NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Ph.D. Medical Genetics in Texas

13 NPPES records list ph.d. medical genetics with a practice address in Texas, 0 per 100,000 residents, the 28th highest rate of 39. Houston and El Paso have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Texas license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 170100000X · method

Houston has the most, 6

Ph.D. Medical Genetics records in Texas

  1. Sue Berend, PH.D.Henrietta, TX 763651043403231
  2. Concetta Bormans, PHDHouston, TX 770081932867249
  3. Zhijie Chen, MDFrisco, TX 750341033835616
  4. Marcelo Fernadez-Vina, PH.D.Houston, TX 770301053490870
  5. Paul Goldstein, PH.D.El Paso, TX 799121235508086
  6. Jacqueline Hecht, PHDHouston, TX 770301669743084
  7. Ronald Kerman, PHDHouston, TX 770301962603217
  8. Guillermo LopezSan Antonio, TX 782071790422087
  9. Maxwell Omabe, PHD, DABCC, FRCPATHIHouston, TX 770601811846629
  10. Marilyn Pollack, PH.D.San Antonio, TX 782291073648127
  11. Antoinette Vandeputte, ATCEl Paso, TX 799151174724900
  12. Xander Wehrens, MD, PHDHouston, TX 770301427675727
  13. Robert Young, PH.D.Austin, TX 787591629128194

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 170100000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Texas ranks 28 of 39 per resident

  1. Ohio0.1
  2. Georgia0.1
  3. Oklahoma0.0
  4. Texas0.0
  5. South Carolina0.0
  6. Illinois0.0
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.1

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 170100000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

0.0% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 12.1% 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. Texas0.0%
  2. United States12.1%

Ph.D. Medical Genetics records in Texas, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 13 · 0.0% here, 12.1% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file1 · 7.7% here, 5.2% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more9 · 69.2% here, 74.6% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 170100000X); 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 ph.d. medical genetics (170100000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Texas: 0 per 100,000 residents against 0.1 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Houston has 6 of them (46%).

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. Maryland13
  2. Massachusetts12
  3. North Carolina14
  4. Virginia11

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Florida0.1
  2. New Jersey0.1
  3. California0.1
  4. New York0.2

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.