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 659 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. Jaimie LinInternal Medicine Physician1114592466
  2. Janet Lin, M.D.Emergency Medicine Physician1174562698
  3. Jasmine LinStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1528614872
  4. Jason LinPhysical Therapy Assistant1952292864
  5. Jennie Lin, MDNephrology Physician1851534176
  6. Johnny Lin, M.D.Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery Physician1447206677
  7. Kevin Lin, MDInternal Medicine Physician1477071074
  8. Kuanwu Lin, PSY.D.Clinical Psychologist1356588438
  9. Lihong LinOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Dentistry1366699563
  10. Lin Lin, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1063640217
  11. Long Lin, MDInternal Medicine Physician1518805795
  12. Louis Lin, M.D.Anesthesiology Physician1134373533
  13. Michael Lin, M.D.Infectious Disease Physician1265646517
  14. Michelle LinStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1699423061
  15. Min Hsuan Lin, MA, LPCMental Health Counselor1013739812
  16. Nicholas Lin, MDOrthopaedic Surgery Physician1336942564
  17. Patrick LinStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1497549489
  18. Pey-Yi Lin, M.D.Plastic Surgery Physician1164659058
  19. Phyllis Lin, PHARM.D.Pharmacist1144591231
  20. Richard Lin, D.M.D.General Practice Dentistry1043356900
  21. Rika LinPhysical Therapist1154430338
  22. Samantha Lin, FNP-BC, MS, MPHFamily Nurse Practitioner1538756440
  23. Shan Ru Lin, LCPC, ATR-BC, ATCSMental Health Counselor1689343501
  24. Shawn LinDentist1003360272
  25. Su-Mai Lin, LCSW, CADCClinical Social Worker1922594985
  26. Sue LinRegistered Nurse1073956413
  27. William Lin, M.D.Urology Physician1396776209
  28. Winnie LinPediatrics Physician1306292271
  29. Xiaoqi Lin, MDAnatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician1093915423
  30. Ye Lin, MDOrthopaedic Surgery Physician1902556814
  31. Yiqi Lin, MDPsychiatry Physician1407430333
  32. Yuzhen LinMental Health Counselor1063240794
  33. Taylor Linaburg, MDOphthalmology Physician1932786704
  34. Darice Linares, APNGerontology Nurse Practitioner1780129742
  35. Jered Linares, M.D.Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1497174726
  36. Samuel Linares Gavidia, MDPain Medicine (Anesthesiology) Physician1902468614
  37. Christina Linboom, LCSWClinical Social Worker1629136882
  38. Richard Vincent Linchangco, MDDiagnostic Radiology Physician1245694348
  39. Alexandra Linchevskaya, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1033180351
  40. Christy Lincoln, LCPCCounselor1891826897
  41. Keirstin Lincoln, LPCMental Health Counselor1467174573
  42. Sarah Lincoln, M.D.Medical Oncology Physician1841250552
  43. Renetta Lincoln-Stallworth, LPNLicensed Practical Nurse1093083966
  44. Catherine LindFamily Nurse Practitioner1275071813
  45. Milea LindMental Health Counselor1225724305
  46. Grace Lindahl, MAProfessional Counselor1215713490
  47. Kristin Lindaman, MT-BCMusic Therapist1700110095
  48. Stacy LindauObstetrics & Gynecology Physician1104855014
  49. Nadia Lindauer, PHARMDPharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist1164148912
  50. Sally Lindberg, MAMental Health Counselor1104049360

The largest Illinois cities

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

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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.