There are 4 physician-owned rheumatology practices in Delaware, vetted against the NPPES NPI Registry. Hospital-employed, government, and academic positions are excluded.
Most PGY-Final-Year physicians sign their first rheumatology contract in Delaware without knowing what else is out there. This directory shows the 6 groups they were never told about.
MCAT. STEPs. Match. ABIM. Each one was a milestone someone else designed. You hit them in order, on time, and the path kept going.
A physician who can see that there are 40 physician-owned rheumatology groups within 50 miles walks into a contract negotiation with completely different leverage than one who assumes the hospital is the only option. Non-compete radius, buy-in terms, tail coverage, all of it becomes more negotiable once you actually know what is around you. The Real Contract course walks you through every clause that matters.
Hospital-employed, government-operated, and academic positions are excluded. These are not independent private practices:
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Dover, DE
Infusion Solutions of Delaware is a private rheumatology practice located in Dover, Delaware. Additional capabilities include autoimmune and joint disease care and outpatient medical care. Physicians exploring opportunities can reach out through the practice website or by phone.
1100 Forrest Ave, Dover, DE 19904
Newark, DE
Infusion Solutions is Delaware's premiere rheumatology and full-service infusion center. We provide rheumatology diagnosis and treatments, and our outpatient facility in Newark offers the same level of care as inpatient infusion centers but with a focus on prioritizing your comfort. Our mission is to benefit our patients and the community by providing the highest quality of care and a variety of outpatient care infusion therapies.
537 Stanton Christiana Rd #101, Newark, DE 19713
Newark, DE
Surjeet Dheer, DO - Rheumatologist operates a physician-owned rheumatology practice in Newark, Delaware, offering personalized patient care in a private setting. Beyond rheumatology, the office offers autoimmune and joint disease care. Employment and partnership inquiries can be directed to the practice via their website.
537 Stanton Christiana Rd, Newark, DE 19713
Wilmington, DE
Practicing rheumatology in Wilmington, Delaware, Brandywine Rheumatology offers care through an owner-operated medical office. Services extend to outpatient medical care and autoimmune and joint disease care. Reach the office through their website or direct phone line for career-related questions.
1601 Milltown Rd Suite 15, Wilmington, DE 19808
Then PGY-Final hits, and the page is blank. A recruiter calls. A contract lands in your inbox with a 50-mile non-compete, an opaque productivity model, and a signing bonus you do not understand the strings on.
The senior residents signed their first contracts without reading every clause. Not because they did not care, but because nobody had handed them a map of what else existed. So they took the first offer. This directory exists so you do not have to.
There are 6 physician-owned rheumatology practices in Delaware, spread across 3 cities. I pulled every one of them from the NPPES NPI Registry, which is the federal database that CMS maintains for active providers. Then I filtered out anything that isn't independently operated. Hospital-employed positions, academic faculty roles, locum agencies, government clinics, they're all excluded. What's left is a clean list of practices where physicians hold actual ownership and make their own clinical decisions.
I made this because the information doesn't exist in one place anywhere else. If you're a rheumatology physician thinking about Delaware, you'd normally have to search job boards, call recruiters, and piece together which practices are actually physician-owned versus corporate-backed. This page does that work for you. 4 practices, 3 cities, all verified through the NPPES NPI Registry. Contact them directly.
Delaware's physician-owned rheumatology directory lists 4 practice locations across 3 cities.
Practices are located in Dover, Newark, and Wilmington.
Browsing 53,000+ practices is not the work. Translating that into a contract you understand and a lawyer who will read it with you is the work. Here is how.
You are already here. 4 physician-owned rheumatology groups in Delaware, vetted against NPPES.
The Real Contract walks you through every clause that matters: non-compete, productivity, tail coverage, partnership track.
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“Your seniors did not figure this out. They signed without reading.”
Daniel Aragón, MD, MBAThere are 4 physician-owned rheumatology private practices in Delaware, verified against the NPPES NPI Registry. All are independently operated. Hospital-employed, government, corporate, and academic positions are excluded.
A physician-owned practice is one where licensed physicians hold controlling ownership of the business entity. This is distinct from hospital employment, corporate medical groups, or private equity-backed practices where non-physician entities control the business.
The Corporate-Acquired flag means the practice was historically physician-owned but has since been acquired by a corporate entity such as Optum. The MSO-Affiliated flag means the practice uses a Management Services Organization for billing and administration while physicians retain practice-level ownership.
Delaware's physician-owned rheumatology practices include Rheumatology Center of Delaware, LLC - Wilmington (Wilmington, founded 2000, 2000 physicians), Rheumatology Center of Delaware, LLC - Dover (Dover), Rheumatology Center of Delaware, LLC - Milford (Milford), and Javed Rheum...
NPPES is the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System, a federal database maintained by CMS. Every practice in this directory has an active NPI record in NPPES, confirming it is a registered U.S. medical practice.
White-bagging is a payer policy requiring the drug to be dispensed by a specialty pharmacy and shipped to the physician's office rather than purchased directly by the practice. This eliminates the buy-and-bill drug margin, the practice bills only for administration, not for the drug itself. Brown-bagging requires the patient to pick up the drug from the pharmacy and bring it to the office. Both policies significantly reduce infusion revenue in private rheumatology practices. Ask any prospective practice what percentage of their commercial contracts allow traditional buy-and-bill versus requiring white-bagging.
| Physician-Owned | Hospital-Employed | Corporate / PE-Backed | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who controls the practice | Physicians | Health system | Non-physician entity |
| Non-compete scope | Narrower, negotiable | Broad | Very broad |
| Partnership / buy-in path | Common | Rare | Rare |
| Call schedule flexibility | Higher | Variable | Lower |
| Productivity bonus upside | High | Moderate | Moderate |
| Included in this directory | Yes | No | Flagged |
This directory is maintained by Daniel Aragón, MD, MBA, a physician who just walked this path. All listings are pulled from the NPPES NPI Registry (CMS.gov), the federal database of all U.S. medical providers. Hospital-employed, corporate, and government-operated positions are excluded. Last updated: .
Built by Daniel Aragón, MD, MBA, a physician who just walked this path.
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