NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Pediatric Surgery Physician in Iowa

13 NPPES records list pediatric surgery physician with a practice address in Iowa, 0.4 per 100,000 residents, the 32nd highest rate of 50. Des Moines and Iowa City 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 2086S0120X · method

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

Des Moines has the most, 8

  1. Des Moines8
  2. Iowa City5

Pediatric Surgery Physician records in Iowa

  1. Matthew Alexander, M.D.Des Moines, IA 503091760895536
  2. Erica Carlisle, M.D.Iowa City, IA 522421649508037
  3. Ulises Garza Serna, MDDes Moines, IA 503141821526906
  4. James Hopkins, MDDes Moines, IA 503141518032580
  5. Stephanie Kapfer, MDDes Moines, IA 503091518065804
  6. Tarun Kumar, M.D.Des Moines, IA 503141922105303
  7. Mackenzie Lees, MD, MSC, FRCSCDes Moines, IA 503091558076471
  8. Henry George Noble, MDDes Moines, IA 503141437254745
  9. Graeme Pitcher, MB BCHIowa City, IA 522421831338755
  10. Anthony Sandler, MDIowa City, IA 522421427059591
  11. Joel Shilyansky, MDIowa City, IA 522421942251368
  12. Onyebuchi Ukabiala, M.D.Des Moines, IA 503091790767903
  13. Alan Utria, MDIowa City, IA 522421316360621

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2086S0120X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Iowa ranks 32 of 50 per resident

  1. Hawaii0.4
  2. Alaska0.4
  3. Idaho0.4
  4. Iowa0.4
  5. Nebraska0.4
  6. Kentucky0.4
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.4

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2086S0120X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

23.1% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 52.7% 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. Iowa23.1%
  2. United States52.7%

Pediatric Surgery Physician records in Iowa, measured

  • In a Medicare file3 of 13 · 23.1% here, 52.7% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file1 · 7.7% here, 29.3% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more9 · 69.2% here, 51.0% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 2086S0120X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

13 NPPES records list pediatric surgery physician (2086S0120X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Iowa: 0.4 per 100,000 residents against 0.4 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Des Moines has 8 of them (62%).

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. West Virginia13
  2. Maine14
  3. Oklahoma12
  4. Puerto Rico11

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Kentucky0.4
  2. Washington0.4
  3. Florida0.4
  4. Texas0.4

The largest states

  1. California142
  2. Texas128
  3. Florida89
  4. New York88
  5. Ohio84

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.