NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Surgery Physician in Mississippi

257 NPPES records list surgery physician with a practice address in Mississippi, 9 per 100,000 residents, the 43rd highest rate of 51. Jackson and Hattiesburg have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Mississippi license search. Page 6 of 6.

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

Jackson has the most, 88

Surgery Physician records in Mississippi

  1. Johnnie Williamson, MDTupelo, MS 388011346211596
  2. George Wilson, DOTupelo, MS 388011073193009
  3. Robert Wood, MDMeridian, MS 393011932762598
  4. Bennie Wright, M.D.Cleveland, MS 387321992857106
  5. Samuel Yelverton, M.D.Jackson, MS 392161689038168
  6. Rennette ZavalaJackson, MS 392161265993190
  7. John Zelem, M.D.Booneville, MS 388291467400358

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

Mississippi ranks 43 of 51 per resident

  1. Georgia9
  2. Indiana9
  3. Tennessee9
  4. Mississippi9
  5. Alabama9
  6. Oklahoma9
  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.

79.8% 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. Mississippi79.8%
  2. United States73.7%

Surgery Physician records in Mississippi, measured

  • In a Medicare file205 of 257 · 79.8% here, 73.7% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file152 · 59.1% here, 58.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more151 · 58.8% here, 54.4% nationally
  • Median graduation year2003 · the 152 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

257 NPPES records list surgery physician (208600000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Mississippi: 9 per 100,000 residents against 10 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Jackson has 88 of them (34%).

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. New Mexico236
  3. Nevada236
  4. Nebraska231

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Alabama8.7
  2. Tennessee8.9
  3. Oklahoma8.6
  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.