NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Transplant Surgery Physician in South Carolina

14 NPPES records list transplant surgery physician with a practice address in South Carolina, 0.3 per 100,000 residents, the 23rd highest rate of 46. Charleston and Greenville have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the South Carolina license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 204F00000X · method

Charleston has the most, 10

Transplant Surgery Physician records in South Carolina

  1. Altan Alim, MDGreenville, SC 296051508691494
  2. Guido Cerilli, M.D.Hilton Head, SC 299261043514839
  3. Dogukan Dogu, MDCharleston, SC 294251467375840
  4. Derek DubayGreenville, SC 296051053584946
  5. Mahesh Gopasetty, MBBS, MS, MRCSCharleston, SC 294251972793420
  6. Siddharth JainCharleston, SC 294251700295102
  7. Christof Kaltenmeier, M.D.Charleston, SC 294251619321395
  8. Pravin Meenashi SundaramCharleston, SC 294251508713322
  9. Todd Merchen, M.D.Greenville, SC 296151730135252
  10. Ivaylo Mitsiev, MDCharleston, SC 294251497063994
  11. Santosh Nagaraju, MBBSCharleston, SC 294251497168595
  12. P Rajagopalan, MDCharleston, SC 294251386759330
  13. Teresa Rice, MDCharleston, SC 294251043576101
  14. Sunil ShenviCharleston, SC 294251528455763

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 204F00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

South Carolina ranks 23 of 46 per resident

  1. Georgia0.3
  2. Connecticut0.3
  3. Oklahoma0.3
  4. South Carolina0.3
  5. Missouri0.3
  6. Texas0.3
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.3

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 204F00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

50.0% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 79.0% 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 Carolina50.0%
  2. United States79.0%

Transplant Surgery Physician records in South Carolina, measured

  • In a Medicare file7 of 14 · 50.0% here, 79.0% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file5 · 35.7% here, 69.6% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more7 · 50.0% here, 49.7% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 204F00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

14 NPPES records list transplant surgery physician (204F00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in South Carolina: 0.3 per 100,000 residents against 0.3 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Charleston has 10 of them (71%).

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. Michigan14
  2. Nebraska14
  3. Iowa15
  4. Kentucky15

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Missouri0.3
  2. Texas0.3
  3. Oklahoma0.3
  4. Connecticut0.3

The largest states

  1. New York90
  2. Texas78
  3. California71
  4. Illinois67
  5. Florida65

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.