Physician Nutrition Specialist (Family Medicine) providers in the U.S.
8 NPPES records list physician nutrition specialist (family medicine) as their primary taxonomy; California and North Carolina have the most per resident. 2 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 207QP0002X means
207QP0002X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Family Medicine, Physician Nutrition Specialist, in the grouping Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians. 8 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
A physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of primary nutritional diseases (e.g., undernutrition, overnutrition, and genetic or acquired errors of metabolism) and adjunctive nutritional therapeutics (e.g., nutritional therapy or support of diseases states with a metabolic component). Physician Nutrition Specialists also provide services for nutritional disease prevention, including diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer’s, hospital malnutrition screening, and perioperative nutrition.
Source: NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, definition as NUCC publishes it (nucc.org); counts from CMS NPPES.
Most per resident: the 7 highest
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207QP0002X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Palm Springs has the most, 1
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207QP0002X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 7 states and D.C. with records, by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| California | 2 | 0.0 |
| New Mexico | 1 | 0.0 |
| New York | 1 | 0.0 |
| North Carolina | 1 | 0.0 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 1 | 0.0 |
| Texas | 1 | 0.0 |
| Washington | 1 | 0.0 |
In federal data
- NUCC code207QP0002X · Family Medicine
- Size rank668th of 688 specialties by records (0% of all)
- In its family10th of 11 Family Medicine codes, 0% of the family
- Part D prescribers2 (25% of records)
- Part D claims288 a year per prescriber, on average (234th of 496)
- Industry payments3 physicians paid $28K in 2024, $9K each on average
- Concentration3 states hold half of all records
Source: CMS NPPES; Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Presence in these files is not a quality judgment.
A sample of physician nutrition specialist (family medicine) records
- Stephanie Abrams, M.D.Torrance, CA1427160076
- Navpreet Singh, MDPalm Springs, CA1275229767
- Steven Landau, M.D.Greensboro, NC1538254388
- Yara Khalifa, DO, MPHAlbuquerque, NM1447954110
- Laurence Blumberg, M.D.New York, NY1093945404
- Winston Miu, MDCleveland, OH1306738679
- Omar Sujo, MDDenison, TX1003747429
- Chun Tam, MDRichland, WA1134832447
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Why is Physician Nutrition Specialist (Family Medicine) a thin NUCC code in NPPES?
Only 8 NPIs list Physician Nutrition Specialist (Family Medicine) as primary taxonomy across 7 states (peak California, 2). That is 668th of 688 NUCC codes by headcount. Thin codes are still searchable by NPI; do not treat the low count as a quality signal.
Do the few Physician Nutrition Specialist (Family Medicine) NPIs in Open Payments look unusual?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 3 paid Physician Nutrition Specialist (Family Medicine) physicians totaling $28K (39 payments; average $9K, 42nd of 470 by average). Presence is not a quality judgment; thin specialties often have sparse payment rows.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Physician Nutrition Specialist (Family Medicine) NPIs, 2 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 288 claims and $39K drug cost per prescriber; 234th of 496 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org); Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts are self-designated primary taxonomy, not board certification.
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.