NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Surgical Physician Assistant in Tennessee

297 NPPES records list surgical physician assistant with a practice address in Tennessee, 4.2 per 100,000 residents, the 31st highest rate of 51. Nashville and Knoxville have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Tennessee 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).

Nashville has the most, 83

  1. Nashville83
  2. Knoxville41
  3. Memphis38
  4. Johnson City23
  5. Kingsport20

Surgical Physician Assistant records in Tennessee

  1. Mary Stauber, P.A.-C.Oak Ridge, TN 378301104802198
  2. Lynn Stegall, PA-CMemphis, TN 381201083617930
  3. Kathryn Steinhaus, CSA, CSFANashville, TN 372151134716004
  4. Caleb Stephens, PA-CJohnson City, TN 376041558987446
  5. Claire StephensNashville, TN 372321538030630
  6. Skylar Stewart, PAChattanooga, TN 374031811478431
  7. Christopher Stone, PA-CClarksville, TN 370431902875685
  8. Adrienne SullivanMemphis, TN 381201871345090
  9. Benjamin Sullivan, PA-SNashville, TN 372321699655498
  10. Stacie Swisher, PANashville, TN 372031437524626
  11. Carleigh Taylor, PAFranklin, TN 370671295448595
  12. Laura Taylor, PANashville, TN 372321174235725
  13. Olivia TaylorNashville, TN 372121437728417
  14. Grant Thompson, PAKingsport, TN 376601760156277
  15. Heather Thorogood, PA-CNashville, TN 372151619525094
  16. Tara Tilton, PA-CKingsport, TN 376601841437761
  17. Hillary Tipton, PA-CMaryville, TN 378031053796227
  18. Jon Tisdale, MSM, PA-CFranklin, TN 370671982930301
  19. Claire Tomlinson, PA-CMt Juliet, TN 371221134549470
  20. Samuel Toth, PANashville, TN 372031033570833
  21. Emily Townsend, PA-CNashville, TN 372031588102479
  22. Jada Tribble, PAMemphis, TN 381191285885293
  23. Thomas Truman, PA-CJohnson City, TN 376041932165610
  24. Lauren Van Pelt, PA-CGallatin, TN 370661295461671
  25. Katie Vanhooser, PA-CNashville, TN 372091144556168
  26. Jack ViscaCrossville, TN 385551710829742
  27. Shelby Vogel, PAHermitage, TN 370761194335836
  28. William Wallace, PACookeville, TN 385011992183412
  29. Sherry Walsh, PA-CNashville, TN 372121932219144
  30. Brianna Walton, PAMemphis, TN 381031720780562
  31. Sarah Ward, PA-CMemphis, TN 381041972319242
  32. Louis Warnken, PAKingsport, TN 376601922027358
  33. Molly Warren, PAKnoxville, TN 379161235359712
  34. Richard WashingtonAntioch, TN 370131912296468
  35. Alia Way, PA-CKingsport, TN 376601336587534
  36. Beverly Weatherspoon, PA-CNashville, TN 372081730266313
  37. Robert Weeks, PA-CNashville, TN 372031023014263
  38. Robert WhisenhuntTullahoma, TN 373881609308246
  39. Darrin Whited, PA-CNashville, TN 372151972978187
  40. Makenzie WilsonNashville, TN 372031043970841
  41. Kari Wipfli, P.A.Memphis, TN 381201558701912
  42. Anna Withers, PANashville, TN 372031871600411
  43. James Yeager, PA-CKingsport, TN 376601396900072
  44. Natalie Yi, CSFAMurfreesboro, TN 371281164018222
  45. Kaycee Young, PAFranklin, TN 370671780231068
  46. Matthew Young, PAFranklin, TN 370671447607312
  47. Steven Zurlinden, PAKnoxville, TN 379341871640722

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

Tennessee ranks 31 of 51 per resident

  1. Texas4.4
  2. South Dakota4.4
  3. Utah4.2
  4. Tennessee4.2
  5. Minnesota4.0
  6. Alabama3.9
  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.

80.8% 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. Tennessee80.8%
  2. United States76.2%

Surgical Physician Assistant records in Tennessee, measured

  • In a Medicare file240 of 297 · 80.8% here, 76.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file215 · 72.4% here, 64.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more102 · 34.3% here, 52.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year2018 · the 215 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

297 NPPES records list surgical physician assistant (363AS0400X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Tennessee: 4.2 per 100,000 residents against 5.2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Nashville has 83 of them (28%).

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 Carolina295
  2. Wisconsin287
  3. Virginia278
  4. Michigan325

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Utah4.2
  2. South Dakota4.4
  3. Minnesota4.0
  4. Alabama3.9

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.