NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Registered Dietitian in Virginia

1,307 NPPES records list registered dietitian with a practice address in Virginia, 15 per 100,000 residents, the 46th highest rate of 51. Richmond and Charlottesville have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Virginia license search. Page 27 of 27.

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).

Richmond has the most, 138

  1. Richmond138
  2. Charlottesville96
  3. Virginia Beach66
  4. Arlington58
  5. Roanoke53

Registered Dietitian records in Virginia

  1. Jacquelyn Zema, RDCharlottesville, VA 229031770081267
  2. Nour Zibdeh, RDHerndon, VA 201711457624090
  3. Anna ZieglerHenrico, VA 232331881406130
  4. Rachel ZirkleNorfolk, VA 235021700768793
  5. Christine Zirpoli, R.D.Virginia Beach, VA 234511164490652
  6. Susan Zoll, RDNorfolk, VA 235051053585299
  7. Cheryl Zonkowski, MS, RD, LDN, CSSDVirginia Beach, VA 234511346172418

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

Virginia ranks 46 of 51 per resident

  1. Nevada16
  2. New Mexico16
  3. Florida15
  4. Virginia15
  5. West Virginia15
  6. South Carolina15
  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.

6.2% 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. Virginia6.2%
  2. United States7.4%

Registered Dietitian records in Virginia, measured

  • In a Medicare file81 of 1,307 · 6.2% here, 7.4% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file129 · 9.9% here, 9.8% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more745 · 57.0% here, 56.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year2012 · the 129 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

1,307 NPPES records list registered dietitian (133V00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Virginia: 15 per 100,000 residents against 20 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Richmond has 138 of them (11%).

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. Tennessee1,266
  2. Missouri1,368
  3. Colorado1,391
  4. Indiana1,218

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. West Virginia15.0
  2. Florida15.2
  3. South Carolina14.9
  4. Alabama14.2

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.