NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Neurology Physician in Kentucky

225 NPPES records list neurology physician with a practice address in Kentucky, 5 per 100,000 residents, the 39th highest rate of 51. Louisville and Lexington have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Kentucky license search. Page 5 of 5.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 2084N0400X · method

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

Louisville has the most, 78

  1. Louisville78
  2. Lexington62
  3. Crestview Hills14
  4. Ashland10
  5. Owensboro10

Neurology Physician records in Kentucky

  1. Alexander Tikhtman, MDLexington, KY 405091184668956
  2. Robert Tillett, MDLouisville, KY 402071134109465
  3. Anand Vaishnav, M.D.Louisville, KY 402021477596526
  4. Walter Warren, M.D.Bowling Green, KY 421011427057108
  5. Laura Watson, M.D.Lexington, KY 405041104089457
  6. Endraetta Watts, M.D.Fort Knox, KY 401211174640023
  7. John Webb, M.D.Crestview Hills, KY 410171891762563
  8. Andrew Welleford, MDLexington, KY 405361396324877
  9. James Winkley, M.D.Lexington, KY 405031932120011
  10. Michael Witt, MDLexington, KY 405361689314650
  11. Van Woeltz, MDPaducah, KY 420031447269451
  12. Christopher Wood, M.D.Crestview Hills, KY 410171831624774
  13. Rebekah Woods, D.O.Louisville, KY 402411144228164
  14. George Woodward, MDFort Campbell, KY 422231811922628
  15. Alan Yaacoub, MDLexington, KY 405361801357124
  16. Tritia Yamasaki, MDLexington, KY 405361588892459
  17. Xue Yang, MD, PHDBowling Green, KY 421011841854015
  18. Ruta Yardi Andress, M.D.Lexington, KY 405361366852311
  19. Julie YoussefiLexington, KY 405361477917359
  20. Joseph Zerga, M.D.Lexington, KY 405031598710139
  21. Mike ZhangLouisville, KY 402071750737144
  22. Yiyi Zhang, MDCrestview Hills, KY 410171649807884
  23. Jianhua Zhu, M.D.Bowling Green, KY 421011033115449
  24. Zhu Zhu, MD, PHDLexington, KY 405361619504032
  25. Amir Zia, M.D.Bowling Green, KY 421031952452583

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2084N0400X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Kentucky ranks 39 of 51 per resident

  1. Iowa5.2
  2. Indiana5.1
  3. Alabama5.1
  4. Kentucky5.0
  5. Georgia4.9
  6. Nevada4.8
  7. 50 states and D.C.6.5

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2084N0400X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

83.1% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 81.2% 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. Kentucky83.1%
  2. United States81.2%

Neurology Physician records in Kentucky, measured

  • In a Medicare file187 of 225 · 83.1% here, 81.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file162 · 72.0% here, 68.3% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more115 · 51.1% here, 50.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year2006 · the 162 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 2084N0400X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

225 NPPES records list neurology physician (2084N0400X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Kentucky: 5 per 100,000 residents against 6.5 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Louisville has 78 of them (35%).

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. Louisiana242
  2. Utah195
  3. Oklahoma193
  4. Alabama259

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Georgia4.9
  2. Indiana5.1
  3. Nevada4.8
  4. Montana4.8

The largest states

  1. California2,339
  2. New York1,778
  3. Florida1,530
  4. Texas1,382
  5. Pennsylvania1,077

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.