Doctors in Portsmouth, VA
Active healthcare providers in Portsmouth 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
Portsmouth ranks 14th among 353 Virginia cities by CMS provider count, holding 1.9% of the state's NPIs, led by Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program.
- 2,857
- NPPES providers in city
- 14th
- of 353 VA cities
- 1.9%
- of Virginia providers
- 21.6%
- in top 3 specialties
Portsmouth ranks #6 of 10 Virginia cities for Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program.
Where Portsmouth ranks among Virginia cities
Provider count vs every Virginia city in CMS NPPES (353 cities)
2,857 Top 4% higher than 96% of 353 cities
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Source CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) · 2026
Specialty mix in Portsmouth
Share of the city's NPPES registrations by NUCC taxonomy
- Student in an Organi…
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program
264 providers
- Military Health Care…
Military Health Care Provider
197 providers
- Pharmacist
Pharmacist
156 providers
- Clinical Social Worker 88
Clinical Social Worker
88 providers
- General Practice Phy… 81
General Practice Physician
81 providers
- Certified Registered… 70
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
70 providers
- Anesthesiology Physi… 69
Anesthesiology Physician
69 providers
- General Practice Den… 65
General Practice Dentistry
65 providers
- Dentist 64
Dentist
64 providers
- Physician Assistant 62
Physician Assistant
62 providers
What this shows Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program is the largest specialty (264 providers, 9.2% of the city), followed by Military Health Care Provider.
City vs state specialty index
Specialties Portsmouth has more, and fewer, of than Virginia average
Each multiple is this city's share of a specialty divided by that specialty's average share across Virginia , Portsmouth over-indexes military health care provider at 31.7× the state average and under-indexes physical therapist at 0.42×. This reflects local practice structure, not care quality.
More common here than Virginia average
Less common here than Virginia average
- Physical Therapist 0.42×
- Professional Counselor 0.43×
- Family Nurse Practitioner 0.52×
- Mental Health Counselor 0.59×
How to read this directory & data limitations
Portsmouth, Virginia appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 2,857 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 Portsmouth - 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 Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth is weighted toward Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program (264 clinicians, followed by Military Health Care Provider with 197 and Pharmacist with 156). 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 Virginia's population, Portsmouth reports roughly 33.1 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 Virginia's most common specialties, Behavior Technician is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a Portsmouth practice address, a coverage gap Portsmouth patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.
For Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth
| # | Specialty | Providers | % of city |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program | 264 | 9.2% |
| 2 | Military Health Care Provider | 197 | 6.9% |
| 3 | Pharmacist | 156 | 5.5% |
| 4 | Clinical Social Worker | 88 | 3.1% |
| 5 | General Practice Physician | 81 | 2.8% |
| 6 | Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist | 70 | 2.5% |
| 7 | Anesthesiology Physician | 69 | 2.4% |
| 8 | General Practice Dentistry | 65 | 2.3% |
| 9 | Dentist | 64 | 2.2% |
| 10 | Physician Assistant | 62 | 2.2% |
| 11 | Emergency Medicine Physician | 61 | 2.1% |
| 12 | Registered Nurse | 60 | 2.1% |
| 13 | Family Nurse Practitioner | 59 | 2.1% |
| 14 | Family Medicine Physician | 59 | 2.1% |
| 15 | Internal Medicine Physician | 57 | 2.0% |
Healthcare Providers (Page 8)
| Name |
|---|
| Brian Budenholzer, M.D. Family Medicine Physician |
| Bridget Budny Military Health Care Provider |
| Carolyn Bui-Nguyen Occupational Therapist |
| Erlinda Bulaclac, PHARMACIST Pharmacist |
| Kelby Bulles, MD Military Health Care Provider |
| Beverly Bullock, LCSW Clinical Social Worker |
| Nga Bullock, DO Military Health Care Provider |
| Angela Bultemeier, MS CCC-SLP Speech-Language Pathologist |
| Patrick Burbano De Lara, M.D. Ophthalmology Physician |
| Brian Burdick Adult Health Nurse Practitioner |
| Jeanne Burger, EDD LPC LMFT Professional Counselor |
| Allyson Burkhart Denora, MD Internal Medicine Physician |
| Jessica Burnette Massage Therapist |
| Angela Burns Military Health Care Provider |
| Krystal Burns, DDS, MS Prosthodontics |
| Michael Burns Internal Medicine Physician |
| William Burns, M.D. Surgery Physician |
| Richard Burrell, PHARM.D Pharmacist |
| James Burrwell, LCSW Social Worker |
| Katherine Bursch, MD Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Kimberly Burtt, LCSW Clinical Social Worker |
| Jeanne Busch, D.O. Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician |
| Colton Bush, M.D. Diagnostic Radiology Physician |
| Kavanagh-Faye Bushnell, DO Military Health Care Provider |
| Kevin Buss, MSN, CRNA Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist |
| Clifton Butler, PA-C Physician Assistant |
| Henry Butler, M.D. Surgery Physician |
| Kasey Butler Speech-Language Pathologist |
| Kierra Butler Military Health Care Provider |
| Max Butler, DDS Dentist |
| Maxine Butler, RN BSN MSHCA Case Management Registered Nurse |
| Ralph Butler, MD Surgery Physician |
| Donna Buzzard, RN,CM Case Management Registered Nurse |
| Barbara Byers, LPC Professional Counselor |
| Claude Bynum Poetry Therapist |
| Terence Byrne Internal Medicine Physician |
| Thomas Byrnes School Psychologist |
| Tonya Byrum, PHARMD Pharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist |
| Irish Caine Mental Health Counselor |
| Janie Calamusa, D.O. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Physician |
| Gabriel Calderon Emergency Medicine Physician |
| Logan Caldwell, DO Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Angela Callahan, LPC, NCC Mental Health Counselor |
| Melissa Callahan, MD Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program |
| Robert Callaway, MD Pulmonary Disease Physician |
| Catherine Calletto, LPC Professional Counselor |
| Amber Calloway, PHARMD Pharmacist |
| Stewart Calloway Other Technician |
| Santiago Camano, FNP Family Nurse Practitioner |
| Nickolas Camarata, DO Military Health Care Provider |
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