NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Rheumatology Physician in Delaware

19 NPPES records list rheumatology physician with a practice address in Delaware, 1.8 per 100,000 residents, the 35th highest rate of 51. Wilmington and Dover have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Delaware license search.

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).

Wilmington has the most, 6

  1. Wilmington6
  2. Dover5
  3. Newark5
  4. Lewes2
  5. Seaford1

Rheumatology Physician records in Delaware

  1. Lourdes Aponte, MDLewes, DE 199581144299959
  2. Susan Cowdery, MDWilmington, DE 198051336177666
  3. Surjeet Dheer, DODover, DE 199041689024143
  4. Ivonne Herrera, MDSeaford, DE 199731992856785
  5. Maged Hosny, MDDover, DE 199041326003351
  6. Sheerin Javed, M.D.Newark, DE 197131114963626
  7. Douglas Lienesch, MDNewark, DE 197131124129747
  8. Yvan Maque Acosta, M.D.Dover, DE 199041306252648
  9. Robert Moyer, M.D.Dover, DE 199041861477077
  10. Nancy Murphy, MDWilmington, DE 198101861505778
  11. James Newman, MDWilmington, DE 198011689645319
  12. Jose Pando, MDLewes, DE 199581306839048
  13. Shakaib Qureshi, MDWilmington, DE 198051821063108
  14. Philip Schwartz, M.D.Wilmington, DE 198061144291212
  15. Catherine Teskin, DONewark, DE 197181770089112
  16. Madhavi Valiveti, MDWilmington, DE 198051841240850
  17. Devanshu Verma, MDNewark, DE 197131619350451
  18. Amy Zhang, M.D.Newark, DE 197131861811952
  19. Jinsong Zhang, M.D.Dover, DE 199041215196027

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

Delaware ranks 35 of 51 per resident

  1. Maine1.9
  2. Indiana1.9
  3. South Dakota1.8
  4. Delaware1.8
  5. Kansas1.8
  6. Texas1.8
  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.

78.9% 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. Delaware78.9%
  2. United States81.6%

Rheumatology Physician records in Delaware, measured

  • In a Medicare file15 of 19 · 78.9% here, 81.6% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file15 · 78.9% here, 69.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more15 · 78.9% here, 56.6% nationally
  • Median graduation year1994 · the 15 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

19 NPPES records list rheumatology physician (207RR0500X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Delaware: 1.8 per 100,000 residents against 2.4 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Wilmington has 6 of them (32%).

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. Montana20
  2. Vermont18
  3. South Dakota17
  4. Hawaii24

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Kansas1.8
  2. Indiana1.9
  3. Maine1.9
  4. Texas1.8

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.