NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Physician in Missouri

206 NPPES records list neonatal-perinatal medicine physician with a practice address in Missouri, 3.3 per 100,000 residents, the 4th highest rate of 50. Saint Louis and Kansas City have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Missouri license search. Page 5 of 5.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 2080N0001X · method

Saint Louis has the most, 85

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Physician records in Missouri

  1. Joy Wen, MDSpringfield, MO 658071740509108
  2. Halana Whitehead, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101508208646
  3. Karen Wickline, MDSaint Louis, MO 631101356367577
  4. Rita Wyrebek, MD MSSt Louis, MO 631041831574326
  5. Amy Yen, M.D.Springfield, MO 658041356329254
  6. Sarah Younger, MDColumbia, MO 652011568564607

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2080N0001X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Missouri ranks 4 of 50 per resident

  1. District of Columbia13.1
  2. Delaware3.9
  3. North Dakota3.6
  4. Missouri3.3
  5. Massachusetts3.2
  6. Pennsylvania3.0
  7. 50 states and D.C.2.3

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2080N0001X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

18.9% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 15.6% 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. Missouri18.9%
  2. United States15.6%

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Physician records in Missouri, measured

  • In a Medicare file39 of 206 · 18.9% here, 15.6% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file27 · 13.1% here, 7.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more91 · 44.2% here, 55.5% nationally
  • Median graduation year2014 · the 27 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 2080N0001X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

206 NPPES records list neonatal-perinatal medicine physician (2080N0001X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Missouri: 3.3 per 100,000 residents against 2.3 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Saint Louis has 85 of them (41%).

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. North Carolina210
  2. Virginia189
  3. Massachusetts224
  4. Indiana183

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. North Dakota3.6
  2. Pennsylvania3.0
  3. Connecticut3.0
  4. Illinois2.9

The largest states

  1. California871
  2. Texas697
  3. New York513
  4. Florida457
  5. Pennsylvania393

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.