NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in Parris Island, SC

57 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Parris Island, 103rd of 200 South Carolina cities. The largest group is dentist: 27, 47% of the city's records, against 1% across South Carolina. Page 2 of 2.

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The 8 largest groups in Parris Island

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

Parris Island in South Carolina

  • Rank in South Carolina103rd of 200 cities by records
  • Share of the state<0.1% of South Carolina's records
  • Specialties present17 taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups70.2% of all records
  • Dentist rank8th of the 10 South Carolina cities with the most

Compared with South Carolina as a whole, Parris Island has 36.2× the state's share of dentist records.

Providers in Parris Island, alphabetically

  1. Stephen Stringham, DMDGeneral Practice Dentistry1649908526
  2. Lauren Verheyden, DMDDentist1548050354
  3. Francis Walpole, DMDGeneral Practice Dentistry1174353494
  4. Justin Watson, DDSDentist1184931552
  5. Christopher Wherthey, DMDGeneral Practice Dentistry1629078001
  6. Natalie Wilcox, DDSDentist1629303243
  7. Alice ZhangDentist1073434700

The largest South Carolina cities

  1. Columbia11,200
  2. Charleston10,840
  3. Greenville10,264
  4. Spartanburg3,328
  5. Florence2,634

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How to read this directory

Parris Island, South Carolina appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 57 registered healthcare providers spanning 17 distinct NUCC-taxonomy specialties. This count includes every individual clinician who has applied for an NPI and listed a practice address in Parris Island - 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 Parris Island 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 Parris Island is weighted toward Dentist (27 clinicians, followed by General Practice Dentistry with 9 and Independent Duty Corpsman with 4). 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 South Carolina's population, Parris Island reports roughly 1.1 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.

Of South Carolina's most common specialties, Pharmacist is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a Parris Island practice address, a coverage gap Parris Island patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.

For Parris Island 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 Parris Island, SC?

There are 57 registered healthcare providers in Parris Island, SC, covering 17 specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in Parris Island?

The most common specialties in Parris Island are Dentist, General Practice Dentistry, Independent Duty Corpsman, Physician Assistant, Athletic Trainer. Dentist has the most providers with 27.

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.