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 242 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. Rachel ThomasLow-Risk Neonatal Registered Nurse1194606202
  2. Robert Thomas, LCASAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1982953055
  3. Sarah Thomas, M.D.Diagnostic Radiology Physician1841652054
  4. Sean Thomas, ATCAthletic Trainer1235665779
  5. Sharita ThomasDoula1518740836
  6. Shelby Thomas, OTR/LOccupational Therapist1245066018
  7. Tajae Thomas, MSW, LCSWClinical Social Worker1902304991
  8. Thomas Thomas, MSOTOccupational Therapist1336402064
  9. Whitney ThomasClinical Social Worker1972229094
  10. Willow Thomas, RD, LDNRegistered Dietitian1780544221
  11. Claudia Thomas Campbell, FNP-BCFamily Nurse Practitioner1528305901
  12. Elizabeth Thomason, MD, MPHGynecology Physician1205068723
  13. Lauren Thomason, MAMental Health Counselor1336490580
  14. Lea Thomasson, LMBTMassage Therapist1689401846
  15. Stephanie Thombs, PTPhysical Therapist1124078712
  16. Amanda Thompson, LCSWAClinical Social Worker1740867381
  17. Annemarie Thompson, MDAnesthesiology Physician1487741591
  18. Ashley ThompsonNutritionist1760364178
  19. Atalie ThompsonGlaucoma Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician1366852303
  20. Brittany Thompson, LCSWClinical Social Worker1689912578
  21. Carrrie Thompson, RDRegistered Dietitian1952481434
  22. Clifton Thompson, PMHNPPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1750669461
  23. Danielle ThompsonPhysical Therapist1730675802
  24. Elizabeth Thompson, M.D.Pediatrics Physician1255794939
  25. Ellecia Thompson, MSW,LCSWClinical Social Worker1578677407
  26. Erin Thompson, SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1093893372
  27. Jacqueline Thompson, PMHNPPsychiatric/Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist1356982797
  28. James Thompson, DDSPAGeneral Practice Dentistry1356553077
  29. Jasmine ThompsonLicensed Practical Nurse1467044966
  30. Jillian Thompson, MT-BCMusic Therapist1366613705
  31. John Thompson, M.D.Diagnostic Radiology Physician1215957600
  32. Kiana ThompsonDental Assistant1649962846
  33. Kysha ThompsonAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1033455779
  34. Laura Thompson, AU.D.Audiologist1326416066
  35. Maria ThompsonAdult Health Nurse Practitioner1134712714
  36. Mary ThompsonAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1740176999
  37. Meredith Thompson, CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1598503211
  38. Mikah Thompson, M.D.Pediatrics Physician1558531335
  39. Roberta Thompson, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1508979576
  40. Shelley Thompson, NPNurse Practitioner1427098060
  41. Susanna Thompson, LCSWAClinical Social Worker1568236826
  42. Thomas Thompson, PH.D.Psychologist1265619621
  43. Veronica Thompson, RNHemodialysis Registered Nurse1487586707
  44. Yvette Thompson, DDSPublic Health Dentistry1609191584
  45. Sylvia Thompson - BullockPsychologist1568760387
  46. Kizzy Thompson-Lynch, PHARMDPharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist1366335911
  47. Jamie ThomsonSpeech-Language Pathologist1285014464
  48. Sara ThomsonClinical Social Worker1912435496
  49. Marilu Thordsen-Velez, MDPediatrics Physician1245275528
  50. Aubrey Thorlakson, QP, MS, LPC-A, CRCProfessional Counselor1386291987

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.