NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in Chapel Hill, NC

7,608 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Chapel Hill, 7th of 412 North Carolina cities. The largest group is students in training: 1,203, 16% of the city's records, against 3% across North Carolina. Page 104 of 153.

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

The 8 largest groups in Chapel Hill

  1. Students in training1,203
  2. Clinical Social Worker421
  3. Physical Therapist274
  4. Psychiatry Physician226
  5. Internal Medicine Physician219
  6. Physician Assistant193
  7. Pharmacist188
  8. Speech-Language Pathologist162

Source: CMS NPPES primary taxonomy, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Chapel Hill in North Carolina

  • Rank in North Carolina7th of 412 cities by records
  • Share of the state3.8% of North Carolina's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups24.9% of all records
  • Students in training rank2nd of the 10 North Carolina cities with the most

Compared with North Carolina as a whole, Chapel Hill has 4.5× the state's share of student in an organized health care education/training program records and 0.37× its share of mental health counselor records.

Providers in Chapel Hill, alphabetically

  1. Grace ParkMedical Physician Assistant1154710945
  2. Jeffrey ParkAnesthesiology Physician1801283403
  3. Jinny ParkRegistered Nurse1144178138
  4. Joseph Park, LCSWHematology & Oncology Physician1689156622
  5. Meredith Park, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1225776008
  6. Yara Park, MDAnatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician1124238373
  7. Stephanie Parken, MS, OTR LOccupational Therapist1639370463
  8. Abbigale Parker, DDSDentist1205678752
  9. Beatrice Parker, LCSWAClinical Social Worker1508603739
  10. Byron Parker, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1841723202
  11. Catherine Parker, MDPsychiatry Physician1699358846
  12. David Parker, MS, PT, OCSOrthopedic Physical Therapist1235188509
  13. Giulia ParkerClinical Social Worker1831915412
  14. James Parker, DDSProsthodontics1316995103
  15. Julia ParkerStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1104612670
  16. Lynley Parker, MDNephrology Physician1376163766
  17. Sarah Parker, NPNurse Practitioner1831781657
  18. Wesley Parker, AGACNP-BCAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1487245791
  19. William ParkerPediatrics Physician1194345587
  20. Sierra Parkinson, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1033053988
  21. Elizabeth Parks, MDFamily Medicine Physician1760918957
  22. Emily Parks, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1477308278
  23. Lindsey Parks, RNFamily Nurse Practitioner1942952064
  24. Amber Parler, PA-CPhysician Assistant1720609548
  25. Sonali ParmarStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1457107609
  26. Shannon ParnessStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1700767118
  27. Jonathan Parr, MDInfectious Disease Physician1114186368
  28. Joseph ParrishStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1508508722
  29. Robert Parry, MDPediatric Surgery Physician1649290321
  30. Soroosh Parsa, DOStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1366293359
  31. Diana Parsons, DDSDentist1427490382
  32. Emily Parsons, PSYDPsychologist1295281210
  33. Alexis Pascoe, MDOphthalmology Physician1033776299
  34. Nichelle PascoePhysical Therapist1508466731
  35. Anthony Passannante, MDAnesthesiology Physician1952353146
  36. Srikavya Pasumarthy, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1477352870
  37. Amy Patel, DOStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1699501411
  38. Avni Patel, MDDiagnostic Radiology Physician1780484154
  39. Beyla Patel, MD, MPHStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1053169037
  40. Bhavesh Patel, M.D,Family Medicine Physician1831534957
  41. Bianka Patel, PHARMDPharmacist1548921190
  42. Chandni Patel, DOPain Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician1962965301
  43. Depesh Patel, MDFamily Medicine Physician1720188816
  44. Devan PatelStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1497329908
  45. Dhavalkumar Patel, MDRheumatology Physician1578623104
  46. Dhruthi Patel, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1508479270
  47. Dhruv PatelStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1760056584
  48. Dillon Patel, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1700452265
  49. Heerali Patel, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1326897976
  50. Laura Patel, M.D.Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1174748602

The largest North Carolina cities

  1. Charlotte23,603
  2. Raleigh16,309
  3. Durham13,451
  4. Winston Salem10,040
  5. Greensboro8,190

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How to read this directory

Chapel Hill, North Carolina appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 7,608 registered healthcare providers spanning 25 or more distinct NUCC-taxonomy specialties. This count includes every individual clinician who has applied for an NPI and listed a practice address in Chapel Hill - physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors, physical therapists, optometrists, psychologists, podiatrists, and every other credentialed provider type CMS tracks. It does not measure hospital beds, urgent-care capacity, or whether a given clinic is accepting new patients; it measures the pool of professionals with current NPI enrollment and a Chapel Hill practice location on file. Every figure is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES) - more than 7 million providers, maintained since May 2007, with 2024 Medicare Part D data, and, according to CMS, can be searched, compared, and traced in our methodology.

The provider mix in Chapel Hill is weighted toward Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program (1,203 clinicians, followed by Clinical Social Worker with 421 and Physical Therapist with 274). That distribution reflects how NPPES records specialty: providers self-select a primary taxonomy code, so a family physician who also practices geriatrics will show up under whichever NUCC code they registered first. Relative to North Carolina's population, Chapel Hill reports roughly 70.2 providers per 100,000 residents using the state-level denominator, which is a rough proxy rather than a precise access-to-care measurement; the true catchment area of any {cityName} clinician extends beyond the municipal boundary.

Of North Carolina's most common specialties, Behavior Technician is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a Chapel Hill practice address, a coverage gap Chapel Hill patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.

For Chapel Hill patients, this directory is most useful as a starting shortlist. Important: PlainDoctor is a directory of publicly available CMS government data, not a review site, a ranking, or medical advice. NPPES data is self-reported and refreshed monthly; call the practice directly to confirm the provider is still there, accepts your insurance, and is taking new patients.

For informational purposes only; this directory is not medical advice and not a substitute for checking a license. See also: how to find a doctor and how to verify one.

Common questions

How many doctors are in Chapel Hill, NC?

There are 7,608 registered healthcare providers in Chapel Hill, NC, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in Chapel Hill?

The most common specialties in Chapel Hill are Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program, Clinical Social Worker, Physical Therapist, Psychiatry Physician, Internal Medicine Physician. Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program has the most providers with 1,203.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov). Records are self-reported registrations, not licenses.

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.