NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician in New Mexico

20 NPPES records list sports medicine (orthopaedic surgery) physician with a practice address in New Mexico, 0.9 per 100,000 residents, the 26th highest rate of 51. Albuquerque and Rio Rancho have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the New Mexico license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207XX0005X · method

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

Albuquerque has the most, 16

  1. Albuquerque16
  2. Rio Rancho1
  3. Roswell1
  4. Santa Fe1
  5. Taos1

Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician records in New Mexico

  1. Douglas Allen, M.D.Albuquerque, NM 871061336175355
  2. Kari Babinski, M.D.Albuquerque, NM 871061063490589
  3. Brant Bair, MDSanta Fe, NM 875051871512152
  4. Clayton Conrad, MDAlbuquerque, NM 871061033258058
  5. Derly Cuellar, MDRio Rancho, NM 871241275899940
  6. John Franco, M.D.Albuquerque, NM 871061073591509
  7. Frank Heckl, M.D.Albuquerque, NM 871061336127869
  8. Filip Holy, MDAlbuquerque, NM 871101134680127
  9. Shelby Jarrell, MDAlbuquerque, NM 871061003023276
  10. Arnold Kiburz, MDAlbuquerque, NM 871061386834935
  11. Earl Latimer, M.D.Roswell, NM 882011023069812
  12. James Lubowitz, MDTaos, NM 875711982601555
  13. Kevin McGee, MDAlbuquerque, NM 871061821137811
  14. Olivia Morris, DOAlbuquerque, NM 871141619998267
  15. Anthony Pachelli, M.D.Albuquerque, NM 871061699753129
  16. Dustin Richter, MDAlbuquerque, NM 871311730405176
  17. William Ritchie, M.D.Albuquerque, NM 871061164400602
  18. Christopher Shultz, M.D.Albuquerque, NM 871061316334089
  19. Samuel Tabet, M.D.Albuquerque, NM 871061962480491
  20. Daniel Wascher, MDAlbuquerque, NM 871311689689150

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207XX0005X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

New Mexico ranks 26 of 51 per resident

  1. California1.0
  2. Louisiana1.0
  3. Alaska1.0
  4. New Mexico0.9
  5. Nevada0.9
  6. Utah0.9
  7. 50 states and D.C.1.0

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207XX0005X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

80.0% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 87.6% 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. New Mexico80.0%
  2. United States87.6%

Sports Medicine (Orthopaedic Surgery) Physician records in New Mexico, measured

  • In a Medicare file16 of 20 · 80.0% here, 87.6% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file14 · 70.0% here, 78.8% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more13 · 65.0% here, 48.8% nationally
  • Median graduation year1998 · the 14 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207XX0005X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

20 NPPES records list sports medicine (orthopaedic surgery) physician (207XX0005X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in New Mexico: 0.9 per 100,000 residents against 1 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Albuquerque has 16 of them (80%).

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. Arkansas19
  2. Mississippi19
  3. Montana19
  4. Rhode Island19

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Nevada0.9
  2. Utah0.9
  3. Indiana0.9
  4. Louisiana1.0

The largest states

  1. California384
  2. Texas239
  3. New York238
  4. Florida185
  5. Colorado151

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.