Doctors in Lexington, KY
Active healthcare providers in Lexington 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
Lexington ranks 2nd among 242 Kentucky cities by CMS provider count, holding 16.3% of the state's NPIs, led by Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program.
- 13,675
- NPPES providers in city
- 2nd
- of 242 KY cities
- 16.3%
- of Kentucky providers
- 19%
- in top 3 specialties
Lexington ranks #2 of 10 Kentucky cities for Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program.
Where Lexington ranks among Kentucky cities
Provider count vs every Kentucky city in CMS NPPES (242 cities)
13,675 Top 1% higher than 99% of 242 cities
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Source CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) · 2026
Specialty mix in Lexington
Share of the city's NPPES registrations by NUCC taxonomy
- Student in an Organi…
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program
1,368 providers
- Pharmacist
Pharmacist
635 providers
- Clinical Social Worker
Clinical Social Worker
595 providers
- Family Nurse Practit… 531
Family Nurse Practitioner
531 providers
- Mental Health Counse… 461
Mental Health Counselor
461 providers
- Internal Medicine Ph… 441
Internal Medicine Physician
441 providers
- Social Worker 425
Social Worker
425 providers
- Physician Assistant 391
Physician Assistant
391 providers
- Physical Therapist 366
Physical Therapist
366 providers
- Behavior Technician 352
Behavior Technician
352 providers
What this shows Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program is the largest specialty (1,368 providers, 10.0% of the city), followed by Pharmacist.
City vs state specialty index
Specialties Lexington has more, and fewer, of than Kentucky average
Each multiple is this city's share of a specialty divided by that specialty's average share across Kentucky , Lexington over-indexes medical physician assistant at 2.6× the state average and under-indexes family medicine physician at 0.63×. This reflects local practice structure, not care quality.
More common here than Kentucky average
Less common here than Kentucky average
- Family Medicine Physician 0.63×
- Occupational Therapist 0.63×
- Case Manager/Care Coordinator 0.63×
- Speech-Language Pathologist 0.64×
How to read this directory & data limitations
Lexington, Kentucky appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 13,675 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 Lexington - 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 Lexington 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 Lexington is weighted toward Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program (1,368 clinicians, followed by Pharmacist with 635 and Clinical Social Worker with 595). 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 Kentucky's population, Lexington reports roughly 302.1 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 Lexington 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 Lexington
| # | Specialty | Providers | % of city |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | 1,368 | 10.0% |
| 2 | Pharmacist | 635 | 4.6% |
| 3 | Clinical Social Worker | 595 | 4.4% |
| 4 | Family Nurse Practitioner | 531 | 3.9% |
| 5 | Mental Health Counselor | 461 | 3.4% |
| 6 | Internal Medicine Physician | 441 | 3.2% |
| 7 | Social Worker | 425 | 3.1% |
| 8 | Physician Assistant | 391 | 2.9% |
| 9 | Physical Therapist | 366 | 2.7% |
| 10 | Behavior Technician | 352 | 2.6% |
| 11 | Speech-Language Pathologist | 289 | 2.1% |
| 12 | Case Manager/Care Coordinator | 274 | 2.0% |
| 13 | Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist | 263 | 1.9% |
| 14 | Counselor | 252 | 1.8% |
| 15 | Occupational Therapist | 226 | 1.7% |
Healthcare Providers (Page 4)
| Name |
|---|
| Amanda Akers, PSY.D. Psychologist |
| Baylee Akers, APRN Nurse Practitioner |
| Brandy Akers, APRN Primary Care Nurse Practitioner |
| Haley Akers Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Kelsea Akers Community Health Worker |
| Shanan Akers, BSW Clinical Social Worker |
| Vanessa Akers, APRN Gerontology Nurse Practitioner |
| Whitney Akers Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse |
| Nicole Akey, PA-C Physician Assistant |
| Ahsan Akhtar Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Physician |
| Naeem Akhtar, MD Psychiatry Physician |
| James Akin, M.D. Specialist |
| Lydia Akin, LCSW Clinical Social Worker |
| Oluwatoyin Akinsiku Infectious Disease Physician |
| Femi Akintomide, MB BS Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Michelle Akpunonu, APRN Nurse Practitioner |
| Peter Damian Akpunonu, M.D. Emergency Medicine Physician |
| Majdi Al Dliw, M.D Internal Medicine Physician |
| Osama Al Halawat Driver |
| Omar Al Janabi, MD Neurology Physician |
| Fadi Al Nimri, MD Internal Medicine Physician |
| Ahmad Al-Abdouh Hospitalist Physician |
| Haider Al-Awadi, MD Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Mais Al-Kawaz, MD Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Leesah Al-Qawasmi, MD Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Mohanad Al-Sabbagh, DDS, MS General Practice Dentistry |
| Aysha Al-Sahlawi, MD Neurological Surgery Physician |
| Moayad Al-Sona', MD Pulmonary Disease Physician |
| Anna Alagusundaramoorthy, APRN Registered Nurse |
| Ban Alattar, RPH Pharmacist |
| Ryan Albers Pharmacist |
| Ann Albrecht, RPH Pharmacist |
| Kelli Albrecht, DO Family Medicine Physician |
| Sydney Albrecht, PA Medical Physician Assistant |
| Michael Albrich, CRNA Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist |
| Emilee Albright Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Shelia Albright, LCSW Clinical Social Worker |
| Romulo Albuquerque, MD Ophthalmology Physician |
| Eiyad Alchureiqi, MD Family Medicine Physician |
| John Alcorn, MD Internal Medicine Physician |
| Kacey Alcorn Community Health Worker |
| Rebecca Alcorn, SLP Speech-Language Pathologist |
| Amjad Aldallal, DDS Periodontics |
| Federico Aldarondo, PH.D. Psychologist |
| Jennifer Aldarondo, PH.D. Psychologist |
| Cheryl Aldridge, DMD, MS Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Dentistry |
| Andrew Alexander, MD Infectious Disease Physician |
| David Alexander, M.D. Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Elaine Alexander, M.D. Rheumatology Physician |
| Keith Alexander, MD Otolaryngology Physician |
Nearby Cities in Kentucky
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