NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician in West Virginia

126 NPPES records list orthopaedic surgery physician with a practice address in West Virginia, 7.1 per 100,000 residents, the 37th highest rate of 51. Morgantown and Huntington have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the West Virginia license search. Page 3 of 3.

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).

Morgantown has the most, 20

  1. Morgantown20
  2. Huntington19
  3. Charleston14
  4. Martinsburg8
  5. Beckley7

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician records in West Virginia

  1. David Shamblin, MDBeckley, WV 258011467504662
  2. Doyle Sickles, M.D.Weston, WV 264521609062157
  3. Amit Singla, MDHuntington, WV 257011396271656
  4. Ronald Sismondo, M.D.Wheeling, WV 260031124463807
  5. Jarrod Smith, M.D.Huntington, WV 257021396057527
  6. Joseph Snead, MDWeston, WV 264521063526838
  7. Aaron Sop, DOCharleston, WV 253011073661096
  8. David Soulsby, M.D.South Charleston, WV 253091508868043
  9. Jack Steel, M.D.Huntington, WV 257021184681884
  10. Larry Stemple, M.D.Morgantown, WV 265051467428342
  11. David Stoll, M.D.Morgantown, WV 265051053387076
  12. Shawn Storm, DOCharleston, WV 253011568653475
  13. Matthew Stover, D.O.South Charleston, WV 253091649412578
  14. Phillip Surface, D.OSouth Charleston, WV 253091932122512
  15. Joshua Sykes, M.D.Bridgeport, WV 263301063655470
  16. David Tager, M.D.Morgantown, WV 265061245526730
  17. Peter Thrush, MDMorgantown, WV 265081912962325
  18. Richard Topping, MDElkins, WV 262411982675054
  19. Hamed Vahedikafshgari, MDKeyser, WV 267261902315989
  20. Chris Vasilakis, M.D.Morgantown, WV 265051659378081
  21. Steven Vess, DORonceverte, WV 249701578581948
  22. Samantha Wells, FNP-BCWeirton, WV 260621932796562
  23. Garth Wright, M.D.Charles Town, WV 254141154392983
  24. Bobby Yow, M.D.Elkins, WV 262411063863843
  25. Robert Zaleski, MDWheeling, WV 260031538231063
  26. Nick Zervos, M.D.Morgantown, WV 265051053388926

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

West Virginia ranks 37 of 51 per resident

  1. Delaware7.4
  2. Louisiana7.3
  3. Indiana7.2
  4. West Virginia7.1
  5. New York6.8
  6. Georgia6.8
  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.

70.6% 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. West Virginia70.6%
  2. United States76.5%

Orthopaedic Surgery Physician records in West Virginia, measured

  • In a Medicare file89 of 126 · 70.6% here, 76.5% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file74 · 58.7% here, 62.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more74 · 58.7% here, 56.8% nationally
  • Median graduation year2004 · the 74 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

126 NPPES records list orthopaedic surgery physician (207X00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in West Virginia: 7.1 per 100,000 residents against 7.4 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Morgantown has 20 of them (16%).

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. Rhode Island138
  2. South Dakota113
  3. New Mexico141
  4. Hawaii107

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Indiana7.2
  2. Louisiana7.3
  3. Delaware7.4
  4. Maryland7.4

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.