NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Nephrology Physician in Alabama

183 NPPES records list nephrology physician with a practice address in Alabama, 3.6 per 100,000 residents, the 34th highest rate of 51. Birmingham and Mobile have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Alabama license search. Page 4 of 4.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207RN0300X · method

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

Birmingham has the most, 72

  1. Birmingham72
  2. Mobile27
  3. Huntsville19
  4. Montgomery12
  5. Dothan9

Nephrology Physician records in Alabama

  1. James Smelser, M. D.Huntsville, AL 358011881685089
  2. Rodney Smith, MDMontgomery, AL 361061215931191
  3. Piotr Starakiewicz, MDMontgomery, AL 361061912360447
  4. Zachary Stello, MDBirmingham, AL 352421588284681
  5. Thomas Stokes, MDOpelika, AL 368011053383265
  6. Anish SurapaneniBirmingham, AL 352331730758533
  7. Takiesha Taylor, FNP-CDothan, AL 363011760364244
  8. Thomas Taylor, MDSelma, AL 367011811962509
  9. David Tharpe, MDHomewood, AL 352091902864440
  10. Charles Thomas, M.D.Montgomery, AL 361061205916590
  11. Michele Thomas, MDBirmingham, AL 352111538193958
  12. Denyse Thornley-BrownBirmingham, AL 352331821008764
  13. David Tietjen, MDHuntsville, AL 358051508838384
  14. Ashita TolwaniBirmingham, AL 352331073533824
  15. Graham Towns, M.D.Birmingham, AL 352331639324825
  16. Philip Travis, M.D.Mobile, AL 366081952386641
  17. Purnima TripathyMobile, AL 366081588952493
  18. Jason Tsai, MDBirmingham, AL 352111528095817
  19. Ryan Tulowitzki, DOMobile, AL 366081134488521
  20. Jogy Varghese, M.D.Montgomery, AL 361061841380284
  21. Vijay Vyas, MDAndalusia, AL 364201689679656
  22. Larry Walker, M.D.Huntsville, AL 358011538140587
  23. Eric WallaceBirmingham, AL 352331871706960
  24. David Warnock, MDBirmingham, AL 352331902816929
  25. Thomas Watson, M.D.Birmingham, AL 352111790741833
  26. Gregory Wells, M.D.Dothan, AL 363011265494181
  27. Stephen Wilber, M.D.Mobile, AL 366081457337081
  28. David WilhelmHuntsville, AL 358051164050035
  29. Robert Williams, M.D.Cullman, AL 350551386631992
  30. Timothy Williams, M.D.Birmingham, AL 352091023335312
  31. Rosanne Winn, MDHuntsville, AL 358011568434769
  32. Gautam Yadla, MDOpelika, AL 368011295396539
  33. Ali Yousuf, DOBirmingham, AL 352331801475801

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RN0300X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Alabama ranks 34 of 51 per resident

  1. Florida3.7
  2. Washington3.6
  3. Maine3.6
  4. Alabama3.6
  5. North Dakota3.6
  6. Wisconsin3.5
  7. 50 states and D.C.4.0

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RN0300X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

86.3% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 85.8% 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. Alabama86.3%
  2. United States85.8%

Nephrology Physician records in Alabama, measured

  • In a Medicare file158 of 183 · 86.3% here, 85.8% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file143 · 78.1% here, 76.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more85 · 46.4% here, 54.9% nationally
  • Median graduation year2003 · the 143 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207RN0300X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

183 NPPES records list nephrology physician (207RN0300X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Alabama: 3.6 per 100,000 residents against 4 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Birmingham has 72 of them (39%).

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. Colorado182
  2. Kentucky174
  3. Connecticut167
  4. South Carolina202

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Maine3.6
  2. North Dakota3.6
  3. Washington3.6
  4. Wisconsin3.5

The largest states

  1. California1,468
  2. Texas1,159
  3. New York1,049
  4. Florida840
  5. Pennsylvania651

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.