NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in Newark, NJ

4,875 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Newark, 1st of 549 New Jersey cities. The largest group is students in training: 1,145, 23% of the city's records, against 5% across New Jersey. Page 82 of 98.

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Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Newark in New Jersey

  • Rank in New Jersey1st of 549 cities by records
  • Share of the state3% of New Jersey's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups30.7% of all records
  • Students in training rank1st of the 10 New Jersey cities with the most

Compared with New Jersey as a whole, Newark has 5.1× the state's share of student in an organized health care education/training program records and 0.24× its share of physical therapist records.

Providers in Newark, alphabetically

  1. Purnima Shah, RPH, PHDPharmacist1699813295
  2. Purvi Shah, PHARMDPharmacist1356614580
  3. Radhika ShahDermatology Physician1386105179
  4. Rahi Shah, PA-CPhysician Assistant1255159604
  5. Rajan Shah, MDGastroenterology Physician1356378434
  6. Rupal ShahPharmacist1073725362
  7. Rupali Shah, PA-CSurgical Physician Assistant1043408073
  8. Sandhya Shah, MDInternal Medicine Physician1770513376
  9. Shailesh Shah, MS, RPHPharmacist1518005115
  10. Shivani Shah, DOPediatric Emergency Medicine (Pediatrics) Physician1447759915
  11. Shreya Shah, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1821930223
  12. Shriya Shah, DPTPhysical Therapist1730793324
  13. Shyam Shah, D.M.D.Dentist1104206010
  14. Tulsi Shah, PHARMDPharmacist1487121000
  15. Vaishali Shah, M.D.Pediatric Emergency Medicine (Emergency Medicine) Physician1134386774
  16. Veevek Shah, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1386431690
  17. Vivek Shah, PHARMDPharmacist1033771894
  18. Vraj Shah, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1700631678
  19. Yash Shah, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1740123140
  20. Jai Shahani, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1912753138
  21. Johanna ShaheedFamily Nurse Practitioner1174062558
  22. Nazia ShaheedStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1568300085
  23. Hosseinali Shahidi, M.D.Emergency Medicine Physician1326074030
  24. Siraj Shaikh, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1689416679
  25. Markim Shakur-PurvisProfessional Counselor1407577901
  26. Ethan Shamsian, DOStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1518713197
  27. Bo Shan, DMDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1538806773
  28. Clayona Shand, NPAdult Health Nurse Practitioner1255720793
  29. Srinidhi ShanmugasundaramStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1518548304
  30. Rabie Shanti, DMD, MDOral & Maxillofacial Surgery (D.M.D.)1811202633
  31. Carey Shao, DMDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1245729250
  32. Alice ShapiroObstetrics & Gynecology Physician1063831410
  33. Yashsavi SharadInternal Medicine Physician1376120220
  34. Leroy Sharer, M.D.Anatomic Pathology Physician1245265081
  35. Fariba Sharifan, DMDGeneral Practice Dentistry1619031374
  36. Abhishek Sharma, MDInterventional Cardiology Physician1811276587
  37. Aditya Sharma, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1568304236
  38. Nitish Sharma, MDAnesthesiology Physician1871238170
  39. Ritu Sharma, LACProfessional Counselor1508692799
  40. Roopa SharmaStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1295305431
  41. George Sharobeem, PHARMDPharmacist1407512957
  42. Abraham Shayo, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1861187361
  43. Casey Sheehy, DDSStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1275388019
  44. Fariha Sheikh, M.D.Surgery Physician1912225137
  45. Mehrunnisa Sheikh, PHARMDPharmacist1407369754
  46. Nikith Shekar, DOStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1699352823
  47. Mallika ShekharStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1073454724
  48. Alkaben Sheladia, MSN, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1528504149
  49. Katherine Sheldon, PHARMD, RPHPharmacist1861143380
  50. Bryannah SheltonSocial Worker1326897604

The largest New Jersey cities

  1. Westampton4,785
  2. Cherry Hill4,331
  3. Camden3,188
  4. Jersey City3,027
  5. Morristown2,942

All of New Jersey →

How to read this directory

Newark, New Jersey appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 4,875 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 Newark - 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 Newark 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 Newark is weighted toward Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program (1,145 clinicians, followed by Internal Medicine Physician with 184 and Pharmacist with 169). 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 New Jersey's population, Newark reports roughly 52.5 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 New Jersey's most common specialties, Speech-Language Pathologist is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a Newark practice address, a coverage gap Newark patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.

For Newark 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 Newark, NJ?

There are 4,875 registered healthcare providers in Newark, NJ, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in Newark?

The most common specialties in Newark are Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program, Internal Medicine Physician, Pharmacist, Emergency Medicine Physician, Family Nurse Practitioner. Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program has the most providers with 1,145.

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.