NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Medical Oncology Physician in North Carolina

191 NPPES records list medical oncology physician with a practice address in North Carolina, 1.8 per 100,000 residents, the 19th highest rate of 51. Charlotte and Durham have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the North Carolina license search. Page 4 of 4.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207RX0202X · method

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

Charlotte has the most, 41

  1. Charlotte41
  2. Durham39
  3. Winston Salem21
  4. Chapel Hill13
  5. Matthews6

Medical Oncology Physician records in North Carolina

  1. Garry Schwartz, MDAlbemarle, NC 280011588636294
  2. Jan Scott, PA-CDurham, NC 277101144304007
  3. Kaushik Sen, MDDurham, NC 277101730110669
  4. Heather ShearerWinston Salem, NC 271031972573079
  5. Keithe Shensky, MDMatthews, NC 281051114360187
  6. Garrett Sherwood, M.D.Winston Salem, NC 271031871835173
  7. Jeffrey Shevach, MDDurham, NC 277101225579667
  8. Jason Shultz, M.D.Charlotte, NC 282041245468685
  9. Steven Sorscher, MDWinston Salem, NC 271571962429597
  10. Lia Spina, M.D.Gastonia, NC 280541629286190
  11. Thomas SteffensAlbemarle, NC 280011447222161
  12. Thomas Stinchcombe, MDChapel Hill, NC 275991265510416
  13. Kimberly Strickland, MDCharlotte, NC 282041376800698
  14. John Strickler, MDDurham, NC 277101265523377
  15. Shlomit Strulov Shachar, M.D.Chapel Hill, NC 275991740666247
  16. Ashley Sumrall, MDCharlotte, NC 282041619189529
  17. Linda Sutton, MDRoxboro, NC 275731366409575
  18. Antoinette Tan, MDCharlotte, NC 282041982781738
  19. Karim Tazi, MDHuntersville, NC 280781417162108
  20. Stacy Telloni, MDRaleigh, NC 276071922241165
  21. Douglas Testori, D.O.Wilmington, NC 284011962477877
  22. Alan Thalinger, MDCharlotte, NC 282111568487718
  23. Donald TownsendForest City, NC 280431164447660
  24. Stephen Tremont, M.D.Raleigh, NC 276091255370839
  25. Anastasia Tsagianni, MDWinston Salem, NC 271031790211415
  26. John Turner, MDEden, NC 272881720050461
  27. Kristen Vaios, MD, PHDDurham, NC 277051053843441
  28. Aline Van Belois, NPRaleigh, NC 276091619602810
  29. Neha Verma, MDDurham, NC 277101598321820
  30. Madhuri Vithala, MDLillington, NC 275461982651691
  31. Gordana Vlahovic, M.D.Durham, NC 277101518041433
  32. Peter Watson, MDKinston, NC 285011376528687
  33. Sydney Welt, MDFayetteville, NC 283111740256809
  34. Charles Wendling, M.D.Asheville, NC 288061710188867
  35. Mark Wimmer, M.D.Salisbury, NC 281441558369207
  36. Lindsey Woody, MDFayetteville, NC 283111245735778
  37. George Yacoub, M.D.Winston Salem, NC 271571881876241
  38. Kenneth Zamkoff, M.D.Clemmons, NC 271571003831140
  39. Patricia Zekan, MDWinston Salem, NC 271031639130891
  40. Katherine ZhouDurham, NC 277051699303115
  41. Jiang Zhu, MDCharlotte, NC 282621992047203

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RX0202X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

North Carolina ranks 19 of 51 per resident

  1. Texas1.8
  2. North Dakota1.8
  3. Michigan1.8
  4. North Carolina1.8
  5. Delaware1.6
  6. Tennessee1.6
  7. 50 states and D.C.1.7

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RX0202X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

82.7% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 81.8% 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. North Carolina82.7%
  2. United States81.8%

Medical Oncology Physician records in North Carolina, measured

  • In a Medicare file158 of 191 · 82.7% here, 81.8% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file140 · 73.3% here, 72.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more70 · 36.6% here, 49.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year2003 · the 140 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207RX0202X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

191 NPPES records list medical oncology physician (207RX0202X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in North Carolina: 1.8 per 100,000 residents against 1.7 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Charlotte has 41 of them (21%).

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. Washington183
  2. Illinois182
  3. Michigan177
  4. Ohio169

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. North Dakota1.8
  2. Texas1.8
  3. Colorado1.8
  4. Delaware1.6

The largest states

  1. Florida561
  2. New York548
  3. Texas547
  4. California447
  5. Massachusetts421

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.