NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in Grand Rapids, MI

18,005 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Grand Rapids, 3rd of 515 Michigan cities. The largest group is behavior technician: 1,849, 10% of the city's records, against 22% across Michigan. Page 77 of 361.

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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 Grand Rapids

  1. Behavior Technician1,849
  2. Clinical Social Worker1,604
  3. Social Worker1,121
  4. Physician Assistant913
  5. Personal Care Attendant771
  6. Physical Therapist651
  7. Internal Medicine Physician451
  8. Professional Counselor439

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

Grand Rapids in Michigan

  • Rank in Michigan3rd of 515 cities by records
  • Share of the state6.3% of Michigan's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups25.4% of all records
  • Behavior Technician rank3rd of the 10 Michigan cities with the most

Compared with Michigan as a whole, Grand Rapids has 6.3× the state's share of personal care attendant records and 0.46× its share of behavior technician records.

Providers in Grand Rapids, alphabetically

  1. Pamela DenslowPersonal Care Attendant1609346329
  2. Makayla DensonBehavior Technician1093385825
  3. Dominique Dent, LMSWClinical Social Worker1275925703
  4. Taylor Dent, LMSWSocial Worker1255948063
  5. Johanna Denton, MAMarriage & Family Therapist1285118182
  6. Ruta DenyangosPersonal Care Attendant1609680859
  7. Cheyenne DepalmaRehabilitation Practitioner1093132888
  8. Sarah Depas, PNPAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1518020395
  9. Teresa DepazPersonal Care Attendant1558866640
  10. Sharon DepcinskiClinical Social Worker1316420045
  11. Amy DepottyClinical Social Worker1932710720
  12. Kayleen Depue, LPC, CCS, CADC, LBSWProfessional Counselor1811263288
  13. Maddison Derickson, PT, DPTPhysical Therapist1164154985
  14. Kevin Deridder, PHARM.DPharmacist1417236514
  15. Hannah DeritterBehavior Technician1710604665
  16. Leah DeritterBehavior Technician1699424556
  17. Kaitlin Derks, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1649743766
  18. Layne Derks, PA-CPhysician Assistant1952713133
  19. James Dernocoeur, PAMedical Physician Assistant1083609374
  20. Heidi Deroo, LMSWClinical Social Worker1568124980
  21. Katie Deroo, D.P.T.Pediatric Physical Therapist1700283249
  22. Steven Deroos, MDNeurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology Physician1528033990
  23. Kathleen Derosa Belmont, DCChiropractor1972799609
  24. Elizabeth Derose, MDChild & Adolescent Psychiatry Physician1265650667
  25. Anna DerrChild & Adolescent Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse1730673468
  26. Heather Derrick, LLBSWCase Manager/Care Coordinator1518396449
  27. Marie Dershem, LMSWClinical Social Worker1578094553
  28. Amelia Deruiter, LLMSWSocial Worker1730017492
  29. Ruth Deruiter, MSW,LMSW,IMH-E(III)Clinical Social Worker1548519184
  30. John Dery, MA, PTPhysical Therapist1497891246
  31. Patrick Dery, MDPsychiatry Physician1487443990
  32. Rita Dery, PTPhysical Therapist1194861948
  33. Harsh Desai, M.D.Surgical Critical Care Physician1538540125
  34. Pratikkumar Desai, M.D.Psychiatry Physician1891113171
  35. Rucha Desai, MDFamily Medicine Physician1982451787
  36. Sunil Desai, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1124292859
  37. Vajendra Desai, MDPsychiatry Physician1629040852
  38. Abby Desantis, QMHPCase Manager/Care Coordinator1528904786
  39. Deanna Deschler, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1912218181
  40. Madysun DesgrangePersonal Care Attendant1104796762
  41. Jana Deshane, BSSpecialist1992026637
  42. Kandis Deshaw, LMSWSocial Worker1740550151
  43. Aashish Deshpande, MDPhysical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician1003915976
  44. Charles Desibour, MDEmergency Medical Services (Emergency Medicine) Physician1891712741
  45. Erin Desmet, MSWClinical Social Worker1902326135
  46. Rebecca Desouza, BEHAVIOR TECHNICIANBehavior Technician1700579323
  47. Nancy DespresNutrition Support Registered Nurse1033998422
  48. Heather Despres Cook, PTPhysical Therapist1083104020
  49. Ashley Desrocher, N.P.Nurse Practitioner1104147792
  50. Alaina Dessert, CTRSCase Manager/Care Coordinator1295309383

The largest Michigan cities

  1. Farmington Hills36,305
  2. Detroit19,832
  3. Ann Arbor15,616
  4. Novi7,641
  5. Kalamazoo6,553

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How to read this directory

Grand Rapids, Michigan appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 18,005 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 Grand Rapids - 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 Grand Rapids 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 Grand Rapids is weighted toward Behavior Technician (1,849 clinicians, followed by Clinical Social Worker with 1,604 and Social Worker with 1,121). 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 Michigan's population, Grand Rapids reports roughly 179.4 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 Michigan's most common specialties, Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a Grand Rapids practice address, a coverage gap Grand Rapids patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.

For Grand Rapids 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 Grand Rapids, MI?

There are 18,005 registered healthcare providers in Grand Rapids, MI, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in Grand Rapids?

The most common specialties in Grand Rapids are Behavior Technician, Clinical Social Worker, Social Worker, Physician Assistant, Personal Care Attendant. Behavior Technician has the most providers with 1,849.

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.