NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Surgery Physician in Tennessee

631 NPPES records list surgery physician with a practice address in Tennessee, 9 per 100,000 residents, the 42nd highest rate of 51. Nashville and Memphis have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Tennessee license search. Page 12 of 13.

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).

Nashville has the most, 117

  1. Nashville117
  2. Memphis64
  3. Knoxville54
  4. Chattanooga35
  5. Johnson City27

Surgery Physician records in Tennessee

  1. Ryan TaylorKnoxville, TN 379201730768839
  2. Thomas Taylor, M.D.Hendersonville, TN 370751750584710
  3. Kyla Terhune, MDNashville, TN 372321558418434
  4. Craig Ternovits, MDHermitage, TN 370761063520666
  5. George Testerman, MDKingsport, TN 376601033107859
  6. Derek Thacker, M.D.Jackson, TN 383051538570544
  7. K. Thomas, M.D.Nashville, TN 372051619904596
  8. Michael Thomas, MDHermitage, TN 370761457389967
  9. Thomas Thomas, MDKingsport, TN 376601689678526
  10. Joseph Thomasson, M.D.Nashville, TN 372321871704882
  11. Keith Thompson, MDMartin, TN 382371215997077
  12. Tom Thompson, MDMorristown, TN 378131992741292
  13. Steven Thorne, M.D.Jackson, TN 383051871561431
  14. Alyssa Throckmorton, MDGermantown, TN 381381588711469
  15. Robert Thuan, MDDickson, TN 370551770586745
  16. Paul Thurdekoos, MDJohnson City, TN 376041437145687
  17. Joseph Thurman, M.D.Knoxville, TN 379161669734323
  18. Lisa Torp, MDGermantown, TN 381381043270036
  19. William Tosh, D.O.Dyersburg, TN 380241558565200
  20. Tommy Tran, M.D.Nashville, TN 372071457882532
  21. Melissa Trekell, M.D.,FACS,M.B.A.Maryville, TN 378041053452425
  22. Alexander Tummers, MDMorristown, TN 378141467617993
  23. Drew Turner, M.D.Memphis, TN 381201598185084
  24. George Turner, MDMemphis, TN 381041538279997
  25. Aimee Tutton, CST, CSFABartlett, TN 381331609475532
  26. Melvin Twiest, MDSignal Mountain, TN 373771609951318
  27. Jon Tyrell, M.D.Nashville, TN 372321033129945
  28. Ekong Uffort, M.D.Germantown, TN 381381720240690
  29. Irene Ulm, M.D.Collierville, TN 380171609212935
  30. Aydin Unal, MDMemphis, TN 381051295572642
  31. John ValentineHendersonville, TN 370751437178787
  32. Jason Vanatta, MDMemphis, TN 381041366452484
  33. John Vance, D.O.Bristol, TN 376201659639888
  34. Douglas Vanderbilt, MDChattanooga, TN 374041528138534
  35. David Vanderpool, MDBrentwood, TN 370271306943832
  36. James Vanwinkle, M.D.Manchester, TN 373551720269616
  37. Roshni Venugopal, MDNashville, TN 372321639327612
  38. Vincent Verchio, MDNashville, TN 372321891312195
  39. Amy Vertrees, M.D.Columbia, TN 384011134324544
  40. Marvin Vickers, M.D.Knoxville, TN 379221649381864
  41. Brian Villanueva, M.D.Sweetwater, TN 378741659568608
  42. David Villarreal, MDJackson, TN 383051609871821
  43. George Vinsant, M.D.La Follette, TN 377661336230465
  44. Jessica Vinsant, M.D.Powell, TN 378491689801599
  45. Guy Voeller, MDMemphis, TN 381201124085485
  46. Eric Wallace, M.D.Cookeville, TN 385011780614529
  47. David Walters, MDJohnson City, TN 376841053408096
  48. William Walters, M.D.La Follette, TN 377661740258656
  49. Grace Ward, MDKingsport, TN 376601407299324
  50. Clive Wasson, DOWinchester, TN 373981215372768

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

Tennessee ranks 42 of 51 per resident

  1. Idaho9
  2. Georgia9
  3. Indiana9
  4. Tennessee9
  5. Mississippi9
  6. Alabama9
  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.

What the count covers

631 NPPES records list surgery physician (208600000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Tennessee: 9 per 100,000 residents against 10 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Nashville has 117 of them (19%).

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. South Carolina647
  2. Indiana612
  3. Colorado608
  4. Maryland672

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Mississippi8.7
  2. Georgia9.0
  3. Alabama8.7
  4. Idaho9.1

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.