NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Rheumatology Physician in Kentucky

88 NPPES records list rheumatology physician with a practice address in Kentucky, 1.9 per 100,000 residents, the 29th highest rate of 51. Lexington and Louisville have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Kentucky license search. Page 2 of 2.

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).

Lexington has the most, 26

  1. Lexington26
  2. Louisville21
  3. Crestview Hills15
  4. Bowling Green3
  5. Pikeville3

Rheumatology Physician records in Kentucky

  1. Lindsay Ledwich, DOWilliamsburg, KY 407691124227103
  2. Janet Leon, M.D.Louisville, KY 402181962504613
  3. Scott Lewis, D.O.Somerset, KY 425031336368505
  4. Kristine Lohr, MD, MSLexington, KY 405361427016245
  5. Sravani LokineniHenderson, KY 424201962063081
  6. Timothy Lonesky, D.O.Somerset, KY 425031447478029
  7. Binni Makkar, MDLexington, KY 405081538721337
  8. Daksha Mehta, MDElizabethtown, KY 427011326048190
  9. Sarah Min, MDLexington, KY 405041245610179
  10. Susanna Moberly, APRNNicholasville, KY 403561568843316
  11. Sonia Nair, MDLexington, KY 405041306856570
  12. Jeffrey Neal, M.D.Lexington, KY 405041164496568
  13. Jayalakshmi Pampati, M.D.Hazard, KY 417011508819293
  14. Neha Pansuria, M.D.Bowling Green, KY 421011659534071
  15. Shyam PatelLouisville, KY 402021548955875
  16. Olga Pinkston, M.D.Louisville, KY 402411639468382
  17. Paramarajan Piranavan, M.DLexington, KY 405361295186799
  18. Natasha Rasool, MDLexington, KY 405081083222970
  19. Douglas Reeves, MDPikeville, KY 415011467946012
  20. William Roberts, Jr., M.D.Lexington, KY 405081902990211
  21. Heidi Rogers, MDLouisville, KY 402071447660568
  22. Saleem Sajid, M.D.Elizabethtown, KY 427011366424293
  23. Gretchen Santana Cepero, MDLexington, KY 405091215424221
  24. Housam Sarakbi, MDLouisville, KY 402021629475066
  25. Paul Schneider, M.D.Louisville, KY 402181235204330
  26. Pavel Shevtsov, MDLexington, KY 405361174981450
  27. Gerald Sims, MDOwensboro, KY 423031649262049
  28. Jacquelyn Smith, M.D.Louisville, KY 402181154769131
  29. Steven Stern, MDLouisville, KY 402021528042918
  30. Abraham Tacang, M.D.Crestview Hills, KY 410171336403914
  31. Troy Takagishi, MDLouisville, KY 402071164685715
  32. Hamza Tantoush, MBBCHPikeville, KY 415011669737862
  33. Joseph Temming, MDCrestview Hills, KY 410171407851215
  34. Liza Varghese, MDCrestview Hills, KY 410171952306193
  35. Shine Vazhappilly, M.D.Crestview Hills, KY 410171790351781
  36. Ziaullah Virk, MDHazard, KY 417011740267533
  37. Magdalena Winiarska, MDCrestview Hills, KY 410171255450995
  38. Mary Youngblood, M.D.Lexington, KY 405361376734731

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

Kentucky ranks 29 of 51 per resident

  1. North Carolina2.2
  2. Tennessee2.0
  3. Louisiana1.9
  4. Kentucky1.9
  5. Utah1.9
  6. Alabama1.9
  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.

92.0% 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. Kentucky92.0%
  2. United States81.6%

Rheumatology Physician records in Kentucky, measured

  • In a Medicare file81 of 88 · 92.0% here, 81.6% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file71 · 80.7% here, 69.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more44 · 50.0% here, 56.6% nationally
  • Median graduation year2006 · the 71 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

88 NPPES records list rheumatology physician (207RR0500X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Kentucky: 1.9 per 100,000 residents against 2.4 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Lexington has 26 of them (30%).

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. Louisiana89
  2. Puerto Rico87
  3. Alabama97
  4. Oregon101

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Tennessee2.0
  2. Utah1.9
  3. Maine1.9
  4. Indiana1.9

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.