NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Veterinarian in Tennessee

21 NPPES records list veterinarian with a practice address in Tennessee, 0.3 per 100,000 residents, the 35th highest rate of 47. Knoxville 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 174M00000X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Knoxville has the most, 5

  1. Knoxville5
  2. Memphis2
  3. Bluff City1
  4. Chattanooga1
  5. Clinton1

Veterinarian records in Tennessee

  1. Melissa Bennett, DVMKnoxville, TN 379181023451622
  2. Karen Blanchard, DVMCollierville, TN 380171750764288
  3. Kevin Chermak, DVMJamestown, TN 385561063787430
  4. Elizabeth Cooper, DVMKnoxville, TN 379181740523034
  5. Sarah Gordon, DVMMount Juliet, TN 371221558794750
  6. Hugh Hodges, D.V.M.Monteagle, TN 373561902072432
  7. Jean Lavalley, DVMMurfreesboro, TN 371291407116239
  8. Timothy Mandrell, D.V.M.Memphis, TN 381171679815229
  9. Katharine McCreary, DVMChattanooga, TN 374211205235942
  10. Gideon McEachern, DVMNashville, TN 372111912328188
  11. Nancy McKinnon, DVMKnoxville, TN 379221881085363
  12. Joyce Merryman, DVM, PHDSweetwater, TN 378741174965487
  13. Katie Noe, DVMClinton, TN 377161023444189
  14. Jeffrey Phillips, DVMMascot, TN 378061174872451
  15. Jessica PruittSoddy Daisy, TN 373791093112047
  16. Brian RutherfordKnoxville, TN 379221700200300
  17. Gregory Shaw, D.V.M.Memphis, TN 381151063859700
  18. Kayla Swanay, DVMGreeneville, TN 377451457732570
  19. Trent Tuttle, DVMKnoxville, TN 379221770973620
  20. Mary Wells, DVMHermitage, TN 370761710135819
  21. Katherine Zimmerman, DVMBluff City, TN 376181275825374

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 174M00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Tennessee ranks 35 of 47 per resident

  1. North Carolina0.3
  2. Michigan0.3
  3. South Carolina0.3
  4. Tennessee0.3
  5. Ohio0.3
  6. Kansas0.3
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.5

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 174M00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

What the count covers

21 NPPES records list veterinarian (174M00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Tennessee: 0.3 per 100,000 residents against 0.5 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Knoxville has 5 of them (24%).

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. Alaska21
  2. New Hampshire22
  3. Oklahoma20
  4. Connecticut23

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. South Carolina0.3
  2. Michigan0.3
  3. Ohio0.3
  4. North Carolina0.3

The largest states

  1. New Jersey149
  2. California120
  3. New York108
  4. Florida102
  5. Massachusetts99

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.