NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Surgery Physician in Arkansas

284 NPPES records list surgery physician with a practice address in Arkansas, 9 per 100,000 residents, the 38th highest rate of 51. Little Rock and Fort Smith have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Arkansas license search. Page 5 of 6.

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).

Little Rock has the most, 68

  1. Little Rock68
  2. Fort Smith20
  3. Rogers17
  4. Hot Springs16
  5. Jonesboro16

Surgery Physician records in Arkansas

  1. Clifton Parnell, M.D.Little Rock, AR 722051487661732
  2. Raj Patel, MDLittle Rock, AR 722051366888711
  3. Kristin Patton, MDBenton, AR 720151770745523
  4. Victoria PattonLittle Rock, AR 722051780210708
  5. Eric Paul, M.D.Little Rock, AR 722051710037353
  6. Guy Peeples, M.D.Harrison, AR 726011013004522
  7. Frederick Perkins, D.O.Russellville, AR 728011437189834
  8. Mark Perna, M.D.Rogers, AR 727581871790113
  9. Bobby Perry, M.D.Little Rock, AR 722051528064821
  10. Robert Petrino, M.D.Springdale, AR 727641861402265
  11. David Phillips, MDJonesboro, AR 724011285605816
  12. Kelly Poirier, D.O.Little Rock, AR 722051952835589
  13. Michael Pollock, MDLittle Rock, AR 722051457303224
  14. Lewis Porter, M.D.Benton, AR 720151407883044
  15. David Posey, MDBatesville, AR 725011992765853
  16. Brian Pottorf, MDFayetteville, AR 727031760610307
  17. Homayoun PournikLittle Rock, AR 722231609172097
  18. Sirinya Prasertvit, MDLittle Rock, AR 722051366685703
  19. Richard Rairigh, M.D.Conway, AR 720321184001273
  20. Mandy Rice, D.O.Hot Springs, AR 719011083050702
  21. Dexter Rich, M.D.Jonesboro, AR 724051700270600
  22. Camille Richards, M.D.Fort Smith, AR 729011912342825
  23. Anna Rinewalt, MDLittle Rock, AR 722111720289945
  24. Gregory Rives, MDLittle Rock, AR 722051104485648
  25. Yara Robertson, MDLittle Rock, AR 722051558562710
  26. Marc Rogers, M.DRogers, AR 727581487653952
  27. Joshua Roller, MDFayetteville, AR 727031790713675
  28. Lloyd Ruff, M.D.Danville, AR 728331972530921
  29. Patrick Schiefelbein, DOSiloam Springs, AR 727611184868291
  30. Michael Schmidt, M.D.Benton, AR 720151629257266
  31. Steve Schoettle, MDClinton, AR 720311538114186
  32. Stephen Seffense, MDFort Smith, AR 729031336158005
  33. Robert Shaw, MDNorth Little Rock, AR 721171902877533
  34. Mark Shina, M.D.Camden, AR 717011720020647
  35. Bal Shrestha, M.D.Camden, AR 717011871552083
  36. Alainna Simpson, D.O.Rogers, AR 727581609315951
  37. James Slezak, MDLittle Rock, AR 722051275586570
  38. John Smith, MDOzark, AR 729491073522546
  39. Kevin SpenceLittle Rock, AR 722231073174678
  40. John Spore, MDMountain Home, AR 726531275540502
  41. Ray Stahl, MDMountain Home, AR 726531952318271
  42. John Stair, MDNorth Little Rock, AR 721171134191356
  43. Thaddeus Stanton, M.D.Conway, AR 720341053313056
  44. Clyde Stauffer, DOFort Smith, AR 729031669909255
  45. David Stearns, MDConway, AR 720341184612103
  46. Jeffrey Swetnam, MDSpringdale, AR 727621326022534
  47. Daniel Swoyer, M.D.Mountain Home, AR 726531588616593
  48. Oscar Talledo ZevallosBryant, AR 720191265850671
  49. Allison Tanck, M.D.Fort Smith, AR 729031144425174
  50. John Taylor, M.D.Batesville, AR 725011528386752

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

Arkansas ranks 38 of 51 per resident

  1. Virginia10
  2. Connecticut10
  3. Louisiana9
  4. Arkansas9
  5. Idaho9
  6. Georgia9
  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.

78.9% 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. Arkansas78.9%
  2. United States73.7%

Surgery Physician records in Arkansas, measured

  • In a Medicare file224 of 284 · 78.9% here, 73.7% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file178 · 62.7% here, 58.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more174 · 61.3% here, 54.4% nationally
  • Median graduation year2004 · the 178 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

284 NPPES records list surgery physician (208600000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Arkansas: 9 per 100,000 residents against 10 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Little Rock has 68 of them (24%).

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. Utah259
  2. Mississippi257
  3. New Mexico236
  4. Nevada236

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Idaho9.1
  2. Louisiana9.4
  3. Georgia9.0
  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.