Trauma Surgery Physician providers in the U.S.
1,385 NPPES records list trauma surgery physician as their primary taxonomy, about 0.4 per 100,000 residents; District of Columbia and Wisconsin have the most per resident. 447 of them appear in the Medicare Part D prescriber file: a registry record is not proof of an active practice.
What taxonomy code 2086S0127X means
2086S0127X is the National Uniform Claim Committee code for Surgery, Trauma Surgery, in the grouping Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians. 1,385 NPPES records list it as their primary taxonomy (file of Aug 9, 2026).
Trauma surgery is a recognized subspecialty of general surgery. Trauma surgeons are physicians who have completed a five-year general surgery residency and usually continue with a one to two year fellowship in trauma and/or surgical critical care, typically leading to additional board certification in surgical critical care. There is no trauma surgery board certification at this point. To obtain board certification in surgical critical care, a fellowship in surgical critical care or anesthesiology critical care must be completed during or after general surgery residency.
Source: NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, definition as NUCC publishes it (nucc.org); counts from CMS NPPES.
Most per resident: the 8 highest
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2086S0127X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.
Nashville has the most, 33
Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2086S0127X by practice city, file of Aug 9, 2026.
All 50 states and D.C. with records, by state
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 25 | 0.5 |
| Arizona | 37 | 0.5 |
| Arkansas | 4 | 0.1 |
| California | 146 | 0.4 |
| Colorado | 44 | 0.7 |
| Connecticut | 14 | 0.4 |
| Delaware | 1 | 0.1 |
| District of Columbia | 11 | 1.6 |
| Florida | 103 | 0.5 |
| Georgia | 38 | 0.3 |
| Hawaii | 4 | 0.3 |
| Idaho | 4 | 0.2 |
| Illinois | 59 | 0.5 |
| Indiana | 16 | 0.2 |
| Iowa | 4 | 0.1 |
| Kansas | 5 | 0.2 |
| Kentucky | 8 | 0.2 |
| Louisiana | 25 | 0.5 |
| Maine | 10 | 0.7 |
| Maryland | 38 | 0.6 |
| Massachusetts | 22 | 0.3 |
| Michigan | 19 | 0.2 |
| Minnesota | 21 | 0.4 |
| Mississippi | 3 | 0.1 |
| Missouri | 32 | 0.5 |
| State | Records | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 3 | 0.3 |
| Nebraska | 7 | 0.4 |
| Nevada | 12 | 0.4 |
| New Hampshire | 6 | 0.4 |
| New Jersey | 50 | 0.5 |
| New Mexico | 4 | 0.2 |
| New York | 73 | 0.4 |
| North Carolina | 29 | 0.3 |
| North Dakota | 3 | 0.4 |
| Ohio | 65 | 0.6 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | 0.1 |
| Oregon | 21 | 0.5 |
| Pennsylvania | 92 | 0.7 |
| Rhode Island | 3 | 0.3 |
| South Carolina | 9 | 0.2 |
| South Dakota | 1 | 0.1 |
| Tennessee | 46 | 0.6 |
| Texas | 124 | 0.4 |
| Utah | 9 | 0.3 |
| Vermont | 3 | 0.5 |
| Virginia | 18 | 0.2 |
| Washington | 44 | 0.6 |
| West Virginia | 8 | 0.5 |
| Wisconsin | 54 | 0.9 |
| Wyoming | 1 | 0.2 |
In federal data
- NUCC code2086S0127X · Surgery
- Size rank238th of 688 specialties by records (0.02% of all)
- In its family7th of 9 Surgery codes, 2.8% of the family
- Part D prescribers447 (32.3% of records)
- Part D claims48 a year per prescriber, on average (416th of 496)
- Industry payments762 physicians paid $1.8M in 2024, $2K each on average
- Concentration8 states hold half of all records
Source: CMS NPPES; Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Presence in these files is not a quality judgment.
A sample of trauma surgery physician records
- John HolcombBirmingham, AL1093706467
- Rondi GelbardBirmingham, AL1558520106
- James HwangBirmingham, AL1376703959
- Mohammad Zain Ghani HashmiBirmingham, AL1225442098
- Ryan Wan, D.O.Birmingham, AL1710346465
- Jan JansenBirmingham, AL1164935672
- William Hewgley, MDBirmingham, AL1205324407
- Samantha Baker, M.D.Birmingham, AL1215314067
- Shannon Carroll, MDBirmingham, AL1912153172
- Jonathan Black, MDBirmingham, AL1801234018
- Ryan Sullivan, M.D.Tuscaloosa, AL1376562694
- James Corder, MDTuscaloosa, AL1073553897
- Deepak Katyal, MDHuntsville, AL1053386623
- Rony Najjar, MDHuntsville, AL1508831181
- Farin Smith, MDHuntsville, AL1730236555
- Jeffrey Walker, MDHuntsville, AL1386808970
Registry order, not a ranking. Search by name to find one provider.
Common questions
How should I read Trauma Surgery Physician's mid-pack national roster?
1,385 CMS-registered Trauma Surgery Physician providers sit across 51 states; California leads with 146. Leading metros: Nashville, TN; Chicago, IL; Baltimore, MD; Madison, WI. Rank 238th of 688 NUCC specialties by headcount.
How does Trauma Surgery Physician show up in Open Payments mid-pack?
CMS Open Payments 2024 lists 762 Trauma Surgery Physician physicians receiving $1.8M across 5,582 payments (average $2K; 158th of 470 specialties). Not a quality score.
How much Part D prescribing does this specialty do?
Among Trauma Surgery Physician NPIs, 447 appear in the Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF (average 48 claims and $4K drug cost per prescriber; 416th of 496 specialties by average claims). Non-prescribing clinicians in the same NUCC code are still in NPPES.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org); Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts are self-designated primary taxonomy, not board certification.
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.