NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Rheumatology Physician in Massachusetts

343 NPPES records list rheumatology physician with a practice address in Massachusetts, 4.9 per 100,000 residents, the 2nd highest rate of 51. Boston and Worcester have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Massachusetts license search. Page 1 of 7.

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).

Boston has the most, 145

  1. Boston145
  2. Worcester42
  3. Cambridge16
  4. Burlington11
  5. Fall River7

Rheumatology Physician records in Massachusetts

  1. Maria Abruzzo, M.D.Gardner, MA 014401215036132
  2. Munir Ahmad, M.D.Palmer, MA 010691124126602
  3. Syed Ahmed, M.D.Boston, MA 021141407829948
  4. Fatima Alduraibi, MD, PHDBoston, MA 022151285155135
  5. Ghousia Alikhan, M.D.Holyoke, MA 010401801275383
  6. Antonios Aliprantis, M.D.Chestnut Hill, MA 024671598723090
  7. Juliann AllenHolyoke, MA 010401356835318
  8. Laura Amorese-O'Connell, MDAttleboro, MA 027031518278290
  9. Paul Anderson, M.D., PH.D.Boston, MA 021151235127432
  10. Ronald Anderson, MDBoston, MA 021151154388478
  11. Herbert Ang, M.D.Arlington, MA 024741598754798
  12. Senada Arabelovic, DOPlymouth, MA 023601053340950
  13. Ana Belen Arevalo Molina, MDBoston, MA 021141043731466
  14. Sheila Arvikar, M.D.Boston, MA 021141881721249
  15. Karen Atkinson, M.D.Leeds, MA 010531942219670
  16. Ingrid Avalos, MDBoston, MA 022151063440733
  17. Matthew Axelrod, MDBurlington, MA 018051932385002
  18. Eugene Bacorro, M.D.West Roxbury, MA 021321659530137
  19. Fadi Badlissi, M.D.Jamaica Plain, MA 021301134118714
  20. Humeira BadshaDedham, MA 020261518964063
  21. Luke Barre, MDDartmouth, MA 027471689938037
  22. Toby Bates, D.O.Boston, MA 022151033234604
  23. Kerri Batra, M.D.Mendon, MA 017561295714806
  24. Diana Beaupre, M.D.Peabody, MA 019601235181991
  25. Evan BeckmanWaban, MA 024681518921683
  26. Saba Beg, M.D.Boston, MA 021141982857793
  27. Samuel Behar, MD PHDBoston, MA 021151124058185
  28. Bonnie Bidinger, M.D.Mendon, MA 017561326029463
  29. Beth Biggee, M.D.North Andover, MA 018451750346623
  30. Donald Bloch, MDBoston, MA 021141609857739
  31. Kurt Bloch, MDBoston, MA 021141326020652
  32. Nathalie Boileau, M.D.Newton, MA 024621093757494
  33. Marcy Bolster, MDBoston, MA 021141154439198
  34. Afroditi BoulougouraBoston, MA 022151497289698
  35. Michael Brenner, MDBoston, MA 021151699732909
  36. Norman Bress, M.D.Worcester, MA 016051407828734
  37. Stephen Brimer, MDBoston, MA 021111861046252
  38. David Brown, MDHyannis, MA 026011225071962
  39. Richard Brown, M.D.Greenfield, MA 013011689657231
  40. Irina Buhaescu, M.D.Peabody, MA 019601619144052
  41. Jack Bukowski, MD PHDBoston, MA 021151639121544
  42. Karen Caldwell, MD-PHDLynn, MA 019011407996481
  43. Hubert Caplan, M.D.Wellesley, MA 024811497709331
  44. Roberto Caricchio, M.D.Worcester, MA 016051376708032
  45. Siobhan Case, MD, MHSBoston, MA 021151770901639
  46. Flavia Castelino, M.D.Boston, MA 021141962611301
  47. Robert Cella, MDPittsfield, MA 012011477507481
  48. Gregory Challener, MDBoston, MA 021141659831865
  49. Roland Chan, M.D.N Dartmouth, MA 027471912986100
  50. Deepa Chandrasekaran, MDHolyoke, MA 010401619185097

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

Massachusetts ranks 2 of 51 per resident

  1. District of Columbia8.4
  2. Massachusetts4.9
  3. New Hampshire4.1
  4. Connecticut4.0
  5. 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.

73.5% 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. Massachusetts73.5%
  2. United States81.6%

Rheumatology Physician records in Massachusetts, measured

  • In a Medicare file252 of 343 · 73.5% here, 81.6% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file212 · 61.8% here, 69.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more214 · 62.4% here, 56.6% nationally
  • Median graduation year2004 · the 212 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

343 NPPES records list rheumatology physician (207RR0500X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Massachusetts: 4.9 per 100,000 residents against 2.4 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Boston has 145 of them (42%).

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. Illinois340
  2. Ohio289
  3. Pennsylvania413
  4. New Jersey253

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. New Hampshire4.1
  2. Connecticut4.0
  3. Maryland3.5
  4. New York3.1

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.