NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Medical Physician Assistant in Mississippi

75 NPPES records list medical physician assistant with a practice address in Mississippi, 3 per 100,000 residents, the 51st highest rate of 51. Jackson and Hattiesburg have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Mississippi license search. Page 2 of 2.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 363AM0700X · method

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

Jackson has the most, 9

  1. Jackson9
  2. Hattiesburg8
  3. Biloxi6
  4. Ocean Springs6
  5. Tupelo5

Medical Physician Assistant records in Mississippi

  1. Carlson Moss, PA-CPascagoula, MS 395951801866736
  2. Christina Nakamoto, PA-CGulfport, MS 395011770033490
  3. Vani Naraharisetty, PA-CHattiesburg, MS 394021710316880
  4. Gavin Nowell, PAJackson, MS 392021194148130
  5. Khushi Patel, PA-CClinton, MS 390561912865262
  6. Nicholas Pukish, PA-CBiloxi, MS 395311073539771
  7. Arthur Roach, P.A.-C.Horn Lake, MS 386371619967478
  8. Jacob Rowland, PA-CTupelo, MS 388011508219221
  9. Lauren Scarborough, PATupelo, MS 388011952935256
  10. Darell Shows, PA-CMeridian, MS 393011871575373
  11. Josh Shufelt, PA-CJackson, MS 392161821535113
  12. Melissa Sinopoli, PA-COcean Springs, MS 395641033249321
  13. Hannah Smith, PA-CTupelo, MS 388011033603022
  14. Donald Stanford, PASaltillo, MS 388661952441941
  15. Robert Steele, PA-CMyrtle, MS 386501053887208
  16. John Stevenson, PA-CMeridian, MS 393011134102247
  17. Miranda Sudduth, PA-CMadison, MS 391101962804211
  18. Rosheka Tenner, PA-CWaynesboro, MS 393671336973734
  19. Melissa Thierry, PA-CPascagoula, MS 395671841541158
  20. Whitney Trammell, PA-CMadison, MS 391101992337034
  21. Dylan Wagner, PALaurel, MS 394401992058556
  22. Tara Walker, PAMadison, MS 391101730798950
  23. Gwendolyn Wheeler, PA-CColumbus Afb, MS 397101861582710
  24. Benjamin Yelverton, PA-CHattiesburg, MS 394011538246921
  25. Shannon Younger, PA-CColumbus, MS 397051164961629

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 363AM0700X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Mississippi ranks 51 of 51 per resident

  1. Illinois5
  2. Missouri5
  3. Alabama4
  4. Mississippi3
  5. 50 states and D.C.12

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 363AM0700X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

77.3% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 74.0% 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. Mississippi77.3%
  2. United States74.0%

Medical Physician Assistant records in Mississippi, measured

  • In a Medicare file58 of 75 · 77.3% here, 74.0% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file48 · 64.0% here, 54.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more44 · 58.7% here, 54.7% nationally
  • Median graduation year2015 · the 48 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 363AM0700X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

75 NPPES records list medical physician assistant (363AM0700X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Mississippi: 3 per 100,000 residents against 12 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Jackson has 9 of them (12%).

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. Wyoming91
  2. South Dakota96
  3. Vermont98
  4. North Dakota101

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Alabama4.5
  2. Missouri5.1
  3. Illinois5.3
  4. Arkansas5.7

The largest states

  1. Pennsylvania3,897
  2. New York3,670
  3. California3,376
  4. Florida2,776
  5. Texas2,146

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.