NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Specialist in Tennessee

672 NPPES records list specialist with a practice address in Tennessee, 9 per 100,000 residents, the 31st highest rate of 51. Nashville and Memphis have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Tennessee license search. Page 4 of 14.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 174400000X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Nashville has the most, 88

  1. Nashville88
  2. Memphis80
  3. Knoxville78
  4. Chattanooga46
  5. Jackson29

Specialist records in Tennessee

  1. Joseph Defranco, MDMemphis, TN 381181407808132
  2. Pratyush DhakalChattanooga, TN 374211487585329
  3. Gloria Diaz-Ramos, OTR/LBartlett, TN 381351528068038
  4. Harold Dillon, M.D.Mountain Home, TN 376841891772562
  5. Kathleen Dodd, MDFranklin, TN 370671770554941
  6. Herbert Dodge, M.D.Knoxville, TN 379341215373832
  7. Parnell Donahue, M.D.Brentwood, TN 370271689802514
  8. Michael Doody, MD, PH.D.Knoxville, TN 379221750362703
  9. Linda Dorsey, HEARINGCleveland, TN 373121477795227
  10. Andrew Douglass, M.D.Knoxville, TN 379091023099736
  11. Kirsten Drumea, CMFCordova, TN 380181083253280
  12. Mary Dueker, OTClarksville, TN 370431629195557
  13. William Duncan, M.D.Martin, TN 382371477533685
  14. Danielle Dzubak, AU.D.Franklin, TN 370641699802538
  15. David Eakes, M.D.Knoxville, TN 379121235225343
  16. Joseph Eatherly, M.D.Oak Ridge, TN 378301295744753
  17. Alan Eisenberg, M.D.Germantown, TN 381381982656484
  18. Mark Elam, MDChattanooga, TN 374211669559035
  19. April Ellis, M.A.Nashville, TN 372201861656761
  20. Kenneth Ellis, MAJohnson City, TN 376011700103934
  21. Thomas Elmore, M.D.Eads, TN 380281114254083
  22. Melvin Elson, MDBurns, TN 370291689916066
  23. Daniel Ely, M.D.Knoxville, TN 379341194744516
  24. Aaron Esbenshade, M.D.Hermitage, TN 370761104832450
  25. Cathy Essary Lane, SPE, HSPGermantown, TN 381381871384917
  26. Joseph Fahhoum, MDGermantown, TN 381381265433213
  27. Lorna Faulk, COLON HYDROTHERAPISTClarksville, TN 370431326192683
  28. Martha Felker, M.ED.Mount Juliet, TN 371221083732333
  29. Rhonda Felts, BSTullahoma, TN 373881700914439
  30. Stephen Felts, M.D.Hermitage, TN 370761285655480
  31. Robin Ferguson, IBCLCKnoxville, TN 379171265649016
  32. Mary Filonuk, BAGray, TN 376151538304001
  33. Richard Fine, M.D.Memphis, TN 381201295702934
  34. Charles Fitch, M.DClarksville, TN 370401659377109
  35. George Flinn, M.D.Memphis, TN 381041548211923
  36. Susan Flynt, SR. PSYCH. EXAMINERKnoxville, TN 379161386713493
  37. William Folley, D.O.Knoxville, TN 379201538223326
  38. Terry Forrest, M.D.Kingsport, TN 376601285660944
  39. Kathryn Forry, DOTRColumbia, TN 384011215137294
  40. Jeffrey Fosnes, M.D.Springfield, TN 371721487609467
  41. Barry Frame, M.D.Knoxville, TN 379171134214927
  42. John Freeman, M.D.Greeneville, TN 377451477547081
  43. Keri Freeman, PTANashville, TN 372321043405582
  44. Charles FulkMorristown, TN 378141801848668
  45. Ramani Gade, MDMemphis, TN 381041740396670
  46. Caren Gallaher, MDKnoxville, TN 379221063407310
  47. Sudha Ganguli, M.D.Memphis, TN 381041639399769
  48. Richard Gannaway, M.D.Clarksville, TN 370401952307415
  49. Alden Gardner, SR. PSYCH EXAMINERKnoxville, TN 379161598834624
  50. Jay Gates, M.D.Powell, TN 378491548203276

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 174400000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Tennessee ranks 31 of 51 per resident

  1. Alabama11
  2. Oklahoma10
  3. Arizona10
  4. Tennessee9
  5. Wyoming9
  6. Nebraska9
  7. 50 states and D.C.18

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 174400000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

31.1% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 17.0% 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. Tennessee31.1%
  2. United States17.0%

Specialist records in Tennessee, measured

  • In a Medicare file209 of 672 · 31.1% here, 17.0% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file132 · 19.6% here, 11.1% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more534 · 79.5% here, 77.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year1989 · the 132 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 174400000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

672 NPPES records list specialist (174400000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Tennessee: 9 per 100,000 residents against 18 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Nashville has 88 of them (13%).

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. Arizona747
  2. Puerto Rico574
  3. Michigan772
  4. Louisiana550

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Wyoming9.4
  2. Nebraska9.3
  3. Virginia9.2
  4. Illinois9.2

The largest states

  1. New York22,636
  2. California5,749
  3. Florida2,685
  4. Washington2,609
  5. Pennsylvania2,031

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.