NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Plastic Surgery Physician in Kentucky

56 NPPES records list plastic surgery physician with a practice address in Kentucky, 1.2 per 100,000 residents, the 34th highest rate of 51. Lexington and Louisville have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Kentucky license search. Page 2 of 2.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 208200000X · method

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

Lexington has the most, 21

  1. Lexington21
  2. Louisville21
  3. Owensboro4
  4. Ashland2
  5. Paducah2

Plastic Surgery Physician records in Kentucky

  1. Peter Ward, MD, FACSPaducah, KY 420031851329122
  2. Maurine Waterhouse, M.D.Louisville, KY 402071326192386
  3. Henry Wells, M.D.Lexington, KY 405081568599124
  4. Frank Wermeling, MDLouisville, KY 402051861752909
  5. Susan Wermeling, M.D.Lexington, KY 405031336144161
  6. Paul Zieg, M.D.Henderson, KY 424201366553844

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208200000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Kentucky ranks 34 of 51 per resident

  1. Nebraska1.3
  2. South Dakota1.3
  3. West Virginia1.2
  4. Kentucky1.2
  5. Alaska1.2
  6. Texas1.2
  7. 50 states and D.C.1.7

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208200000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

What the count covers

56 NPPES records list plastic surgery physician (208200000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Kentucky: 1.2 per 100,000 residents against 1.7 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Lexington has 21 of them (38%).

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. Louisiana56
  2. Oregon64
  3. Kansas47
  4. Connecticut70

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. West Virginia1.2
  2. Texas1.2
  3. Nevada1.2
  4. South Dakota1.3

The largest states

  1. California894
  2. Florida507
  3. New York452
  4. Texas374
  5. Ohio234

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.