Obesity Medicine (Psychiatry & Neurology) Physician

NUCC 2084B0002X · Psychiatry & Neurology

14 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 9 states · 660th of 690 specialties by headcount.

14
Providers
CMS NPPES-registered
9
States
with ≥1 NPI
New York
Top state
4 providers
$242
Open Pay avg
453rd of 551 specialties

Where this specialty sits in the corpus

Obesity Medicine (Psychiatry & Neurology) Physician ranks 660th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0% of all registered NPIs), densest in New York.

14
NPPES providers in specialty
660th
of 690 specialties
1531
state-share HHI
64.3%
Part D prescriber share

3 states hold half of this specialty's national roster; 0% of the Psychiatry & Neurology category.

Taxonomy fingerprint

Obesity Medicine (Psychiatry & Neurology) Physician (NUCC 2084B0002X; 64.3% Part D prescribers (9 of 14); avg 244 Part D claims/prescriber (403rd of 572); Open Payments avg $242/physician (453rd of 551; 2 paid, $485 total); state-share HHI 1,531; next-larger headcount neighbor Biochemist (+1); next-smaller Medical Research Veterinarian (-1)).

Next larger: Biochemist (15) Next smaller: Medical Research Veterinarian (13)

Which states have the most providers?

#StateProviders
1New York4
2Florida2
3Virginia2
4Arizona1
5California1
6Connecticut1
7Illinois1
8Louisiana1

Sample Obesity Medicine (Psychiatry & Neurology) Physician NPIs

A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.

#Provider
1Lidia Lidagoster, MEDICAL DOCTORNew Rochelle, NY
2Vinod Patel, MDGlendale, AZ
3Kishore Gadde, M.D.Baton Rouge, LA
4S.e. Specter, MD PHDBeverly Hills, CA
5Saira Saqib, MDJacksonville, FL
6Richard Rothman, M.D., PH.D.Fairfax, VA
7William NaglerLivonia, MI
8Taiye Ogundipe, MDWestport, CT
9Rossy Pellerano, M.D.Miami, FL
10John Young, M.D.New York, NY
11Kenneth Welch, MB,CH.B, FRCPBartlett, IL
12Vikas Gupta, MDNew York, NY

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Obesity Medicine (Psychiatry & Neurology) Physician providers are in the US?
There are 14 Obesity Medicine (Psychiatry & Neurology) Physician providers registered in the CMS NPPES database across 9 US states and territories. New York has the most with 4 providers. Among 690 NUCC specialties, this code ranks 660th by headcount.
Do Obesity Medicine (Psychiatry & Neurology) Physician clinicians appear in Open Payments?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 2 Obesity Medicine (Psychiatry & Neurology) Physician physicians receiving industry payments totaling $485 (6 payments; average $242 per paid physician, 453rd of 551 specialties by average). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Obesity Medicine (Psychiatry & Neurology) Physician NPIs, 9 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 244 claims and $49K drug cost per prescriber; 403rd of 572 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.
Data sources and methodology

Provider data from CMS NPPES (download.cms.gov/nppes). Specialty classification from NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org). Part D averages from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; industry payments from CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts reflect self-designated primary taxonomy at NPI enrollment. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Methodology · About

Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-25.