NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Surgical Physician Assistant in Arizona

420 NPPES records list surgical physician assistant with a practice address in Arizona, 5.7 per 100,000 residents, the 19th highest rate of 51. Phoenix and Tucson have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Arizona license search. Page 9 of 9.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 363AS0400X · method

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

Phoenix has the most, 120

  1. Phoenix120
  2. Tucson48
  3. Mesa44
  4. Gilbert38
  5. Chandler35

Surgical Physician Assistant records in Arizona

  1. Amanda Whiteside, PA-CSun City West, AZ 853751396210621
  2. Myles Whitfield, PA-CTucson, AZ 857241245401652
  3. Lauren Wichterman, PA-CScottsdale, AZ 852581447376249
  4. Thomas Wiggins, CSAMesa, AZ 852151184647034
  5. Jeffrey Willard, PA-CPrescott, AZ 863011245713031
  6. Charles Willett, PA-CGilbert, AZ 852341700439874
  7. Diane Williams, CSFATucson, AZ 857041376886135
  8. Justin Williams, PA-COro Valley, AZ 857371508457193
  9. Patrick WilliamsBuckeye, AZ 853961720736010
  10. Christina Willman, PA-CPhoenix, AZ 850231285702464
  11. Carter Wolf, PA-CGilbert, AZ 852341205519766
  12. Christabelle Wong, PA-CChandler, AZ 852491356305890
  13. Elise Wood, PA-CScottsdale, AZ 852581942672795
  14. Christina Wooldridge, PA-CSun City West, AZ 853751700054335
  15. Mark Wyma, PA-CPhoenix, AZ 850131336612852
  16. Shawn Yassine, PAPeoria, AZ 853811609338755
  17. Nicolas Zastrow, PASun City West, AZ 853751972797173
  18. Jennifer Zazueta, CSFAPhoenix, AZ 850481730550146
  19. Betsy Zeh, PATucson, AZ 857121780712232
  20. Ezekias Zink, PA-CGlendale, AZ 853081902092992

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 363AS0400X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Arizona ranks 19 of 51 per resident

  1. New Jersey6.0
  2. Delaware5.9
  3. Alaska5.7
  4. Arizona5.7
  5. South Carolina5.5
  6. Vermont5.3
  7. 50 states and D.C.5.2

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 363AS0400X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

70.5% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 76.2% 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. Arizona70.5%
  2. United States76.2%

Surgical Physician Assistant records in Arizona, measured

  • In a Medicare file296 of 420 · 70.5% here, 76.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file270 · 64.3% here, 64.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more187 · 44.5% here, 52.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year2015 · the 270 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 363AS0400X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

420 NPPES records list surgical physician assistant (363AS0400X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Arizona: 5.7 per 100,000 residents against 5.2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Phoenix has 120 of them (29%).

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. Maryland397
  2. Ohio395
  3. North Carolina372
  4. Oregon362

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Alaska5.7
  2. South Carolina5.5
  3. Delaware5.9
  4. New Jersey6.0

The largest states

  1. New York2,152
  2. Florida1,444
  3. Texas1,350
  4. California1,075
  5. Pennsylvania832

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.