NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Nephrology Physician in West Virginia

66 NPPES records list nephrology physician with a practice address in West Virginia, 3.7 per 100,000 residents, the 29th highest rate of 51. Morgantown and Huntington have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the West Virginia license search. Page 2 of 2.

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).

Morgantown has the most, 15

  1. Morgantown15
  2. Huntington13
  3. Charleston7
  4. Wheeling6
  5. Beckley4

Nephrology Physician records in West Virginia

  1. Khan Shabih, M.D.Charleston, WV 253041285720524
  2. Joseph Shapiro, M.D.Huntington, WV 257011194711572
  3. Said Sharawi, MDHuntington, WV 257011295306801
  4. Shiyi Song, M.D.Huntington, WV 257051801229380
  5. David Staley, M.D.Huntington, WV 257041548286123
  6. Jennifer Suders, D.O.Wheeling, WV 260031417205493
  7. Faroug Suliman, MDCharleston, WV 253011174616668
  8. Sharmil Suma Kumaran, M.D.Elkins, WV 262411780175844
  9. Ojaswi Tomar, M.DFairmont, WV 265541245727171
  10. Sakshi Vaishnav, MDCharleston, WV 253011609156801
  11. Siddharth Verma, M.D.Parkersburg, WV 261051336502798
  12. Vijay Vidyasagar, M.D., MPHMorgantown, WV 265061487857579
  13. Kavita Wei, M.D.Martinsburg, WV 254011548515505
  14. Paul Welch, MDMartinsburg, WV 254011548259146
  15. Abdul Zanabli, MDS Charleston, WV 253091487752093
  16. Jonathan Zuniga, M.D.Hurricane, WV 255261831167212

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

West Virginia ranks 29 of 51 per resident

  1. Arizona3.7
  2. New Mexico3.7
  3. Tennessee3.7
  4. West Virginia3.7
  5. North Carolina3.7
  6. Florida3.7
  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.

84.8% 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. West Virginia84.8%
  2. United States85.8%

Nephrology Physician records in West Virginia, measured

  • In a Medicare file56 of 66 · 84.8% here, 85.8% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file49 · 74.2% here, 76.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more27 · 40.9% here, 54.9% nationally
  • Median graduation year2002 · the 49 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

66 NPPES records list nephrology physician (207RN0300X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in West Virginia: 3.7 per 100,000 residents against 4 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Morgantown has 15 of them (23%).

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. Hawaii65
  2. Nebraska63
  3. Kansas70
  4. District of Columbia79

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Tennessee3.7
  2. New Mexico3.7
  3. North Carolina3.7
  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.