NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in Durham, NC

13,451 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Durham, 3rd of 412 North Carolina cities. The largest group is students in training: 1,285, 10% of the city's records, against 3% across North Carolina. Page 227 of 270.

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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 Durham

  1. Students in training1,285
  2. Clinical Social Worker1,204
  3. Physical Therapist547
  4. Physician Assistant511
  5. Mental Health Counselor501
  6. Internal Medicine Physician380
  7. Pharmacist366
  8. Speech-Language Pathologist363

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

Durham in North Carolina

  • Rank in North Carolina3rd of 412 cities by records
  • Share of the state6.8% of North Carolina's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups22.6% of all records
  • Students in training rank1st of the 10 North Carolina cities with the most

Compared with North Carolina as a whole, Durham has 2.8× the state's share of student in an organized health care education/training program records and 0.34× its share of behavior technician records.

Providers in Durham, alphabetically

  1. Diallo Smith, LMFTAMarriage & Family Therapist1366393779
  2. Eboni SmithOther Technician1811776776
  3. Edward Smith, MDPediatrics Physician1881897361
  4. Elbert Smith, LCMHC-AMental Health Counselor1457924870
  5. Elisabeth SmithNeurology Physician1669516720
  6. Elizabeth Smith, PA-CMedical Physician Assistant1285208488
  7. Ella SmithClinical Social Worker1366115214
  8. Eric SmithPhysical Therapy Assistant1205337953
  9. Eric Smith, MAMental Health Counselor1720938434
  10. Georgia SmithFamily Nurse Practitioner1730726498
  11. Hilda Smith, LCASAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1104281773
  12. Holland SmithAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1720827975
  13. Ira Smith, M.D.Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician1942384805
  14. Jack Smith, DMD, MSOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Dentistry1538133426
  15. Jack Smith, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1295468700
  16. Jamie Smith, PAPhysician Assistant1568701050
  17. Jennifer Smith, D.O.Diagnostic Radiology Physician1053842450
  18. Jennifer Smith, MDDiagnostic Radiology Physician1588291215
  19. Jennifer Smith, LCSW AClinical Social Worker1447137682
  20. Johnanna Smith, LICENCEProsthetics Case Management1336835701
  21. Jonathan SmithGeneral Practice Dentistry1114955986
  22. Joshua Smith, PA-CMedical Physician Assistant1417948563
  23. Kathryn Smith, MSN, APRN, AGCNS-BCAcute Care Clinical Nurse Specialist1336027283
  24. Katrina Smith, AGACNP-BCAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1821656596
  25. Kayla SmithBehavior Technician1184579443
  26. Khalif SmithClinical Social Worker1467068445
  27. Kristin Smith, NPNurse Practitioner1912346875
  28. Kristin Smith, PHARMDAmbulatory Care Pharmacist1912536491
  29. Kylie SmithCertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1265154710
  30. Lauren Smith, PA-CPhysician Assistant1184275562
  31. Lazayrea SmithClinical Social Worker1144027400
  32. Lenwood Smith, M.D.General Practice Physician1750348777
  33. Linda SmithPhysician Assistant1245389089
  34. Lynnie SmithProfessional Counselor1689617607
  35. Michael Smith, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1154494227
  36. Natalia SmithLactation Consultant (Non-RN)1316594575
  37. Nickalus SmithPharmacist1245157031
  38. Pamela Smith, PH.D.Clinical Psychologist1144206269
  39. Patrick Smith, PHDClinical Psychologist1871877035
  40. Peter Smith, M.D.Surgery Physician1639249469
  41. Phillip Smith, MDNeonatal-Perinatal Medicine Physician1790986776
  42. Quianna Smith, LCSW-A, MSWClinical Social Worker1285086827
  43. Rashida SmithDoula1194475293
  44. Richard Smith, PACPhysician Assistant1568531473
  45. Roberts Smith, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1679536064
  46. Rose Smith, RNRegistered Nurse1487831160
  47. Samantha Smith, NNP-BCCritical Care Neonatal Nurse Practitioner1154009926
  48. Samantha SmithPhysical Therapist1548187370
  49. Sarah Smith, LMBTMassage Therapist1467750067
  50. Sean Smith, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1255349064

The largest North Carolina cities

  1. Charlotte23,603
  2. Raleigh16,309
  3. Winston Salem10,040
  4. Greensboro8,190
  5. Asheville8,173

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How to read this directory

Durham, North Carolina appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 13,451 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 Durham - 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 Durham 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 Durham is weighted toward Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program (1,285 clinicians, followed by Clinical Social Worker with 1,204 and Physical Therapist with 547). 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 North Carolina's population, Durham reports roughly 124.1 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 Durham 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 Durham, NC?

There are 13,451 registered healthcare providers in Durham, NC, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in Durham?

The most common specialties in Durham are Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program, Clinical Social Worker, Physical Therapist, Physician Assistant, Mental Health Counselor. Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program has the most providers with 1,285.

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.