NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Physician Assistant in Virginia

4,408 NPPES records list physician assistant with a practice address in Virginia, 51 per 100,000 residents, the 24th highest rate of 51. Norfolk and Roanoke have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Virginia license search. Page 89 of 89.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 363A00000X · method

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

Norfolk has the most, 309

  1. Norfolk309
  2. Roanoke299
  3. Richmond282
  4. Virginia Beach265
  5. Winchester217

Physician Assistant records in Virginia

  1. Kaitlin Zirnheld, PA-CSuffolk, VA 234341902546401
  2. Charles Zito, PAVirginia Beach, VA 234621619993912
  3. Kaalyn Zizus, PA-CPotomac Falls, VA 201651205174331
  4. Karen Zubricki, PA-CVirginia Beach, VA 234621740729565
  5. Rebecca Zuch, PA-CVirginia Beach, VA 234511871858290
  6. Michael Zugarek, PAVirginia Beach, VA 234521013988781
  7. Elizabeth Zulauf, PA-CVienna, VA 221801538956115
  8. Jose Zuniga Juarez, PA-CRoanoke, VA 240141902473325

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 363A00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Virginia ranks 24 of 51 per resident

  1. Connecticut57
  2. Utah55
  3. Maryland52
  4. Virginia51
  5. Vermont50
  6. Oregon49
  7. 50 states and D.C.49

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 363A00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

78.2% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 77.9% 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. Virginia78.2%
  2. United States77.9%

Physician Assistant records in Virginia, measured

  • In a Medicare file3,447 of 4,408 · 78.2% here, 77.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file2,888 · 65.5% here, 62.6% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more1,435 · 32.6% here, 39.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year2018 · the 2,885 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 363A00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

4,408 NPPES records list physician assistant (363A00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Virginia: 51 per 100,000 residents against 49 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Norfolk has 309 of them (7%).

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. Georgia4,662
  2. Massachusetts4,713
  3. Minnesota4,007
  4. Illinois4,926

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Maryland52.2
  2. Vermont49.6
  3. Oregon49.5
  4. Arizona49.3

The largest states

  1. New York15,555
  2. California14,451
  3. Texas10,999
  4. Florida10,257
  5. North Carolina9,279

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.