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 9 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. Lauren Nash, PA-CNashville, TN 372031023343910
  2. Tonya Nash, MSPAS, PABuchanan, TN 382221336194554
  3. Torey Nedden, PA-CMillington, TN 380531275373128
  4. Erin Neely, PA-CChattanooga, TN 374031134513484
  5. Megan NelsonGallatin, TN 370661831769363
  6. Hope Newell, PAGreenfield, TN 382301467251942
  7. Joshua Newman, PA-CAthens, TN 373031770251514
  8. Stephan Newman, PA-CMurfreesboro, TN 371291669422952
  9. Tammy Newman, PAPowell, TN 378491124109020
  10. Sina Nezakat, PA-CMemphis, TN 381041548895568
  11. Erika Nichols, PA-CNashville, TN 372031295225415
  12. Emma Niethammer, PA-CAlcoa, TN 377011568954329
  13. John Nolan, PAHixson, TN 373431306957105
  14. Susan Nolan, PA-CGallatin, TN 370661639479264
  15. Jamie Norman, PA-CChattanooga, TN 374211891261277
  16. Johnny Nowlin, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTColumbia, TN 384011689714271
  17. Maci O'Connor, PAKnoxville, TN 379201730465741
  18. Robinson O'Hara-RodriguezClarksville, TN 370431649710666
  19. Amos O'Keefe, P.A.Alcoa, TN 377011396018057
  20. Charles Okafor, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTParis, TN 382421457843567
  21. Michael Overfelt, PACSpring Hill, TN 371741871650424
  22. Christi Owens, PAChattanooga, TN 374121548635600
  23. Lauren Panetti-TaggartKnoxville, TN 379321083574248
  24. Stephanie Passons, PAGoodlettsville, TN 370721447583760
  25. Reema Patel, PA-CNashville, TN 372031558989301
  26. James Patton, PA-CNashville, TN 372051851381636
  27. Mary PelotBrentwood, TN 370271992242325
  28. Andrea Perkins, PA-CAthens, TN 373031710330659
  29. Krista Perry, PA-CKnoxville, TN 379201386594620
  30. Caitlen Petschke, PA-CJohnson City, TN 376041558669986
  31. Amanda Phelps, PANashville, TN 372321386942811
  32. Jenny Phillips, PAChattanooga, TN 374021720174360
  33. Karynthia Phillips, MSM,PA-CNashville, TN 372171174518104
  34. Tara Pianko, PA-CChattanooga, TN 374211861144511
  35. Carter PieperChattanooga, TN 374121124510193
  36. Anita Pinkston, PA-CMurfreesboro, TN 371291730268319
  37. Kelly Piper, PA-CLenoir City, TN 377721578751582
  38. Travonda Pirtle, PA-CHermitage, TN 370761861704538
  39. Jonna Pittman, PA-CWartburg, TN 378871750059101
  40. Tilliam Pittman, PA-CMemphis, TN 381191679235212
  41. Izzabella PogrebaTennessee Ridge, TN 371781063363166
  42. Zachary Pollock, PAClarksville, TN 370431295379568
  43. Lauren Polvino, PA-C, CDESevierville, TN 378621578699005
  44. Valerie Ponce, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTBristol, TN 376201346454972
  45. Wendell Porter, PA-CSevierville, TN 378621487624623
  46. Allen Powell, PA-CJohnson City, TN 376011316112410
  47. Charles Powell, PA-CLenoir City, TN 377721477013381
  48. Blake Powers, PA-CAthens, TN 373031023651007
  49. Lovell PratcherMemphis, TN 381191912712654
  50. Johnny Presley, PACJamestown, TN 385561427069749

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.