NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery Physician in Tennessee

21 NPPES records list orthopaedic foot and ankle surgery physician with a practice address in Tennessee, 0.3 per 100,000 residents, the 17th highest rate of 50. Germantown and Memphis have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Tennessee license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207XX0004X · method

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

Germantown has the most, 6

  1. Germantown6
  2. Memphis5
  3. Nashville5
  4. Chattanooga2
  5. Columbia1

Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery Physician records in Tennessee

  1. Richard Alvarez, M.D.Chattanooga, TN 374031417922618
  2. Clayton Bettin, M.D.Memphis, TN 381041376861849
  3. Matthew Buchanan, M.D.Chattanooga, TN 374041326044298
  4. Jeffrey Byrd, MDGermantown, TN 381381326620956
  5. Tyler Fraser, MDMemphis, TN 381191629464896
  6. Bethany Gallagher, MDNashville, TN 372321407037815
  7. Benjamin Grear, MDGermantown, TN 381381922214923
  8. Jeffrey Herring, MDNashville, TN 372091285634824
  9. William Hester, M.D.Memphis, TN 381201457770588
  10. Susan Ishikawa, M.D.Germantown, TN 381381225024953
  11. William Jameson, M.D.Memphis, TN 381201114920246
  12. Karen McRae, MDJohnson City, TN 376011962467498
  13. Garnett Murphy, M.D.Germantown, TN 381381952398646
  14. Tracy Pesut, MDKnoxville, TN 379231295751634
  15. David Richardson, M.D.Germantown, TN 381381912994450
  16. Elbert Richardson, M.D.Germantown, TN 381381043207186
  17. Nicholas Strasser, MDNashville, TN 372321053525238
  18. Carson Strickland, MDColumbia, TN 384011881942423
  19. Jesse TrentMemphis, TN 381041992332977
  20. Jeffrey Willers, M.D.Nashville, TN 372031447201967
  21. James Yu, MDNashville, TN 372091407848641

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207XX0004X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Tennessee ranks 17 of 50 per resident

  1. Vermont0.3
  2. Virginia0.3
  3. New York0.3
  4. Tennessee0.3
  5. District of Columbia0.3
  6. Alabama0.3
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.2

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207XX0004X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

81.0% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 87.4% 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. Tennessee81.0%
  2. United States87.4%

Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery Physician records in Tennessee, measured

  • In a Medicare file17 of 21 · 81.0% here, 87.4% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file14 · 66.7% here, 78.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more11 · 52.4% here, 49.2% nationally
  • Median graduation year2004 · the 14 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207XX0004X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

21 NPPES records list orthopaedic foot and ankle surgery physician (207XX0004X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Tennessee: 0.3 per 100,000 residents against 0.2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Germantown has 6 of them (29%).

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. Georgia21
  2. Arizona19
  3. Indiana19
  4. Oregon18

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Alabama0.3
  2. New York0.3
  3. Virginia0.3
  4. Ohio0.3

The largest states

  1. Texas76
  2. California71
  3. New York58
  4. Florida45
  5. Washington36

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.