NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Rheumatology Physician in West Virginia

31 NPPES records list rheumatology physician with a practice address in West Virginia, 1.8 per 100,000 residents, the 41st highest rate of 51. Morgantown and Huntington have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the West Virginia 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).

Morgantown has the most, 9

  1. Morgantown9
  2. Huntington5
  3. Charleston4
  4. Martinsburg3
  5. South Charleston3

Rheumatology Physician records in West Virginia

  1. Munib Aftab, M.DMorgantown, WV 265051962835074
  2. Mirza Beg, M.D.Huntington, WV 257011710183066
  3. Gurpreet Brar, MDParkersburg, WV 261011417913435
  4. Polley Cunningham, MDHuntington, WV 257051871521609
  5. William Dennison, MDHuntington, WV 257051770529745
  6. Suzanne Gharib, MDSouth Charleston, WV 253091386851988
  7. Mandana Hashefi, MDMorgantown, WV 265051790740918
  8. Arash Hassantoufighi, MDMartinsburg, WV 254011962822197
  9. Silera Holguin Balbuena, MDCharleston, WV 253041447780614
  10. Jo Ann Hornsby, M. D.Morgantown, WV 265061568575058
  11. Thomas Howard, MDSouth Charleston, WV 253091396713137
  12. Michael Istfan, MDSouth Charleston, WV 253091386650760
  13. Charles Justice, M.D.Charleston, WV 253041114361961
  14. Shelly Kafka, M.D.Clarksburg, WV 263011861479784
  15. Jamie Latos, D.O.Morgantown, WV 265051750724944
  16. Mathew Lively, M. D.Morgantown, WV 265081255444592
  17. Namitha Nair, MBBSMorgantown, WV 265051881216398
  18. Gbemisola Olayemi, M.DBridgeport, WV 263301689082109
  19. Rallis RajanParkersburg, WV 261011083920821
  20. Jennifer Reams, DOBridgeport, WV 263301780002204
  21. Michael Rezaian, M.D.Martinsburg, WV 254011598821449
  22. Yamini Sachan, MDCharleston, WV 253041366823783
  23. Wassim Saikali, MDBeckley, WV 258011992755201
  24. Aesha Singh, MDHuntington, WV 257011134649056
  25. Roshan Subedi, MDMorgantown, WV 265061609549401
  26. Donna Swistowski, M.D.Martinsburg, WV 254051801047709
  27. Leah Triplett, D.O.Charleston, WV 253011679500532
  28. Robert Vawter, MDWheeling, WV 260031609876408
  29. Colleen Watkins, M. D.Morgantown, WV 265071689781205
  30. Ralph Webb, MDHuntington, WV 257011609831627
  31. Davisson WristonMorgantown, WV 265051700381274

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

West Virginia ranks 41 of 51 per resident

  1. Iowa1.8
  2. Georgia1.8
  3. Montana1.8
  4. West Virginia1.8
  5. Arkansas1.7
  6. Oklahoma1.7
  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.

80.6% 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. West Virginia80.6%
  2. United States81.6%

Rheumatology Physician records in West Virginia, measured

  • In a Medicare file25 of 31 · 80.6% here, 81.6% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file23 · 74.2% here, 69.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more12 · 38.7% here, 56.6% nationally
  • Median graduation year2003 · the 23 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

31 NPPES records list rheumatology physician (207RR0500X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in West Virginia: 1.8 per 100,000 residents against 2.4 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Morgantown has 9 of them (29%).

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. Idaho31
  2. Rhode Island30
  3. Maine26
  4. Hawaii24

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Montana1.8
  2. Arkansas1.7
  3. Georgia1.8
  4. Iowa1.8

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.