NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Surgical Critical Care Physician in Colorado

23 NPPES records list surgical critical care physician with a practice address in Colorado, 0.4 per 100,000 residents, the 35th highest rate of 50. Colorado Springs and Aurora have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Colorado license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 2086S0102X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Colorado Springs has the most, 9

  1. Colorado Springs9
  2. Aurora3
  3. Denver2
  4. Greeley2
  5. Fort Collins1

Surgical Critical Care Physician records in Colorado

  1. Gregory DayColorado Springs, CO 809091295024370
  2. Christian Dennis, MDFort Collins, CO 805281750680484
  3. Chad Hall, M.D.Colorado Springs, CO 809091457795379
  4. Chelsea Horwood, M.D., MPHAurora, CO 800451740676402
  5. Juan Idrovo, M.D.Aurora, CO 800451003071903
  6. Abid Khan, M.D.Colorado Springs, CO 809091952622847
  7. Michael Metzler, MDLoveland, CO 805381104895051
  8. John Moore, MDDenver, CO 802041194819649
  9. Chad Morrison, D.O.Greeley, CO 806311366854978
  10. William Pfeifer, MDHighlands Ranch, CO 801261699732024
  11. Kenneth Platnick, MDDenver, CO 802041124065594
  12. Nathaniel Poulin, M.DColorado Springs, CO 809091497916738
  13. Amber Reiss-HoltPagosa Springs, CO 811471386678159
  14. Lisa SchlitzkusColorado Springs, CO 809091053503599
  15. Thomas Schroeppel, M.D.Colorado Springs, CO 809091043266463
  16. Alexander Schwed, MDAurora, CO 800451548518962
  17. Aqsa Shakoor, M.D.Greenwood Village, CO 801111346582723
  18. Tanner Spees, MDGrand Junction, CO 815011477895548
  19. Rachel Thompson, DOLittleton, CO 801231407318074
  20. Laura Trujillo, M.D.Colorado Springs, CO 809071174900351
  21. Gene Tullis, M.D.Greeley, CO 806311366422073
  22. Daniel Valentino, M.D.Colorado Springs, CO 809091437305778
  23. Tiffany Willard, M.D.Colorado Springs, CO 809091396769436

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2086S0102X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Colorado ranks 35 of 50 per resident

  1. California0.4
  2. Utah0.4
  3. Oregon0.4
  4. Colorado0.4
  5. Texas0.4
  6. New Mexico0.4
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.6

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2086S0102X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

87.0% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 88.4% 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. Colorado87.0%
  2. United States88.4%

Surgical Critical Care Physician records in Colorado, measured

  • In a Medicare file20 of 23 · 87.0% here, 88.4% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file19 · 82.6% here, 81.6% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more10 · 43.5% here, 40.4% nationally
  • Median graduation year2010 · the 19 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 2086S0102X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

23 NPPES records list surgical critical care physician (2086S0102X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Colorado: 0.4 per 100,000 residents against 0.6 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Colorado Springs has 9 of them (39%).

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. Oklahoma20
  2. Louisiana19
  3. Nevada27
  4. Oregon17

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Texas0.4
  2. Utah0.4
  3. California0.4
  4. Washington0.4

The largest states

  1. Florida162
  2. California160
  3. New York151
  4. Pennsylvania150
  5. Texas117

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.

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