NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Microbiology Specialist/Technologist in Texas

18 NPPES records list microbiology specialist/technologist with a practice address in Texas, 0.1 per 100,000 residents, the 4th highest rate of 19. Houston and Austin have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Texas license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 246QM0900X · method

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

Houston has the most, 15

  1. Houston15
  2. Austin1
  3. Dallas1
  4. San Antonio1

Microbiology Specialist/Technologist records in Texas

  1. Patricia Byers, RM, M(ASCP), CICHouston, TX 770301316056559
  2. Andrew Clark, PHDDallas, TX 753901093374936
  3. James Davis, PHDHouston, TX 770301891908059
  4. Bijaya DhakalAustin, TX 787281487593463
  5. James Jacobson, PH.D.Houston, TX 770721558728675
  6. Randa Kennon, MT(ASCP)Houston, TX 770301073620605
  7. Bernard MarinoHouston, TX 770301326154600
  8. Magaly MartinezSan Antonio, TX 782291760652721
  9. Laura Minor, M(ASCP)Houston, TX 770301467568824
  10. Shirley MooreHouston, TX 770301043326648
  11. Anh NguyenHouston, TX 770301255449880
  12. Chau Nguyen, ASCPHouston, TX 770301710095336
  13. Janet Osborne, MT(ASCP)Houston, TX 770301326156290
  14. Anne PhungHouston, TX 770301871600270
  15. Durdana PirwaniHouston, TX 770301730273327
  16. A Rhodes-WebbHouston, TX 770301730299421
  17. Mohiuddin SaleemHouston, TX 770301518075175
  18. Liane Tsai, MS, SM(ASCP)SVHouston, TX 770301720193238

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 246QM0900X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Texas ranks 4 of 19 per resident

  1. Vermont0.2
  2. District of Columbia0.1
  3. Ohio0.1
  4. Texas0.1
  5. West Virginia0.1
  6. Georgia0.0
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.0

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 246QM0900X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

0.0% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 0.0% 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. Texas0.0%
  2. United States0.0%

Microbiology Specialist/Technologist records in Texas, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 18 · 0.0% here, 0.0% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, 0.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more17 · 94.4% here, 77.3% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 246QM0900X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

18 NPPES records list microbiology specialist/technologist (246QM0900X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Texas: 0.1 per 100,000 residents against 0 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Houston has 15 of them (83%).

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. California13

The largest states

  1. California13
  2. Ohio7
  3. Georgia4
  4. New York4
  5. Pennsylvania4

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.