NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in Charleston, WV

8,807 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Charleston, 1st of 377 West Virginia cities. The largest group is personal care attendant: 2,816, 32% of the city's records, against 39% across West Virginia. Page 3 of 177.

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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 Charleston

  1. Personal Care Attendant2,816
  2. Community Health Worker1,708
  3. Students in training343
  4. Family Nurse Practitioner240
  5. Home Health Aide235
  6. Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist205
  7. Pharmacist176
  8. Licensed Practical Nurse155

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

Charleston in West Virginia

  • Rank in West Virginia1st of 377 cities by records
  • Share of the state11.2% of West Virginia's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups55.3% of all records
  • Personal Care Attendant rank2nd of the 10 West Virginia cities with the most

Compared with West Virginia as a whole, Charleston has 3.6× the state's share of community health worker records and 0.32× its share of home health aide records.

Providers in Charleston, alphabetically

  1. Bharat Agarwal, M.D.Adult Medicine Physician1588077366
  2. Brandon AgnewCommunity Health Worker1346965217
  3. Destinee AgnewPersonal Care Attendant1396403960
  4. Neha Agrawal, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1134864341
  5. Barbara Aguilar, LPNLicensed Practical Nurse1972210797
  6. Maram Ahmed, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1598457400
  7. Muhammad Ahmed, M.DStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1831987601
  8. Rohma Ahmed, M.D.Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1639097173
  9. Waleed Ahmed, M.D.Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1164358792
  10. Jehwoo AhnStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1174370886
  11. Kanya Ahuja, MDPediatric Gastroenterology Physician1417397472
  12. Kaweeta AhujaStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1013762202
  13. Rafi Aibani, M.D.Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1790473650
  14. Shelley AicherCommunity Health Worker1932807534
  15. Parisa AijazStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1811626112
  16. Saad Ajmal, M.D.Surgery Physician1457664047
  17. Anosh Akbar, DOStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1699566885
  18. Muhammad Akbar, M.DHospitalist Physician1306193263
  19. Abhiramgopal Akella, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1700710456
  20. Amanda AkersSocial Worker1962320507
  21. Brittiany AkersPersonal Care Attendant1689378150
  22. Carmella AkersPersonal Care Attendant1710621396
  23. Destiny AkersPersonal Care Attendant1619856432
  24. Jessica AkersPersonal Care Attendant1326829680
  25. Marea Akers, SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1528606811
  26. Melissa AkersPersonal Care Attendant1902740772
  27. Monica AkersPersonal Care Attendant1326786542
  28. Tina AkinadeRegistered Nurse1609680818
  29. Amer Akkad, DOEmergency Medicine Physician1134688492
  30. Talal Al Khawlani, MBBSHospitalist Physician1598290579
  31. Ahmad Al Tumizi, DOStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1669165825
  32. Ammar Al YasinPersonal Care Attendant1851980437
  33. Ali Al-Ameri, M.D.Hospitalist Physician1649711946
  34. Jenin Al-AsadiStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1013727015
  35. Lo'Ay Al-Asadi, MDPulmonary Disease Physician1629061973
  36. Riad Al-Asbahi, M.D.Diagnostic Radiology Physician1225031701
  37. Gabriel Al-Hajj, M.D.Surgery Physician1386670693
  38. Rayanna AlbaughNaprapath1659096170
  39. Deborah Albert, M.D.Pediatric Surgery Physician1891798799
  40. Christopher Albertson, DOEmergency Medicine Physician1427790476
  41. Stephen Albright, PAPhysician Assistant1811183429
  42. Mary Aldred-Crouch, MSW, MPH, LICSW, MACClinical Social Worker1326198094
  43. Amanda AldridgeCommunity Health Worker1528833803
  44. Richard AldridgePersonal Care Attendant1558959635
  45. Chance AleshireCommunity Health Worker1972275584
  46. Derleen AlexanderPersonal Care Attendant1083407407
  47. Amy Alford, PRSS 23 9178Peer Specialist1265249494
  48. Amani AlhabbahCommunity Health Worker1346903580
  49. Ahmed Ali, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1609516525
  50. Jennifer Ali, DOStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1326842634

The largest West Virginia cities

  1. Huntington6,221
  2. Morgantown6,074
  3. Barboursville3,867
  4. Beckley2,878
  5. Parkersburg2,875

All of West Virginia →

How to read this directory

Charleston, West Virginia appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 8,807 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 Charleston - 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 Charleston 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 Charleston is weighted toward Personal Care Attendant (2,816 clinicians, followed by Community Health Worker with 1,708 and Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program with 343). 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 West Virginia's population, Charleston reports roughly 497.6 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.

For Charleston 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 Charleston, WV?

There are 8,807 registered healthcare providers in Charleston, WV, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in Charleston?

The most common specialties in Charleston are Personal Care Attendant, Community Health Worker, Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program, Family Nurse Practitioner, Home Health Aide. Personal Care Attendant has the most providers with 2,816.

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.