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 13 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. Jefferson Watson, M.D.Mt Juliet, TN 371221447511290
  2. Scott Watson, MDJohnson City, TN 376041497732929
  3. Roland Weast, M.D.Powell, TN 378491053574590
  4. Virginia Weaver, MDCordova, TN 380181396855615
  5. David Webb, M.D.Memphis, TN 381201588879845
  6. George Webber, MDKnoxville, TN 379341619908498
  7. Eston Wenger, MDCleveland, TN 373111871659359
  8. Morris Westmoreland, M.D.Murfreesboro, TN 371291265420988
  9. Lisa White, MDMurfreesboro, TN 371291376690263
  10. David Williams, M.D.Nashville, TN 372321578769709
  11. Keary Williams, MDKnoxville, TN 379231912958059
  12. Kenna Williams, M.D.Pulaski, TN 384781770571853
  13. Regan Williams, M.D.Memphis, TN 381051639392400
  14. Robert Wilmoth, MDTazewell, TN 378791073505962
  15. Laura Witherspoon, M.D.Chattanooga, TN 374031588658181
  16. Patrick Wolf, MDNashville, TN 372051467563965
  17. Janice Wood, MDMemphis, TN 381201215900113
  18. George Woodman, MDMemphis, TN 381201598860272
  19. Joshua Worthington, MDCleveland, TN 373111144456443
  20. John Wright, MDNashville, TN 372321215036645
  21. Wenjia Xu, MDMorristown, TN 378131891323572
  22. John Yarger, M.D.Johnson City, TN 376041801022975
  23. Douglas York, MDFranklin, TN 370671952332884
  24. Carly Young, MDColumbia, TN 384011063037877
  25. Linda Youngwirth, MDNashville, TN 372031679830400
  26. Veronica Zachry, M.D.Chattanooga, TN 374031336482603
  27. Nia Zalamea, MDMemphis, TN 381041144459645
  28. Jane Zhao, M.D., M.S.Memphis, TN 381201417364779
  29. Xu Zhao, M.D.Memphis, TN 381631972860872
  30. He Zhou, MDGermantown, TN 381381346879665
  31. P. Zirkle, M.D.Knoxville, TN 379161811004732

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.