NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Neurological Surgery Physician in North Carolina

226 NPPES records list neurological surgery physician with a practice address in North Carolina, 2.1 per 100,000 residents, the 42nd highest rate of 51. Charlotte and Durham have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the North Carolina license search. Page 5 of 5.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207T00000X · method

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

Charlotte has the most, 37

  1. Charlotte37
  2. Durham32
  3. Winston Salem26
  4. Raleigh21
  5. Chapel Hill15

Neurological Surgery Physician records in North Carolina

  1. Thomas Sweasey, MDWinston Salem, NC 271031396798732
  2. Stephen Tatter, MDWinston Salem, NC 271571831178151
  3. Charles Teo, AM,MBBS, FRACSDurham Nc, NC 277101023596897
  4. Khoi Than, MDDurham, NC 277101326269671
  5. John Thomas, MDWilmington, NC 284011780835769
  6. Jonathan Thomas, M.D.Greensboro, NC 274011619207701
  7. Keith Tucci, MDGreenville, NC 278341194836973
  8. Dennis Turner, MA, MDDurham, NC 277101659331817
  9. Lindsey Tyler, MDWilson, NC 278931457667446
  10. Cheerag Upadhyaya, M.D.Chapel Hill, NC 275141720101827
  11. Mark Van Poppel, M.D.Charlotte, NC 282041407062235
  12. Craig Vanderveer, MDCharlotte, NC 282041184622060
  13. Kelly Wackerle, MDCharlotte, NC 282111336671700
  14. Carol Wadon, M.D.Pinehurst, NC 283741619073590
  15. Scott Wait, MDCharlotte, NC 282041831379890
  16. James Walker, MDPinehurst, NC 283741598940686
  17. Patrick Washington, PA-CCharlotte, NC 282041851263693
  18. Jaclyn White, MDWinston Salem, NC 271571750724134
  19. John Wilson, MDWinston Salem, NC 271571467432047
  20. Joseph Withrow, MDConcord, NC 280251376040956
  21. Stacey Wolfe, MDWinston Salem, NC 271571588897029
  22. Jeffrey Yablon, MDMooresville, NC 281171700860749
  23. Chester Yarbrough, MDBurlington, NC 272151457589939
  24. John Ziewacz, M.D.Charlotte, NC 282041215050315
  25. Ali Zomorodi, MDDurham, NC 277101053428326
  26. Gerald Zupruk, MDThomasville, NC 273601528021391

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207T00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

North Carolina ranks 42 of 51 per resident

  1. Iowa2.2
  2. Mississippi2.1
  3. Alabama2.1
  4. North Carolina2.1
  5. New Jersey2.0
  6. Georgia2.0
  7. 50 states and D.C.2.6

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207T00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

80.5% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 78.8% 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. North Carolina80.5%
  2. United States78.8%

Neurological Surgery Physician records in North Carolina, measured

  • In a Medicare file182 of 226 · 80.5% here, 78.8% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file161 · 71.2% here, 65.8% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more117 · 51.8% here, 52.5% nationally
  • Median graduation year2006 · the 161 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207T00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

226 NPPES records list neurological surgery physician (207T00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in North Carolina: 2.1 per 100,000 residents against 2.6 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Charlotte has 37 of them (16%).

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. Washington232
  2. Georgia219
  3. Massachusetts236
  4. Arizona198

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Alabama2.1
  2. Mississippi2.1
  3. New Jersey2.0
  4. Iowa2.2

The largest states

  1. California929
  2. Texas669
  3. Florida644
  4. New York529
  5. Pennsylvania447

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.