NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Nephrology Physician in South Carolina

202 NPPES records list nephrology physician with a practice address in South Carolina, 3.8 per 100,000 residents, the 23rd highest rate of 51. Charleston and Greenville have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the South Carolina license search. Page 1 of 5.

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).

Charleston has the most, 45

  1. Charleston45
  2. Greenville30
  3. Columbia27
  4. Spartanburg12
  5. North Charleston11

Nephrology Physician records in South Carolina

  1. Ahmed Abdelkader, MD, PHDCharleston, SC 294251629743000
  2. Anand Achanti, MDCharleston, SC 294251477750883
  3. George Acres, MDGreenville, SC 296051922081298
  4. Frederick Adams, MDSpartanburg, SC 293021578543955
  5. Robert Adrah, MDRock Hill, SC 297321629499785
  6. Chokri AliouaGreenville, SC 296051538142807
  7. Mhd Alsaka, MDFlorence, SC 295061184880049
  8. Mohammed Alzubaidi, MDSumter, SC 291501912258567
  9. Prince Amaechi, M.D.Spartanburg, SC 293021750493250
  10. Kofi Appiah, M.D.Spartanburg, SC 293021346200961
  11. Henry Ayiku, MDNorth Charleston, SC 294051477509404
  12. Asha Bailey, DOColumbia, SC 292031619156957
  13. Sivanthan Balachandran, MDConway, SC 295261699840322
  14. Munsef Barakat, MDCharleston, SC 294251083394522
  15. Shadi Bashour, DOFlorence, SC 295061710298153
  16. Ramesh Bhoothapuri, MDRock Hill, SC 297321124021076
  17. Satya Sai Bhupathi, M.D.Rock Hill, SC 297321235335456
  18. William Bixenman, MDRock Hill, SC 297321891798740
  19. Istvan Bognar, MDGreenville, SC 296051659354926
  20. Richard Browder, M.D.North Charleston, SC 294051700889938
  21. Maria Browne, MDCharleston, SC 294251811512353
  22. Milos Budisavjevic, M.D.Charleston, SC 294251184623654
  23. Charles Bunke, MDCharleston, SC 294251033227079
  24. Michael Byrne, MDCharleston, SC 294071538130141
  25. James Cain, MDSumter, SC 291501174615868
  26. Kellie Calderon, MDCharleston, SC 294251760644066
  27. Ruth Campbell, MDCharleston, SC 294251881635092
  28. Michael Casey, MDCharleston, SC 294251194991026
  29. Jorge Chabrier-Rosello, MDBeaufort, SC 299071437438835
  30. Ashraf Chattha, M.D.Columbia, SC 292041073555983
  31. Deanna Cheek, M.D.Charleston, SC 294141801837653
  32. Kaye Christopher, MDGreenville, SC 296051881689966
  33. Charles Cohn, M.D.Georgetown, SC 294401649249103
  34. Jessica Coleman, M.D.Beaufort, SC 299071376785394
  35. Michael Cook, MDColumbia, SC 292031649245317
  36. Deewan Deewan, MDColumbia, SC 292041811292055
  37. Debby Desalvo, D.O.Myrtle Beach, SC 295721225034192
  38. Francis Dibona, M.D.Aiken, SC 298011578527867
  39. Christine Dillingham, MDHartsville, SC 295501992190870
  40. Zia Din, MDAnderson, SC 296211396740171
  41. Kenneth Dodds, M.D.North Charleston, SC 294051962405191
  42. Kory Drake, DOGreenville, SC 296051114423522
  43. John Durham, MDOrangeburg, SC 291181558396309
  44. Muhammad Ebrahim, MDSpartanburg, SC 293021689654071
  45. Walter Edwards, M.D.Columbia, SC 292061982924304
  46. Robin Edwin, MDGreenville, SC 296051871756890
  47. Maria Egidi, MDCharleston, SC 294251275591299
  48. John Elms, MDConway, SC 295261770658494
  49. Osemwegie Emovon, M.D.Charleston, SC 294141285684548
  50. Brian Erb, M.D.Rock Hill, SC 297321659469559

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

South Carolina ranks 23 of 51 per resident

  1. Virginia3.8
  2. Georgia3.8
  3. California3.8
  4. South Carolina3.8
  5. Michigan3.7
  6. Mississippi3.7
  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.

80.7% 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. South Carolina80.7%
  2. United States85.8%

Nephrology Physician records in South Carolina, measured

  • In a Medicare file163 of 202 · 80.7% here, 85.8% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file144 · 71.3% here, 76.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more117 · 57.9% here, 54.9% nationally
  • Median graduation year1999 · the 144 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

202 NPPES records list nephrology physician (207RN0300X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in South Carolina: 3.8 per 100,000 residents against 4 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Charleston has 45 of them (22%).

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. Wisconsin207
  2. Louisiana219
  3. Alabama183
  4. Colorado182

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. California3.8
  2. Michigan3.7
  3. Mississippi3.7
  4. Arizona3.7

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.