NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Surgical Physician Assistant in South Carolina

295 NPPES records list surgical physician assistant with a practice address in South Carolina, 5.5 per 100,000 residents, the 20th highest rate of 51. Charleston and Columbia have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the South Carolina license search. Page 6 of 6.

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).

Charleston has the most, 59

  1. Charleston59
  2. Columbia31
  3. Spartanburg29
  4. West Columbia28
  5. Greenville20

Surgical Physician Assistant records in South Carolina

  1. Alison Sherrod, PA-CCharleston, SC 294031447624218
  2. Barrett Shilo, PAColumbia, SC 292041053376988
  3. Madison Shipp, PA-CCharleston, SC 294031285037861
  4. Edward Signor, OPA-CFlorence, SC 295061922305481
  5. Ethan Smallwood, PAWest Columbia, SC 291691831899459
  6. Shayla Smart, PA-CSummerville, SC 294861053120998
  7. Jessica Spirl, PA-CNorth Augusta, SC 298411104254820
  8. Elizabeth Spitz, PA-CCharleston, SC 294071588762546
  9. James Stachowiak, P.A.Columbia, SC 292031417059627
  10. Bryce StallingsColumbia, SC 292011326314188
  11. Natalie Stapleton, PA-CGreenville, SC 296051497183644
  12. Ernest Stokes, PAGreenville, SC 296051063718807
  13. Laura Strickland, PA-CFlorence, SC 295061215485685
  14. Allison Swanson, PAMt Pleasant, SC 294641316913064
  15. John Swinton, PA-CNorth Charleston, SC 294061427677376
  16. Gralyn TeagueSpartanburg, SC 293031881461291
  17. Kathleen Terry, PACharleston, SC 294251427312586
  18. Alexa ThomasSpartanburg, SC 293031629578661
  19. Nancy Thomas, PA-CBeaufort, SC 299021972906626
  20. Tommy Thomas, PACGreenville, SC 296151083649370
  21. Carrie Thompson, PA-CCharleston, SC 294251144653742
  22. Haley Tiedemann, PA-CColumbia, SC 292031568317329
  23. Summer Toms, PA-CGreenville, SC 296051003460700
  24. Kennedy Toole, PA-COrangeburg, SC 291181619693132
  25. Bailey ToulsonBeaufort, SC 299021518725977
  26. Rose Trageser, PACharleston, SC 294011841482288
  27. Jason Trigiani, PA-CMoncks Corner, SC 294611699774034
  28. Amy Trolley, PACCharleston, SC 294011447371737
  29. Reghan TruesdellLexington, SC 290721689523268
  30. Ryan Uberman, PA-CCharleston, SC 294141699041715
  31. John Ulmer, PA-CFlorence, SC 295061437392883
  32. Rebecca Ulrich, PASpartanburg, SC 293031649466483
  33. Stephen Utenick, SA-CSimpsonville, SC 296811093960957
  34. Nina Valenti, PA-CColumbia, SC 292031063292977
  35. Molly Veley, PA-CConway, SC 295261558760603
  36. John Vollmer, P.A.Mt Pleasant, SC 294661073555959
  37. Kaitlyn WaldoLexington, SC 290721679369185
  38. Linda Watson, PA-CCharleston, SC 294071417383084
  39. Joseph Wehner, PA-CWest Columbia, SC 291691497707418
  40. Erin WellsColumbia, SC 292041700667755
  41. Audrey White, PA-CMount Pleasant, SC 294661245777044
  42. Sonia Wicker, PA-CFlorence, SC 295061811444664
  43. Laura Wierichs, PASummerville, SC 294861114579380
  44. Jessica Willard, PA-CGreenwood, SC 296461710058342
  45. Jesse Williams, P.A.Greenville, SC 296051275565848

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

South Carolina ranks 20 of 51 per resident

  1. Delaware5.9
  2. Alaska5.7
  3. Arizona5.7
  4. South Carolina5.5
  5. Vermont5.3
  6. Wyoming5.0
  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.

84.7% 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. South Carolina84.7%
  2. United States76.2%

Surgical Physician Assistant records in South Carolina, measured

  • In a Medicare file250 of 295 · 84.7% here, 76.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file240 · 81.4% here, 64.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more115 · 39.0% here, 52.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year2016 · the 240 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

295 NPPES records list surgical physician assistant (363AS0400X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in South Carolina: 5.5 per 100,000 residents against 5.2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Charleston has 59 of them (20%).

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. Tennessee297
  2. Wisconsin287
  3. Virginia278
  4. Michigan325

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Arizona5.7
  2. Alaska5.7
  3. Vermont5.3
  4. Delaware5.9

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.