NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Physician in South Carolina

15 NPPES records list pediatric infectious diseases physician with a practice address in South Carolina, 0.3 per 100,000 residents, the 39th highest rate of 49. Charleston and Greenville have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the South Carolina 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).

Charleston has the most, 7

  1. Charleston7
  2. Greenville5
  3. Columbia3

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Physician records in South Carolina

  1. Joshua Brownlee, MDGreenville, SC 296151295943181
  2. Markus Buchfellner, MDCharleston, SC 294251497250427
  3. Allison Eckard, MDCharleston, SC 294251922212968
  4. Cristina Fernandes, MDGreenville, SC 296051013944685
  5. Sandra Fowler, MDCharleston, SC 294251679681621
  6. Sue Jue, M.D.Greenville, SC 296151649223025
  7. George Kotchmar, MDColumbia, SC 292031194761577
  8. Jason Lake, M.D., M.P.H.Charleston, SC 294251609195189
  9. Lauren Powell, D.O.Charleston, SC 294251750743944
  10. Christopher Prestel, M.D.Charleston, SC 294251689938979
  11. Katherine Richardson, M.D.Greenville, SC 296151124466164
  12. Anna Rye Burch, MDColumbia, SC 292031356566103
  13. Stephen Thacker, MDCharleston, SC 294251740473289
  14. Laure Utecht, M.D.Greenville, SC 296151457396053
  15. Rebecca Widener, MD.Columbia, SC 292031831352368

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

South Carolina ranks 39 of 49 per resident

  1. South Dakota0.3
  2. Kentucky0.3
  3. New Hampshire0.3
  4. South Carolina0.3
  5. Florida0.3
  6. North Dakota0.3
  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.

73.3% 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. South Carolina73.3%
  2. United States45.7%

Pediatric Infectious Diseases Physician records in South Carolina, measured

  • In a Medicare file11 of 15 · 73.3% here, 45.7% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file7 · 46.7% here, 28.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more10 · 66.7% 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

15 NPPES records list pediatric infectious diseases physician (2080P0208X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in South Carolina: 0.3 per 100,000 residents against 0.5 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Charleston has 7 of them (47%).

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. Arizona16
  2. Kentucky14
  3. Oregon14
  4. Utah16

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Florida0.3
  2. Texas0.3
  3. Michigan0.3
  4. Indiana0.3

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.