NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Medical Physician Assistant in Tennessee

616 NPPES records list medical physician assistant with a practice address in Tennessee, 9 per 100,000 residents, the 37th highest rate of 51. Knoxville and Nashville have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Tennessee license search. Page 11 of 13.

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).

Knoxville has the most, 75

  1. Knoxville75
  2. Nashville73
  3. Memphis36
  4. Chattanooga34
  5. Johnson City28

Medical Physician Assistant records in Tennessee

  1. Christopher Shavers, P.A.-C.Franklin, TN 370641427295443
  2. Susan Shelton, PAMemphis, TN 381051326096066
  3. Joshua Shepherd, PA-CHarrogate, TN 377521134405558
  4. Vanessa Shields, PA-CNashville, TN 372101912518390
  5. Austin Shinaberry, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTBartlett, TN 381351053175661
  6. Minity Shukla, PA-CMurfreesboro, TN 371291295826410
  7. Melissa Shuleva, PA-CChattanooga, TN 374041265673552
  8. Kennedy ShullKnoxville, TN 379141154184497
  9. Nancy Shumate, PA-CMountain Home, TN 376841194765875
  10. Lee Simmons, PA-CKnoxville, TN 379181689603144
  11. Adrienne Smith, PAMemphis, TN 381111235737354
  12. Amy SmithMc Kenzie, TN 382011750504312
  13. Annie SmithColumbia, TN 384011619516366
  14. Mark Smith, PA-CLake City, TN 377691235322181
  15. Marla Smith, PACDickson, TN 370551437217197
  16. Elliott Snelson, PA-CGreeneville, TN 377451720757206
  17. Rebecca Sommers, PABrentwood, TN 370271881873560
  18. Anthony Sopczak, PAAthens, TN 373031073933529
  19. Hannah South, PA-CFranklin, TN 370671891152294
  20. Garrick Spoon, PA-CChattanooga, TN 374041275871519
  21. Jennifer Spry, PA-CChattanooga, TN 374041992056782
  22. Sydney Spurgeon, PA-CLebanon, TN 370871306565437
  23. Emalee St. Pierre, PA-CKnoxville, TN 379121972329787
  24. Natalie Stafford, MS, PA-CMemphis, TN 381051609331842
  25. Sarah Standifer, PA-CKnoxville, TN 379191447621040
  26. Patrick Stansbury, PHYSICIAN ASST.-CERTNashville, TN 372051942321260
  27. Don Stanton, P.A.Knoxville, TN 379171982673471
  28. Michael StewartDover, TN 370581174162416
  29. Joshua Stone, PAGreeneville, TN 377431629411095
  30. Michael Stone, P.A.Greeneville, TN 377431821017252
  31. Lindsay Stooksbury, PAKnoxville, TN 379221649986126
  32. Charles Street, PAOak Ridge, TN 378301255981940
  33. Jessica Strunk, PA-CMaryville, TN 378041487955761
  34. Emily Susong, PA-CGreeneville, TN 377431164297271
  35. Jeannie Swafford, PAGoodlettsville, TN 370721811220130
  36. Lauren Swartwood, PA-CGallatin, TN 370661588816748
  37. Dalyn Tate, PAKnoxville, TN 379191962281469
  38. Gary Tauxe, OPAGermantown, TN 381381801120829
  39. Katie TaysNashville, TN 372031477412104
  40. John Teilhet, PA-CJohnson City, TN 376041366754574
  41. Mackenzie Temple, PA-CNashville, TN 372031124417753
  42. Jean Tennant, P.A.Shelbyville, TN 371601730484684
  43. Blaire TerrellChattanooga, TN 374041073349593
  44. John Testerman, PAMountain Home, TN 376861982791927
  45. James Thigpen, PA-CJohnson City, TN 376041386268159
  46. George Thompson, PA-CTazewell, TN 378791063816395
  47. Heather Thompson, PA-CKnoxville, TN 379091366846735
  48. Katherine Thompson, PAChattanooga, TN 374031700395266
  49. Kathryn Thompson, PA-CHarrogate, TN 377521467331777
  50. Matthew Thornton, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTEtowah, TN 373311437801305

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

Tennessee ranks 37 of 51 per resident

  1. Kansas9
  2. South Carolina9
  3. California9
  4. Tennessee9
  5. New Jersey9
  6. Minnesota8
  7. 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.

79.1% 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. Tennessee79.1%
  2. United States74.0%

Medical Physician Assistant records in Tennessee, measured

  • In a Medicare file487 of 616 · 79.1% here, 74.0% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file372 · 60.4% here, 54.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more277 · 45.0% here, 54.7% nationally
  • Median graduation year2015 · the 369 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

616 NPPES records list medical physician assistant (363AM0700X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Tennessee: 9 per 100,000 residents against 12 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Knoxville has 75 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. Illinois671
  2. Wisconsin687
  3. Oregon699
  4. Oklahoma513

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. California8.7
  2. New Jersey8.5
  3. South Carolina9.2
  4. Minnesota8.0

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.