NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Pediatric Cardiology Physician in West Virginia

17 NPPES records list pediatric cardiology physician with a practice address in West Virginia, 1 per 100,000 residents, the 26th highest rate of 50. Morgantown and Huntington have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the West Virginia license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 2080P0202X · 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, 11

  1. Morgantown11
  2. Huntington4
  3. Charleston2

Pediatric Cardiology Physician records in West Virginia

  1. Arpy Balian, M.D.Morgantown, WV 265061356351100
  2. John Eckerd, M.D.Charleston, WV 253021023118825
  3. Salwa Gendi, MDMorgantown, WV 265061578763793
  4. Jeffrey Harris, MDHuntington, WV 257011326241035
  5. Mahmood Heydarian, MDHuntington, WV 257011912961699
  6. Mehar Hoda, M.D.Morgantown, WV 265061740662808
  7. Henry Kort, M.D.Morgantown, WV 265061326001504
  8. Rupesh Kumar NatarajanMorgantown, WV 265061023468014
  9. Rabia Noor, MDMorgantown, WV 265061366894263
  10. Mariam Opel, MDHuntington, WV 257011639663602
  11. John Phillips, M.D.Morgantown, WV 265061255411187
  12. Lee Pyles, M.D.Morgantown, WV 265061174542062
  13. Nita Ray Chaudhuri, M.DMorgantown, WV 265061184984015
  14. Larry Rhodes, M.D.Morgantown, WV 265061093781809
  15. Jerome Saul, MDMorgantown, WV 265061861500811
  16. Jackie Stines, MDHuntington, WV 257011023222197
  17. Krishna Kishore Umapathi, MBBS, MD, MSCCharleston, WV 253021962854737

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2080P0202X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

West Virginia ranks 26 of 50 per resident

  1. Kentucky1.1
  2. Florida1.1
  3. Rhode Island1.0
  4. West Virginia1.0
  5. California0.9
  6. Georgia0.9
  7. 50 states and D.C.1.1

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2080P0202X 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 65.6% 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 States65.6%

Pediatric Cardiology Physician records in West Virginia, measured

  • In a Medicare file12 of 17 · 70.6% here, 65.6% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file8 · 47.1% here, 52.9% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more5 · 29.4% here, 47.8% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 2080P0202X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

17 NPPES records list pediatric cardiology physician (2080P0202X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in West Virginia: 1 per 100,000 residents against 1.1 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Morgantown has 11 of them (65%).

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. Nebraska17
  2. New Mexico16
  3. Maine15
  4. Mississippi14

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. California0.9
  2. Georgia0.9
  3. Rhode Island1.0
  4. Florida1.1

The largest states

  1. California363
  2. Texas325
  3. New York246
  4. Florida238
  5. Ohio195

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.