Doctors in Glendale Heights, IL
Active healthcare providers in Glendale Heights 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
Glendale Heights ranks 207th among 540 Illinois cities by CMS provider count, holding <0.1% of the state's NPIs, led by Pharmacist.
- 159
- NPPES providers in city
- 207th
- of 540 IL cities
- <0.1%
- of Illinois providers
- 29.6%
- in top 3 specialties
Glendale Heights ranks #11 of 10 Illinois cities for Pharmacist.
Where Glendale Heights ranks among Illinois cities
Provider count vs every Illinois city in CMS NPPES (540 cities)
159 Top 39% higher than 61% of 540 cities
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Source CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) · 2026
Specialty mix in Glendale Heights
Share of the city's NPPES registrations by NUCC taxonomy
- Pharmacist
Pharmacist
28 providers
- Chiropractor 11
Chiropractor
11 providers
- Dentist 8
Dentist
8 providers
- General Practice Den… 7
General Practice Dentistry
7 providers
- Behavior Technician 7
Behavior Technician
7 providers
- Occupational Therapist 5
Occupational Therapist
5 providers
- Family Medicine Phys… 5
Family Medicine Physician
5 providers
- Anesthesiology Physi… 5
Anesthesiology Physician
5 providers
- Clinical Social Worker 5
Clinical Social Worker
5 providers
- Physician Assistant 4
Physician Assistant
4 providers
What this shows Pharmacist is the largest specialty (28 providers, 17.6% of the city), followed by Chiropractor.
City vs state specialty index
Specialties Glendale Heights has more, and fewer, of than Illinois average
Each multiple is this city's share of a specialty divided by that specialty's average share across Illinois . This reflects local practice structure, not care quality.
More common here than Illinois average
- Pharmacist 4.2×
- Chiropractor 3.6×
How to read this directory & data limitations
Glendale Heights, Illinois appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 159 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 Glendale Heights - 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 Glendale Heights 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 Glendale Heights is weighted toward Pharmacist (28 clinicians, followed by Chiropractor with 11 and Dentist with 8). 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 Illinois's population, Glendale Heights reports roughly 1.3 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 Illinois's most common specialties, Internal Medicine Physician is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a Glendale Heights practice address, a coverage gap Glendale Heights patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.
For Glendale Heights 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 Glendale Heights
| # | Specialty | Providers | % of city |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pharmacist | 28 | 17.6% |
| 2 | Chiropractor | 11 | 6.9% |
| 3 | Dentist | 8 | 5.0% |
| 4 | General Practice Dentistry | 7 | 4.4% |
| 5 | Behavior Technician | 7 | 4.4% |
| 6 | Occupational Therapist | 5 | 3.1% |
| 7 | Family Medicine Physician | 5 | 3.1% |
| 8 | Anesthesiology Physician | 5 | 3.1% |
| 9 | Clinical Social Worker | 5 | 3.1% |
| 10 | Physician Assistant | 4 | 2.5% |
| 11 | Mental Health Counselor | 4 | 2.5% |
| 12 | Athletic Trainer | 3 | 1.9% |
| 13 | Physical Therapist | 3 | 1.9% |
| 14 | Emergency Medicine Physician | 3 | 1.9% |
| 15 | Professional Counselor | 3 | 1.9% |
Healthcare Providers (Page 4)
| Name |
|---|
| Estefania Vela Pinto, MD Psychiatry Physician |
| Veeral Vyas, PHARMD Pharmacist |
| Michael Wagner, D.C. Chiropractor |
| Mohamed Waheed, DDS General Practice Dentistry |
| Anna Warchalowska, DN Naprapath |
| Ifraj Watts, OTR/L, MPH Occupational Therapist |
| Timothy White, MD Anesthesiology Physician |
| James Winger, MD Family Medicine Physician |
| Kathryn Zielinski Developmental Therapist |
Nearby Cities in Illinois
Other Illinois cities with provider coverage in the CMS NPPES registry.
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