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 118 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. Amy Rupert, LCSWAClinical Social Worker1225769805
  2. Anna RuppStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1134918642
  3. Jordan RushPharmacist1922434059
  4. Molly Rusin, M.D.Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1962762435
  5. Sarah Russel, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1578183281
  6. Abigail RussellStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1851109573
  7. Alissa Russell, PHARMDAmbulatory Care Pharmacist1235966474
  8. David Russell, M.D.Ophthalmology Physician1720281090
  9. Lita Russell, PH.D.Psychologist1235276072
  10. Michelle Russin, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1619593605
  11. Allison Russo, PAPhysician Assistant1992572390
  12. Nicole Ruszkay, MDPlastic Surgery within the Head & Neck (Otolaryngology) Physician1770044133
  13. Michele Rutherford, MA, CCC/SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1346550563
  14. Sarah Rutstein, MD, PHDInfectious Disease Physician1821523630
  15. Hannah Ryan, PTPediatric Physical Therapist1053924639
  16. Janice Ryan, LCSWClinical Social Worker1124072970
  17. Jennifer RyanRegistered Dietitian1356831390
  18. Jeremy Ryan, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1538544341
  19. Michael Ryan, PH.D.Clinical Psychologist1467404392
  20. Stacie Ryan, PTAPhysical Therapist1730337932
  21. Stanthia Ryan, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1295318848
  22. Michael Rydberg, MDGeriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician1427580935
  23. Amanda Saad, M.D.Pediatrics Physician1174057616
  24. Patrick SabaStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1083560338
  25. Julienne Sabet, D.D.SGeneral Practice Dentistry1205065885
  26. Hana Sacek, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1952919813
  27. Caroline Sachse, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1659161388
  28. Robert SackmannEmergency Medicine Physician1063822765
  29. Teresa Sadiq, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1629289814
  30. Timothy Sadiq, MDSurgery Physician1386834711
  31. Shohreh Sadri, PHARM DPharmacist1710265319
  32. Sigurdur Saemundsson, DDSPediatric Dentistry1184071904
  33. Hector Saenz De Viteri Tejeda, DDSProsthodontics1023487998
  34. Maria Saez Sampson, LCSW-AClinical Social Worker1629836473
  35. Norma Safransky, MDPsychiatry Physician1679617328
  36. Jessica Saganowich, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1538956263
  37. Shonali Saha, M.D.Psychiatry Physician1003076001
  38. Bilal Saib, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1235220690
  39. David Sailer, MDDiagnostic Radiology Physician1568045581
  40. Lauren Saint, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1982283875
  41. Tetsuro Sakai, MDAnesthesiology Physician1467427831
  42. Muthu Kumar Sakthivel, MDDiagnostic Radiology Physician1427566330
  43. Hanaan Salamah, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1407285919
  44. William Salaun, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1255913034
  45. Gloria Salazar, M.D.Vascular & Interventional Radiology Physician1700053386
  46. Khoula SaleemStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1588300594
  47. Aiman Saleh, MDEmergency Medical Services (Emergency Medicine) Physician1578103883
  48. Raymundo Salermo LabradaStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1700767480
  49. Jeannette Salinas, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1629031869
  50. Dino Jubal Salvanera, DMDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1063143097

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.