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 4 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. David Walters, MDBirmingham, AL 352351093938615
  2. Wayanne Watson, MDBirmingham, AL 352331306309224
  3. Christopher WeeksMobile, AL 366081225667207
  4. Wesley Whatley, MDOpelika, AL 368011740214626
  5. John Wilson, M.D.Mobile, AL 366061811982002
  6. Robert WineskiBirmingham, AL 352331275039968
  7. Kirk WithrowBirmingham, AL 352331639146327
  8. Donald Wittich, M.D.Hoover, AL 352441326104316
  9. Bradford WoodworthBirmingham, AL 352331720197510

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.