NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Rheumatology Physician in Connecticut

145 NPPES records list rheumatology physician with a practice address in Connecticut, 4 per 100,000 residents, the 4th highest rate of 51. New Haven and Hartford have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Connecticut license search. Page 1 of 3.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207RR0500X · method

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

New Haven has the most, 27

  1. New Haven27
  2. Hartford12
  3. Danbury10
  4. Norwalk8
  5. Hamden6

Rheumatology Physician records in Connecticut

  1. Crispin Abarientos, M.D.Middletown, CT 064571124292966
  2. Aryeh Abeles, M.D.Meriden, CT 064501285737155
  3. Micha Abeles, M.D.Meriden, CT 064501497751556
  4. Jackilyn Annelli, PANorwich, CT 063601245085315
  5. Sandra Apenteng, MDGlastonbury, CT 060331801359138
  6. Catharine Arnold, MDGuilford, CT 064371306909742
  7. Daisy Bang, MDShelton, CT 064841356579460
  8. Erik Beger, M.DNorwalk, CT 068501992801989
  9. Daniel Belin, M.D.Middletown, CT 064571841265048
  10. Lana Bernstein, M.D.Greenwich, CT 068301912012857
  11. Kateryna Bertuch, M.D.Torrington, CT 067901811239817
  12. Joshua Bilsborrow, M.D., M.H.S.Hamden, CT 065181942645403
  13. Adriana Blanco, M.D.Hamden, CT 065181558363390
  14. Linda Bockenstedt, MDNew Haven, CT 065191124001359
  15. Richard Bucala, MDNew Haven, CT 065191649307208
  16. Lenore Buckley, M.D.New Haven, CT 065191932298098
  17. Jaqueline Buza, M.D.Wallingford, CT 064921295716991
  18. Elise Carlson, M.D.Milford, CT 064601811971260
  19. Miruna Carnaru, M.D.Guilford, CT 064371932632361
  20. Michael Cassetta, D.O.Trumbull, CT 066111811916505
  21. Anita Chandrasekaran, MD, MPHWaterford, CT 063851861870651
  22. Sana Chaudhary, MDDanbury, CT 068101831548684
  23. Eugenia Yupei Chock, M.DNew Haven, CT 065191386955540
  24. Monia Chopra, MDHartford, CT 061051235651449
  25. Harjinder Chowdhary, MDNorwich, CT 063601205942836
  26. Vaidehi Chowdhary, M.D.North Haven, CT 064731417921297
  27. Jane Cooper, MDMiddlebury, CT 067621356314066
  28. Joseph Craft, MDNew Haven, CT 065191134102361
  29. Jesse Dabit, MDDanbury, CT 068101740643907
  30. Kathy-Ann Dennis, MDBloomfield, CT 060021316949753
  31. Deborah Desir, M.D.Hamden, CT 065181831209865
  32. Charles Disabatino, MDNew Haven, CT 065101457337644
  33. Jonathan Dixon, M.D.Hartford, CT 061021649382839
  34. Mei DongNew Haven, CT 065111366718538
  35. Evelyn Donroe, M.D., M.P.H.New Haven, CT 065101225204936
  36. Mirela Dumitrescu, MDTrumbull, CT 066111497768006
  37. Janine Evans, MDNew Haven, CT 065191396726691
  38. Golfam Fadaei, MDDerby, CT 064181780260562
  39. Edward Feinglass, M.D.New Britain, CT 060511871595157
  40. Mario Felix, MDNew Haven, CT 065101760986046
  41. Erol Fikrig, MDNew Haven, CT 065191184607319
  42. Liana Fraenkel, MDNew Haven, CT 065101679556815
  43. Shivani Garg, M.D.New Haven, CT 065101528321122
  44. Paul Gibilisco, MDNorfolk, CT 060581013040401
  45. Susan Giles, MDHartford, CT 061051538132246
  46. Geoffrey Gladstein, M.D.Trumbull, CT 066111427060938
  47. Sonia Gordon-Dole, M.D.Hamden, CT 065181003927047
  48. Melanie GraberNew Britain, CT 060501740714047
  49. Christon Grant, MBBSBristol, CT 060101750811949
  50. Blerta Green, M.D.Hamden, CT 065181578942215

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RR0500X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Connecticut ranks 4 of 51 per resident

  1. District of Columbia8.4
  2. Massachusetts4.9
  3. New Hampshire4.1
  4. Connecticut4.0
  5. Maryland3.5
  6. Pennsylvania3.2
  7. 50 states and D.C.2.4

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RR0500X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

78.6% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 81.6% 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. Connecticut78.6%
  2. United States81.6%

Rheumatology Physician records in Connecticut, measured

  • In a Medicare file114 of 145 · 78.6% here, 81.6% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file94 · 64.8% here, 69.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more94 · 64.8% here, 56.6% nationally
  • Median graduation year2004 · the 94 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207RR0500X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

145 NPPES records list rheumatology physician (207RR0500X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Connecticut: 4 per 100,000 residents against 2.4 nationally (50 states and D.C.). New Haven has 27 of them (19%).

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. Colorado145
  2. Missouri151
  3. Tennessee139
  4. Wisconsin154

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. New Hampshire4.1
  2. Maryland3.5
  3. Pennsylvania3.2
  4. Massachusetts4.9

The largest states

  1. California926
  2. New York599
  3. Texas545
  4. Florida494
  5. Pennsylvania413

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.