Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in the U.S.
15,577 NPPES records list pulmonary disease physician as their primary taxonomy, about 4.6 per 100,000 residents; District of Columbia and Massachusetts have the most per resident. 11,596 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 207RP1001X means
207RP1001X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, in the grouping Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians. 15,577 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
An internist who treats diseases of the lungs and airways. The pulmonologist diagnoses and treats cancer, pneumonia, pleurisy, asthma, occupational and environmental diseases, bronchitis, sleep disorders, emphysema and other complex disorders of the lungs.
Source: NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, definition as NUCC publishes it (nucc.org); counts from CMS NPPES.
Most per resident: the 8 highest
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RP1001X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
New York has the most, 320
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RP1001X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 51 by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 219 | 4.3 |
| Alaska | 11 | 1.5 |
| Arizona | 285 | 3.8 |
| Arkansas | 112 | 3.7 |
| California | 1,443 | 3.7 |
| Colorado | 288 | 4.9 |
| Connecticut | 280 | 7.7 |
| Delaware | 42 | 4.1 |
| District of Columbia | 76 | 11.2 |
| Florida | 1,045 | 4.6 |
| Georgia | 399 | 3.6 |
| Hawaii | 52 | 3.6 |
| Idaho | 60 | 3.1 |
| Illinois | 617 | 4.9 |
| Indiana | 280 | 4.1 |
| Iowa | 124 | 3.9 |
| Kansas | 105 | 3.6 |
| Kentucky | 235 | 5.2 |
| Louisiana | 208 | 4.5 |
| Maine | 83 | 5.9 |
| Maryland | 342 | 5.5 |
| Massachusetts | 569 | 8.1 |
| Michigan | 526 | 5.2 |
| Minnesota | 311 | 5.4 |
| Mississippi | 100 | 3.4 |
| Missouri | 332 | 5.4 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 48 | 4.2 |
| Nebraska | 90 | 4.5 |
| Nevada | 90 | 2.8 |
| New Hampshire | 86 | 6.1 |
| New Jersey | 509 | 5.5 |
| New Mexico | 62 | 2.9 |
| New York | 1,230 | 6.3 |
| North Carolina | 429 | 4.0 |
| North Dakota | 37 | 4.7 |
| Ohio | 659 | 5.6 |
| Oklahoma | 150 | 3.7 |
| Oregon | 197 | 4.7 |
| Pennsylvania | 779 | 6.0 |
| Rhode Island | 79 | 7.2 |
| South Carolina | 202 | 3.8 |
| South Dakota | 38 | 4.1 |
| Tennessee | 359 | 5.0 |
| Texas | 967 | 3.2 |
| Utah | 121 | 3.5 |
| Vermont | 35 | 5.4 |
| Virginia | 386 | 4.5 |
| Washington | 324 | 4.1 |
| West Virginia | 107 | 6.0 |
| Wisconsin | 300 | 5.1 |
| Wyoming | 11 | 1.9 |
In federal data
- NUCC code207RP1001X · Internal Medicine
- Size rank71st of 688 specialties by records (0.21% of all)
- In its family4th of 31 Internal Medicine codes, 5.1% of the family
- Part D prescribers11,596 (74.4% of records)
- Part D claims1,425 a year per prescriber, on average (47th of 496)
- Industry payments8,806 physicians paid $45.4M in 2024, $5K each on average
- Concentration9 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 pulmonary disease physician records
- John Fogarty, MDGreenville, NC1033112081
- Richard Mann, MDGreenville, NC1053314062
- Mark Klein, MDSalinas, CA1093718165
- Thomas Chick, M.D.Palestine, TX1295738466
- William Walker, MDAnderson, SC1700889904
- Jirayos Chintanadilok, M.D.Marianna, FL1073516274
- Wesley Head, M.D.Gainesville, GA1487657508
- Victor Ghobrial, MDBradenton, FL1194728279
- Deborah Milkowski, M.D.New Bern, NC1033112123
- Robert Dietrich, MDGreenville, NC1871596932
- John Rinderknecht, MDSalinas, CA1194728261
- Kenneth Gammon, M.D.Elkhart, IN1528061447
- Ayodeji Harris-Eze, M.D.Elkhart, IN1396748273
- Norvin Thomas, D.O.Mexico, MO1447253216
- Ricardo Vega, M.D.Temecula, CA1982607750
- Thomas Murray, M.D.Gainesville, GA1972506947
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
Where does the large Pulmonary Disease Physician headcount concentrate?
15,577 Pulmonary Disease Physician NPIs span 54 states; California alone holds 1,443. Top metros include New York, NY; Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Philadelphia, PA. Nationally this is 71st of 688 NUCC codes.
How large is Pulmonary Disease Physician's Open Payments footprint?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 8,806 Pulmonary Disease Physician physicians totaling $45.4M (247,033 payments; average $5K, 83rd of 470). Presence in Open Payments is not a quality judgment.
How heavy is Pulmonary Disease Physician Part D prescribing at scale?
Among Pulmonary Disease Physician NPIs, 11,596 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 1,425 claims and $831K drug cost per prescriber; 47th 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.