Doctors in Ft Wainwright, AK
Active healthcare providers in Ft Wainwright sourced from the CMS NPPES weekly file, no proprietary ratings, no editorial scores. NPI counts, specialty distribution, and primary practice addresses refreshed each release.
Where this city sits in the corpus
Ft Wainwright ranks 22nd among 68 Alaska cities by CMS provider count, holding 0.4% of the state's NPIs, led by Registered Nurse.
- 98
- NPPES providers in city
- 22nd
- of 68 AK cities
- 0.4%
- of Alaska providers
- 28.6%
- in top 3 specialties
Ft Wainwright ranks #11 of 10 Alaska cities for Registered Nurse.
Where Ft Wainwright ranks among Alaska cities
Provider count vs every Alaska city in CMS NPPES (68 cities)
98 Top 34% higher than 66% of 68 cities
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Source CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) · 2026
Specialty mix in Ft Wainwright
Share of the city's NPPES registrations by NUCC taxonomy
- Registered Nurse
Registered Nurse
13 providers
- Licensed Practical N…
Licensed Practical Nurse
8 providers
- Physician Assistant
Physician Assistant
7 providers
- Pharmacist 5
Pharmacist
5 providers
- Social Worker 5
Social Worker
5 providers
- General Practice Phy… 4
General Practice Physician
4 providers
- Clinical Social Worker 4
Clinical Social Worker
4 providers
- Medical Physician As… 3
Medical Physician Assistant
3 providers
- Maternal Newborn Reg… 3
Maternal Newborn Registered Nurse
3 providers
- Case Management Regi… 3
Case Management Registered Nurse
3 providers
What this shows Registered Nurse is the largest specialty (13 providers, 13.3% of the city), followed by Licensed Practical Nurse.
City vs state specialty index
Specialties Ft Wainwright has more, and fewer, of than Alaska average
Each multiple is this city's share of a specialty divided by that specialty's average share across Alaska . This reflects local practice structure, not care quality.
More common here than Alaska average
- Registered Nurse 2.8×
How to read this directory & data limitations
Ft Wainwright, Alaska appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 98 registered healthcare providers spanning 20 distinct NUCC-taxonomy specialties. This count includes every individual clinician who has applied for an NPI and listed a practice address in Ft Wainwright - 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 Ft Wainwright 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 2023 Medicare Part D data, and, according to CMS, can be searched, compared, and traced in our methodology.
The provider mix in Ft Wainwright is weighted toward Registered Nurse (13 clinicians, followed by Licensed Practical Nurse with 8 and Physician Assistant with 7). 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 Alaska's population, Ft Wainwright reports roughly 13.4 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.
Of Alaska's most common specialties, Community Health Worker is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a Ft Wainwright practice address, a coverage gap Ft Wainwright patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.
For Ft Wainwright 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.
Which specialties are most common in Ft Wainwright
| # | Specialty | Providers | % of city |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Registered Nurse | 13 | 13.3% |
| 2 | Licensed Practical Nurse | 8 | 8.2% |
| 3 | Physician Assistant | 7 | 7.1% |
| 4 | Pharmacist | 5 | 5.1% |
| 5 | Social Worker | 5 | 5.1% |
| 6 | General Practice Physician | 4 | 4.1% |
| 7 | Clinical Social Worker | 4 | 4.1% |
| 8 | Medical Physician Assistant | 3 | 3.1% |
| 9 | Maternal Newborn Registered Nurse | 3 | 3.1% |
| 10 | Case Management Registered Nurse | 3 | 3.1% |
| 11 | Registered Dietitian | 3 | 3.1% |
| 12 | Dentist | 3 | 3.1% |
| 13 | Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor | 3 | 3.1% |
| 14 | Surgery Physician | 2 | 2.0% |
| 15 | Family Medicine Physician | 2 | 2.0% |
Healthcare Providers (Page 2)
| Name |
|---|
| Thomas Lyngholm, M.D. Emergency Medical Services (Emergency Medicine) Physician |
| Bradford Matthews, MD Orthopaedic Surgery Physician |
| Patricia McCorkle, RN,BSN Maternal Newborn Registered Nurse |
| Janet McDermott, LMSW Social Worker |
| Margaret McHugh, RN Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse |
| Dawn McKendrick, LPN Licensed Practical Nurse |
| Susan Meiler, RN Community Health Registered Nurse |
| Beverly Metcalfe, LCSW Social Worker |
| Ryan Morrill, PA-C Physician Assistant |
| Christopher Myers, PHD Psychologist |
| Ricky Olson Pharmacist |
| Glenn Parker Licensed Practical Nurse |
| Lorna Peay, NURSE Registered Nurse |
| Omar Perez, CRNA Registered Nurse |
| Linda Perkins Social Worker |
| Aaron Pfaff, DDS Dentist |
| Kevin Powers Pharmacist |
| James Pulliam Registered Dietitian |
| Edwin Raby Medical Physician Assistant |
| Heidi Radmer, CNM Advanced Practice Midwife |
| Juel Radtke, RN Maternal Newborn Registered Nurse |
| Britteny Randall, MD Gynecology Physician |
| Steven Rast, PA-C Physician Assistant |
| Laura Reed, LCSW Clinical Social Worker |
| Ricardo Rodriguez, M.D. Surgery Physician |
| Cheryl Roper, NURSE Maternal Newborn Registered Nurse |
| Janice Schroeder, RN Community Health Registered Nurse |
| Morgan Schwoch, MD General Practice Physician |
| Jeremy Senn, MA,LPC,LAC,NCC,MAC Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor |
| Kenneth Sheafer Registered Dietitian |
| Gloria Smith, RN General Practice Registered Nurse |
| Kristen Smith, MD General Practice Physician |
| Esther So, RN Registered Nurse |
| Lisa Stammers, RN Registered Nurse |
| Thomas Strain Physician Assistant |
| Jane Sublette Obstetrics & Gynecology Nurse Practitioner |
| Ann Sutherland Mental Health Counselor |
| Michael Thwing, MD Pediatrics Physician |
| Gina Torres, DDS Dentist |
| John Uriarte Social Worker |
| David Walsh, OD Optometrist |
| Mary Watts, ATC, MLT Athletic Trainer |
| Deniece Wazny, LPN Licensed Practical Nurse |
| Wanda Weatherby, PHARMD Pharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist |
| Brenda Webber, LPN Licensed Practical Nurse |
| Michael Wehner Pharmacist |
| David Wichmann, DO General Practice Physician |
| David Wonderlich, MD Surgery Physician |
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