NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in Fort Walton Beach, FL

1,387 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Fort Walton Beach, 76th of 477 Florida cities. The largest group is behavior technician: 148, 11% of the city's records, against 16% across Florida. Page 8 of 28.

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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 Fort Walton Beach

  1. Behavior Technician148
  2. Speech-Language Pathologist74
  3. Mental Health Counselor69
  4. Physical Therapist66
  5. Family Nurse Practitioner59
  6. Pharmacist56
  7. Occupational Therapist50
  8. Students in training46

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

Fort Walton Beach in Florida

  • Rank in Florida76th of 477 cities by records
  • Share of the state0.3% of Florida's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups21% of all records

Compared with Florida as a whole, Fort Walton Beach has 2.5× the state's share of licensed practical nurse records and 0.60× its share of internal medicine physician records.

Providers in Fort Walton Beach, alphabetically

  1. Cozette Drake, LCSWClinical Social Worker1144646001
  2. Christopher Dress, M.D.Plastic Surgery Physician1962472142
  3. Luz Drummond, N.P.Women's Health Nurse Practitioner1992215693
  4. Ashley Dubois, D.D.S.General Practice Dentistry1053795401
  5. Brianna DubyBehavior Technician1578492005
  6. Joseph Duda, APRNNurse Practitioner1609408939
  7. John Dudley, M.D.Interventional Cardiology Physician1679923254
  8. Nicole Dues, AUDAudiologist1336401868
  9. Brian DukeFamily Nurse Practitioner1457195604
  10. Megan DuncanClinical Social Worker1134686322
  11. William Dungan, MDGastroenterology Physician1306460910
  12. Janice Dunlap, APRN-BC, CNSAdult Health Nurse Practitioner1205842572
  13. Destini DupreeAssistant Behavior Analyst1326628496
  14. Marian DuranPharmacist1669020541
  15. Shannon Dyer, SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1831566553
  16. Elizabeth DylewskiPhysician Assistant1053136945
  17. Dawn Dziokonski, RN, NCSNSchool Registered Nurse1821287053
  18. Toree EasterwoodBehavior Technician1356187983
  19. Christina Eberle, OTOccupational Therapist1255897179
  20. George Edlund,, O.D., P.A.Optometrist1316966690
  21. Amanda EdwardsBehavior Analyst1891145173
  22. Farah Elifils, OTD, OTR/LOccupational Therapist1477046779
  23. Maan Elkhatib, MDVascular & Interventional Radiology Physician1316656192
  24. Ann Elliott, COTA/LOccupational Therapy Assistant1033446257
  25. Tracey Elliott, PTPediatric Physical Therapist1306971544
  26. Howland EllisClinical Social Worker1346355930
  27. Kay EllisBehavior Technician1396269817
  28. Megan EllisClinical Social Worker1851157945
  29. Ralph EllisPhysical Therapy Assistant1699628750
  30. Jasmyn Ellison, PHARMDPharmacist1609662881
  31. Kenneth Ellison, PAMedical Physician Assistant1831122803
  32. Jolanta Emanuel, PTPhysical Therapist1235104472
  33. Zadie Engelberger, PAPhysician Assistant1811875735
  34. Ryann Ennis, SPEECH/LANGUAGE PATHSpeech-Language Pathologist1629304027
  35. Tara Ennis, MDSurgery Physician1700961141
  36. Sara Erdwins, PA-CPhysician Assistant1902356579
  37. David Erickson, MDPediatrics Physician1942390232
  38. Samantha Ervin, APRNPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1659962363
  39. Tracie Esmond, LCSWClinical Social Worker1184359192
  40. Amy Espy, MS,CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1336286970
  41. Joseph Esquibel, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1841077278
  42. Mary Evertz WilcoxClinical Social Worker1386408177
  43. Victoria Ewing, M.S. CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1467886432
  44. Amanda Eyer, MSN, ARNP FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1396393443
  45. Edith Ezell, OTR/LOccupational Therapist1457435455
  46. Phillip Falasca, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1295138915
  47. Nicole FalkensteinPediatric Occupational Therapist1407311558
  48. Lince FavorsSocial Worker1912300161
  49. Nadia Feenstra, LCSWClinical Social Worker1447042239
  50. Robert Feldman, M.D.Neurological Surgery Physician1447235577

The largest Florida cities

  1. Miami49,442
  2. Tampa26,440
  3. Orlando25,426
  4. Jacksonville24,194
  5. Gainesville14,407

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How to read this directory

Fort Walton Beach, Florida appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 1,387 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 Fort Walton Beach - 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 Fort Walton Beach 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 Fort Walton Beach is weighted toward Behavior Technician (148 clinicians, followed by Speech-Language Pathologist with 74 and Mental Health Counselor with 69). 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 Florida's population, Fort Walton Beach reports roughly 6.1 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 Fort Walton Beach 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 Fort Walton Beach, FL?

There are 1,387 registered healthcare providers in Fort Walton Beach, FL, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in Fort Walton Beach?

The most common specialties in Fort Walton Beach are Behavior Technician, Speech-Language Pathologist, Mental Health Counselor, Physical Therapist, Family Nurse Practitioner. Behavior Technician has the most providers with 148.

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.