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 3 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. Brett Aefsky, PT, DPTSports Physical Therapist1922549088
  2. Nicolas Aeschlimann, M.D.Anesthesiology Physician1003063116
  3. Mary AffrontiNurse Practitioner1437318300
  4. Anna AfonsoStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1386008225
  5. Hamid Afshari, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1730100280
  6. Hammad Aftab, MDFamily Medicine Physician1780352088
  7. Chelsy Afzal, LCMHCAMental Health Counselor1194601831
  8. Richa Agarwal, M.D.Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology Physician1932381829
  9. Shruti Agashe, MDNeurology Physician1306376405
  10. Frank AgatucciEmergency Medicine Physician1912971631
  11. Kimberly Agatucci, P.T.Physical Therapist1366623829
  12. Amit Aggarwal, DOAnesthesiology Physician1235875006
  13. Erum Agha, PHD, MSW, LCSWClinical Social Worker1003389776
  14. Ghazal AghagoliStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1396596540
  15. Adolf AghogahCase Management Registered Nurse1205752284
  16. Ashutosh Agrawal, MDDiagnostic Radiology Physician1417586454
  17. Swati Agrawal, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1922191188
  18. Emmanuel AguStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1851185631
  19. Monique Agustin, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1053971226
  20. Taylor Ahearn, NPCritical Care Neonatal Nurse Practitioner1255178240
  21. Carolyn AhlersStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1033797816
  22. Jumah Ahmad, MDOtology & Neurotology Physician1821559527
  23. Habiba Ahmed, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1295587251
  24. Hazem Ahmed, MD, PHDNeurological Surgery Physician1528276557
  25. Melissa AhrensSocial Worker1598890592
  26. Rachel Aiello, PH.D.Health Service Psychologist1700286010
  27. Lakeisha Aiken, LPCACounselor1316285687
  28. Shannon Aiken, CPOProsthetist1871732016
  29. Suzette Aiken, LCMHCMental Health Counselor1336771211
  30. Melissa AimeStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1588469191
  31. Terry Ainsworth, ACNPAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1699105122
  32. Martha AitkenNurse Practitioner1295174498
  33. Victoria Ajibade, RNRegistered Nurse1063394179
  34. Adeola AjirotutuStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1841130358
  35. Arun Ajmera, MDPediatric Gastroenterology Physician1336645431
  36. Himanshu Ajrawat, MDVascular & Interventional Radiology Physician1568993780
  37. Hannah Akbarzadeh, RNRegistered Nurse1407427156
  38. George Ake, PH.D.Counseling Psychologist1497812853
  39. Natasha Akhter, MDEndocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician1992967863
  40. Paige AkinSpeech-Language Pathologist1366381691
  41. Olawale AkinyemiStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1992646491
  42. Patrick Akos, PHD, NCC, NCSC, LPCSchool Counselor1609917558
  43. Claudette AkumaborNurse's Aide1053742593
  44. Anne Akwari, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1609157551
  45. Marilyn AkyeaPrimary Care Nurse Practitioner1760068654
  46. Farah Al ObaidiCompounded Sterile Preparations Pharmacist1558280842
  47. Riad Al Sabbagh, DOInternal Medicine Physician1629606850
  48. Mohammed Al Tarhuni, MDDiagnostic Radiology Physician1225650401
  49. Ahmed Al-AdhamiStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1174179634
  50. Nazik Al-Hashimi, MDFamily Medicine Physician1467080556

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.