100,000 residents against 0.2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Morristown has 3 of them (10%).

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. Illinois30
  2. Maryland30
  3. Puerto Rico28
  4. Texas27

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Florida0.3
  2. California0.3
  3. Alabama0.3
  4. Pennsylvania0.3

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.