NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Pulmonary Disease Physician in Alabama

219 NPPES records list pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Alabama, 4.3 per 100,000 residents, the 28th highest rate of 51. Birmingham and Mobile have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Alabama license search. Page 5 of 5.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207RP1001X · method

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

Birmingham has the most, 88

  1. Birmingham88
  2. Mobile43
  3. Huntsville17
  4. Montgomery11
  5. Dothan8

Pulmonary Disease Physician records in Alabama

  1. Melinda Thompson, M.D.Huntsville, AL 358011255497392
  2. David Thrasher, M.D.Montgomery, AL 361161831150259
  3. Jennifer TrevorBirmingham, AL 352331417112871
  4. Kadambari Vijaykumar, MDBirmingham, AL 352941861809360
  5. Thomas Vines, M.D.Birmingham, AL 352351083634281
  6. Ravi Paul Singh VirdiBirmingham, AL 352331548493182
  7. Murthy Vuppala, MDHuntsville, AL 358011093762346
  8. Priyanka Vyas, M.D.Montgomery, AL 361111609023993
  9. Raymond WadeBirmingham, AL 352331073990297
  10. Meshia Wallace, MDOpelika, AL 368011659635472
  11. Davis Weidow, DOMobile, AL 366171679100747
  12. Derek Wells, M.D.Huntsville, AL 358011407209471
  13. Jan WestermanJasper, AL 355011285674150
  14. Micah Whitson, M.D.Birmingham, AL 352491982984431
  15. Lisa Williams, M.D.Montgomery, AL 361111073543617
  16. Gretchen WinterBirmingham, AL 352331235498049
  17. Usha Yendrapalli, M.D.Mobile, AL 366081689038283
  18. Aline Zouk, M.D.Birmingham, AL 352491174878029
  19. Sikander Zulqarnain, MDGadsden, AL 359011366751257

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RP1001X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Alabama ranks 28 of 51 per resident

  1. Nebraska4.5
  2. Louisiana4.5
  3. Virginia4.5
  4. Alabama4.3
  5. Montana4.2
  6. Washington4.1
  7. 50 states and D.C.4.6

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RP1001X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

86.8% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 85.0% 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. Alabama86.8%
  2. United States85.0%

Pulmonary Disease Physician records in Alabama, measured

  • In a Medicare file190 of 219 · 86.8% here, 85.0% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file176 · 80.4% here, 74.9% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more97 · 44.3% here, 53.7% nationally
  • Median graduation year2003 · the 176 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207RP1001X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

219 NPPES records list pulmonary disease physician (207RP1001X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Alabama: 4.3 per 100,000 residents against 4.6 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Birmingham has 88 of them (40%).

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. Louisiana208
  2. Kentucky235
  3. South Carolina202
  4. Oregon197

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Montana4.2
  2. Puerto Rico4.2
  3. Washington4.1
  4. South Dakota4.1

The largest states

  1. California1,443
  2. New York1,230
  3. Florida1,045
  4. Texas967
  5. Pennsylvania779

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.