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 71 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. Sangeeta Awasthi, M.D.Psychiatry Physician1679790950
  2. Poonam Awatramani, MDPsychiatry Physician1689930299
  3. Haitham Awdeh, M.D.Diagnostic Radiology Physician1932454972
  4. Nada Awdi, AA-CAnesthesiologist Assistant1750054607
  5. Temitope AweAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1659990141
  6. Florence AweleIntellectual & Developmental Disabilities Psychologist1992108401
  7. Muhammad AwiwiDiagnostic Radiology Physician1447853262
  8. Abiola Awobona, MS, RD, LD, CDCESRegistered Dietitian1750858809
  9. Folashade AwofesoStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1508671702
  10. Samson Awoh, OTROccupational Therapist1184065138
  11. Tolulope Awolaja, GNP-BCGerontology Nurse Practitioner1548538820
  12. Deborah Awolowo, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1245672005
  13. Deborah Awoniyi-Obrimah, RNCWomen's Health Nurse Practitioner1386832095
  14. Jonathan AworiPediatric Cardiology Physician1548791122
  15. Collins Awosika, OTR/LPhysical Rehabilitation Occupational Therapist1215541511
  16. Taiwo Awosola, NP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1235894239
  17. Ann AwotesuFamily Nurse Practitioner1538629944
  18. Justina AwugosiPharmacist1558748509
  19. Elizabeth AwukuRegistered Nurse1891333498
  20. Dierdre Axell-House, MDInfectious Disease Physician1154716231
  21. Marni Axelrad, PHDPsychologist1487708152
  22. Talih Ayache, D.CChiropractor1629298013
  23. Omar Ayah, M.DNephrology Physician1467838185
  24. Alberto Ayala, MDAnatomic Pathology Physician1245286111
  25. Chelsea Ayala, CSTSurgical Technologist1730747890
  26. Christiann AyalaMental Health Counselor1831087667
  27. Cynthia Ayala, MDFamily Medicine Physician1235283375
  28. Francisco Ayala, DNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1013569680
  29. Gustavo Ayala, M.D.Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician1992709356
  30. Linda AyalaRegistered Nurse1629685680
  31. Stephanie Ayala, RDRegistered Dietitian1235996513
  32. Eva Ayala Hadzisabic, D.OFamily Medicine Physician1023396306
  33. Diana Ayala-Balderas, LMSWClinical Social Worker1477950392
  34. Amy Ayalloore, MS, PTSpecialist1528228855
  35. Dorcas Ayanga, MSN, APRN, AGACNP-BCCritical Care Medicine Nurse Practitioner1588393375
  36. Aryan Ayati, MD,MPHStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1467395509
  37. Karen Aycock, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1114379849
  38. Madison Aycock, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1679377659
  39. Mark Aycock, D.D.S.General Practice Dentistry1265649784
  40. Candice Aycox, N. P.Family Nurse Practitioner1316235500
  41. Christabelle Ayensu-Asiedu, DOStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1962294934
  42. Ara Marie Ayeras, AAAnesthesiologist Assistant1346520681
  43. Edgar Ayeras, LPTPhysical Therapist1124243191
  44. Alicia Ayers, LCSW, LCDCClinical Social Worker1316661424
  45. John Ayers, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1770016073
  46. Rubeena Ayesha, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1316291016
  47. Deborah Ayi-BonteBehavior Technician1447146121
  48. Benedicta Ayidiya, RNRegistered Nurse1538860630
  49. Srinivas Ayilavarapu, BDSPeriodontics1497906630
  50. Daisy Ayim, MDObstetrics & Gynecology Physician1417159047

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.