NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Pulmonary Disease Physician in North Carolina

429 NPPES records list pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in North Carolina, 4 per 100,000 residents, the 34th highest rate of 51. Durham and Charlotte have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the North Carolina license search. Page 9 of 9.

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).

Durham has the most, 58

  1. Durham58
  2. Charlotte41
  3. Winston Salem32
  4. Chapel Hill29
  5. Greenville28

Pulmonary Disease Physician records in North Carolina

  1. Stephen Tilley, MDChapel Hill, NC 275991437210465
  2. Anupama TiwariGreenville, NC 278341538321492
  3. Mateusz Tkacz, MDChapel Hill, NC 275991033799713
  4. Letlhogonolo Tlhabano, MDWinston Salem, NC 271571194906891
  5. Robert Updaw, MDCharlotte, NC 282621215115332
  6. Erika Vassil, MDLincolnton, NC 280921992756340
  7. Divya Verma, MDDurham, NC 277051114423951
  8. Sajeev Vettichira, MDMorehead City, NC 285571013964303
  9. Christine Vigeland, M.D.Chapel Hill, NC 275991518283373
  10. Sharad Vora, MDCary, NC 275181659321388
  11. Simon Waghchoure, MDMorganton, NC 286551528214442
  12. Robert Ward, M.D.Flat Rock, NC 287311558337501
  13. Michael Wei, M.D.Fayetteville, NC 283041952385643
  14. Yotam Weiner, MDCharlotte, NC 282071649761388
  15. Michael Wert, M.D.Greensboro, NC 274031558310276
  16. Kathy Wilson, M.D.Conover, NC 286131114095841
  17. Terrence Wolanski, MDJacksonville, NC 285461740359082
  18. Kevin Wolfe, MDBoone, NC 286071194747105
  19. Stephanie Woolley, MDHendersonville, NC 287921952332876
  20. Patrick Wright, M.D.Greensboro, NC 274031265482889
  21. Kang Rui Xiang, MDLexington, NC 272921518429802
  22. Wesam Yacoub, M.D.Greensboro, NC 274031518992239
  23. James Yankaskas, MDChapel Hill, NC 275991093893414
  24. Carol Young, MDShallotte, NC 284701124005897
  25. Clinton Young, M.D.Greensboro, NC 274031538119094
  26. Katherine Young, M.D.Durham, NC 277101760800015
  27. Stephen Young, MDDurham, NC 277101891887378
  28. David Zaas, M.D.Winston Salem, NC 271571588748461
  29. Darryl Zeldin, MDDurham, NC 277051619099157

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

North Carolina ranks 34 of 51 per resident

  1. South Dakota4.1
  2. Indiana4.1
  3. Delaware4.1
  4. North Carolina4.0
  5. Iowa3.9
  6. Arizona3.8
  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.

84.1% 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. North Carolina84.1%
  2. United States85.0%

Pulmonary Disease Physician records in North Carolina, measured

  • In a Medicare file361 of 429 · 84.1% here, 85.0% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file333 · 77.6% here, 74.9% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more218 · 50.8% here, 53.7% nationally
  • Median graduation year2001 · the 333 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

429 NPPES records list pulmonary disease physician (207RP1001X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in North Carolina: 4 per 100,000 residents against 4.6 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Durham has 58 of them (14%).

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. Georgia399
  2. Virginia386
  3. Tennessee359
  4. New Jersey509

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Iowa3.9
  2. Delaware4.1
  3. Indiana4.1
  4. Arizona3.8

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.