NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Rheumatology Physician in South Carolina

128 NPPES records list rheumatology physician with a practice address in South Carolina, 2.4 per 100,000 residents, the 19th highest rate of 51. Charleston and Greenville have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the South Carolina license search. Page 3 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).

Charleston has the most, 28

  1. Charleston28
  2. Greenville22
  3. Columbia15
  4. Summerville10
  5. Myrtle Beach7

Rheumatology Physician records in South Carolina

  1. Chrysoula Pappa, M.D.Murrells Inlet, SC 295761114177847
  2. Supen Patel, MDFlorence, SC 295061114969359
  3. Sunita Paudyal, MDColumbia, SC 292031225230949
  4. Kia Persaud, MBBSNorth Myrtle Beach, SC 295821891256624
  5. Letty Probasco, MDGreenville, SC 296151144844077
  6. Rodney Reid, M.D.Columbia, SC 292091154413250
  7. Georgia Roane, MDCharleston, SC 294141184662660
  8. Rhea SharmaCharleston, SC 294251073216867
  9. Katherine Silver, M.D.Charleston, SC 294251972747293
  10. Richard Silver, MDCharleston, SC 294251275641219
  11. Travis Sizemore, D.O., MPHSimpsonville, SC 296811154760601
  12. Edwin Smith, MDCharleston, SC 294251477661411
  13. Justin StanoSimpsonville, SC 296811386059905
  14. Colin Stephenson, M.D.Greenville, SC 296051194776641
  15. Victoriya Strukova, DOConway, SC 295261801279070
  16. Grace Suppa, DOCharleston, SC 294251205247137
  17. Frederick Talip, M.D.West Columbia, SC 290361417954843
  18. Celeste Thomas, M.D.Summerville, SC 294861073690731
  19. Kevin Tracy, MDSpartanburg, SC 293071215993159
  20. Jon Twining, MDMyrtle Beach, SC 295721568492346
  21. Pinky Vaidya, M.D.Little River, SC 295661639467152
  22. Rashi Vora, MDCharleston, SC 294141265057582
  23. Hayley Walter, M.D.Charleston, SC 294241083032593
  24. Celine Ward, M.D.Charleston, SC 294251144642836
  25. Martin Weiss, M.D.Orangeburg, SC 291151003848441
  26. James Wilson, M.D.Rock Hill, SC 297321184627317
  27. David Zelman, MDGreenville, SC 296111366550337
  28. Eric Zollars, MD,PHDCharleston, SC 294251396902417

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

South Carolina ranks 19 of 51 per resident

  1. Ohio2.5
  2. Missouri2.4
  3. Oregon2.4
  4. South Carolina2.4
  5. California2.4
  6. Nebraska2.3
  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.

87.5% 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. South Carolina87.5%
  2. United States81.6%

Rheumatology Physician records in South Carolina, measured

  • In a Medicare file112 of 128 · 87.5% here, 81.6% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file91 · 71.1% here, 69.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more61 · 47.7% here, 56.6% nationally
  • Median graduation year2008 · the 90 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

128 NPPES records list rheumatology physician (207RR0500X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in South Carolina: 2.4 per 100,000 residents against 2.4 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Charleston has 28 of them (22%).

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. Indiana127
  2. Arizona117
  3. Tennessee139
  4. Colorado145

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Oregon2.4
  2. California2.4
  3. Missouri2.4
  4. Nebraska2.3

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.