NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician in North Carolina

91 NPPES records list orthopaedic hand surgery physician with a practice address in North Carolina, 0.8 per 100,000 residents, the 32nd highest rate of 51. Raleigh and Asheville have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the North Carolina license search. Page 2 of 2.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207XS0106X · method

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

Raleigh has the most, 13

  1. Raleigh13
  2. Asheville11
  3. Greensboro10
  4. Charlotte9
  5. Winston Salem8

Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician records in North Carolina

  1. Richard Moore, MDWilmington, NC 284121336141258
  2. Tara NagarajaDenver, NC 280371609263375
  3. David Napoli, MDHendersonville, NC 287911013941913
  4. Ronald Neimkin, MDAsheville, NC 288011275642159
  5. Fiesky Nunez, MDWinston Salem, NC 271571811432727
  6. Okechukwu Nwoko, M.D.Raleigh, NC 276101649435645
  7. Fred Ortmann, M.D.Greensboro, NC 274081306801170
  8. Lois Osier, MDCharlotte, NC 282071154303154
  9. William Pekman, M.D.Hickory, NC 286021922045947
  10. Paul Perlik, MDCharlotte, NC 282071932181948
  11. Mark Perlmutter, MS,MDRocky Mount, NC 278041467540534
  12. James Phelps, M.D.Asheville, NC 288031376751131
  13. Tyler Pidgeon, M.D.Morrisville, NC 275601265725329
  14. James Post, M.D.Raleigh, NC 276091003819434
  15. Bowen QiuIndian Trail, NC 280791902337579
  16. Aimee Riley, D.O.Asheville, NC 288011932492584
  17. Craig Rineer, MDWilmington, NC 284121366578007
  18. Aaron RobertsNew Bern, NC 285621801215363
  19. Paulvalery Roulette, MDMatthews, NC 281051639431885
  20. David Ruch, M.D.Morrisville, NC 275601356438998
  21. Paul Schricker, M.D.Raleigh, NC 276091356344642
  22. Smiresh Shah, MDConcord, NC 280251548473804
  23. James Skahen, MDConcord, NC 280251477527638
  24. James Spears, MDGreensboro, NC 274081356795082
  25. Adam Starr, M.D.Asheville, NC 288031215101373
  26. Ryan Tarr, DORaleigh, NC 276141659786697
  27. Erica Taylor, MDRaleigh, NC 276091720291370
  28. Kevin Taylor, MDGreenville, NC 278341306290564
  29. David Thompson, MDGreensboro, NC 274081700973237
  30. James Thompson, MDAsheville, NC 288031427167337
  31. Lacy Thornburg, MDAsheville, NC 288031669581559
  32. Christopher Tuohy, MDWinston Salem, NC 271571578574042
  33. William Ward, MDCharlotte, NC 282071417930587
  34. Peter Waters, MDCharlotte, NC 282071962428763
  35. Matthew Weingold, MDGreensboro, NC 274051053368464
  36. Patricia Wellborn, MDRaleigh, NC 276101831652783
  37. Stephen Westly, M.D.Asheville, NC 288031689639858
  38. Ethan Wiesler, MDWinston Salem, NC 271571538146147
  39. Steven Winters, M.D.Durham, NC 277121922084672
  40. Julie WoodsideLincolnton, NC 280921215161302
  41. John Yanik, M.D.Asheville, NC 288011487002770

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207XS0106X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

North Carolina ranks 32 of 51 per resident

  1. Nevada0.8
  2. Tennessee0.8
  3. Iowa0.8
  4. North Carolina0.8
  5. Oregon0.8
  6. Utah0.8
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.9

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207XS0106X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

83.5% 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. North Carolina83.5%
  2. United States85.8%

Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician records in North Carolina, measured

  • In a Medicare file76 of 91 · 83.5% here, 85.8% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file68 · 74.7% here, 78.3% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more48 · 52.7% here, 51.7% nationally
  • Median graduation year2005 · the 68 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207XS0106X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

91 NPPES records list orthopaedic hand surgery physician (207XS0106X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in North Carolina: 0.8 per 100,000 residents against 0.9 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Raleigh has 13 of them (14%).

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. Virginia90
  2. New Jersey93
  3. Washington88
  4. Ohio95

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Iowa0.8
  2. Tennessee0.8
  3. Nevada0.8
  4. Oregon0.8

The largest states

  1. California288
  2. New York199
  3. Florida183
  4. Texas182
  5. Illinois129

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.