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 301 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. Patricia Ebot, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1518516731
  2. Ali EbraheemiStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1548197619
  3. Mohamed EbrahimHospitalist Physician1164101648
  4. Noura Ebrahim, LCPCProfessional Counselor1891291035
  5. Farzad Ebrahimi, MDAnesthesiology Physician1902126378
  6. Goodness Ebuziem, NP, APRN, RNNurse Practitioner1952115057
  7. Ain EcclesMental Health Counselor1720771009
  8. Jacob Eccles, MD, PHDPulmonary Disease Physician1174109706
  9. Kathleen Eccles, LCSWClinical Social Worker1104058114
  10. Julia Ecclestone, M.A., CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1508014192
  11. Anthony EchauzPhysical Therapist1154636454
  12. Donna Echevarria, PA-CPhysician Assistant1386971018
  13. Fidel Echevarria, M.D.Psychiatry Physician1841382959
  14. Sonia Echevarria, RRTRegistered Respiratory Therapist1871102293
  15. Susan Echiverri, M.D.Clinical Genetics (M.D.) Physician1083639736
  16. Latasha EcholsDevelopmental Therapist1285289579
  17. Daniel Eck, LCPCCounselor1053832618
  18. Amy Eckardt, PT, DPTPhysical Therapist1174302913
  19. Adam EckburgEmergency Medicine Physician1164034922
  20. Alexandra Eckburg, MDDermatology Physician1477295111
  21. Francelia Eckembrecher, MD, MPHDermatology Physician1477224780
  22. Jonathan Ecker, LCSWClinical Social Worker1508276577
  23. Sarah Ecker, PT, DPT, PRPCPhysical Therapist1174893077
  24. Lauren EckerleSpeech-Language Pathologist1285879379
  25. Jessi Eckersberg, DPTPhysical Therapist1831732148
  26. Julia Eckersley, MDFamily Medicine Physician1639116528
  27. Kali Eckert, DPTPhysical Therapist1821407230
  28. Samuel Eckert, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTPhysician Assistant1346984267
  29. Abbey Eckhoff, MS, OTR/LPediatric Occupational Therapist1093208399
  30. Sarah EckmannFamily Nurse Practitioner1528433745
  31. Melissa Eckroat, DPT, ATCPhysical Therapist1962696427
  32. Russell Edafetanure-IbehStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1568291268
  33. Philsy Edakara, APRNNurse Practitioner1316587371
  34. Seara Edassery, PHARMDPharmacist1407651524
  35. Deborah Edberg, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1194758722
  36. Sherida Edding, M.D.Nephrology Physician1134730377
  37. Hadeel EddirProfessional Counselor1396213807
  38. Margaret Eddleton, RN, MSNCritical Care Medicine Registered Nurse1114798337
  39. Augustus Edeh, LCSWClinical Social Worker1275807158
  40. David Edelberg, MDInternal Medicine Physician1780809764
  41. John Edelbrock, MSStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1902323132
  42. Emily Edelman, MSW, LSWCounselor1235339649
  43. Guy EdelmanAnesthesiology Physician1164513214
  44. Hillary Edelman, MDObstetrics & Gynecology Physician1780046185
  45. Caroline Edelmann, RN, WHNP-BCWomen's Health Nurse Practitioner1508263237
  46. Sheldon Edelson, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1265497069
  47. Adam Edelstein, MDAdult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery Physician1013279082
  48. David Edelstein, M.D.Psychiatry Physician1679579155
  49. David Edelstein, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1073253183
  50. Steve Edelstein, MDEmergency Medical Services (Emergency Medicine) Physician1093792806

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.