NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in Chicago, IL

63,379 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Chicago, 1st of 541 Illinois cities. The largest group is clinical social worker: 4,368, 7% of the city's records, against 6% across Illinois. Page 21 of 1,268.

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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 Chicago

  1. Clinical Social Worker4,368
  2. Students in training3,509
  3. Internal Medicine Physician2,867
  4. Physical Therapist2,639
  5. Professional Counselor2,405
  6. Mental Health Counselor2,130
  7. Pharmacist1,906
  8. Speech-Language Pathologist1,753

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

Chicago in Illinois

  • Rank in Illinois1st of 541 cities by records
  • Share of the state26.4% of Illinois's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups17% of all records
  • Clinical Social Worker rank1st of the 10 Illinois cities with the most

Compared with Illinois as a whole, Chicago has 2× the state's share of student in an organized health care education/training program records and 0.54× its share of behavior technician records.

Providers in Chicago, alphabetically

  1. Similolu Akintorin, MDFamily Medicine Physician1033790407
  2. Ibukun AkinwaleBehavior Technician1154946770
  3. Kayode Akinwande, PHARMDPharmacist1114513462
  4. Edward Akinyemi, MDFamily Medicine Physician1609525104
  5. Pipelayo Akinyemi, NPPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1134878051
  6. Alan Akira, MDPsychiatry Physician1710470257
  7. Ashley Akiyama, MOT, OTR/LOccupational Therapist1114681533
  8. Shintaro Akiyama, MDGastroenterology Physician1386106300
  9. Mohamed Rafat Akkad Wattar, MDAnatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician1033850920
  10. Sudhamai AkkaramaniStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1285435636
  11. Lana Akkari, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1154702082
  12. Yazan Akkash, DMDDentist1598323107
  13. Manal AkkoucheOptometrist1770471104
  14. Danny Akl, MDInternal Medicine Physician1538576269
  15. Johnny Akl, MDInternal Medicine Physician1831680107
  16. Mebea Aklilu, MDMedical Oncology Physician1376527739
  17. Nuwera AkmalStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1366382699
  18. Nigel Akoma, DMDGeneral Practice Dentistry1194643676
  19. Denzel AkosaInternal Medicine Physician1912749144
  20. Bimaje Akpa, M.D.Pulmonary Disease Physician1144583642
  21. Jessica Akpabio, MDInternal Medicine Physician1215622006
  22. Norris Akpan, MDPhysical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician1851092720
  23. Erhan Akpinar, MDDiagnostic Radiology Physician1235917741
  24. Faisal Akram, MDAdult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery Physician1558990747
  25. Anastasia Akrivos, D.C.Chiropractor1073634267
  26. Steven Aks, DOMedical Toxicology (Emergency Medicine) Physician1295810356
  27. Sevil Aksoy, LCPCProfessional Counselor1285450122
  28. Suzan AksuPhysical Therapy Assistant1598162513
  29. Amrina Akter, PA-CPhysician Assistant1023948429
  30. Antonique Akua, CLCDoula1346843570
  31. Agnes Akuamoah, RESPIRATORY CARECertified Respiratory Therapist1134939317
  32. Bessie Akuamoah, MSWClinical Social Worker1730213299
  33. Nicole Akuoko, MAMental Health Counselor1225835101
  34. Pranadeep Akurati, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1194615062
  35. Eda Akyar, MDSports Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician1255910006
  36. Jude Al AbosyStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1255131637
  37. Jamal Al Ali, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1982213948
  38. Maha Al Amri, M.B.B.SInfectious Disease Physician1578215968
  39. Ali Al Asadi, MDInternal Medicine Physician1295473882
  40. Sara Al Azmeh, PHARMDClinical Pharmacology Physician1497437164
  41. Bushra Al Azzawi, D.D.S.General Practice Dentistry1730220450
  42. Thaer Al Azzawi, D.M.D.Dentist1366823262
  43. Shahad Al Bayati, M.D.Diagnostic Radiology Physician1740644038
  44. Fadhil Al JanabiNeonatal-Perinatal Medicine Physician1932949542
  45. Obada Al JayyousiStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1427995737
  46. Abdallah Al Khateeb, MBBSNeuroradiology Physician1699379834
  47. Zahra Al Khuridah, M.DStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1093325763
  48. Fahad Al MuftiGeneral Practice Dentistry1205365129
  49. Ahmad Al Najjar, DMDGeneral Practice Dentistry1629426242
  50. Mohammad Al NobaniStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1700518149

The largest Illinois cities

  1. Springfield4,997
  2. Naperville4,634
  3. Peoria4,621
  4. Evanston4,013
  5. Rockford3,893

All of Illinois →

How to read this directory

Chicago, Illinois appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 63,379 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 Chicago - 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 Chicago 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 Chicago is weighted toward Clinical Social Worker (4,368 clinicians, followed by Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program with 3,509 and Internal Medicine Physician with 2,867). 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 Illinois's population, Chicago reports roughly 505 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 Chicago 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 Chicago, IL?

There are 63,379 registered healthcare providers in Chicago, IL, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in Chicago?

The most common specialties in Chicago are Clinical Social Worker, Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program, Internal Medicine Physician, Physical Therapist, Professional Counselor. Clinical Social Worker has the most providers with 4,368.

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.