NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Pediatrics Physician in West Virginia

281 NPPES records list pediatrics physician with a practice address in West Virginia, 16 per 100,000 residents, the 43rd highest rate of 51. Morgantown and Huntington have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the West Virginia license search. Page 6 of 6.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 208000000X · 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, 62

  1. Morgantown62
  2. Huntington42
  3. Charleston37
  4. Beckley10
  5. Bridgeport10

Pediatrics Physician records in West Virginia

  1. Michael Sweetman, M.D.Morgantown, WV 265061427583244
  2. Donald Ta, M.D.Clendenin, WV 250451376812008
  3. Rebecca Taylor, DOS Charleston, WV 253091982845327
  4. Chandrani Thakker, MDCharleston, WV 253021598845141
  5. Staci Thomas, M.D.Morgantown, WV 265081104841527
  6. Ashley Toler, D.O.Lewisburg, WV 249011699903021
  7. Patricia TranHuntington, WV 257011417217084
  8. Brandon Trandai, MDMorgantown, WV 265061083238794
  9. Anish Trehun, MDRipley, WV 252711366639023
  10. Megan Troischt, M.D.Morgantown, WV 265061154445757
  11. Taylor Troischt, M.D.Morgantown, WV 265081639102247
  12. Erica Tuckwiller, D.O.Beckley, WV 258011700103140
  13. Lauren TuftsHuntington, WV 257011225528680
  14. Sue Upton, M.D.Charleston, WV 253021922061076
  15. Brian Vaske, D.O.Wheeling, WV 260031841448321
  16. Pieter Verhoeven, MDMorgantown, WV 265061811213614
  17. Happy Verma, M.D.Charleston, WV 253131336249184
  18. Chickajajur Vijay, M.D.Glen Dale, WV 260381821325994
  19. Sara Von Wulffen, M.D.Huntington, WV 257011861512758
  20. Lyndsey WeatherlyPrinceton, WV 247401437786472
  21. Hayley Weese, MDHuntington, WV 257011225770043
  22. Samantha Westbrook, DOCharleston, WV 253021194469338
  23. Charles Whitaker, M.D.Parkersburg, WV 261011457358145
  24. Kara White, DOSouth Charleston, WV 253091033291422
  25. Christine Whitman, M.D.Ranson, WV 254381821295783
  26. Erick Willis, MDHuntington, WV 257021912111097
  27. John Wiltz, M.D.Point Pleasant, WV 255501144311028
  28. Melanie Winnings, MDSouth Charleston, WV 253091053406017
  29. Mark Wippel, MDHuntington, WV 257011811951783
  30. Brett Wolfe, D.O.Parkersburg, WV 261011770774762
  31. Donna Wright, MDHamlin, WV 255231740254317

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208000000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

West Virginia ranks 43 of 51 per resident

  1. Indiana17
  2. Alabama16
  3. South Dakota16
  4. West Virginia16
  5. Iowa16
  6. Kansas14
  7. 50 states and D.C.22

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208000000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

40.9% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 36.4% 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 Virginia40.9%
  2. United States36.4%

Pediatrics Physician records in West Virginia, measured

  • In a Medicare file115 of 281 · 40.9% here, 36.4% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file51 · 18.1% here, 8.7% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more158 · 56.2% here, 58.4% nationally
  • Median graduation year2009 · the 50 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 208000000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

281 NPPES records list pediatrics physician (208000000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in West Virginia: 16 per 100,000 residents against 22 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Morgantown has 62 of them (22%).

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. Delaware290
  2. Maine311
  3. New Hampshire330
  4. Rhode Island330

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. South Dakota15.9
  2. Alabama16.0
  3. Iowa15.7
  4. Indiana16.6

The largest states

  1. California9,272
  2. New York5,795
  3. Texas5,641
  4. Florida3,996
  5. Pennsylvania3,382

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.