NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician in Utah

266 NPPES records list orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in Utah, 7.8 per 100,000 residents, the 28th highest rate of 51. Salt Lake City and Provo have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Utah license search. Page 6 of 6.

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

Salt Lake City has the most, 93

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician records in Utah

  1. Drew Van Boerum, MDMurray, UT 841071710925631
  2. Katherine Velicki, MDSalt Lake City, UT 841081497334957
  3. Dean Walker, MDWest Valley City, UT 841191861424012
  4. Cameron Wallace, MDSalt Lake City, UT 841081437809571
  5. Jeffrey Wallentine, MDProvo, UT 846041124121934
  6. Angela Wang, MDSalt Lake City, UT 841081922198514
  7. Jennifer Wang, MDSalt Lake City, UT 841081598468241
  8. Lionel Weeks, M.D.Moab, UT 845321851461339
  9. John Wells, MDAmerican Fork, UT 840031740371376
  10. Hugh West, MDMurray, UT 841071538101563
  11. Benjamin Widmer, MDMurray, UT 841071871760439
  12. Brady Wilkinson, M.D.Provo, UT 846041326276973
  13. Clint Wooten, MDBountiful, UT 840101730317652
  14. Allen Workman, MDTooele, UT 840741407896277
  15. Gary Zeluff, M.D.Richfield, UT 847011861557688
  16. Richard Zipnick, MDSalt Lake Cty, UT 841241215917240

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

Utah ranks 28 of 51 per resident

  1. Illinois7.9
  2. Oregon7.9
  3. Ohio7.8
  4. Utah7.8
  5. Kansas7.7
  6. Hawaii7.5
  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.

80.1% 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. Utah80.1%
  2. United States76.5%

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician records in Utah, measured

  • In a Medicare file213 of 266 · 80.1% here, 76.5% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file164 · 61.7% here, 62.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more139 · 52.3% here, 56.8% nationally
  • Median graduation year2005 · the 164 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

266 NPPES records list orthopaedic surgery physician (207X00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Utah: 7.8 per 100,000 residents against 7.4 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Salt Lake City has 93 of them (35%).

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. Iowa257
  2. Oklahoma302
  3. Kansas226
  4. Arkansas205

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Ohio7.8
  2. Oregon7.9
  3. Illinois7.9
  4. Colorado8.0

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.