Doctors in Portland, ME
Active healthcare providers in Portland 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
Portland ranks 1st among 190 Maine cities by CMS provider count, holding 18.3% of the state's NPIs, led by Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program.
- 6,022
- NPPES providers in city
- 1st
- of 190 ME cities
- 18.3%
- of Maine providers
- 25.9%
- in top 3 specialties
Portland ranks #1 of 10 Maine cities for Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program.
Where Portland ranks among Maine cities
Provider count vs every Maine city in CMS NPPES (190 cities)
6,022 Top 1% higher than 99% of 190 cities
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Source CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) · 2026
Specialty mix in Portland
Share of the city's NPPES registrations by NUCC taxonomy
- Student in an Organi…
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program
708 providers
- Clinical Social Worker
Clinical Social Worker
615 providers
- Physician Assistant 237
Physician Assistant
237 providers
- Internal Medicine Ph… 201
Internal Medicine Physician
201 providers
- Mental Health Counse… 195
Mental Health Counselor
195 providers
- Physical Therapist 187
Physical Therapist
187 providers
- Certified Registered… 179
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
179 providers
- Speech-Language Path… 171
Speech-Language Pathologist
171 providers
- Pharmacist 161
Pharmacist
161 providers
- Professional Counselor 149
Professional Counselor
149 providers
What this shows Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program is the largest specialty (708 providers, 11.8% of the city), followed by Clinical Social Worker.
City vs state specialty index
Specialties Portland has more, and fewer, of than Maine average
Each multiple is this city's share of a specialty divided by that specialty's average share across Maine , Portland over-indexes student in an organized health care education/training program at 3.2× the state average and under-indexes family medicine physician at 0.48×. This reflects local practice structure, not care quality.
More common here than Maine average
Less common here than Maine average
- Family Medicine Physician 0.48×
- Occupational Therapist 0.56×
- Family Nurse Practitioner 0.59×
- Physical Therapist 0.61×
How to read this directory & data limitations
Portland, Maine appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 6,022 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 Portland - 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 Portland 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 Portland is weighted toward Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program (708 clinicians, followed by Clinical Social Worker with 615 and Physician Assistant with 237). 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 Maine's population, Portland reports roughly 431.5 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.
For Portland 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 Portland
| # | Specialty | Providers | % of city |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | 708 | 11.8% |
| 2 | Clinical Social Worker | 615 | 10.2% |
| 3 | Physician Assistant | 237 | 3.9% |
| 4 | Internal Medicine Physician | 201 | 3.3% |
| 5 | Mental Health Counselor | 195 | 3.2% |
| 6 | Physical Therapist | 187 | 3.1% |
| 7 | Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist | 179 | 3.0% |
| 8 | Speech-Language Pathologist | 171 | 2.8% |
| 9 | Pharmacist | 161 | 2.7% |
| 10 | Professional Counselor | 149 | 2.5% |
| 11 | Registered Nurse | 135 | 2.2% |
| 12 | Occupational Therapist | 132 | 2.2% |
| 13 | Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor | 127 | 2.1% |
| 14 | Family Nurse Practitioner | 125 | 2.1% |
| 15 | Anesthesiology Physician | 109 | 1.8% |
Healthcare Providers
| Name |
|---|
| Kirsten (coulter) Lewis Occupational Therapist |
| Lydia Abair, AGPCNP Gerontology Nurse Practitioner |
| Hope Abba, CRNA Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist |
| Novisi Abba Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist |
| Ali Abbasian Hersini, MD Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Surgery Physician |
| Jessica Abbatiello, NP-C Registered Nurse |
| Paul Abbey, MOT, OTR/L Occupational Therapist |
| Arianna Abbott, LCSW Clinical Social Worker |
| Samuel Abbott, LCPC Professional Counselor |
| Zachary Abbott Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician |
| Christina Abbruzzese Counselor |
| Kassim Abdinoor-Hassan Dental Hygienist |
| Zamzam Abdirahman, RN Registered Nurse |
| Naima Abdirhmon, PHARMD Pharmacist |
| Ruslan Abdukalikov, DO Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Nancy Abel, MSW LCSW LADC Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor |
| Albert Abena, D.D.S. Dentist |
| Joselyn Abernethy, MSN, ACNP-BC Registered Nurse |
| Georges Abourjaily, MD Surgery Physician |
| Tod Abrahams, M.D. Diagnostic Radiology Physician |
| Marie Abram, DO Pediatric Endocrinology Physician |
| Joshua Abrams, PA-C Physician Assistant |
| Leslie Abrons, LCSW Clinical Social Worker |
| Christopher Abruzzese, D.O Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Kara Achille, DMD Periodontics |
| Haley Acker, PA-C Physician Assistant |
| Elizabeth Ackerson, MD Internal Medicine Physician |
| Jessica Adam Mental Health Counselor |
| Ann Adams, MD Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician |
| Charles Adams, M.D. Anesthesiology Physician |
| Jedidiah Adams Physical Therapist |
| Melissa Adams, LCSW, LADC, CCS, Mental Health Counselor |
| Roland Adams, PT Physical Therapist |
| Sophia Adams Family Medicine Physician |
| Virginia Adams, CRNA Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist |
| Ricardo Addante Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Katharine Addicott, FNP Family Nurse Practitioner |
| Gregory Adey, M.D. Urology Physician |
| Matthew Adolph, MD Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Lawrence Adrian, P.A.-C Surgical Physician Assistant |
| Isha Agarwal Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Richard Agbortoko, PHARMD Pharmacist |
| Nirupama Aggarwal, OD Optometrist |
| Bilal Ahmad, M.D. Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician |
| Abbas Ahmed Home Health Aide |
| Mohamed Ahmed Personal Care Attendant |
| Ararsame Ahmed-Ali Personal Care Attendant |
| Morgan Ahola, DO Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| David Aikins, LPN Licensed Practical Nurse |
| Kimberly Aines, PHARMD Pharmacist |
Nearby Cities in Maine
Other Maine cities with provider coverage in the CMS NPPES registry.
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