NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Surgery Physician in Kentucky

459 NPPES records list surgery physician with a practice address in Kentucky, 10 per 100,000 residents, the 32nd highest rate of 51. Louisville and Lexington have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Kentucky license search. Page 9 of 10.

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).

Louisville has the most, 106

  1. Louisville106
  2. Lexington71
  3. Owensboro19
  4. Fort Campbell17
  5. Paducah16

Surgery Physician records in Kentucky

  1. Erica Sutton, MDLouisville, KY 402021497870174
  2. Brian Swain, MDMurray, KY 420711598767998
  3. David Swedler, DOLexington, KY 405091508196130
  4. Meredith Sweeney, M.D.Louisville, KY 402431508905431
  5. Laddie Tackett, M.D.Louisville, KY 402231104975051
  6. Benjamin Tanner, MDLouisville, KY 402071649240649
  7. George Taylor, MDLouisville, KY 402021790212967
  8. Thomas Taylor, M.D.Elizabethtown, KY 427011184623837
  9. Amy Tefft, MDMorehead, KY 403511063943074
  10. Michael Tekulve, M.D.Lexington, KY 405041760601025
  11. David Terwilliger, DOWhitesburg, KY 418581871801282
  12. Christopher Theuer, MDShelbyville, KY 400651114922952
  13. Robert Thomas, MDMiddlesboro, KY 409651619978327
  14. Todd Tom, MDSouth Williamson, KY 415031154327559
  15. Roderick Tompkins, M.D.Ashland, KY 411011306892559
  16. Ariel Toomey, D.O.Ashland, KY 411011083074330
  17. Michael Totten, M.D.Lexington, KY 405041841605870
  18. Tin Tran, M.D.Whitesburg, KY 418581518126879
  19. Alan Tripp, D.O.Henderson, KY 424201396829925
  20. Sidney Trogdon, M.D.Edgewood, KY 410171154326965
  21. Key Yan Tsoi, MDPaintsville, KY 412401821551565
  22. Charles Tucker, M.D.Murray, KY 420711295893030
  23. Andrew Tumen, M.D., M.S.Louisville, KY 402071912448143
  24. Steven Vallance, M.D.Frankfort, KY 406011811936974
  25. Francis Vanmeter, MDHopkinsville, KY 422401669439931
  26. Rao Vempaty, M.D.South Williamson, KY 415031891731774
  27. David Victor, M.D.Morehead, KY 403511386662104
  28. Gary Vitale, MDLouisville, KY 402021336128867
  29. Jerald Wallace, M.D.Lexington, KY 405361730591017
  30. Samuel Walling, M.D.Louisville, KY 402071942731955
  31. William Walton, M.DLexington, KY 405041538182142
  32. Jingkun Wang, MDLexington, KY 405061407387731
  33. John Warner, M.D.Lexington, KY 405041780607390
  34. Stephanie Warren, M.D.Louisville, KY 402071962778779
  35. James Watkins, M.D.Campbellsville, KY 427181467438945
  36. George Weiss, M.D.Lexington, KY 405091679614408
  37. Gerame Wells, M.D.Hopkinsville, KY 422401851436646
  38. Michael West, MDBowling Green, KY 421041437387396
  39. Timothy Wheeler, M.D.Ashland, KY 411011609822816
  40. William Wheeler, M.D.Paducah, KY 420031609988302
  41. James Whiteley, MDLouisville, KY 402171659326247
  42. Timothy Wierson, M.D.Bowling Green, KY 421031295731602
  43. Velupillai Wignakumar, M.D, FRCSBarbourville, KY 409061265495063
  44. Chandler Wilfong, M.D.Louisville, KY 402991194017384
  45. Gregory Wilkens, M.D.Manchester, KY 409621134214596
  46. Kristen Williams, M.D.Paducah, KY 420031265810444
  47. Michael Williams, MDLouisville, KY 402021801390349
  48. Robert Williams, M.D.Murray, KY 420711902896269
  49. Russell Williams, MDLouisville, KY 402021578551008
  50. Bethany Williamson, D.O.Fort Campbell, KY 422231730532953

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

Kentucky ranks 32 of 51 per resident

  1. New York10
  2. Colorado10
  3. Arizona10
  4. Kentucky10
  5. Washington10
  6. Hawaii10
  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.

77.1% 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. Kentucky77.1%
  2. United States73.7%

Surgery Physician records in Kentucky, measured

  • In a Medicare file354 of 459 · 77.1% here, 73.7% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file292 · 63.6% here, 58.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more265 · 57.7% here, 54.4% nationally
  • Median graduation year2005 · the 292 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

459 NPPES records list surgery physician (208600000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Kentucky: 10 per 100,000 residents against 10 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Louisville has 106 of them (23%).

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. Alabama445
  2. Iowa437
  3. Louisiana432
  4. Oregon524

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Washington10.1
  2. Hawaii10.1
  3. Arizona10.2
  4. Virginia10.0

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.