NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in Houston, TX

61,221 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Houston, 1st of 694 Texas cities. The largest group is students in training: 3,913, 6% of the city's records, against 4% across Texas. Page 26 of 1,225.

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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 Houston

  1. Students in training3,913
  2. Family Nurse Practitioner2,588
  3. Pharmacist2,337
  4. Behavior Technician2,260
  5. Professional Counselor2,158
  6. Physician Assistant1,801
  7. Clinical Social Worker1,660
  8. Speech-Language Pathologist1,497

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

Houston in Texas

  • Rank in Texas1st of 694 cities by records
  • Share of the state14.2% of Texas's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups14.4% of all records
  • Students in training rank2nd of the 10 Texas cities with the most

Compared with Texas as a whole, Houston has 1.9× the state's share of diagnostic radiology physician records and 0.61× its share of physical therapist records.

Providers in Houston, alphabetically

  1. Ijeoma AkunnaBehavior Technician1831831338
  2. Ifeoma AkunneFamily Nurse Practitioner1568881563
  3. John AkunneCritical Care Medicine Registered Nurse1639598485
  4. Ijeoma Akunyili, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1295094068
  5. Nikhil AkuthotaElectroneurodiagnostic Specialist/Technologist1720537988
  6. Duane Akwar, M.D.Anesthesiology Physician1871842401
  7. Grace Akwari, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1326454794
  8. Qasim Al AbriCardiovascular Disease Physician1750998241
  9. Abbas Al Alawi, M.DFamily Medicine Physician1881838043
  10. Boura Al AliPharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist1285467175
  11. Ihsan Al Bayati, MDGastroenterology Physician1538571849
  12. Tamadar Al DoheyanStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1598450256
  13. Aya Al EzziPharmacist1790569713
  14. Karine Al FeghaliRadiation Oncology Physician1861999161
  15. Zahraa Al GharbawiPharmacist1508523663
  16. Sudad Al Hadad, MDGeneral Practice Physician1558922625
  17. Amin Al Haj Moussa, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1063146793
  18. Ahmed Al Hammadi, M.D.Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1780931881
  19. Roukaya Al Hammoud, MDPediatric Infectious Diseases Physician1619107190
  20. Ali Al Hatem, DDSDentist1871270579
  21. Rayan Al Jurdi, M.D.Psychiatry Physician1588674691
  22. Bashir Al Kaddoumi, M.B, B.S, M.D.Interventional Cardiology Physician1194996702
  23. Hussamaddin Al Khadour, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1396730230
  24. Mustafa Al Mahdawi, DMDGeneral Practice Dentistry1588553440
  25. Mayar Al Mohajer, M.D.Infectious Disease Physician1275798100
  26. Sedra Al NoaimyPharmacist1720823354
  27. Heba Al Qudah, M.D.Diagnostic Radiology Physician1861173809
  28. Morouge Al Ramadhan, M.DPediatric Infectious Diseases Physician1720369689
  29. Mahmoud Al Rifai, M.D.Cardiovascular Disease Physician1922456219
  30. Suhair Al SalihiClinical Pathology Physician1376954552
  31. Ghadah Al SannaaAnatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician1174900146
  32. Majd Al Shaarani, M.D.Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician1659768695
  33. Najlaa Al Sudani, MDHospitalist Physician1831682780
  34. Sahar Al TahafiPharmacist1477335883
  35. Mohammed Al Tameemi, MDEndocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Physician1235620659
  36. Jacques Al Tawil, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1205413531
  37. Ajlan Al Zaki, MD, PHDHematology & Oncology Physician1992201719
  38. Sarah Al-AbboudPharmacist1912778143
  39. Aya Al-AdliStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1336990076
  40. Amrew Al-Ahmad, M.D.Pulmonary Disease Physician1710203815
  41. Rami Al-Aref, MDSurgery Physician1033571229
  42. Mazen Al-Asadi, MDGastroenterology Physician1598782682
  43. Gheath Al-Atrash, D.O., PHDMedical Oncology Physician1518059898
  44. Sarah Al-AwamiStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1235583519
  45. Ahmad Al-Awwad, M.D.Neurology Physician1922412493
  46. Salah Al Din Al-Azri, DDSStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1255852349
  47. Haytham Al-Azzeh, MDCardiovascular Disease Physician1437170438
  48. Hassan Al-Balas, M.D.Diagnostic Radiology Physician1336323492
  49. Sophia Al-BannaRegistered Dietitian1407396765
  50. Aalia Al-Barwani, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1437388352

The largest Texas cities

  1. San Antonio37,749
  2. Dallas36,304
  3. Austin26,585
  4. Fort Worth15,511
  5. El Paso11,091

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How to read this directory

Houston, Texas appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 61,221 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 Houston - 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 Houston 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 Houston is weighted toward Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program (3,913 clinicians, followed by Family Nurse Practitioner with 2,588 and Pharmacist with 2,337). 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 Texas's population, Houston reports roughly 200.7 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 Houston 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 Houston, TX?

There are 61,221 registered healthcare providers in Houston, TX, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in Houston?

The most common specialties in Houston are Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program, Family Nurse Practitioner, Pharmacist, Behavior Technician, Professional Counselor. Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program has the most providers with 3,913.

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.