NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician in Alaska

83 NPPES records list orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in Alaska, 11.3 per 100,000 residents, the 6th highest rate of 51. Anchorage and Fairbanks have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Alaska license search. Page 2 of 2.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207X00000X · method

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

Anchorage has the most, 39

  1. Anchorage39
  2. Fairbanks9
  3. Wasilla7
  4. Juneau6
  5. Jber5

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician records in Alaska

  1. Kevin Paisley, DOAnchorage, AK 995081194987511
  2. Jeffrey Parker, MDAnchorage, AK 995081437160173
  3. William Paton, MDAnchorage, AK 995081790710747
  4. Thomas Paynter, MDAnchorage, AK 995081831234798
  5. Jordan Pearce, MDSoldotna, AK 996691386139350
  6. Douglas Prevost, M.D.Anchorage, AK 995081952376022
  7. Jon Reiswig, MD,Juneau, AK 998011245335199
  8. Michael Reyes, MDSoldotna, AK 996691376559963
  9. George Rhyneer, M.D.Anchorage, AK 995081982649026
  10. Matthew Riedesel, M.D.Jber, AK 995061083603732
  11. Adrian Ryan, M.D.Anchorage, AK 995081063457109
  12. Peter Schaab, M.D.Anchorage, AK 995081952497877
  13. Garret Schuchart, M.D.Wasilla, AK 996541609365113
  14. Gregory Schumacher, MDAnchorage, AK 995151346200011
  15. Ted Schwarting, MDJuneau, AK 998011306931894
  16. John Schwartz, MDKetchikan, AK 999011386632347
  17. Gregory Schweiger, M.D.Anchorage, AK 995081851340020
  18. Andrew Shacklett, M.D.Anchorage, AK 995061114366820
  19. Bradley Sparks, MDAnchorage, AK 995081639217763
  20. John Stacey, D.O.Anchorage, AK 995061285070474
  21. Gregory Strohmeyer, M.D.Wasilla, AK 996541922324557
  22. Richard Strohmeyer, MDWasilla, AK 996541255375150
  23. Jimmy Tamai, MDFairbanks, AK 997011023122991
  24. Claudia Thomas, MDJber, AK 995061538588629
  25. Kenneth Thomas, M.D.Anchorage, AK 995081689845299
  26. Stephen Tower, MDAnchorage, AK 995031710915962
  27. Thomas Vasileff, M.D.Anchorage, AK 995081932136579
  28. Doug Vermillion, MDAnchorage, AK 995081336114388
  29. W. Wickler, D.O.Anchorage, AK 995081487743654
  30. David Witham, M.D.Fairbanks, AK 997011457328197
  31. Erik WoelberJuneau, AK 998011134655830
  32. Alan Wolf, MDKodiak, AK 996151770514523
  33. John Wuellner, M.D.Jber, AK 995061710241567

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207X00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Alaska ranks 6 of 51 per resident

  1. New Hampshire12.4
  2. South Dakota12.3
  3. Maine11.8
  4. Alaska11.3
  5. Minnesota11.3
  6. Wisconsin11.1
  7. 50 states and D.C.7.4

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207X00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

66.3% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 76.5% 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. Alaska66.3%
  2. United States76.5%

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician records in Alaska, measured

  • In a Medicare file55 of 83 · 66.3% here, 76.5% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file47 · 56.6% here, 62.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more35 · 42.2% here, 56.8% nationally
  • Median graduation year2005 · the 47 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207X00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

83 NPPES records list orthopaedic surgery physician (207X00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Alaska: 11.3 per 100,000 residents against 7.4 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Anchorage has 39 of them (47%).

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. Delaware76
  2. Wyoming91
  3. North Dakota74
  4. Montana105

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Minnesota11.3
  2. Wisconsin11.1
  3. Maine11.8
  4. South Dakota12.3

The largest states

  1. California2,276
  2. Texas1,514
  3. Florida1,470
  4. New York1,339
  5. Pennsylvania1,253

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.