NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Otolaryngology Physician in Alabama

159 NPPES records list otolaryngology physician with a practice address in Alabama, 3.1 per 100,000 residents, the 35th highest rate of 51. Birmingham and Mobile have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Alabama license search. Page 3 of 4.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207Y00000X · method

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

Birmingham has the most, 59

  1. Birmingham59
  2. Mobile25
  3. Huntsville18
  4. Montgomery12
  5. Tuscaloosa8

Otolaryngology Physician records in Alabama

  1. Andrea McMurphy, MDMobile, AL 366061679502421
  2. James McQueen, M.D.Enterprise, AL 363301740268259
  3. Wilton McRae, MDTroy, AL 360811093706905
  4. Alice Morgan, M.D., PH.D.Birmingham, AL 352051861401192
  5. Charles Morgan, MDMontgomery, AL 361171093749673
  6. Samih Nassif Abudinen, MDHuntsville, AL 358011598290082
  7. Alfred Neumann, M.D.Mobile, AL 366081679567234
  8. William Norris, M.D.Fairhope, AL 365321619015328
  9. William O'Mara, M.D.Daphne, AL 365261902871874
  10. Kacie Oglesby, MDMobile, AL 366061497384093
  11. Robert Ostendorf, M.D.Gadsden, AL 359031003833021
  12. Patrick Owens, M.D.Birmingham, AL 352051790028199
  13. Richard Palesano, MDMobile, AL 366061083669444
  14. Mollie Perryman, MDBirmingham, AL 352331275093916
  15. James Pitcock, M.D.Mobile, AL 366081063406627
  16. Benjamin Powell, M.D.Huntsville, AL 358011225157886
  17. Randall Real, M.D.Birmingham, AL 352111144237348
  18. Nicholas Rivers, MDHuntsville, AL 358011427638022
  19. Daniel Rocke, MD JDBirmingham, AL 352331851534317
  20. David Rosenstiel, MDTuscaloosa, AL 354061225069909
  21. Marc Routman, M.D.Birmingham, AL 352091841225125
  22. William Ruffin, DOOpelika, AL 368011023578804
  23. Robert Sciacca, M.D.Birmingham, AL 352441982790572
  24. Gordon Shields, M.D.Tuscaloosa, AL 354061922059997
  25. James Shotts, MDTuscaloosa, AL 354061033147822
  26. Michael Sillers, MDBirmingham, AL 352421205806213
  27. Charles Simpson, MDBirmingham, AL 352331992714836
  28. Lloyd Simpson, M.D.Birmingham, AL 352051902815996
  29. Chelsey Smith, MDDothan, AL 363051023339041
  30. Jessica Southwood, M.D.Mobile, AL 366061518223494
  31. James Spires, M.D.Mobile, AL 366081992799571
  32. Aubrey Stabler, M.DMontgomery, AL 361061316949472
  33. Carlisle Stephenson, MDTuscaloosa, AL 354061780612564
  34. Edward Stevenson, MDHomewood, AL 352091215257258
  35. John Stewart, D.O.Huntsville, AL 358051447220926
  36. Warren Stiles, M.D.Opelika, AL 368011255363008
  37. Neil Stronach, M.D.Montgomery, AL 361061255449336
  38. Brian Sullivan, M.D.Mobile, AL 366061932499076
  39. Ronnie Swain, M.D.Mobile, AL 366061053305649
  40. Ronnie Swain, M.D.Mobile, AL 366061508851940
  41. Herman Teachey, M.D.Huntsville, AL 358011336236686
  42. Thomas Townes, MDBirmingham, AL 352331073991352
  43. Ross Triolo, MBBSBirmingham, AL 352331831617398
  44. Alfred Trotter, M.D.Guntersville, AL 359761285798538
  45. Gary Turner, M.D.Birmingham, AL 352941508999848
  46. Justin Turner, M.D., PH.D.Birmingham, AL 352331215076807
  47. Wallace Vaughan, M.D.Montgomery, AL 361171104906510
  48. Richard Waguespack, M.D.Birmingham, AL 352331316913965
  49. James Walburn, MDTuscaloosa, AL 354061558398412
  50. Richard Walker, MDBirmingham, AL 352031487708012

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207Y00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Alabama ranks 35 of 51 per resident

  1. Colorado3.2
  2. Mississippi3.2
  3. Virginia3.1
  4. Alabama3.1
  5. California3.1
  6. Indiana3.1
  7. 50 states and D.C.3.4

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207Y00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

83.0% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 79.4% 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. Alabama83.0%
  2. United States79.4%

Otolaryngology Physician records in Alabama, measured

  • In a Medicare file132 of 159 · 83.0% here, 79.4% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file112 · 70.4% here, 66.8% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more98 · 61.6% here, 57.7% nationally
  • Median graduation year1997 · the 112 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207Y00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

159 NPPES records list otolaryngology physician (207Y00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Alabama: 3.1 per 100,000 residents against 3.4 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Birmingham has 59 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. Oregon164
  2. Kentucky149
  3. Connecticut146
  4. Iowa145

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Virginia3.1
  2. California3.1
  3. Indiana3.1
  4. Mississippi3.2

The largest states

  1. California1,212
  2. Texas790
  3. New York765
  4. Florida659
  5. Pennsylvania531

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.