Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Physician providers in the U.S.
3,696 NPPES records list pediatric critical care medicine physician as their primary taxonomy, about 1.1 per 100,000 residents; District of Columbia and Missouri have the most per resident. 83 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 2080P0203X means
2080P0203X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, in the grouping Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians. 3,696 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
A pediatrician expert in advanced life support for children from the term or near-term neonate to the adolescent. This competence extends to the critical care management of life-threatening organ system failure from any cause in both medical and surgical patients and to the support of vital physiological functions. This specialist may have administrative responsibilities for intensive care units and also facilitates patient care among other specialists.
Source: NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, definition as NUCC publishes it (nucc.org); counts from CMS NPPES.
Most per resident: the 8 highest
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2080P0203X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Houston has the most, 138
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2080P0203X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 51 by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 49 | 1.0 |
| Alaska | 5 | 0.7 |
| Arizona | 86 | 1.2 |
| Arkansas | 23 | 0.7 |
| California | 337 | 0.9 |
| Colorado | 72 | 1.2 |
| Connecticut | 34 | 0.9 |
| Delaware | 20 | 1.9 |
| District of Columbia | 44 | 6.5 |
| Florida | 265 | 1.2 |
| Georgia | 73 | 0.7 |
| Hawaii | 13 | 0.9 |
| Idaho | 8 | 0.4 |
| Illinois | 144 | 1.1 |
| Indiana | 78 | 1.1 |
| Iowa | 40 | 1.2 |
| Kansas | 17 | 0.6 |
| Kentucky | 32 | 0.7 |
| Louisiana | 65 | 1.4 |
| Maine | 12 | 0.9 |
| Maryland | 44 | 0.7 |
| Massachusetts | 121 | 1.7 |
| Michigan | 103 | 1.0 |
| Minnesota | 79 | 1.4 |
| Mississippi | 16 | 0.5 |
| Missouri | 133 | 2.1 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 2 | 0.2 |
| Nebraska | 23 | 1.2 |
| Nevada | 34 | 1.1 |
| New Hampshire | 4 | 0.3 |
| New Jersey | 73 | 0.8 |
| New Mexico | 23 | 1.1 |
| New York | 247 | 1.3 |
| North Carolina | 84 | 0.8 |
| North Dakota | 10 | 1.3 |
| Ohio | 157 | 1.3 |
| Oklahoma | 35 | 0.9 |
| Oregon | 29 | 0.7 |
| Pennsylvania | 198 | 1.5 |
| Rhode Island | 11 | 1.0 |
| South Carolina | 51 | 0.9 |
| South Dakota | 14 | 1.5 |
| Tennessee | 77 | 1.1 |
| Texas | 373 | 1.2 |
| Utah | 48 | 1.4 |
| Vermont | 7 | 1.1 |
| Virginia | 72 | 0.8 |
| Washington | 77 | 1.0 |
| West Virginia | 24 | 1.4 |
| Wisconsin | 79 | 1.3 |
| Wyoming | 1 | 0.2 |
In federal data
- NUCC code2080P0203X · Pediatrics
- Size rank154th of 688 specialties by records (0.05% of all)
- In its family4th of 25 Pediatrics codes, 3.3% of the family
- Part D prescribers83 (2.2% of records)
- Part D claims46 a year per prescriber, on average (419th of 496)
- Industry payments414 physicians paid $535K in 2024, $1K each on average
- Concentration8 states hold half of all records
Source: CMS NPPES; Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Presence in these files is not a quality judgment.
A sample of pediatric critical care medicine physician records
- J Lovrich, MDAnchorage, AK1992936413
- Michael Engel, MDAnchorage, AK1669582565
- Elizabeth Galloway, M.D.Anchorage, AK1003023177
- Jacob John, MDAnchorage, AK1821435751
- Gabrielle KarpinskyAnchorage, AK1902292121
- Samuel Tilden, M.D.Birmingham, AL1295764462
- Priya Prabhakaran, M.D.Birmingham, AL1649388299
- Nancy Tofil, M.D.Birmingham, AL1104934298
- Michele Kong, M.D.Birmingham, AL1902914070
- Leslie Hayes, M.D.Birmingham, AL1669566162
- William Sasser, MDBirmingham, AL1619186913
- Santiago Borasino, M.D.Birmingham, AL1770787848
- Jonathan Byrnes, M.D.Birmingham, AL1457550923
- Chrystal Rutledge, MDBirmingham, AL1174783708
- Robert Richter, M.D.Birmingham, AL1003132259
- Madhura Hallman, M.D., MPHBirmingham, AL1063702454
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Physician headcount concentrate?
3,696 Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Physician NPIs span 52 states; Texas alone holds 373. Top metros include Houston, TX; Philadelphia, PA; Boston, MA; New York, NY. Nationally this is 154th of 688 NUCC codes.
How large is Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Physician's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 414 Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Physician physicians totaling $535K (1,178 payments; average $1K, 202nd of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Physician Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Physician NPIs, 83 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 46 claims and $9K drug cost per prescriber; 419th of 496 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org); Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts are self-designated primary taxonomy, not board certification.
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.