Doctors in Des Plaines, IL
Active healthcare providers in Des Plaines sourced from the CMS NPPES weekly file, no proprietary ratings, no editorial scores. NPI counts, specialty distribution, and primary practice addresses refreshed each release.
Where this city sits in the corpus
Des Plaines ranks 38th among 540 Illinois cities by CMS provider count, holding 0.5% of the state's NPIs, led by Pharmacist.
- 1,125
- NPPES providers in city
- 38th
- of 540 IL cities
- 0.5%
- of Illinois providers
- 23.5%
- in top 3 specialties
Des Plaines ranks #8 of 10 Illinois cities for Pharmacist.
Where Des Plaines ranks among Illinois cities
Provider count vs every Illinois city in CMS NPPES (540 cities)
1,125 Top 7% higher than 93% of 540 cities
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Source CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) · 2026
Specialty mix in Des Plaines
Share of the city's NPPES registrations by NUCC taxonomy
- Pharmacist
Pharmacist
95 providers
- Behavior Technician
Behavior Technician
95 providers
- Physical Therapist
Physical Therapist
74 providers
- Speech-Language Path…
Speech-Language Pathologist
55 providers
- Clinical Social Worker
Clinical Social Worker
55 providers
- Family Nurse Practit…
Family Nurse Practitioner
39 providers
- Family Medicine Phys…
Family Medicine Physician
38 providers
- Professional Counselor 36
Professional Counselor
36 providers
- Dentist 34
Dentist
34 providers
- Occupational Therapist 33
Occupational Therapist
33 providers
What this shows Pharmacist is the largest specialty (95 providers, 8.4% of the city), followed by Behavior Technician.
City vs state specialty index
Specialties Des Plaines has more, and fewer, of than Illinois average
Each multiple is this city's share of a specialty divided by that specialty's average share across Illinois , Des Plaines over-indexes ophthalmology physician at 5.5× the state average and under-indexes student in an organized health care education/training program at 0.31×. This reflects local practice structure, not care quality.
More common here than Illinois average
- Ophthalmology Physician 5.5×
- Behavior Technician 2.3×
- Pharmacist 2×
- Behavior Analyst 1.8×
Less common here than Illinois average
How to read this directory & data limitations
Des Plaines, Illinois appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 1,125 registered healthcare providers spanning 20 distinct NUCC-taxonomy specialties. This count includes every individual clinician who has applied for an NPI and listed a practice address in Des Plaines - 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 Des Plaines 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 2023 Medicare Part D data, and, according to CMS, can be searched, compared, and traced in our methodology.
The provider mix in Des Plaines is weighted toward Pharmacist (95 clinicians, followed by Behavior Technician with 95 and Physical Therapist with 74). 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, Des Plaines reports roughly 9 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 Illinois's most common specialties, Social Worker is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a Des Plaines practice address, a coverage gap Des Plaines patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.
For Des Plaines 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.
Which specialties are most common in Des Plaines
| # | Specialty | Providers | % of city |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pharmacist | 95 | 8.4% |
| 2 | Behavior Technician | 95 | 8.4% |
| 3 | Physical Therapist | 74 | 6.6% |
| 4 | Speech-Language Pathologist | 55 | 4.9% |
| 5 | Clinical Social Worker | 55 | 4.9% |
| 6 | Family Nurse Practitioner | 39 | 3.5% |
| 7 | Family Medicine Physician | 38 | 3.4% |
| 8 | Professional Counselor | 36 | 3.2% |
| 9 | Dentist | 34 | 3.0% |
| 10 | Occupational Therapist | 33 | 2.9% |
| 11 | General Practice Dentistry | 33 | 2.9% |
| 12 | Internal Medicine Physician | 26 | 2.3% |
| 13 | Chiropractor | 25 | 2.2% |
| 14 | Behavior Analyst | 24 | 2.1% |
| 15 | Ophthalmology Physician | 23 | 2.0% |
Healthcare Providers (Page 19)
| Name |
|---|
| David Sager, M.D. Specialist |
| Fatiha Sajjad Pharmacist |
| Isabella Salas Behavior Technician |
| Darrel Saldanha, M.D. Interventional Pain Medicine Physician |
| David Saldanha, M.D. Vascular & Interventional Radiology Physician |
| Rosarito Salera, PT Physical Therapist |
| Itzel Salgado Behavior Technician |
| Zurisadai Salgado, MSOT Occupational Therapist |
| Sam Salituro, O.D. Optometrist |
| Jullia Saller, R.N. Community Health/Public Health Clinical Nurse Specialist |
| Allison Salman, MOT, OTR/L Occupational Therapist |
| Gloria Salmeron Clinical Social Worker |
| Beth Samuelsohn, D.O. Family Medicine Physician |
| Kara Sandberg Behavior Technician |
| Kelly Sappington, LCSW, CADC Clinical Social Worker |
| Juliann Saraceno Clinical Psychologist |
| Ghodratollah Sarrafi, MD Family Medicine Physician |
| Irene Sarris Pharmacist |
| Michael Sarris, PA Physician Assistant |
| Valerie Savage, PHARMD Pharmacist |
| Sung Saw Physical Therapy Assistant |
| Annie Scannell Behavior Technician |
| William Schaefer, PHD Psychologist |
| Samantha Schafer Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner |
| Cora Schattauer Speech-Language Pathologist |
| Mark Schinsky, MD Orthopaedic Surgery Physician |
| Christine Schmidt, OTR/L Occupational Therapist |
| Caroline Schneider, OT Occupational Therapist |
| Mari Schnitzius-Richko, M.A.,N.D.,L.C.P.C. Professional Counselor |
| Nicole Scholpp, LMT, CMTPT Massage Therapist |
| Tera Schreiber, LCPC Professional Counselor |
| Jane Schultz, LCSW Clinical Social Worker |
| Kelly Schultz, STUDENT Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Cassandra Schulz Behavior Technician |
| Joellyn Schwartz, P.T. Physical Therapist |
| Steven Sciame, D.C. Chiropractor |
| Ella Sciortino Behavior Technician |
| Emily Sekiewicz, PHARMD Pharmacist |
| Antonio Senat, MD Diagnostic Radiology Physician |
| Jun Sergey Physical Therapist |
| John Serralde Social Worker |
| Muniba Shafi Behavior Technician |
| Amish Shah, DC Chiropractor |
| Bharati Shah, M.D, Internal Medicine Physician |
| Bharati Shah, M.D. Pediatrics Physician |
| Birju Shah Pharmacist |
| Chandrakant Shah, PH.D. LCPC Cognitive & Behavioral Psychologist |
| Eisha Shah Behavior Technician |
| Komal Shah Behavior Technician |
| Pooja Shah, P.T. Physical Therapist |
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