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 42 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. Carmen Chatten, FNP-BCFamily Nurse Practitioner1437405941
  2. Gaurav Chaubal, M.D.Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1538593314
  3. Nikita ChaubalStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1063352854
  4. Ayesha Chaudhary, M.D.Psychiatry Physician1760694764
  5. Ezan Chaudhry, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1912847492
  6. Humaira Chaudhry, M.D.Diagnostic Radiology Physician1285895805
  7. Nivedita Chaudhry, MDPsychiatry Physician1467569996
  8. Shivani ChauhanPhysical Therapist1548765605
  9. Chasity ChaversBehavior Technician1114844172
  10. Antwon Chavis, MDPediatrics Physician1932442217
  11. Ivey Chavis, LCSWClinical Social Worker1780640854
  12. Tiffany Chavis, MSW, LCSWASocial Worker1154672517
  13. Guneet Chawla, DPTPhysical Therapist1053880757
  14. Jennifer Chazan, PASurgical Physician Assistant1962522938
  15. Kayla Cheatham, APRN, FNP-CNurse Practitioner1407509045
  16. Keisha CheathamAdult Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse1750850053
  17. Jennifer CheavensPsychiatry Physician1437232683
  18. Madison Cheek, RNRegistered Nurse1275242216
  19. Shayna Cheek, PHDClinical Psychologist1962272955
  20. Teresa Cheeks, BS, BA, CSACAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1023354685
  21. Catherine Cheely, MSN, RN, CPNP-PCPediatrics Physician1669057865
  22. George Cheely, M.D.Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1306080478
  23. Ira Cheifetz, M.DPediatric Critical Care Medicine Physician1033272802
  24. An ChenAnesthesiology Physician1720473366
  25. Chuen-Yu Chen, D.D.S.Prosthodontics1710090576
  26. Emily ChenAnesthesiology Physician1164926895
  27. Hong Chen, D.M.D., M.S.Endodontics1861590416
  28. Jenny Chen, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1528708328
  29. Jesse Chen, MDVascular & Interventional Radiology Physician1669890794
  30. Lingye ChenCritical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician1356604128
  31. Luke Chen, MBBS (HONS), FRACPInfectious Disease Physician1083887830
  32. Mark Chen, MD, PHDRadiation Oncology Physician1023695251
  33. Mingwei Chen, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1366855447
  34. Rene ChenStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1366396632
  35. Youwei Chen, M.D.Research Study Specialist1619129103
  36. Yuang-Tsong ChenClinical Genetics (M.D.) Physician1831248848
  37. Vivian Chen-AndrewsInternal Medicine Physician1841828225
  38. Catherine CheneyStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1528693462
  39. Diana Cheney, PA-CMedical Physician Assistant1407745912
  40. Jeffrey Cheng, M.D.Otolaryngology Physician1265690242
  41. Katherine Cheng, M.D.Diagnostic Radiology Physician1740642883
  42. Michael ChengStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1528874302
  43. Melissa Cheong, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1043061583
  44. Danny Cheriyan, MDGastroenterology Physician1730593013
  45. Mary Cherney, LCSWClinical Social Worker1447303862
  46. Anne Cherry, M.D.Anesthesiology Physician1649438094
  47. Audrey CherryAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1346858321
  48. Carson Cherry, DDSDentist1013845767
  49. Jharnell Cherry, MSW, LCSWClinical Social Worker1255042529
  50. Michael Cherry, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1467523134

The largest North Carolina cities

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

All of North Carolina →

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.