NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Rheumatology Physician in Pennsylvania

413 NPPES records list rheumatology physician with a practice address in Pennsylvania, 3.2 per 100,000 residents, the 6th highest rate of 51. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Pennsylvania license search. Page 9 of 9.

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).

Philadelphia has the most, 104

  1. Philadelphia104
  2. Pittsburgh47
  3. Allentown16
  4. Willow Grove15
  5. Danville12

Rheumatology Physician records in Pennsylvania

  1. Thomas Whalen, DOHavertown, PA 190831164587697
  2. Nicholas Wiemer, DOPittsburgh, PA 152751073019519
  3. William Williams, MDPhiladelphia, PA 191041194753285
  4. Gregory Wilson, DOState College, PA 168031669406799
  5. Timothy Wilson, M.D.Philadelphia, PA 191071265882732
  6. Kenneth Wolfe, MDMedia, PA 190631528051745
  7. Nihad Yasmin, MDYork, PA 174021811212244
  8. Megan YoungWilliamsport, PA 177011518593599
  9. Vincent Zarro, MDPhiladelphia, PA 191071548216039
  10. Alexis ZavitsanosPhiladelphia, PA 191401396000733
  11. Jolanta Zelaznicka, MDEaston, PA 180451720047442
  12. Celine Zhou, M.D.Pittsburgh, PA 152321528421039
  13. Kendra Zuckerman, M.D.Bryn Mawr, PA 190101154351294

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

Pennsylvania ranks 6 of 51 per resident

  1. New Hampshire4.1
  2. Connecticut4.0
  3. Maryland3.5
  4. Pennsylvania3.2
  5. New York3.1
  6. Minnesota3.0
  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.

79.9% 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. Pennsylvania79.9%
  2. United States81.6%

Rheumatology Physician records in Pennsylvania, measured

  • In a Medicare file330 of 413 · 79.9% here, 81.6% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file275 · 66.6% here, 69.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more261 · 63.2% here, 56.6% nationally
  • Median graduation year2004 · the 275 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

413 NPPES records list rheumatology physician (207RR0500X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Pennsylvania: 3.2 per 100,000 residents against 2.4 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Philadelphia has 104 of them (25%).

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. Massachusetts343
  2. Illinois340
  3. Florida494
  4. Ohio289

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. New York3.1
  2. Minnesota3.0
  3. Maryland3.5
  4. Vermont2.8

The largest states

  1. California926
  2. New York599
  3. Texas545
  4. Florida494
  5. Massachusetts343

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.