NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Surgery Physician in Alabama

445 NPPES records list surgery physician with a practice address in Alabama, 9 per 100,000 residents, the 44th highest rate of 51. Birmingham and Mobile have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Alabama license search. Page 9 of 9.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 208600000X · method

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

Birmingham has the most, 117

  1. Birmingham117
  2. Mobile71
  3. Montgomery26
  4. Huntsville20
  5. Tuscaloosa19

Surgery Physician records in Alabama

  1. Margaret Turkleson, M.D.Montgomery, AL 361171801865241
  2. John Valente, M.D.Anniston, AL 362071134192412
  3. Lexie VaughnOxford, AL 362031407210396
  4. Peter Vevon, MDHuntsville, AL 358021992793558
  5. William Viar, MDBirmingham, AL 352131720350424
  6. Edgar Victoria, MDGadsden, AL 359031023122421
  7. Katie Vines, MDAthens, AL 356111477181931
  8. John Waits, M.D.Northport, AL 354761396779161
  9. Heather Waldrup, M.D.Birmingham, AL 352431043539554
  10. Joseph Walker, M.D.Winfield, AL 355941104070390
  11. Robert Walker, MDDecatur, AL 356011457318016
  12. Jeffrey Wallace, MDFairhope, AL 365321548262108
  13. Joseph Wallace, M.D.Tuscaloosa, AL 354061104850957
  14. Allan Walls, MDHaleyville, AL 355651649426974
  15. Glenn Ward, MDDecatur, AL 356011699726968
  16. Mark WardMobile, AL 366041235635921
  17. David WarnkyMobile, AL 366171578213195
  18. David Warren, M.D.Mobile, AL 366081316932288
  19. Shawn Watts, MDOzark, AL 363601639358864
  20. Leonard Weinstein, M.D.Mobile, AL 366071013939537
  21. Glenn Wheeling, P..A.Tuscaloosa, AL 354061124171681
  22. Erin White, MDBirmingham, AL 352441982133963
  23. Jeffrey Whitehurst, MDDothan, AL 363011154316586
  24. Philip Wiles, MDHuntsville, AL 358011275651077
  25. Gavin Wilks, M.D.Tuscaloosa, AL 354011992063879
  26. Robert Willett, M.D.Mobile, AL 366081760463756
  27. John Wilson, MDFairhope, AL 365321982790010
  28. Peter Wilson, MDHuntsville, AL 358021083602130
  29. Susan Winchester, M.D.Birmingham, AL 352051831261486
  30. Gregory Windham, M.D.Cullman, AL 350581154362275
  31. Samuel Windham, MDBirmingham, AL 352331790708162
  32. Jon WinklerBirmingham, AL 352331730162751
  33. Timothy Winkler, M.D.Tuscaloosa, AL 354011861422180
  34. Diane Winters, MDHuntsville, AL 358021265420822
  35. Kristen Wong, MDBirmingham, AL 352331811315385
  36. Barton Wood, MDBirmingham, AL 352431477588309
  37. William Wood, M.D.Birmingham, AL 352351710095310
  38. Donald Yarbrough, M.D.Anniston, AL 362071578599437
  39. Vivian Yeilding, M.D.Birmingham, AL 352091891174488
  40. Carlton YoungBirmingham, AL 352331407870702
  41. Rebecca Young, MDAlexander City, AL 350101629572706
  42. Melody Zeidan, MDMobile, AL 366171184374506
  43. Marc Zelickson, M.D.Huntsville, AL 358011649439472
  44. Polina Zmijewski, M.D., M.A.Birmingham, AL 352941538517347
  45. George Zorn, MDBirmingham, AL 352331497760235

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208600000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Alabama ranks 44 of 51 per resident

  1. Indiana9
  2. Tennessee9
  3. Mississippi9
  4. Alabama9
  5. Oklahoma9
  6. Florida8
  7. 50 states and D.C.10

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208600000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

82.2% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 73.7% 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. Alabama82.2%
  2. United States73.7%

Surgery Physician records in Alabama, measured

  • In a Medicare file366 of 445 · 82.2% here, 73.7% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file290 · 65.2% here, 58.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more248 · 55.7% here, 54.4% nationally
  • Median graduation year2003 · the 290 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 208600000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

445 NPPES records list surgery physician (208600000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Alabama: 9 per 100,000 residents against 10 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Birmingham has 117 of them (26%).

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. Iowa437
  2. Louisiana432
  3. Kentucky459
  4. Oregon524

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Mississippi8.7
  2. Oklahoma8.6
  3. Tennessee8.9
  4. Indiana8.9

The largest states

  1. California3,118
  2. Texas2,192
  3. New York2,053
  4. Florida1,887
  5. Pennsylvania1,867

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.