NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician in Tennessee

60 NPPES records list orthopaedic hand surgery physician with a practice address in Tennessee, 0.8 per 100,000 residents, the 30th highest rate of 51. Nashville and Knoxville have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Tennessee 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).

Nashville has the most, 22

  1. Nashville22
  2. Knoxville11
  3. Germantown5
  4. Memphis3
  5. Chattanooga2

Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician records in Tennessee

  1. Casey Sigerson, D.O.Clarksville, TN 370401063952174
  2. Richard Smith, M.D.Knoxville, TN 379201710954789
  3. Heather Taillac, MDCookeville, TN 385011528422490
  4. Norfleet Thompson, M.D.Germantown, TN 381381952536641
  5. Robert Torstrick, MDJackson, TN 383011639147200
  6. Michael Vaughn, M.D.Nashville, TN 372321427476969
  7. Douglas Weikert, MDNashville, TN 372321740372150
  8. Phillip Wright, M.D.Germantown, TN 381381285618744
  9. Todd Wurth, MDFranklin, TN 370671619964111
  10. William Yetter, M.D.Oak Ridge, TN 378301619323904

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

Tennessee ranks 30 of 51 per resident

  1. Minnesota0.9
  2. Wyoming0.9
  3. Nevada0.8
  4. Tennessee0.8
  5. Iowa0.8
  6. North Carolina0.8
  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.

88.3% 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. Tennessee88.3%
  2. United States85.8%

Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician records in Tennessee, measured

  • In a Medicare file53 of 60 · 88.3% here, 85.8% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file51 · 85.0% here, 78.3% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more17 · 28.3% here, 51.7% nationally
  • Median graduation year2009 · the 51 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

60 NPPES records list orthopaedic hand surgery physician (207XS0106X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Tennessee: 0.8 per 100,000 residents against 0.9 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Nashville has 22 of them (37%).

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. Maryland60
  2. Michigan60
  3. Connecticut59
  4. Wisconsin56

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Iowa0.8
  2. North Carolina0.8
  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.