NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Registered Dietitian in Tennessee

1,266 NPPES records list registered dietitian with a practice address in Tennessee, 18 per 100,000 residents, the 39th highest rate of 51. Nashville and Memphis have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Tennessee license search. Page 26 of 26.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 133V00000X · method

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

Nashville has the most, 284

  1. Nashville284
  2. Memphis142
  3. Knoxville126
  4. Chattanooga65
  5. Murfreesboro55

Registered Dietitian records in Tennessee

  1. Patrick Wortman, RDChattanooga, TN 374031831268960
  2. Lacy Wright, R.D.Nashville, TN 372041922718477
  3. Samara Wright, RDJackson, TN 383011922382977
  4. Yanhong WuMurfreesboro, TN 371301023981024
  5. Olivia Wudel, RDN, LDNNashville, TN 372121457842890
  6. Kristen Xiong, RDRockvale, TN 371531609746635
  7. Laurel Yaroch, RNDSevierville, TN 378761407792971
  8. Shannon Young, RDColumbia, TN 384011841327392
  9. Amy Youngblood, R.D.Jackson, TN 383051639399538
  10. Virginia Zachary, RDMurfreesboro, TN 371291235153529
  11. Victoria Zaleski, RDNJohnson City, TN 376041396617338
  12. Laura Zarzar, MED, RDN, LDNNashville, TN 372321215803796
  13. Sarah Zeglen, RD, LDNBrentwood, TN 370271588398812
  14. Katherine Zehntner, RD,LDNBrentwood, TN 370271245761022
  15. Sara Zellers, RDN, LDNMemphis, TN 381041588281927
  16. Calla Ziegler, RD, LDNMemphis, TN 381041144793647

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 133V00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Tennessee ranks 39 of 51 per resident

  1. Maryland18
  2. Nebraska18
  3. Michigan18
  4. Tennessee18
  5. Indiana18
  6. Kentucky18
  7. 50 states and D.C.20

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 133V00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

5.9% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 7.4% 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. Tennessee5.9%
  2. United States7.4%

Registered Dietitian records in Tennessee, measured

  • In a Medicare file75 of 1,266 · 5.9% here, 7.4% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file117 · 9.2% here, 9.8% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more630 · 49.8% here, 56.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year2014 · the 117 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 133V00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

1,266 NPPES records list registered dietitian (133V00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Tennessee: 18 per 100,000 residents against 20 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Nashville has 284 of them (22%).

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. Virginia1,307
  2. Indiana1,218
  3. Missouri1,368
  4. Colorado1,391

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Kentucky17.7
  2. Michigan18.1
  3. Nebraska18.1
  4. Maryland18.2

The largest states

  1. California7,148
  2. Texas5,099
  3. New York4,724
  4. Florida3,443
  5. Pennsylvania3,083

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.