NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Transplant Hepatology Physician in Tennessee

12 NPPES records list transplant hepatology physician with a practice address in Tennessee, 0.2 per 100,000 residents, the 3rd highest rate of 33. Nashville and Memphis have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Tennessee license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 207RT0003X · method

Nashville has the most, 11

Transplant Hepatology Physician records in Tennessee

  1. Joseph Awad, MDNashville, TN 372321750480182
  2. Bindu Betapudi, M.D.Memphis, TN 381041720025158
  3. Sara BrownNashville, TN 372321376961128
  4. Manhal Izzy, M.D.Nashville, TN 372041417368770
  5. Hannah Kim, M.D.Nashville, TN 372321124461660
  6. Christine Lopez, MDNashville, TN 372321144718032
  7. Roman Perri, M.D.Nashville, TN 372321457339707
  8. Shakirat Salvador, M.D.Nashville, TN 372321528421906
  9. Andrew Scanga, MDNashville, TN 372321912016650
  10. Suzanne SharptonNashville, TN 372321891084257
  11. Ashley Spann, M.D.Nashville, TN 372321386030088
  12. Claudio Tombazzi, MDNashville, TN 372321689161770

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RT0003X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Tennessee ranks 3 of 33 per resident

  1. District of Columbia1.0
  2. New York0.2
  3. Tennessee0.2
  4. Utah0.1
  5. Washington0.1
  6. 50 states and D.C.0.1

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 207RT0003X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

100.0% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 95.7% 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. Tennessee100.0%
  2. United States95.7%

Transplant Hepatology Physician records in Tennessee, measured

  • In a Medicare file12 of 12 · 100.0% here, 95.7% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file12 · 100.0% here, 87.7% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more0 · 0.0% here, 29.2% nationally
  • Median graduation year2011 · the 12 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 207RT0003X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

12 NPPES records list transplant hepatology physician (207RT0003X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Tennessee: 0.2 per 100,000 residents against 0.1 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Nashville has 11 of them (92%).

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. Florida13
  2. North Carolina11
  3. Washington11
  4. Ohio16

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. New York0.2
  2. California0.1
  3. Texas0.1

The largest states

  1. California42
  2. New York36
  3. Texas29
  4. Ohio16
  5. Florida13

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.