NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Physician in Iowa

12 NPPES records list pediatric infectious diseases physician with a practice address in Iowa, 0.4 per 100,000 residents, the 24th highest rate of 49. Iowa City and Des Moines have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Iowa license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 2080P0208X · method

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

Iowa City has the most, 8

  1. Iowa City8
  2. Des Moines3
  3. Sioux City1

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Physician records in Iowa

  1. Sarah Auerbach, DOIowa City, IA 522421003279423
  2. James Davis, M.D.Iowa City, IA 522421194042382
  3. Charles Grose, MDIowa City, IA 522421184610206
  4. Ashlesha Kaushik, M.D.Sioux City, IA 511061841452075
  5. Damian Krysan, MDIowa City, IA 522421942237763
  6. Stanley Perlman, MDIowa City, IA 522421235124926
  7. Ana Maria Quintero Nunes, MDDes Moines, IA 503091366073389
  8. Veena Ramachandran, M.D.Des Moines, IA 503091144495987
  9. Joel Waddell, DODes Moines, IA 503091174960793
  10. Lukasz Weiner, M.D.Iowa City, IA 522421205271954
  11. Melanie Wellington, MDIowa City, IA 522421619908191
  12. Christine Ziebold, MD, PHD,MPHIowa City, IA 522421962561506

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2080P0208X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Iowa ranks 24 of 49 per resident

  1. New Jersey0.4
  2. Virginia0.4
  3. Georgia0.4
  4. Iowa0.4
  5. Wisconsin0.4
  6. Alabama0.4
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.5

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2080P0208X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

33.3% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 45.7% 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. Iowa33.3%
  2. United States45.7%

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Physician records in Iowa, measured

  • In a Medicare file4 of 12 · 33.3% here, 45.7% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file2 · 16.7% here, 28.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more9 · 75.0% here, 57.1% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 2080P0208X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

12 NPPES records list pediatric infectious diseases physician (2080P0208X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Iowa: 0.4 per 100,000 residents against 0.5 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Iowa City has 8 of them (67%).

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. Arkansas13
  2. Kentucky14
  3. Oregon14
  4. South Carolina15

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Wisconsin0.4
  2. Alabama0.4
  3. Georgia0.4
  4. Illinois0.4

The largest states

  1. California161
  2. New York120
  3. Texas106
  4. Massachusetts86
  5. Pennsylvania83

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.